Found a Horseshoe and a metal Harness piece ?

[DFX DAVE in M.D.]

I am not big on the relics, I took these with me, the harness piece is broken on one corner. They may be old, I detected a old ox shoe in the same exact area last year.

 

[tymcmurray]

Cool! This is a link to a civil war horse bit
http://www.saylerscreekrelics.com/-0063-2.JPG
I don't think your is that old, but is old.

 

[Rusted_Iron]

the horse bit is a nice find, I have yet to dig one of those. The horseshoe also looks like it's been in the ground quite a while, though not sure on the age.

Maybe 1870-1900 on the horse bit? Hard to tell without really looking it over closely for the construction methods.

 

[allen]

good job on those neat relics !!