Just Had To Keep This Horeshoe

[foundation hunter]

I was detecting with Heavymetalnut yesterday at some very old sites we found and dug this horeshoe i dont usually keep horeshoes but this one is totally different from anything i have ever seen.If anybody has any imformation on this style of shoe it would be much appreciated.

 

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[traderoftreasures]

thats a working horse shoe

 

[stefen]

For traction in mud

 

[Scotia1964]

Found one yesterday, they were used mainlyon snow and ice. nice find.

 

[KRAZYHORSES]

OUCH surprised you didn't find the hoof with it really nice shoe!!!!!!!!!!! good luck and keep digging KRAZYHORSES

 

[truckinbutch]

That is a very specialized hand forged draft horse shoe . Without ruler references I can't speculate on the size of the shoe or the horse .
What I can see is that it is an orthopedic corrective shoe for the right fore foot of a horse with a very
fragile , or injured , hoof .
The exaggerated width of the shoe , nearly twice the normal number of nails , and the extra length of
the nails indicate that it had a (probably) leather pad between the shoe and the hoof .
The fact that the nails are still in the shoe and the ends are still clinched does not bode well for this attempt at corrective shoeing .

 

[kuger]

That is a very specialized hand forged draft horse shoe . Without ruler references I can't speculate on the size of the shoe or the horse .
What I can see is that it is an orthopedic corrective shoe for the right fore foot of a horse with a very
fragile , or injured , hoof .
The exaggerated width of the shoe , nearly twice the normal number of nails , and the extra length of
the nails indicate that it had a (probably) leather pad between the shoe and the hoof .
The fact that the nails are still in the shoe and the ends are still clinched does not bode well for this attempt at corrective shoeing .

Exactly,ice or traction shoes are cleated,this one is NOT for that function.
It almost appears to have the shape of a donkey shoe but the size would verify or rule out that theory

 

[ivan salis]

oxen wore shoes as well * seems folks tend to forget that all shoes are not "horse" shoes --this one my guess is a corrective horse shoe for a very hurt horse.

 

[kuger]

oxen wore shoes as well * seems folks tend to forget that all shoes are not "horse" shoes --this one my guess is a corrective horse shoe for a very hurt horse.

Ox shoes are two piece bud

 

[stefen]

That is a very specialized hand forged draft horse shoe . Without ruler references I can't speculate on the size of the shoe or the horse .
What I can see is that it is an orthopedic corrective shoe for the right fore foot of a horse with a very
fragile , or injured , hoof .
The exaggerated width of the shoe , nearly twice the normal number of nails , and the extra length of
the nails indicate that it had a (probably) leather pad between the shoe and the hoof .
The fact that the nails are still in the shoe and the ends are still clinched does not bode well for this attempt at corrective shoeing .

Good guess...bad coffin bone and maybe stuffed with hemp...Good chance that the sidewalls are NFG and the shoe was sucked off or stepped on...a wet hoof soaks up a lot of moisture and is too soft to hold a nail...the excessive number of nails also tells that story..

Hooves are unusual in that my Appy had 3 black hooves like flint and one partial white hoof that was soft like a soap bar. Kept a pair of shoes on the front for balance for the soft hoof...on the otherhand my Peruvian Paso had 4 black hooved that were like steel...and was kept barefooted...

Always threatened to run him downhill on an asphalt road and put him into a skid just to file and ever out the hooves



Remember the old shoe floroscopes?

 

[slowreaper]

There is a lot of things that can go wrong with a hoof, first thing that came to mind was one we had with a very tender frog. A stone bruise could almost cripple him, but he was a great horse. So, when we shoed him we used wide shoes similar to what is shown. With a thick piece of leather to protect the bottom of the hoof.

Brad

 

[stefen]

Brad...good possibility...

Had a similar circumstance with a bad case of thrush... packed the leather pocket with crystal iodine and alcohol then packed with hemp..