How old is this horseshoe

[Clonloum123]

Found it in an old wall near a 1800s gentry house

I see one the same that is 1940s/50s.


Any idea of an age by expert horse shoe studyers

 

[Toecutter]

just a guess but Ill go with 1940s to 1950s....

 

[creskol]

1940's, 50's, 60's ------------->2019

 

[Clonloum123]

are they for a horse and carriage

 

[Clonloum123]

So is that they could date 40s, 50s to 2019

 

[Rookster]

My guess is mid 1800. Who cares it’ll throw purdy good Horse shoes
Are purdy common.

 

[Clonloum123]

Not pitted enough to be mid 1800

 

[Clonloum123]

It was buried in a wall

 

[Rookster]

I found 3 at an old site and they turned out to pretty modern. It sucks

 

[creskol]

So is that they could date 40s, 50s to 2019

yup

 

[Clonloum123]

Think this might be modern

 

[Clonloum123]

so you think this might be modern?


Keep in mind i've cleaned the rust of it

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Great looking shoe, mine are always toast!

 

[Clonloum123]

It had a thin full layer of rust on it before I cleaned it up

 

[Clonloum123]

 

[Clonloum123]

Any specific conclusion now creskol

 

[Clonloum123]

Any specific conclusion now creskol

 

[creskol]

Any specific conclusion now creskol

No.. not really, but if it only had a light dusting of rust, It is more than likely quite recent.

 

[Bible]

Usually the common 100 year old ones already have huge pieces fully rusted away that i find anyway.To me that looked super modern before it was cleaned just my opinion.