✅ SOLVED Is this nail very old? Worth any money?

[Peace]

Found this in a yard. May be a railroad screw from 1800. Not sure.

 

[bowwinkles]

Not a nail but we call it a rusty bolt.

 

[pepperj]

Oh yes it's worth its weight in iron.
Please weigh it then sell it for $0.01 per pound.

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[Peace]

The rust makes it looks ancient. I told my kids we found something from the stone age! haha

So, it's just a modern, large screw? Not worth more than a dollar? It doesn't weigh more than 5 pounds.

There's a railroad nearby. I assume it's from there.

 

[Almy]

Worth very little, for sure. Almost no metal value and bent and rusted so it would be hard to restore to use. But I have used similar ones for pins in a tractor trailer hitch, just stuck in a hole and no nut on it. The square head was used earlier than the hexagonal heads used today, or maybe for a special purpose, such as the RR as you suggest. The threads look common and machine made. Just a guess it is from the early to mid 1900s.

 

[ncsuwolf]

The rust makes it looks ancient. I told my kids we found something from the stone age! haha

So, it's just a modern, large screw? Not worth more than a dollar? It doesn't weigh more than 5 pounds.

There's a railroad nearby. I assume it's from there.

Bolt, not screw

 

[Peace]

Thanks for the answers! Take care.

 

[Doubter in MD]

It's a rusty T-bolt.

 

[Peace]

Thanks for the picture. nice to see what it looks like new! The rusting sure changes it appearance.

 

[Erndog72]

And for the record, these are still readily available.