Which is it?

Dug these today. Must of been the luck of the Irish.. Anyways, they sure are small. Are these children's or adults? There is a silver dollar for size comparison.

Great dig on St. Patty's day. 

I have only dug one and it has a heart shape but is about the same size. I was told it was worn by the ladies of the night. I don't know about that but seems to me it would fit nicely on a cowboy boot. 

This same topic came up not long ago on here.Look at period foot wear sometime,they were small.

Heel plate.

Heres the discussion on these small heel plates.  http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,260893.0.html
Does yours have a number on it?

I'm thinking a lady's heel plate.  What cowboy in their right mind would want that print left behind them?  Also, the size seems right for a lady's shoe.  Feet were tiny "back then."  Or maybe a child's. It's been a long time, though, when those types of plates were common. Not in my lifetime, or my parents or grandparents, and I'm ancient.  Those are metal.  Before our modern plastic/rubber shoe soles, they were leather, so you have to go back a while.  JMHO.

I don't think you can judge by the "decoration" of the heel plate.

Here is a heart shaped heel plate from the civil war days.


http://images.google.com/imgres?img...6gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3D21%26tbs%3Disch:1



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CW era heel plates.

They are Civil War era heel plates for men.  People were shorter and smaller back then.  Nice find!  Breezie

I'm thinking a lady's heel plate.  What cowboy in their right mind would want that print left behind them?  Also, the size seems right for a lady's shoe.  Feet were tiny "back then."  Or maybe a child's. It's been a long time, though, when those types of plates were common. Not in my lifetime, or my parents or grandparents, and I'm ancient.  Those are metal.  Before our modern plastic/rubber shoe soles, they were leather, so you have to go back a while.  JMHO.

Were not talking Cowboys and Indians here.These are heel plates and were documented worn during the Civil war.There were regiments that  wore the Clover with great pride

I agree. There are many references online of these being dug at CW sites.

 http://www.worthpoint.com/worthoped...l-war-clover-heel-plates-toe-pieces
http://www.worthpoint.com/worthoped...l-war-clover-heel-plates-toe-pieces

Heres the discussion on these small heel plates.  http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,260893.0.html
Does yours have a number on it?

I'm not seeing a number. If there is one, where it would be is right in the cracked part of the plate on the heart. Appreciate all the replies.

not all of the heel plates are civil war. Here is a link to something I posted a while back. The info was given to me by a fellow who had researched it and did a paper on it in college after he was given info on them by an old lady who was in "the business"
 
    http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,282529.0.html
 

I found em without designs in pre-C.W. sites,thanks for bringing that up "V".

hmm... you would think as many of these that are out there , that  some information would be easy to find. I can see the "lady of the night" theory. But I could also see normal people wearing them.

  You're welcome Kuger  I have no idea hwo long they used heel plates like that but it must have been for a good many years.    I bookmarked that post just in case the subject came up again. Just not my area of expertise:tongue3:

hmm... you would think as many of these that are out there , that  some information would be easy to find.

Lots of information out there about these plates but also differing opinions.

I'm thinking a lady's heel plate.  What cowboy in their right mind would want that print left behind them?  Also, the size seems right for a lady's shoe.  Feet were tiny "back then."  Or maybe a child's. It's been a long time, though, when those types of plates were common. Not in my lifetime, or my parents or grandparents, and I'm ancient.  Those are metal.  Before our modern plastic/rubber shoe soles, they were leather, so you have to go back a while.  JMHO.

My favorite comment of the night: "What cowboy in their right mind would want that print left behind them?"

I'm thinking a lady's heel plate.  What cowboy in their right mind would want that print left behind them?  Also, the size seems right for a lady's shoe.  Feet were tiny "back then."  Or maybe a child's. It's been a long time, though, when those types of plates were common. Not in my lifetime, or my parents or grandparents, and I'm ancient.  Those are metal.  Before our modern plastic/rubber shoe soles, they were leather, so you have to go back a while.  JMHO.

My favorite comment of the night: "What cowboy in their right mind would want that print left behind them?"

Well, apparently I've been outvoted.    But I still have higher hopes for my dream cowboy...   

Good finds!  I've seen ones with heart cut-outs and clover cut-outs...and of course the pain ones...

I have actually dug one with a star cut-out.  Only one of that type I'veever seen dug.





-Buckles