Finding Iron- A new exploration

[Humanbackhoe]

Hello. Has anyone found old Handcut spikes? I find a lot of iron on the beaches of Long Island NY. Recently I decided to bang off the rust on some of my finds to reveal some potentially old relics. I will post a pic of one recent find

 

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[pa plateau hiker]

Cribbing spike, used to connect timber together. A hole would be drilled, then the spike would be pounded in. Now you have to find a hand held auger that was used to drill the hole.

 

[Humanbackhoe]

Thanks for your response. Would you say this is 100yrs old or 300 yrs old? The Dutch settled this part off of Long Island in the mid 1600s. There is a lot of iron on the beaches. Usually I don’t dig these targets but I kind of like the idea of finding these old handcut relics.

 

[against the wind]

Cool find.
May be some old non-ferrous items in the area where those spikes were found.

 

[pa plateau hiker]

Thanks for your response. Would you say this is 100yrs old or 300 yrs old? The Dutch settled this part off of Long Island in the mid 1600s. There is a lot of iron on the beaches. Usually I don’t dig these targets but I kind of like the idea of finding these old handcut relics.

I find them at 1880-1910 sites. I have found a few augers to go with them.