Metal detecting….what is this?

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sea2summit

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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?
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   / Metal detecting….what is this? #2  
Looks like part of some kind of horse/mule hitch.
 
   / Metal detecting….what is this? #7  
It was found using your daughters metal detector??? It's TREASURE - man, don't you know treasure.
 
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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.
 
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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.
 

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