I know its a horseshoe PICs added

[ramjet2187]

I know it's a horseshoe PICs added

but can anyone identify the period?  I don't have a picture yet, but are there any horseshoe experts out there?  What I mean is, can anyone look at a horseshoe and tell what century/period it was likely from?  Did the 'style' change over the years, or does a shoe from the 1790's look like one from the 1970's........I need to know if the one's I'm digging are CW, or 20th century.  I'm hunting a rural area where some cavalry action took place, but it's also been farmed a bit too.

I have found lots of mule shoes, but the horse shoes (some whole, some broken in half) have me wondering if they were from the battle, or just lost in farming/transportation......

The bottom photo has a half horse shoe on the right, and a half mule shoe on the left. The horse shoe is curved more, and the mule shoe is straighter on the sides. The upper photo shoes a whole horse shoe next to a half mule shoe. Once again, notice how curved the horse shoe is along the sides, and the mule shoe appears almost straight.

Thanks

Roger

 

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[Gypsy Heart]

Re: I know it's a horseshoe

Are you sure that the ones "broken " in half are not Oxen shoes....

 

[Montana Jim]

Re: I know it's a horseshoe

Good call gypsy... see below for oxen shoes, not broken horseshoes.

 

[stefen]

Re: I know it's a horseshoe

You can take 100 ferriers and you will find significant differences in their shoe styles (not talking about off-the-shelf-shoes).

Probably the better method is to test the quality of the refined steel to tell the period it was made.

Other than that, I would assume that its probably not possible to tell when a shoe was made.

 

[ramjet2187]

Re: I know it's a horseshoe

Thanks for the replies, everybody........I forgot I posted this, so haven't even posted any pictures. I have to take my monkey back to her Mom's house, but I will (post pictures) when I get back........

Thanks again.

Roger