Look a lot like railroad spikes. I find them near me,as they
had rail lines running through the woods for lumber hauling.
Often wish I could find where they had any depots or camps,
as there might be artifacts at those places.HH Joe
Thanks Joe, I found them so close to the water I figured they might have come from a ship because I do not think there has been any logging in this area but thanks for the suggestion. These also come to a pretty sharp spike and are up to 7 inches long which when I looked at railroad spike sites (http://www.sizes.com/tools/spikes_railroad.htm)
The spikes aren't RR spikes - the heads on RR spikes aren't uniform like yours are.
It's possible that XII is a measurement for a sounding weight. What does the other end from the holes look like? They could also be old window weights.
I found similar weights in Jupiter beach..... someone told me they were from the lifeguard cabin
Good Luck!!!
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They are indeed window weights. The weight is in Roman numerals. They used different weights depending on the weight of the window. They are low grade pig iron and break easily.
I nnow for a fact the counterweights are for windows, I've pulled them out myself and even have a few laying around here somewhere.
Anyway, I too, suspect the spikes are likely from a ship. In the lowlands of Georgia, storm surges could send a ship up creeks and rivers that far from the beach with no problem. If there is no river or creek nearby, it means nothing, the river course changes easily with the influence of Hurricanes... and so on...
Aquanut
Aquanut has it. Window counter-weights. 12 pound for medium sized windows. Mom's house still has them and about once a year I have to replace a line or chain that holds them. Without the counter weight the window is very heavy to lift and needs a stick to hold it up. The counter-weights solved that. They are inside the framework at the sides of the wondows. A piece of rope or lite chain runs from the window, over a pulley and into the window frame.
The other spike looking items may be a large version of nails. Big timbers in large buildings took more than 10 penny nails to hold together. Could be foundation spikes where large timbers were secured.
Thanks for the input all, I made sure the nails were not copper, slightly magnetic and after a little cleaning they were most definitely not copper.
After looking around I found some window sash weights for comparison and that is what they were, thanks all =)
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Aquanut has it. Window counter-weights. 12 pound for medium sized windows. Mom's house still has them and about once a year I have to replace a line or chain that holds them. Without the counter weight the window is very heavy to lift and needs a stick to hold it up. The counter-weights solved that. They are inside the framework at the sides of the wondows. A piece of rope or lite chain runs from the window, over a pulley and into the window frame. 
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