WOW A ROUND HORSESHOE!! BEFORE AND AFTER CLEANING.

[muddpuppy]

HOWDY ALL. Got this very different find just before the new year. My buddy Mad Dog T cleaned it up and here it is. A round horseshoe!! Any info is appreciated as I cannot find much on the net. Keep Swinging!!

 

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[eyemustdigtreasure]

I'm asking around for you, too.
Will let you know.

What I think it is, is an orthotic shoe, to protect the hoof...,
but those are usually in a bent D-shaped shoe....
Perhaps it hadn't been altered by the farrier (blacksmith) yet....?

 

[Limitool]

I'm certainly interested is what kind of "horseshoe" this is... (if it is one). I'm not at all saying it's NOT... but it is weird and I'll give ya that. Hell I thought I've dug all known types but your the winner buddy!

 

[pepperj]

How did they attach this round shoe?

 

[muddpuppy]

How did they attach this round shoe?

It has all the markings as all the others I have found. I found 3 other normal ones in the same vicinity. Keep Swinging!!

 

[pepperj]

It has all the markings as all the others I have found. I found 3 other normal ones in the same vicinity. Keep Swinging!!

What markings are they? I'm not trying to be turd here, it's just that after digging hundreds of shoes, of all sizes and lots of correction shoes this is the first time I've seen a round shoe with no nail holes for attaching the shoe to the hoof, so that makes me inquisitive.

 

[stefen]

There needs to be nail holes in a shoe for it to be affixed to a hoof...

Pepperj is absolutely correct and I support his comments.

Super glue is a recent innovation and to my knowledge hasn't been attempted.

I have been around draft, race and trail horses my entire life, and as yet, have never observed a fully round shoe. That's not saying there isn't one but I have my doubts.

If a corrective shoe is placed on a front hoof, it would not have an extended tang...because of walking patterns, the hind hoof would clip the forefront shoe and it would be off in minutes.

Being an optimist, finding other shoes in the immediate vicinity of the round object, doesn't mean there will be a pony buried in the next hole...

 

[muddpuppy]

There are 4 holes on each side. Same as many. They didn't show up because of the shoe was laying flat. The holes are in the grooves on either side. I will post a better picture when I get to a computer.

 

[rick67]

http://www.google.com/url?q=https:/...qUzJcg&usg=AFQjCNFYrz226rD6EXSHgJJ4ZbaAIN-X6Q




Not popular but they have been around for a long time.

 

[stefen]

I stand corrected. As stated I've no knowledge of a round shoe.

Not sure that medeval shoes are to be found in the mid-Ohio region.

The second picture is more oval than round and most likely would not be placed on a front hoof as explained earlier. Most likely placed on a rear hoof.

Muddpuppy, backlight the shoe in question and take a pic with yur camera...

 

[muddpuppy]

I hope this picture answers the questions of the holes. I realize this is an odd find, I guess this is why I was asking for information. But it is made exactly like so many of the other horseshoes I have found, more than 100. Keep Swinging!!

I stand corrected. As stated I've no knowledge of a round shoe.

Not sure that medeval shoes are to be found in the mid-Ohio region.

The second picture is more oval than round and most likely would not be placed on a front hoof as explained earlier. Most likely placed on a rear hoof.

Muddpuppy, backlight the shoe in question and take a pic with yur camera...

 

[Doc Arey]

Musta have been a damn strange Horse! Lol

 

[RobRieman]

There's lots of strange shoes. I found a brass one.

 

[releventchair]

We've had corrective shoes here before.
Anyway..check out these pics of egg bar types.
Neat find waterdog/muddpuppy.!

https://www.google.com/search?q=egg...X&ved=0ahUKEwipx7y-0YzKAhVU42MKHUnkBp8QsAQIHQ

 

[muddpuppy]

We've had corrective shoes here before.
Anyway..check out these pics of egg bar types.
Neat find waterdog/muddpuppy.!

https://www.google.com/search?q=egg...X&ved=0ahUKEwipx7y-0YzKAhVU42MKHUnkBp8QsAQIHQ

Awsome site, great pictures and info. Keep Swinging!!

 

[against the wind]

I believe it is the "Ultimate Good Luck Horse Shoe"
No matter how you hang it, the luck can't run out. lol

 

[Limitool]

Well now.... I haven't had my breakfast yet so maybe my "thinker" isn't quite plugged in yet....? But I'm think'in these round shoes go on riding hippo's and elephants. Maybe I better go eat...

 

[CRUSADER]

I believe it is the "Ultimate Good Luck Horse Shoe"
No matter how you hang it, the luck can't run out. lol

Not so lucky for the Game of Horseshoes though. That would take some more skill...lol

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horseshoes

 

[muddpuppy]

Well now.... I haven't had my breakfast yet so maybe my "thinker" isn't quite plugged in yet....? But I'm think'in these round shoes go on riding hippo's and elephants. Maybe I better go eat...

Unicorn perhaps? LOL. Keep Swinging!!

 

[Brother Al]

I believe this shoe was worn on a horse employed by the early version of The Circle Line company now involved in bilking tourists in Manhattan.