I found this while raking leaves. What is it?

[georgetkingiv]

I found this underneath one of the decks of my house while raking leaves out from under there during spring cleaning. I live in Laconia, NH on one of the oldest roads in town and from what I understand there used to be an old farmhouse that sat right where our current house is located. It looks like a nail or key to me. What do you all think?

 

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[chub]

How long is it? Normally a coin , matchbox,ruler etc. is used to give a sense of scale.

Chub

 

[A2coins]

Whats it made of

 

[ticndig]

knock the crud off so we can see it better . from what I can see I'm going to guess it's a gate hinge . If you happened to find that on high street it may have been my grandfathers. he had a home there in the 1920s and maybe before that.

 

[A2coins]

Welcome to tnet

 

[ticndig]

Whats it made of

rust

 

[Goldiver]

Reminds me of a rusted Spam can key.

Steve

 

[angelito1]

welcome to Tnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

 

[firemanphob]

Welcome from Indiana

 

[releventchair]

Could be a gas valve.?

 

[nkellam22]

To me, it just looks like a rusted nail or something similar, nothing special. I recommend getting a metal detector especially if you live on as old of a street and you say. Its at least 50 years old given the rust so if that was on the surface who knows what under the ground.

 

[TreasureCatto]

Welcome from Texas

It looks more of a nail to me.

 

[dognose]

looks like an old water key to me.

 

[villagenut]

looks like a nail to me....they can take on different forms during the rusting process such as these recent ones I dug.