Price question in a book

[JakePhelps]

Antique Iron: Identification And Values by Kathryn McNerney states that a cast iron railroad stake is worth 5$....Now I want to know who will but these things for 5 bucks each...i could get rich if i could sell these for 5 bucks

 

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[miester]

Somewhere on this site was a post about rail spikes and there value, I think it was mentioned that there value was determined by the date on them.

 

[JakePhelps]

I think you are thinking of "date nails" they were also used on railroads, these stakes have no date on em