could be a hinge or ?

coolcat7 · Mar 18, 2006

Hi all, here's my very first find with my new T2 besides nails.
I found it out in the woods behind my house. This area of milford was all farms. The area behind my house is undeveloped, and has lots of wildlife. I found this in an area where old road ruts seem visible, next to a stone wall. It was about 8 inches deep.

Note the old fashioned nail next to the hole. that hole is probably where another nail used to be. The ends are curved in.

ideas?

l.cutler · Mar 18, 2006

It looks like half of an ox shoe.

hoser · Mar 18, 2006

I agree with the ox, or smaller horse shoe.

coolcat7 · Mar 18, 2006

you were right!

hey,
Google is so amazing :shock:

. I typed in "ox shoe" and got this in the first entry;

http://www.chippewanaturecenter.com/Oxbow/oxshoe.htm

this is a second entry worth scanning:

http://www.nebraskahistory.org/sites/rock/artifacts.htm

unreal!! To think that thing was laying out there for 100 years maybe. I guess it really is a relic at that.

thanks everybody!

bugguy · Mar 19, 2006

i agree oxe shoe have found many in the fields by my house

simonthesearcher · Mar 25, 2006

I got an idea,look for an ox with three shoes and then you will know for sure,only joking .Well done.

coolcat7 · Mar 28, 2006

I found another one!

I was again in the woods, finding nothing for 2 hours or so, when I found yet another ox shoe! What am I, an expert now? ha ha

I was also puzzled because now and then I would get a faint signal, so faint that I wondered if I had my volume set right. Does that mean the target is deep in the ground? I tried to pinpoint and get a reading and if anything, it said it was 10 inches or more deep. On one of these low signals I decided to try to dig. This was right next to a large old tree that would be very memorable to anyone. (I was thinking cache). Trouble was, after only 2 inches I encountered solid earth that was NOT budging. So solid I thought it was a wood box, but I was wrong. I ended up with nothing.

Does this kind of thing happen alot? :?:

Krom · Mar 28, 2006

Yup... ox shoe. Wish I had a dime for every one I dug up. :yes:

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