✅ SOLVED What is this brass ring?

[Metal Defector]

Found this on a historic property here in west Chester Ohio. I pretty sure it's brass. Maybe part of a horse bridle? The house on this property was known at "the twenty mile house" in 1806 because it was 20 miles to Dayton by horseback. The spot where I found this is where horse drawn wagons pulled up and stopped on the way to Dayton.

 

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[traveller777]

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Found this on a historic property here in west Chester Ohio. I pretty sure it's brass. Maybe part of a horse bridle? The house on this property was known at "the twenty mile house" in 1806 because it was 20 miles to Dayton by horseback. The spot where I found this is where horse drawn wagons pulled up and stopped on the way to Dayton.

I think it is a Hitching Post Ring.

 

[GoldieLocks]

Door knocker minus it's decorative parts.

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

Could be part of a broken snaffle bit. It has a lot of wear on one side which could have been where the rein attached.

 

[DizzyDigger]

Looks more like a rein guide for a team pulling a wagon. Can we see a pic of the bottom of that cleat?

 

[ARC]

Loose ring rein terret... or part of loose ring bit.

Back of attachment picture please.

 

[Metal Defector]

Loose ring rein terret... or part of loose ring bit.

Back of attachment picture please.

Looks more like a rein guide for a team pulling a wagon. Can we see a pic of the bottom of that cleat?

 

[Metal Defector]

Loose ring rein terret... or part of loose ring bit.

Back of attachment picture please.

 

[Jack873]

I'd say it's a horse hitch. It could be iron as brass would have a greener patina.
EDIT: Bronze is a possibility.

 

[Metal Defector]

I'd say it's a horse hitch. It could be iron as brass would have a greener patina.
EDIT: Bronze is a possibility.

Thanks!

 

[Metal Defector]

I think it is a Hitching Post Ring.

I think so too! Thanks..

 

[traveller777]

I think so too! Thanks..

If you think so, please remember to mark solved. Nice find.

 

[Metal Defector]

If you think so, please remember to mark solved. Nice find.

Not sure how to mark it “solved”? You mean just put in comments ?

 

[traveller777]

Not sure how to mark it “solved”? You mean just put in comments ?

I see they have changed how you mark it solved. Let me contact a moderator and get instructions. May be tomorrow before they get back to me but I will let you know.
I sincerely appreciate your follow up. Good job. And again a nice find.

 

[traveller777]

Not sure how to mark it “solved”? You mean just put in comments ?

Are you on phone or laptop?

 

[dozer dan]

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Found this on a historic property here in west Chester Ohio. I pretty sure it's brass. Maybe part of a horse bridle? The house on this property was known at "the twenty mile house" in 1806 because it was 20 miles to Dayton by horseback. The spot where I found this is where horse drawn wagons pulled up and stopped on the way to Dayton.

If you found that at 20 mile stand, I lost that there. 😂

 

[ARC]

I think so too! Thanks..

its not a hitching post ring... so the "marked as solved" is moot.

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Based on it's size, my first thought was a drawer-pull. But this notch cast into the mount is something I've not seen before.

 

[pepperj]

Rein guide that attached to wood.

The wear is evident that it has been worked in one direction.

So that would discount a hitching post ring as the horse would have pulled only in one direction.

The back has a knob which would sink (when tightened)into the wood preventing it from turning.
It was fastened by a bolt that ran through the wood into the back section.

 

[ARC]

Rein guide that attached to wood.

The wear is evident that it has been worked in one direction.

So that would discount a hitching post ring as the horse would have pulled only in one direction.

The back has a knob which would sink (when tightened)into the wood preventing it from turning.
It was fastened by a bolt that ran through the wood into the back section.

Correct.

Pep and I are on the same page.