Some Stuff - Need ID on a couple of things.

[Old Pueblo]

Found a few things at this old ranch today. Can anyone ID this key? I dont think its that old, but who knows. This place goes back to at least the turn of the 19th century, judging by the purple glass shards I was seeing all over the place. I also found that little clay marble. I always enjoy finding those. And can anyone date that Levi button? Someone was able to date a little Levi rivet I have, so maybe this can be dated as well?



The key, on the one side, says something I cant make out, followed by "TO" in fancy lettering and "DIAMOND" underneath of that, in plain lettering. On the other side is a sparkling diamond. Hope this helps.

 

[trapperart]

Congrats on some nice stuff

 

[Trezurehunter]

I like that clay marble, and what appear to be dated inspection nails from telephone polls. I just found a few of those last week myself. Obviously yours are from 1927, 1930, and 1936. Those are nice finds. In my area now, they are using aluminum tags nailed into the poll, and have been using them for the last 50 years.

 

[The Rebel]

Nice finds! Those are railroad date nails, I used to pull them out of old abandoned RR's a long time ago. The older ones have the type recessed but the newer ones have the date raised. They were nailed into the center of each tie so the repair crews new how old it was.

 

[Carolina Tom]

Nice finds again.

Those dated nails are awesome, as is the clay marble.

 

[Old Pueblo]

Oh yes, they are date nails from the railroad. I threw them in because I found them in RR ties at the same place, so they are part of that day's finds. I have many more you can see here: http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/g...84-southern-arizona-date-nail-collection.html And thank you all for your responses, I certainly appreciate them.