Found this US bridle,bits and halter with blinders and reins between the floors of the loft of a 150 year old barn.The 4 US buttons are all brass with the ones on the blinders being slightly smalled than a US half dollar. The buttons on the bridle/halter are about silver dollar size with a iron loop on the back for the leather to run through. I have not attempted to remove the buttons because the leather is hard as a rock and I will probably have to cut them off. I can find no markings on the bits but they are very rusty and I have not attempted to clean them yet. I am trying to find out how old it is
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Just put this on Steves Forum and you guys might want to see
- Thread starter Dan-MO
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A couple of weeks ago a friend tore down an old barn. After he had salvaged all the lumber he wanted from it he dozed it up in a big pile to burn the remains. I asked him if I could poke around in it to try and find some old lumber for a couple of wood working projects. He told me to take whatever I wanted as he was going to burn it all on the first rainy day. I spyed about a 10X10 section of the old loft that was boarded up on both sides. It had some decent looking old lumber on it that I wanted to try and get. Using a wrecking bar and hammer I pried a board loose and the first thing I saw was a small piece of dried leather.....I gave it a pull and drug out the whole outfit! I must say I got a little excited when I saw the US buttons.How it got sealed up in that old loft is a mystery to me. I tore the rest apart hoping to find more....but nothing else. As I came home from work today I noticed that the whole pile was burning. Just pure luck I found it when I did or it would have been lost forever.