Parts to an old wagon?

[Hiker]

I found these on top of a small hill, just south of Atlanta. There were 8 of them. Could they be parts to an old wagon?

 

[johnnyi]

Hiker, a little more infor would help. You found eight of which one? How big are they? what does the back of the top one look like? Thanks.

 

[Hiker]

There were 4 pairs of them. The backs are all flat, as if they were mounted on something. Many of them still had a bolt in them like the one on its side in the picture. They are 12 inches long.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

I dont have a clue. Truckinbutch may know.

 

[truckinbutch]

I dont have a clue. Truckinbutch may know.

I been scratchin my head over this one all morning . More pictures might help . I'm stumped so far .
Jim

 

[Hiker]

I will post more pics soon. Thanks for looking.

 

[truckinbutch]

I will post more pics soon. Thanks for looking.

I sure hope you do , my scalp is getting sore . WAG the end with the bolt was permanetly fastened and the end with the square socket accepted a square nut into which a threaded rod could be inserted and removed such as in a wagon tail board or headboard .
Just WAG without more info .
Jim

 

[AU24K]

South of Atlanta? On a known trail? I'm in Gainesville and the old Federal Highway runs near about close to up through here.
I've always wanted to detect on an old trail.
Might have to do some research.....
Scott

 

[TiredIron]

My guess is that they are tines that go to a garden cultivator.

TiredIron

 

[truckinbutch]

My guess is that they are tines that go to a garden cultivator.

TiredIron

Cultivators we use here have one hole 90degrees to the other . One bolt attaches to the side frame and the shovel bolts to the other end .
Wish we had more pics . This one has me bugged .

 

[traderoftreasures]

what about anhydrous knife ?

 

[johnnyi]

Hiker, these are a mystery indeed. I'll take a wild guess though based on a few particular things in their design.
1) the bolts are short, so what went between them was fairly thin.
2) the hole to the far right looks like the pivot point. (lever pivoted on this hole)
3) the hole next to that holes the bolt head flush on the inside.
4) the two semicircular depressions, coupled with the sloping side of the relic indicate this was where an angled tab would be locked in place, and which could be easily unlocked.

Based on the above, my completely wild guess would be that these objects (4 pairs?) were mounted on the bottom of four levers which were part of an early four bottom plow, cultivator, or harrow; and the levers raised or lowered the working parts. The semicircles would have clipped the apparatus in the up position and locked it there. As you found at least one bolt without a nut, my guess is these were not mounted on wooden levers (too weak, and as well, the bolts with nuts would have remained after the wood rotted away), but instead were mounted on steel and were for some reason disassembled. (most four bottom cultivators in use in the 20th century had a different spring loaded arrangement over a toothed piece of metal to raise and lower, which is what bothers me about this guess. It could be earlier though)

 

[traderoftreasures]

withdraw my previous..... maybe off of something like this.......

 

[Hiker]

Up dated pics Re: Parts to an old wagon?

Here are a few more pics of the mystery metal. There are numbers on the inside G or C cant tell which, then 660 L and R for left and right? they are 14 1/2 inches long.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

They look fairly modern.

 

[Hiker]

Yup, I dont think they are period, still would like to figure out what they went to.