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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[pepperj]

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!!

Thanks for posting up the picture now I can see the holes and the answer to the question. Cool find and different.

 

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[muddpuppy]

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

Great thought! I surely hope you are correct, headed out to get my lottery tickets!! Keep Swinging! !

 

[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....?

I got more on this question of yours - so here's a quote from an archaeologist friend of mine...
"...Spoke to a 81 yo farrier, who is in the Farrier's Hall of fame. He said that he has never seen or heard of a "completely round " horseshoe. He says there are "semi-round bar shoes", but no "horse shoe" used or made like the one shown.
He believes it is a horseshoe that was made into a wagon axle washer by a poor farmer or smithy as a replacement for a worn out wagon part. Makes sense, to me. But surely not a functional horseshoe.
As far as your previous question about "dating" a shoe, you can only use the "type ", (ie) Roman scalloped, Colonial Spanish, or factory made (1835), to date a shoe. I suppose there is a chemical or microscopic way to judge age, but I would tend to believe that would only give you a "approximate +or -" date...."
~I hope I helped you!.