Metal detecting….what is this?

sea2summit · Sep 17, 2023

Daughter got a metal detector for Christmas so we’ve been poking around a bunch since then. Found this today around a cemetery that dates back to the first part of the 1800s abandoned about 70 years ago and the surrounding area has been planted with pulp pine for I’m not sure how long. Found it in three parts and this is what it looked like after a light application of a wire wheel. Some sort of cable guide? One of the holes, that appear to be mounting holes, is very obvious augered out more than the other and visible detail of the wear around the edge makes me think it isn’t super old.

Any guesses/help?

2manyrocks · Sep 17, 2023

Looks like part of some kind of horse/mule hitch.

5030 · Sep 17, 2023

Dang... You use fingernail polish...lol

newbury · Sep 17, 2023

5030 said:
Dang... You use fingernail polish...lol

And whoever has those hands and is holding the object has hair down to their midsection.

2manyrocks · Sep 17, 2023

It is the piece that fits on the end of a plow drawn by either a horse or a mule. That's where the animal harness connects to the plow. "horse drawn plow clevis"

sea2summit · Sep 17, 2023

2manyrocks said:
It is the piece that fits on the end of a plow drawn by either a horse or a mule. That's where the animal harness connects to the plow.

Think you’re the winner, thanks!

oosik · Sep 18, 2023

It was found using your daughters metal detector??? It's TREASURE - man, don't you know treasure.

MossRoad · Sep 18, 2023

Never ceases to amaze me how fast one can get a correct answer on this forum!

sea2summit · Sep 18, 2023

oosik said:
It was found using your daughters metal detector??? It's TREASURE - man, don't you know treasure.

I'm pretty sure I get just as giddy as she does every time it starts beeping. I'm just there for digging the holes but I still have a great time, I can understand how it could suck you in as a hobby. We've found lots of things but this was the first thing that's really part of local history.

stuckmotor · Sep 18, 2023

My brother found some people detecting metal on our property. They had crossed a ditch and fence to detect out in a pasture. A woman in the group claimed her wedding ring had jumped off her finger and flown out into the field.