What in the world are these?

Mister7 · Jan 8, 2009

Got back out in the colonial cornfield again today and found a few cool things which I posted Under "odds and ends" in the coinshooters and relic hunters section. In this section I'm posting a few things that I found in the cornfield and have no idea what they are...The first is iron and was down close to a foot deep the other is possibly tin (about the same depth) and has ornate circle and flowers design on it,any help figuring out what they are is appreciated.

emdees · Jan 9, 2009

Could the top ones be tines from a harrow? How big are they?

No idea on the bottom one, but it's cool!

emdees

ewemule · Jan 10, 2009

Cool...

The top ones look like from the end of a pole to move logs. Is that what a harrow is ? The other looks like a letter opener handle.
Marty

Mister7 · Jan 10, 2009

This will give a rough idea of the size of the items.

Huck Mucus · Jan 10, 2009

They are shaped like log pikes but they are WAY too small for that. Log pikes are up to a few feet across, depending on the size of timber you are rolling.

My guess is these are broken, used to be circular, and would roll and catch on some sort of gear tightening system. But that is a wild guess.

fiddler · Jan 11, 2009

gutter hangers

Kydgr · Jan 11, 2009

Those are two side pieces of a set of horse bits.
http://horses.about.com/od/bitsexplained/p/halfspoon.htm

Mister7 · Jan 12, 2009

Kydgr said:
Those are two side pieces of a set of horse bits.
http://horses.about.com/od/bitsexplained/p/halfspoon.htm

Your idea of what the object is,is pretty much dead on perfect as far as size and shape is concerned...These objects are definitely iron though,I always figured a horses bit would be made out of brass,I could be wrong.

Kydgr · Jan 18, 2009

Maybe they originally had a layer of brass, nickle etc? Or maybe they used what they had available to make them. They're quite old. Cool find either way.

GiGi · Jan 19, 2009

I've seen vintage kitchen stoves with handles that hang down on the doors of the stoves similar to your bottom picture, that have decorations on them. You didn't compare a size reference for it. Sounds like you have a good place to hunt.
GiGi

rascal · Jan 23, 2009

Peavy?

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