square nails and a stone point

[OldQuest]

Probably found close to a hundred square nails near the blacksmith shop site today, but also turned up a stone projectile point.

 

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[vpnavy]

Here are a few informative articles talking about nails...

University of Vermont - Nails: Clues to a Building's History
Nails provide one of the best clues to help determine the age of historic buildings,
especially those constructed during the nineteenth century...


Nail Chronology - National Park Service

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The National Park Service in its historic structures restoration
program has developed some research techniques...

The History of Nail Making
History does not record who it was, but the incredible results of that
inspirational moment are all around us - in the houses we live in,
the bridges we cross, the furniture we sit on...


Your Online Source for Identifying Fakes and Reproductions
Nails As Clues to Age
Most everyone knows that handmade nails are older than machine made nails...
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[OldQuest]

Thanks for the nail info. Although I call them square, most of them are rectangular in cross section. Some of the bigger ones look like they may have been hammered on.

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Thanks for the nail info. Although I call them square, most of them are rectangular in cross section. Some of the bigger ones look like they may have been hammered on.

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As vpnavy suggested, your nail finds date from the mid-late 19thc.

Congrats on the stone projectile point find, I'm still looking for one of those babies.
Dave

 

[RVRoamer74]

Nice find on the point. Congrats!

 

[A2coins]

Great point thats a cool one. Always like finding square nails on my hunts then I know the spot is old.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Nice finds!