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i'm bamboozeled,a little help please
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Roofing, tar paper, shingle nails? That is my first thought anyway. The item with the heart reminds me of a heel plate. Again, just my first impression.
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P.S. I like the cat's paw as a size reference!
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P.S. I like the cat's paw as a size reference!
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Here is a prior T-net post referencing your heart item as a heel plate. A google search for "heart outline heel plate" will also ID it as a civil war era item.
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I am still...Batch
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I WAS THINKING A HEEL PLATE ON THE HEART THING.. they all were close together...good call...the other copper things are what got my brain wondering.
thanks and happy hunting...
OWG...
thanks and happy hunting...
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The octagonal headed thing is an asbestos shingle storm anchor as Taz42o describes here: http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/what/336613-need-help-brass-thing.html
The link showing their use explains (in step 4) why they are almost always bent when we find them.
It also shows that they aren't used in a nail-like fashion, which is why they aren't pointy.
The link showing their use explains (in step 4) why they are almost always bent when we find them.
It also shows that they aren't used in a nail-like fashion, which is why they aren't pointy.
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THANKS...thought i found some thing cool..it was at an 1850's house.
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(This is a copy of a post I made in the thread linked by Batch in his post above.)
Those heelplates, having a "cutout" emblem in the center, have been proven to be from Ladies' buttonhook "tall shoes." They are small because the heel of those Ladies shoes is small. The photo below shows a Ladies shoe with the "heart" heelplate, excavated from an 1880s dump in Denver CO, by a digger named Marty Homola at the old American Relic Hunters internet forum.
The smallness of the heelplate should be enough proof by itself that it's not from a Military shoe/boot. The narrow little heel would sink deep into the mud very easily with each step. That's why narrow-heel footwear has never been issued to soldiers, who do not have the option of avoiding walking on muddy ground.
Those heelplates, having a "cutout" emblem in the center, have been proven to be from Ladies' buttonhook "tall shoes." They are small because the heel of those Ladies shoes is small. The photo below shows a Ladies shoe with the "heart" heelplate, excavated from an 1880s dump in Denver CO, by a digger named Marty Homola at the old American Relic Hunters internet forum.
The smallness of the heelplate should be enough proof by itself that it's not from a Military shoe/boot. The narrow little heel would sink deep into the mud very easily with each step. That's why narrow-heel footwear has never been issued to soldiers, who do not have the option of avoiding walking on muddy ground.
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I apologize if I gave the impression the heel plate was a civil war uniform item. I never meant that, only that the item was from that timeframe. I should have used "mid to late 1800's" or something to that effect vice "civil war era" to avoid confusion. Cool find nonetheless AND with solid documentation provided by TCG. AWESOME!
Happy hunting to all and to all a good night!
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Happy hunting to all and to all a good night!
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Yeah but I'd love to have a pair like that to wear Lol!
So I'm even more immature or something... 
I would love leaving little heart footprints everywhere. 
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On an off chance of more precise dating, I corresponded with Tremont Nail Co. (which has been around almost 200 years!) and shared OWG's photo of the coil-headed thingies (sorry for technical term). Their Chief of Nails -my term - was very quick to respond, professional, and genuinely interested in helping. Sadly the reply included this quote, "I've never seen anything like those..."
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so should i mark this as solved? i am still wondering about the coil looking copper things..
thanks..
OWG..
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