Found on a Ranch in Northwest Texas. What are These?

[art tawater]

 

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[wvwildman]

nice finds congrats HH

 

[nhbenz]

Well, I'll take the easy one, the disc is a bridle rosette missing the loop.
I believe this is the 1909 model, used through WWI until?

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

I agree with Nhbenz about the "Great Seal of the United States" rosette. Here's a photo of one with the attachment bar intact on its back.

The other item has been reported to be a US Army horsegear trace-chain swivel link. Some sellers on e-Bay claim it is civil war era, but I believe that is incorrect, it is from the late-1800s to World War One era... like the rosette you found at the same dig-site.

 

[taz42o]

Heres a pic of the trace chain and swivel Thecannonballguy IDed for you.

 

[BosnMate]

Regarding your trace chain swivel link, CBG is right, it's not civil war. I have one just like it off of army surplus harness that we were using in 1964 or 65, so it probably dates to WWI or a bit later, perhaps closer to WWII, because the harness was still useable at the time.

 

[JUNKER]

Nice finds keep looking for the gold HH