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Monday Morning Mystery 011121
Last Monday I asked what kind of horseshoe is pictured here. The answer: a bar shoe. (I had no idea.)
From the same friend, another item he found in his yard near the Bajor Farm.
What is it (beyond a huge ring), and what was it used for?
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Great Detective work Marianne…i never knew such a dandy kitchen device ever existed
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Here is one with six nubs!https://www.icollector.com/Antique-Corn-Shucker_i10513224
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By the way, here is a link to a picture of a corn chucker that had a big metal wheel on the side….https://pawnstarsthegame.fandom.com/wiki/Corn_Shucker?file=Corn_Shucker.png
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The Ring has 6 nubs…didn’t find any spokes…it’s about 10 lbs…severely oxidized..found it in under a foot of dirt about 75 ft from the house…which is an 1856 Quackenbush built farmhouse along side the Bajor property….Thanks for the sleuthing.
any idea where the Outhouses were situated back in the day? -
A pulley wheel for a well bucket? There seem to be nubs on the inner circumference, suggesting where spokes were. Too small for a tractor steering wheel, I think.
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OH WAIT! Maybe a metal ring off of a horse team double tree!
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(There used to be a corn shucker with a large wheel like that but there were spokes inside.)
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Could it be some kind of a tether ring? It looks so thick though…too thick for a wagon hoop. It would have spokes or an inside if it was a gear or a steering wheel of a tractor. Did it have spokes or something inside at one point or was it always just a ring?
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William P Conroy
Great Detective work Marianne…i never knew such a dandy kitchen device ever existed
MARIANNE HERRMANN
Here is one with six nubs!https://www.icollector.com/Antique-Corn-Shucker_i10513224
MARIANNE HERRMANN
By the way, here is a link to a picture of a corn chucker that had a big metal wheel on the side….https://pawnstarsthegame.fandom.com/wiki/Corn_Shucker?file=Corn_Shucker.png
William P Conroy
The Ring has 6 nubs…didn’t find any spokes…it’s about 10 lbs…severely oxidized..found it in under a foot of dirt about 75 ft from the house…which is an 1856 Quackenbush built farmhouse along side the Bajor property….Thanks for the sleuthing.
any idea where the Outhouses were situated back in the day?
Diane
A pulley wheel for a well bucket? There seem to be nubs on the inner circumference, suggesting where spokes were. Too small for a tractor steering wheel, I think.
MARIANNE HERRMANN
OH WAIT! Maybe a metal ring off of a horse team double tree!
MARIANNE HERRMANN
(There used to be a corn shucker with a large wheel like that but there were spokes inside.)
MARIANNE HERRMANN
Could it be some kind of a tether ring? It looks so thick though…too thick for a wagon hoop. It would have spokes or an inside if it was a gear or a steering wheel of a tractor. Did it have spokes or something inside at one point or was it always just a ring?