door knocker? horse related?

[jonboy]

found this at an old house site wondering if it’s trash or treasure? kinda looks like a reins guide but i’m not sure how it would connect
Thanks!!

 

[G.A.P.metal]

Type of rains guide.

 

[Noah_D]

My guess is a reins guide.

 

[invent4hir]

Agree, see the one on the left in this eBay auction -> https://www.ebay.com/itm/3-Antique-...ein-Guides-One-is-Civil-War-Era-/183826968255

 

[invent4hir]

jonboy, it is up to you to determine if it is trash or treasure. That said, it is way nicer than the one I put in a display case for a friend who let me detect on his property a few years ago.

 

[firemanphob]

looks like the rein guides that were mounted on the hames (the part that went around the collar and the tug lines were attached to.

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

I found a similar one in a farm field a few years ago.

Dave