What do you do with your relics?

[relichunters]

I have a question, when you find relics, clad, jewelery, etc. What do you normally do with them?
My friend and I put them in bags, and the larger iron stuff in buckets, and we pour our clad into a plastic container. I see alot of people sell the stuff they find, wouldn't you rather keep it?

 

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[pookie-princess of rust]

i keep what i find unless its obviously trash, like foil. i have almost everything thrown into a box. how much iron would it take to make it worthwhile to try to recycle it? i have found alot of nails (including square ones) but they usually go out.

 

[relichunters]

Don't sell the handcrafted nails, or coffin nails you find, those can be worth something. But yeah we have like 125 nails total. It's something like $5 per TON of iron. I dunno but its not worth it.

 

[pookie-princess of rust]

ya thats what i thought... by the ton... how can u tell if a nail is handcrafted? most of the ones at my house are old and square... thats all i can tell...

 

[bill gent]

I perfur civil war mding so I keep what I find and take it with me when I lecture

might be a good idea for everyone out there to lecture at schools because it is good community service and it opens the window to better relations so you can dig more places

 

[sniffer]

the hand made nails usually have a rounded head, they were made with a anvil and hammer.
as far as relics, I take pictures of everything, and dispose of the worthless items. recycle anything other than steel and iron

 

[Burdie]

I keep it and keep saying I am going to sell it.

Burdie

 

[relichunters]

These are handcrafted

http://www.wheathills.com/images/aging_pieces/old_nails.jpg


Usually they don't look straight, looks molded by hand. There is different styles. When its a machine made it's perfect. If you had one of each you'd know instantly.