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[pulltabfelix]

Found this. It is brass and appears old. Any ideas what it is?

 

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[CreakyDigger]

Part of a stirrup?

 

[Silvermonkey]

Well...that's odd. No idea.

 

[Norwichnut]

Found this. It is brass and appears old. Any ideas what it is?

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Looks like a broken brake lever from a 1800s dirt bike! 🙂

 

[Digger RJ]

Found this. It is brass and appears old. Any ideas what it is?

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Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[crashbandicoot]

Part of a gate latch?

 

[Red_desert]

Tobacco leaf hook?

 

[Lilwiggles]

Found this. It is brass and appears old. Any ideas what it is?

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First thing I thought of was part of a bit for a horse's mouth.i could be way off

 

[nsdq]

Spur

 

[ARC]

Part of a stirrup?

Winner winner chicken dinner.

 

[Red_desert]

Maybe broken spur, does look to have a metal part underside narrow end.

 

[DCMatt]

It's seems only about 4 inches long. Too small and fragile to be a stirrup part... Maybe a spur but I can't see how...

My first thought was 'shotgun shell extractor' but I can't find any like that.

I'd like to see a couple more pictures of the ends with a common object of similar size in the pics.

 

[nsdq]

Part of a snaffle bit

 

[ARC]

Yours is similar to the one on the right,

 

[pulltabfelix]

I can almost see that, but being brass the top square has the down prong coming out at as a gentle curve, not an almost 90 degree angle. bending brass at 90 degree would almost surely break it.

 

[pulltabfelix]

It's seems only about 4 inches long. Too small and fragile to be a stirrup part... Maybe a spur but I can't see how...

My first thought was 'shotgun shell extractor' but I can't find any like that.

I'd like to see a couple more pictures of the ends with a common object of similar size in the pics.

it is about 4.5" inches long.

 

[ARC]

There is also the possibility of a "child's stirrup".

 

[nsdq]

There is also the possibility of a "child's stirrup".

Very true possibility.... it does look bent and broken ... kids stirrup sounds like a winner

 

[billb]

It’s always nice to find something old and think what do I have here
Good luck on your research

 

[pulltabfelix]

Actually now I can see where it could be a stirrup and no bends, just breaks.
actually on the other side where the down part from the strap slot, it does clearly appear to be a break where the other down part was attached but now broken off with the bottom part. And the small size if complete would indicate a child's stirrup. Maybe we are getting close now. That would seem like it would make it a more rare find since I would guess there are fewer child's stirrups in use than stirrups for adults.