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So you can see nails are being forged: pointed, cut, and finally headed, one at a time. Forged Nail Heading 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.

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Incidentally if you look closely you'll see the saw cut kerf marks faintly visible on this wood lath. Rosehead nails offer authentic period detail for your restoration projects. These hand forged nails are individually crafted on the anvil and available in 35mm and 65mm sizes in antique iron or pewter finishes. See our full range of Hand Forged Ironmongery for co-ordinating products. On some occasions publications may do little more than note that nails were recovered durin g excavation.

The nail shown above in the photo and detailed further below was hand-made in the Northeastern U.S. before 1800 but could be still earlier.Wire nails" refers to nails that were cut from a continuous pulled round "wire" of varying diameter. The wire is cut to the appropriate length for the desired nail length, allowing for the later machine-formed nail head and machine-cut nail tip. The online Internet Archaeology for the UK, home at https://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue40/index.html Went out metal detecting with my kids today along the Delaware river a little bit north of Philly. Aside from an intact Remington 30 cal. bullet from 1919, the most interesting finds were the old nails. I am particularly interested in identifying the large spike but if anyone sees anything else they can tell me about please do. The large spike measures 10" in length. The spike itself is square but the head is round(ish) or possibly a rose head. Any info on a potential time frame or likely usage would be awesome.