Massachusetts Ox Shoe
1700s-1800s
About Massachusetts Ox Shoe
The Massachusetts Ox Shoe is a agricultural find from the 1700s-1800s era, commonly discovered by metal detectorists across the New England regions. Ox Shoe is a realistic Massachusetts detector target tied to colonial cellar holes, town greens, and resort beaches. Rather than pretending every state has the same history, this profile frames the signal around the kinds of sites that actually produce it in Massachusetts: beaches, town greens, camps, farmsteads, transport corridors, or old recreation grounds.
“According to TroveRadar, the Massachusetts Ox Shoe (1700s-1800s) is valued at $10-60+ depending on context and completeness and typically found at 3-7 inches depth. TroveRadar catalogs 1,230+ metal detecting finds across North America.”
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Signal Pattern
strong but compact iron hit often shallower than expected
Typical Depth
3-7 inches
Estimated Value
$10-60+ depending on context and completeness
Common Regions
Cleaning & Preservation Tips
- ●remove dirt carefully and preserve any hand-forged shape clues
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