Hand Forged

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Any ideas?? It has hand forged nails and no obvious modern welds so maybe forge welded. Was found very near a CW battlefield that also has colonial history. My thoughts are some type of cart related?, perhaps horse related?

 

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[stefen]

Look like hand cuffs...Human not animal

 

[Tony in SC]

Looks like a crude bolster for a small wagon/cart with a wooden frame and axle? Tony

 

[SkaBa]

What is the size of this?

 

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What is the size of this?

I don't know, I will try to get them. A friend who lives kinda far found it, I have not seen it myself yet. I will get him to send pics with a tape measure on it

 

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Look like hand cuffs...Human not animal

That's what my friend who found it thought, I am leaning toward a wooden axle of sorts went trough them.

 

[Icewing]

You can get a good idea of its size if you notice it's laying in a pickup bed. My guess it's part of a wagon hitch, perhaps where the singletree's would be connected to a buggy frame.

 

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You can get a good idea of its size if you notice it's laying in a pickup bed. My guess it's part of a wagon hitch, perhaps where the singletree's would be connected to a buggy frame.

I was kind of thinking the single tree idea, but the "connected to a buggy" makes sense.