Went back to my wife's Aunt's home, back into the woods where are 4 terraced fields surrounded by Stone walls..each is about 100 yards long.. lots shell casings, hard to believe I haven't found 1 single button. But I did find a couple relics, the Bulldog pin was a surprise. I have one more field to go way up top maybe better luck there next time. Happy Hunting
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Nice hunt , The Bulldog pin reminds me of Buster Brown's dog Ty . Good luck on that field up top .
Nice finds! Like that pin, and the round buckle looks very unusual.
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I LOVE finding gag swivels or loops! Quite rare! Congrats!
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I just found out about the gag loops myself. Looks like an easy swinging area. Good luck on that other field.
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What exactly is a gag loop? I know its for horses, but what's it's purpose.. and as for the round buckle I assume it for horses as well, just don't know exactly for what.
Originally Posted by aloldstuff
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Gag loops or swivels were fastened high up onto a horse's bridal harness to hold a set of reigns that went onto a special horse bit (gag bit) to train the lead horse to follow commands . when the reigns were tugged on it forced the gag bit to do just like it sounds making the horse comply with the command . It usually were put on new horses or unruly tempered not use to pulling a wagon or team .
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You're wrong, Dan! It's a sword hanger!!
Sorry, old joke.
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You're wrong, Dan! It's a sword hanger!!
Sorry, old joke.the old adage comes to mind with some folks , Drew ..... you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink it !
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What a beautiful area and congrats on the early horse tack. Love the gag swivel. Never found one of those myself.
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great hunt!
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Thanks Dan
Gag loops or swivels were fastened high up onto a horse's bridal harness to hold a set of reigns that went onto a special horse bit (gag bit) to train the lead horse to follow commands . when the reigns were tugged on it forced the gag bit to do just like it sounds making the horse comply with the command . It usually were put on new horses or unruly tempered not use to pulling a wagon or team .
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Great hunt!! That Bulldog looks a bit scarey.lol
Looks like a great area to hunt!
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Every time I see one of these posted I remember that whole flame war. Still cool to find!
You're wrong, Dan! It's a sword hanger!!
Sorry, old joke.
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