Nail.

Garabaldi

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Whites M6, Whites Pulse Diver, ETRAC.

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Could be a railroad date nail.
 

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Date Nails were used for showing ownership, treatment purposes, identification, sequencing poles and bridge timbers. Dating ties and poles for replacement purposes. Some nails show the height of a pole, or the wood it is made from. This is just a few of the many uses for Date Nails.
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railroad tie or telephone pole nail -- both need to be replaced after a certain amount of time --thus their "dated" or marked --so you can keep track of em -date wize
 

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daroofa said:
Railroad date nail would be my guess.

Yep. Here is one I took from an old tie of the Milwaukee Rail Road. 1935.
 

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First time I hear of of this. Thanks all. :icon_thumleft:
 

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