NEED HELP WITH THESE!

[JakePhelps]

I am very interested in what these nails are. They have a small diamond or square on the top. They are of the handmade wrought iron square kind. Any help would be great as i really wanna know what these are

 

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[cm5838]

just a guess, horse shoe nails?

 

[Bavaria Mike]

I was thinking horse shoe nails too but they look a little long. HH, Mike

 

[JakePhelps]

They are just regular all purpose antiqe nails, but could the marks on the top be makers marks or something? Who could i send these to to have IDed?

 

[miss_anthrope]

They are just regular all purpose antiqe nails, but could the marks on the top be makers marks or something? Who could i send these to to have IDed?

my stab at it.

the square/rectangular head indicates 1820-1900ish .. probably either a rosehead standard or common standard. possibly a clinch rosehead standard. some repro companies still make them - they were used in furniture/cabinetry, crates and boxes, flooring, panelling, sometimes siding.

 

[Badger Bart]

They are NOT horse shoe nails. Horse shoe nails are flat on one side, even the head. I would agreee with Miss Anthrope, and you may have found the remains of a very old building. Keep digging...

 

[JakePhelps]

Ok thanks for all the help with these so far

Here is a few things i think i can prove/disprove about em
-They are handmade due to the pointed tip(house i found em at was from 1754)
-They could be alot older that 1820
-I have alot of roseheads and this looks like one but the top i think was hammered flat and then this square or diamond stuck on the head.
-its definetly not a horseshoe nail, i have many of these and this is not one

What in the world is a clinch rosehead? Sounds like what mine is but maybe not?

 

[Thor!]

Jake here is a link to Tremont nail in Wareham.

Hope it helps!
Troy


http://www.tremontnail.com/catalog.htm

 

[JakePhelps]

Thanks for the great link Mine looks very similar to the standard rosehead clinch nails, except my things on the top are a diamond not square....strange maybe an older form of them?

 

[lehidan]

is the diamond directly in the center of the head, or off to one side? If they are off to the side you may find they were used in pairs to match up wich storm window went where in the old days one would be driven into the sash and another into the window so as to be directly clustered to each other just a thought

 

[JakePhelps]

They are in the center, but i like the idea!