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That perfectly-round shank suggests that this is a more-modern hook/nail manufactured from drawn wire, not hand forged. Ancient Roman nails will show signs of hand forging, are generally square with a tapered shank and a relatively flat head. But really visual inspection of the nail alone is not likely to be sufficient to date it to Roman times. You will see that we talk about various features on spikes and old nails such as direction of. Iron grain or splits and also burrs. tool marks, and importantly for your example are contextual clues. the 20th century about the Roman steelmaking production1,2,3). The Roman fortress at Inchtuthil covered around Your photos and the nail condition are blurry and limited in information they provide, but I notice in one of the photos that the head of the nail is awfully precisely square - possibly arguing for a machine process.

Rivierre is the last working nail factory in France. It is recognized as a Living Heritage Company, which is a label granted by the french Ministry of the Economy, Industry and Employment to reward firms for the excellence of their traditional and industrial skills. Cut nails made in North America before the 1830s would not have been used for clinched nailing (ends would break off) To provide a chronology of the production and types of nails we first describe wooden nails or "tree nails" followed by a chronological list of useful dates for iron nails. Wooden nails - Tree Nails or Treenails, Post & Beam Construction In essence, as you’ll read above, when estimating the age, properties, use, and history of a metal fastener like a nail, spike, or screw, we look at

My neighbor recently dug up an old horseshoe in his yard located in the suburbs of Indianapolis, and I am attempting to determine the approximate age of the piece. I have received significantly varying age ranges from a professional farrier and the Indiana State Museum. Is the nail shank round? - typical of modern wire nails drawn from wire and machine made; usually wire nails also show clinch marks under the nail head where the wire was held during machine forming of the nail head. Ancient Roman Nails

When estimating the age, properties, use, and history of a metal fastener like a nail, spike, or screw, we look at Was wondering if you cold help me identify the age of this Nail/Spike [photos above] It was found on an old beach about a foot below the sand. From what we can see, it does seem to be a hook or fastener of some sort. The shadow shows the angle at which the 'head' is attached to the hook, and we appreciate the penny for size.

at NAIL AGE DETERMINATION KEY but remember that knowing the type of nail also helps identify its historic context or use and thus is also a clue to its age. Cook's visits [to Tahiti] in April 1769, August 1773, and August 1777 only heightened the islanders' desire for iron and other western goods. . (Denver, 2013 Tahiti, p. 682-683). 1775-1783 Nails During the American Revolution Really:? Note that some earlier rectangular-shanked cut nails may also contain gripper marks under the head - formed by pinching individual nails, one-by-one, in a vise to permit the fabricator to use a hammer to form that nail's hand-wrought head. The gripper marks on thise earlier hand-headed rectangular shanked nails will generally be larger and of course those nail shanks won't be round.

I meant the bull skin trail, sorry for the typo. I can include dimensions and other photos if needed. When someone asks for our opinion about the age of an apparently-antique hand wrought nail, cut nail, or other metal spike, and when the questioner offers no other information, it is difficult, perhaps impossible to answer. Thanks, we work hard to provide trusted research so are grateful when you find it interesting or useful. Your questions, suggestions, criticism, also are helpful and welcome. In the case of spikes, clustering in seven discernable groups per composition was identified that likely signifies different batches of spikes used for the construction of the ship, …

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Nelson, Lee H., NAIL CHRONOLOGY as an AID to DATING OLD BUILDINGS [PDF], U.S. National Park Service, Technical Leaflet No. 48. retrieved 2019/01/08, original source: npshistory.com/publications/nail-chronology.pdf That's certainly reasonable. Finding old newspaper buried in the construction of buildings or tool boxes or other items is often a very helpful clue to the potential age. It would be great to see some photos of the toolbox and of the nail, you can post one photo per comment. Nelson notes the first generation of cut nail manufacturing involved cutting all nails from common sides with heads hammered on as a separate production step. Found by my 8yr old daughter in the River Medway near Maidstone Kent. We are wondering what use it had and how old it is. Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you.

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