Can anyone help me identify this chain?

It could be chain for a tree swing.

If you soaked this in Coca Cola for a while it would be easier to see the links and aid identification.

Breast chains for mule or horse that hooks collar to wagon tongue.

Neck chains for cattle in stalls in winter.

Chains go from animal to plow

This is a chain used in the process of towing cars.

Yes old chain for cattels and cows used till 1960is in switzeland

Çould be used for transport tie down of new car carrier.

Your post doesn't indicate where you are located but it looks like a logging chain, the "toggles" or bars at each end can be used to make a loop in the chain or to link chains together.

Hi LaLa, I googled "old cow chains" and it sounds like everyone is correct, it looks like the images that pop up. Someone had one for sale for over $50 so you may want to check into that! Also, you can check with the Georgia Department of Corrections to find out if there was in fact a prison where you live, they should be able to tell you. Good luck!

Hi LaLa, I don't know how long the chain is however, I found something similar but it was quite short. I live on a site that was a battlefield during the Civil War. I'm told that the chain I found is a pair of hand cuffs and since you live on a site where there was once a prison, I think it may have been used for shackling.

put something by the chains(dollar bill/quarter) so we can see how lrg the links are & the connecting pin on end. Bent ? probably either welded into position or fused from rust... use wire brush to remove loose rust, soak them in vinegar to remove rust. Take them to local museum or some one who speacilizes in old war,prison or slave relics or farm equipment