What is this?

[Dtschuler]

Is this some horse or cattle thing?

 

[clovis97]

It is a bit for a horse.

 

[wvwildman]

looks like a horse bit

 

[kuger]

I dont agree......not sure what it is,but I dont think its a bit....

whats the length?

Antique Horse Harness Bit- Iron --Decorative

 

[Dtschuler]

The bar part is 11 inches

 

[kuger]

yea,I thnk thats too big,even for a draft horse,not sure what it is

 

[Dtschuler]

Also found these pieces of iron in the same area over the past year.

 

[creskol]

I think that bar served as a stabilizer on an older style belly mounted sickle bar mower. I see a sickle bar mower guard and a blade guide in the lower two photos, along with a couple lynch pins.