Copper pins or something - SOLVED

[James57]

Any idea about these items? I should have put something in for scale, the hexagon part is slightly smaller than a dime. I thought that they were pins of some kind and maybe they had something attached to the hexagon part. I didn't find any trace of anything else with them when I dug them up. I found all of them separately within a 100 ft area in an old park. They seem to be made of copper and they say "CHASE" on the front of the hex part.

 

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[Baldingboy]

Re: Copper pins or something

I have dug tons of those. I have been told they are shingle nails. I am pretty sure that is accurate.

 

[James57]

Re: Copper pins or something

It could be shingle nails. None of them have a point, and they all have the same bend. Wouldn't shingle nails have a point? These have squared ends.

 

[trikikiwi]

Re: Copper pins or something

I know I have seen these before.
Wasn't there a post some months ago on same thingies? and they were ID'd

All shingle nails I've just googled look like fairly standard flat-head nails.

but I know I should know, how these are used
Mike

 

[trikikiwi]

Re: Copper pins or something

Hey TreasureTales,
I agree on that. If you want to drive a nail through what we call cement/fibre board, first you flatten the nail, or ............ buy the right one in the first place

 

[Ammietuar]

Re: Copper pins or something

My bet is on cufflinks. came in a thousand different shapes and kinds. looked for a bit for a good pic, but no luck. got some kinda similar ones though on ebay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Copper-...goryZ291QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-14K-GOL...ryZ52576QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[PBK]

Re: Copper pins or something

We've had these before...

"Those are copper pins used to fasten down the bottom of asbestos shingles on roofs. The tops of the shingles are nailed with copper roofing nails. The flat part of the pin tucks underneath the sides of the underlying tiles while the pin sticks up through the overlying tile, which has a pre-drilled hole in it for that purpose. The pins are then bent over to hold the bottom of the overlying tile down to prevent wind uplift. These were used primarily on "diamond-shaped" asbestos tiles. (See http://www.slateroofcentral.com/asbestos-repair.html for a rough sketch of diamond asbestos tiles). The pins are situated where the tiles touch each other on the sides. At that point, the flat part of the pin slips underneath the two tiles. The overlying tile has a hole at that point and the pin sticks up through that hole , then is bent over." — Joseph Jenkins of Slate Roof Central < http://jenkinsslate.com/ >, author of The Slate Roof Bible, 2nd Edition.

 

[sqwaby]

Have dug a few of them myself, all along the perimeter of a house built in the early 1900s. I believe they were discarded during a reroof.