Antique horseshoes?

[bottlehunter212]

So my moms side of the family lives in Germany and last time i went to visit after my grandma died i was going through some stuff and i found 2 cool looking horseshoes. They would have been thrown away so I grabbed them... Family storys say that my great great great grandfather found them one day in the field and that they are from when the Huns invaded.  (I will post pictures later)
This is all the info i know about them, any help would be greatly appreciated:
According to my family they where found in a field on the farm which is about 2 miles north of Schlier.
Thats all thts knowen.. any help at all would be great!!! 

[cogar]

The following makes that claim a possibility.

Horsemen tried various remedies, and by the sixth and seventh centuries began nailing metal shoes onto their horses' feet. - See more at: http://www.equisearch.com/article/eqhorsesho610#sthash.qxxdJaMB.dpuf

The Huns were a nomadic group of people who are known to have lived in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia between the 1st century AD and the 7th century.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huns

[KC]

Sure would love to see the pictures!    Exciting finds!

[mart]

I have been waiting too !!  Would like to know if they were dug up or on top of the field ??

[bottlehunter212]

Sorry for the delays on the pictures but I won't be home until tommorow
No one knows if they where on the surface or not but my family has been on the farm for 6 or 7 generations and before that it was owned by the local monystery so the fields have been in use for a looong time so they could have been turned up cause of plowing. 

[bottlehunter212]

My friend let me use his computer so here are the pics 
http://imgur.com/mErzBJu
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Sorry for the randomness of the pictures and sorry if i repeated one twice
Thanks for all the support!!!

[KC]

Interesting article:
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Horse_shoes_and_horse_shoeing:_their_origin,_history,_uses,_and_abuses/Chapter_VI

[mart]

Good you kept the shoes,, chances are you will not see many others like these !!  What is the length and width of the horseshoes ??  Not much different in style from today !!

[bottlehunter212]

Not sure about the size I will post it after I am back 

[bottlehunter212]

Anyone know if I could get them carbon dated or dated through a similar method?

[mart]

Some universities might offer those services !!

[bottlehunter212]

I live near ASU would they offer those services? If so who in the university would I contact?

[mart]

Check the archeology department !!

[greenacres]

Usually the archaeological dept.s are very helpful. They will not tell you value. It is an insult. To them it's all about the history. If you have a history museum near contact them also. Just send them an email with several photos and they will get back to you. I have done this several times. One of my items was used in a paper. I gave them permission.

[bottlehunter212]

Thanks a ton!!!!!