Nail age?

[MackDigger]

Here is said nail.

 

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[ATpro5]

Square nails were popular up until the turn of the century (ca 1900) . They are actually still made today but very rarely used. Its almost impossible to date the nail. By the corrosion amount i say it has some age to it though. Gotta be more stuff at that site

 

[jeff of pa]

when I see square nails like that I think Turn of the Century

1900 ish (1870's - 1910's) however only a guess

that is something I'd like to see, a uniform table, to date square nails

 

[ATpro5]

Ive found square nails at many late 1700s sites. They were probably even used before that. They had to hold that wood together with something! Haha

 

[vpnavy]

FWIW - you might take a look at The history of NAIL MAKING and Nail Chronology: The Use of Technologically Derived Features which talks about each of the periods of actual use for each of twelve basic nail types MackDigger.