a square nut and more nails

[Wudnut]

Went out to old cedar grove to area where i been finding nails and a ox shoe, Today. i found more nails and a square nut. I am thinking there may have been a pole barn or something similar in the area,since i been finding nails ( about 3 lbs worth) all found about 3 inches deep. Who knows how old they are and with the the amount of trees and dead fall. there is no way a vehicle could get in there in recent years to dump stuff. Thanks for checking.

 

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[Mud Hut]

Went out to old cedar grove to area where i been finding nails ....Who knows how old they are ....

Your nails are wire nails .. almost impossible to date unless you can base it on the history of the site:

"As the name implies, wire nails are formed from wire. Usually coils of wire are drawn through a series of dies to reach a specific diameter, then cut into short rods that are then formed into nails. The nail tip is usually cut by a blade; the head is formed by reshaping the other end of the rod under high pressure. Other dies are used to cut grooves and ridges. Wire nails were also known as "French nails" for their country of origin.[10] Belgian wire nails began to compete in England in 1863. Joseph Henry Nettlefold was making wire nails at Smethwick by 1875.[11] Over the following decades, the nail-making process was almost completely automated. Eventually the industry had machines capable of quickly producing huge numbers of inexpensive nails with little or no human intervention.[12]

With the introduction of cheap wire nails, the use of wrought iron for nail making quickly declined, as more slowly did the production of cut nails. In the United States, in 1892 more steel-wire nails were produced than cut nails. In 1913, 90% of manufactured nails were wire nails. Nails went from being rare and precious to being a cheap mass-produced commodity. Today almost all nails are manufactured from wire, but the term "wire nail" has come to refer to smaller nails, often available in a wider, more precise range of gauges than is typical for larger common and finish nails."

(taken from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nail_(fastener) )

 

[trapperart]

Congrats

 

[Old Pueblo]

Someone post this the other day:

 

[Professor of Engineering]

I be there are goodies among the iron. Keep at it!