Iron Relic Day Today. Door Hinge Pin and More. Need Help Dating This Site.

[FreeBirdTim]

Went back to a spot that has produced a few strap hinges and other iron relics. Got a bunch of square nails, a buckle, a pair of scissors and a very large door hinge pin. Also got a shield shaped relic with three nails in it. Not sure what that is, though.

How about some guesses as to the age of this site?

[Scrappy]

The nails are the best way to figure an age. They all look like cut square nails to me. Those are divided into two types and have an approximate age. I may see a few type one nails which date from 1790’s-1830’s, however a majority if not all look like type 2 which date 1830’s to 1880’s. If you clean them up you’d be able to tell for sure. Of course these nails overlapped so my best guess if there’s a few type ones is 1840-1850’s, but no one can every be sure.

Cheers

[FreeBirdTim]

Thanks for the help! I banged off some of the rust on them and took a few pics. Hope they're good enough pics so you can ID them for me.

[Professor of Engineering]

Nice old relics!