✅ SOLVED Age of this hand-forged screw?

[Dougie Webb]

I found this right by where I found a minie ball a few weeks back. It looks hand-forged to me. It took hours of tumbling and electrolysis to get it even to this point. Anyone have an idea on age? Seems like it would be at least 1850 or before, but that's just a guess. Photoshopped the pictures to make them as clear as possible. Thanks in advance!

 

[Almy]

Tough one to ID and even harder to age. An apparent screw with no slot in the head, so impossible to use as a screw unless the head is gripped by pliers and turned that way. There are ringed nails but the rings I've seen are not spiral like are on this item.

 

[Tesorodeoro]

Tough one to ID and even harder to age. An apparent screw with no slot in the head, so impossible to use as a screw unless the head is gripped by pliers and turned that way. There are ringed nails but the rings I've seen are not spiral like are on this item.

Could be nailed into a piece of wood and a knob screwed onto the protruding end. The irregular shape might keep it from turning under light pressure? In the early days screws were all made by hand individually and each thread was unique. I could certainly file a slot in it and use it to secure something if I needed to.

 

[Dougie Webb]

Tough one to ID and even harder to age. An apparent screw with no slot in the head, so impossible to use as a screw unless the head is gripped by pliers and turned that way. There are ringed nails but the rings I've seen are not spiral like are on this item.

Yeah, the head really puzzles me

 

[BCSMark]

Honestly the head looks like a Craig screw, with a square indentation in the center. If so, much more modern than you are suspecting.