A square nail
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Nice!!! Congrats!!!
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Most square nails I’ve seen over the years are like that, I have a permission that had a very old barn burn and the square nails come out of the ground in great shape. I believe you can date a square nail to before the 1880’s. Keep hunting around, something good should pop out!!!!!
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Being a carpenter I like nails, the older the better.
The nail in the OP's image seems to be a modern concrete nail, probably about 2-1/8" long judging by the tip (not the head). It is made large enough to penetrate the concrete without deforming. They are very similar to older square nails.
I did a remodeling project in Connecticut one time where I found examples of all four styles in AARC's image above and another time my Uncle gave me some long ones from a building being renovated in France that the workers said was from 1100 ad!
They were in a trash pile (the nails, not the workers
) with lumber to be thrown away!
The nail in the OP's image seems to be a modern concrete nail, probably about 2-1/8" long judging by the tip (not the head). It is made large enough to penetrate the concrete without deforming. They are very similar to older square nails.
I did a remodeling project in Connecticut one time where I found examples of all four styles in AARC's image above and another time my Uncle gave me some long ones from a building being renovated in France that the workers said was from 1100 ad!
They were in a trash pile (the nails, not the workers
) with lumber to be thrown away!
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pulled one of those out of my tire last week
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Welcome to T-Net Barrydang!
My dad was also a carpenter and he told me that those iron square nails would punch through concrete. Anything else would cause cracks.
Where a carpenter's nail uses it's sharp point to split through the wood.
My dad was also a carpenter and he told me that those iron square nails would punch through concrete. Anything else would cause cracks.
Where a carpenter's nail uses it's sharp point to split through the wood.
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