What is this?

[Tejaas]

Found at site of an 1870-1950 rural stagecoach stop/post office/homestead...

I am referring to the larger item at the bottom of the photo...

Any help would be awesome!

 

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[TNGUNS]

Need better pictures of the item with something to judge size. Ruler etc.

 

[zuludon]

hello tejaas that part looks very much like some items that my dad and his friend and i found at the butterfield stage stop at dahanus tx. around 35 years ago it had a loop on both ends and a long piece of rawhide and was found in the deep dust of the tack room and looked a lot like the straps and binders for extra luggage that was straped to the outside of the luggage boot on the rear of the coach that we saw in photos of the stage that was loading in san antonio i must say that guess was more on the length of the strap. than the buckle or binder was not very clear in the photos. dads partner owned the ranch it was on and has past on now,i wish i coud hut it now with a good md we where useing my grandads garrett b.f.o very cool relic keep hunting that place while you can

 

[austin]

hello tejaas that part looks very much like some items that my dad and his friend and i found at the butterfield stage stop at dahanus tx. around 35 years ago it had a loop on both ends and a long piece of rawhide and was found in the deep dust of the tack room and looked a lot like the straps and binders for extra luggage that was straped to the outside of the luggage boot on the rear of the coach that we saw in photos of the stage that was loading in san antonio i must say that guess was more on the length of the strap. than the buckle or binder was not very clear in the photos. dads partner owned the ranch it was on and has past on now,i wish i coud hut it now with a good md we where useing my grandads garrett b.f.o very cool relic keep hunting that place while you can

Did you mean D'Hanis, Tx.?

 

[mrmackin]

It looks like a right foot, but it's not THAT large.

 

[CRUSADER]

Some kind of leather strap slide or buckle protector.

 

[creskol]

Looks like a broken buckle cover to me.

 

[Tejaas]

I appreciate the input folks!

I figured a buckle cover as well, but upon seeing the picture of the same one above my post with them BOTH being broken at the same point, I didn't want to rule anything else out just yet.

I've seen VERY similar size/shape iron pieces on 1900-1930s farm equipment... Such as the crude handle/handgrips on cultivator depth trusses, and even the occasional hood latches on old Allis-Chalmers tractors and the like from the 50s.

Thanks again for the input!

Other cool finds in MY book are the dozens of .30 and .32 cal RIMFIRE (yea, the .22 rimfire wasn't the only one!) cartridges and .25-20 shells. And of course ya gotta love the .50-70s and 90s!!!!!

And as usual, hundreds of 1890s-1926 era shotgun headstamps. They are of the pull tab frequency a lot of y'all suffer! Except I don't mind digging THEM! Haha!

They are all common finds with the exception of the Sharps (a lot less frequent), but that was back when the rifle and shotgun served a purpose... Seems nowadays that all these punks and fancy pretty boys want the newest piece of crap synthetic firearms.... Not many enjoy the timeless beauty of a Winchester 94 with wood stocks or the like!

As dad would say, "Damned Heathens!"

 

[zuludon]

yes i did. i forgot how it was spelled

 

[TxMike]

Seems nowadays that all these punks and fancy pretty boys want the newest piece of crap synthetic firearms.... Not many enjoy the timeless beauty of a Winchester 94 with wood stocks or the like!

As dad would say, "Damned Heathens!"

I was pawn shoppin' (my other TH'ing hobby) in San Antonio a few years back when I came across a pair of M94 Winchesters for sale. One was made in 1956, the other in '57. I was able to haggle the deal down to $300 OTD for both. As some may know, the original Winchester company is out of business and prices for their guns have skyrocketed, esp on the pre-1964 models. The rifles now belong to my two teenage sons whom I am teaching the joy of hunting by stalking with open sights. It's a whole different ball game than sitting in a deer stand overlooking a feeder. The boys are learning to appreciate the difficulty of that endeavor. Wait till I teach them to use a recurve bow on a stalk like I do. That type of hunting fits the definition of insanity (Repeating the same action over and over again and expecting a different result.....like actually getting a deer!)