Another day at the early settler site. Tiny buckle. Serrated knife.

[Recoveredmol]

Another day at the early settler site.

I like the tiny buckle.

The serrated knife is cool. Any info on this?

Thanks.

 

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[creskol]

Nice bag of goodies. Some of those nails look like rose head nails?

 

[Recoveredmol]

Nice bag of goodies. Some of those nails look like rose head nails?

These are all of the nails I've collected from the site so far. A lot of square nails. How can I tell if some are rose head nails? I'll Google search to see what I can find.

 

[creskol]

These are all of the nails I've collected from the site so far. A lot of square nails. How can I tell if some are rose head nails? I'll Google search to see what I can find.

Look to see if the heads are "faceted" usually having signs of three surfaces. Many of them will be flattened but will still have tell-tale signs around the edges.

 

[Blackfoot58]

Is that small buckle brass?

 

[Recoveredmol]

Look to see if the heads are "faceted" usually having signs of three surfaces. Many of them will be flattened but will still have tell-tale signs around the edges.
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I believe I have some like that. Hard to tell in the pictures.

 

[Recoveredmol]

Is that small buckle brass?

I feel like it's iron. I found a bigger one in the same area a few weeks ago.

 

[Blackfoot58]

I feel like it's iron. I found a bigger one in the same area a few weeks ago.

I was just asking because the first one didn’t look as rusty as the iron ones I’ve found. That broken, larger one does look well rusted. Is the small one attracted to a magnet?🧲

 

[Recoveredmol]

I was just asking because the first one didn’t look as rusty as the iron ones I’ve found. That broken, larger one does look well rusted. Is the small one attracted to a magnet?🧲

Yep. It's magnetic.

 

[Almy]

Those are rosehead (fully handmade) nails. The big serrations on the knife look like those on hay bale cutting knives, but the blade seems pretty small for that purpose.

 

[scruggs]

Cool finds!