North Georgia mule trail finds.

[HAVE DETECTOR WILL TRAVEL]

I found these in my back yard. The slate knife has copper on the end and the shoe is a lead alloy. I live proximately 2 miles away from The Etowah Indian mounds and Desoto may have crossed the river here. Any insight would be greatly appreciated.

 

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I don't care what anyone says, Its still awesome, great find and HH!!
Thank you relicminer.

 

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I don't care what anyone says, Its still awesome, great find and HH!!
Thank you relicminer.

What's awesome about finding a modern shoe

 

[Bell]

No problem, I only know that from hunting sites in texas, but I'm sure if you google spanish horse shoe for image results you can get some photos of what you are looking for.

 

[Bell]

I dunno relicman, what's awesome about intentionally raining on someones parade? Pretty much nothing.

 

[Bell]

I'm sorry, i was speaking to stefan, not relicman. Apologies.

 

[HAVE DETECTOR WILL TRAVEL]

I don't care what anyone says, Its still awesome, great find and HH!!
Thank you relicmi

What's awesome about finding a modern shoe

So a modern shoe is one that you bend and forge by hand along with the nails. Cool...gonna have to jot that down. Thank you so Stefan.

 

[tinpan]

Hi your knife looks like a piece of sedimenty rock or grey slate that comes from gold bearing ground the staining is from ground mineralisation of some type like iron stone . The shoe looks the same as that used on ore or pit ponies. Got any hard rock gold mines near you.

tinpan

 

[HAVE DETECTOR WILL TRAVEL]

Have,

How are you able to determine that the mule shoe comes from a pack mule. What makes that different from a riding mule, wagon mule or plow mule?

However, neither the title or the post content stated that the shoe came from a pack mule...only that it came from a backyard, and yet uncertain of the backyard to a mule trail relationship.

One of the photos was labeled "Pack Mule Shoe". That has since been changed.


Sorry Curious The George but I have not changed a thing on this post and I don't really appreciate you insinuating that I have...I do think it's pack mule trail though.

 

[HAVE DETECTOR WILL TRAVEL]

Hi your knife looks like a piece of sedimenty rock or grey slate that comes from gold bearing ground the staining is from ground mineralisation of some type like iron stone . The shoe looks the same as that used on ore or pit ponies. Got any hard rock gold mines near you.

tinpan

You are saying exactly what the expert said... "the knife staining was probably from being next to some type of iron" I tried testing it but it was too small or it was not in it's data base because it came up as aluminum and right again, I live on the widest part of the Dahlonega Gold Belt. I'm just gonna quit posting and send you p.m.'s okay.

 

[tinpan]

Hi your knife looks like a piece of sedimenty rock or grey slate that comes from gold bearing ground the staining is from ground mineralisation of some type like iron stone . The shoe looks the same as that used on ore or pit ponies. Got any hard rock gold mines near you.

tinpan

You are saying exactly what the expert said... "the knife staining was probably from being next to some type of iron" I tried testing it but it was too small or it was not in it's data base because it came up as aluminum and right again, I live on the widest part of the Dahlonega Gold Belt. I'm just gonna quit posting and send you p.m.'s okay.

I saw your pics and made a reasonable possiblity of what they may be . i live on gold bearing ground and have seen relics and objects the same. Then i checked your location for mining activity. It seemed to make sence. So then i replyed to your post. I,m no expert but 160 years of family on a gold feild does give a fair idea about some things

tinpan

 

[tinpan]

To be honest no, It just feels and looks like it but it could be any mixture. The knife also, I don't really know what that is at the end.

OK, I thought I was going to learn something new about shoes I think its highly unlikely to be a Lean mix.

Not really see the copper on the blade type object either, looks more like a natural discolouration of the rock. Copper would normally look quite green by now

Oh really, Sedimentry gold bearing grey slate can be stained by any number of minerals and besides pyrites both iron and copper. Other forms of mineral copper are found near gold deposits.natural ground is a little different that green roman coppers you know.The grey slate was used by the local native tribes in many different ways back some 30,000 years . sorry that might be a little to old you your understanding of ancient.Slate grey tiles were common site in the mid 19th century. Horse shoe or mule or pit pony all used right up to modern times. Did,nt have pit ponies in english welsh or cornish coal mines ? Yey again the know it it all have all the answers and nothing to back their mouths up

tinpan

 

[HAVE DETECTOR WILL TRAVEL]

To be honest no, It just feels and looks like it but it could be any mixture. The knife also, I don't really know what that is at the end.

OK, I thought I was going to learn something new about shoes I think its highly unlikely to be a Lean mix.

Not really see the copper on the blade type object either, looks more like a natural discolouration of the rock. Copper would normally look quite green by now

Oh really, Sedimentry gold bearing grey slate can be stained by any number of minerals and besides pyrites both iron and copper. Other forms of mineral copper are found near gold deposits.natural ground is a little different that green roman coppers you know.The grey slate was used by the local native tribes in many different ways back some 30,000 years . sorry that might be a little to old you your understanding of ancient.Slate grey tiles were common site in the mid 19th century. Horse shoe or mule or pit pony all used right up to modern times. Did,nt have pit ponies in english welsh or cornish coal mines ? Yey again the know it it all have all the answers and nothing to back their mouths up

tinpan

Good call again tinpan. Found a few of these along the trail. Tend to think someone was mining copper or gold in a area the natives already new about.

 

[tinpan]

To be honest no, It just feels and looks like it but it could be any mixture. The knife also, I don't really know what that is at the end.

OK, I thought I was going to learn something new about shoes I think its highly unlikely to be a Lean mix.

Not really see the copper on the blade type object either, looks more like a natural discolouration of the rock. Copper would normally look quite green by now

Oh really, Sedimentry gold bearing grey slate can be stained by any number of minerals and besides pyrites both iron and copper. Other forms of mineral copper are found near gold deposits.natural ground is a little different that green roman coppers you know.The grey slate was used by the local native tribes in many different ways back some 30,000 years . sorry that might be a little to old you your understanding of ancient.Slate grey tiles were common site in the mid 19th century. Horse shoe or mule or pit pony all used right up to modern times. Did,nt have pit ponies in english welsh or cornish coal mines ? Yey again the know it it all have all the answers and nothing to back their mouths up

tinpan

Good call again tinpan. Found a few of these along the trail. Tend to think someone was mining copper or gold in a area the natives already new about.

Often called hunter and gathers many ancient cultures have far better understanding of the properities of some minerals. Take cave painting the type of clay used has lasted for thousands of years. Another opal is bad luck because the natives realized that opal was fossil remains of ancient sea creatures . Shame so much was lost .

tinpan