Rail-Road Date Nails

5 mile

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• May 27, 2018

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Although not dug, was still a nice find to get these for 5 bucks.

Date nails have the last two digits the year tie's were laid.

 

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ROBOTCOP13

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• May 27, 2018

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Lay a penny between each nail and than run a Equinox over it and tell us how many targets you can hear?

 

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ROBOTCOP13 said:

Lay a penny between each nail and than run a Equinox over it and tell us how many targets you can hear?

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I dont think I could count that fast, some nails were copper.

 

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5 mile said:

I dont think I could count that fast, some nails were copper.[/QUOTE


Good Answer.

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GLASSHOPPER1955

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• May 29, 2018

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That there is a nice little Date Nail collection. Those were big in the late '60s-early '70s along with RR insulators and barbed-wire. I still have all the nails I collected back then. Even telephone poles had the round type which can still be found if you find an old pole out in the wild. The same for RR ties. I always check when I see old ties being used for landscaping or fenceposts. All the RR tracks in my area have had the ties changed years ago so can't find 'em now plus, railroads don't want anyone on their tracks nowdays.