Civil war horseshoe?

[Nathan W]

Found this at a church site that a Calvary passed on or very near. How can you tell if this is a war horse or just a work horse shoe? I’m still in the cleaning process.

 

[creskol]

Found this at a church site that a Calvary passed on or very near. How can you tell if this is a war horse or just a work horse shoe? I’m still in the cleaning process.

You can't.

 

[Nathan W]

You can't.

Haha not the answer I was looking for but ok. Well I’m going to treat it as 1860s era

 

[creskol]

Haha not the answer I was looking for but ok. Well I’m going to treat it as 1860s era

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[Nathan W]

You might find this to be helpful : https://metaldetectingtips.com/dating-old-horseshoes/

Yes and thanks, it doesn’t have toe clips so it pre dates civil war, I knew it was very old

 

[Erndog72]

Out of all the shoes our horses had put on back in the 1960's, I don't recall many with toe clips, if any.