Horsehoes, License Plate & Lead

[WawaDuane]

Went out tonight and forgot my bug dope, bad mistake for sure.


Ball peen hammer without the ball, farrier's rasp, more horseshoes and an old door lock thing.




A 50 year license plate from the 100th anniversary of Canada.



Old shotgun shell...made between 1907 and 1922.




Lead and float copper...the copper made it worth the whole trip.

 

[Kurios1]

Nice old iron relics. Digging license plates is always a challenge. Love the copper specimen. Just visited your link too. I survived the sex, drugz, rock & roll insanity of the mid 70'-80's. Seen a lot of great bands back in the day, at least I think I did?

 

[vpnavy]

I pulled this from another TN thread - this is just one of the replies in the thread...

Solved: How do you date horseshoes? (Feb 27, 2012, 11:30 AM)​

The information that was provided was found in the book: Artifacts of Colonial America by Ivor Noel Hume. (Don't shoot the messenger-call the author!) As noted, dating horseshoes is difficult at best. As with any hand-made item, the maker has the liberty to make it as he/she wishes. A current gunmaker could easily produce a flintlock rifle with all the early fixtures, but it obviously would not be old. Same thing with an ancient spear/arrow point. All one can do is go with the professional studies that have been documented and make your best guess.

 

[trapperart]

Congrats

 

[DIG ADK MTN]

Great iron relics! Like Kurios I'm still recovering from a Pink Floyd concert from the late 80's