Civil War era nail?

maxxkatt · Mar 14, 2020

found this nail. cleaned off very thick coating of rust with brass brush.

It was found in an area where I found two other civil war relics, a flat button and carved bullet.

I can tell the point of the nail was hammered flat. Just wonder why small nail would have such a large head.

any ideas anyone?

Fredneck · Mar 14, 2020

Might be Colonial, got a pic ?

maxxkatt · Mar 14, 2020

Fredneck said:
Might be Colonial, got a pic ?

oops, got sidetracked by demanding 5 year old grandson. Wanted me to print out some more Sonic Hedgehog coloring book pages so he could color them.

Perquimans · Mar 22, 2020

That looks like a rose head nail to me - which is definitely civil war.

Fredneck · Mar 22, 2020

maxxkatt said:
oops, got sidetracked by demanding 5 year old grandson. Wanted me to print out some more Sonic Hedgehog coloring book pages so he could color them.

Here's some CW nails and hut spikes I've preserved. Yours looks more like the colonial Rose head, but a better pic of the head and confirming the spike is square would nail it down.

maxxkatt · Mar 23, 2020

Fredneck said:
Here's some CW nails and hut spikes I've preserved. Yours looks more like the colonial Rose head, but a better pic of the head and confirming the spike is square would nail it down.

the nail is about 2 1/8 in long and head is a hair over 5/8" in diameter.

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