(SOLVED) What in the world is this????????????????????

[detectordude]

I have been hunting in this yard and have found several of these and they give a decent signal pretty much like a penny.
After scratching away some of the dark surface it appears to be copper. It is not attracted to a magnet. It is not rusty.
The base is 5/8 inch x 5/8 inch. They are 3/4 inch tall. The little tang in the middle always comes out from the center of the base and then has a bend in it as in the picture.

 

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[daroofa]

Re: What in the world is this??

Old roofing nails, for putting down felt(tar) paper.

 

[kuger]

Re: What in the world is this??

Old roofing nails, for putting down felt(tar) paper.

Yep

 

[detectordude]

Re: What in the world is this??

Thanks for your answer. Can I assume that at one time they had a point on the end. I suppose that they were pushed into the felt a little ways and then hammered.

 

[Tony in SC]

Re: What in the world is this??

Hangers for asbestos siding. Tony

 

[trixie charger]

Re: What in the world is this??

daroofa, you hit the TACK on the head lol . I crack myself up lol. you should add the solved icon to this.

 

[kirkwannem]

Re: What in the world is this??

They don't look like they ever had a pointed head to them. Looks like they had a blunt end.

 

[ivan salis]

Re: What in the world is this??

roofing tacks --clearly some one had the places ooiingf redone by careless sloppy roofers -- those things are bad for running over with a riding mowers tires (flats) and if run over while on the surface with a mower they made deadly missles when the blade hits em.

 

[detectordude]

Re: What in the world is this??

Thanks to all of you I appreciate it.

Bill

 

[Ray S S]

I am not sure what these things are, but they couldn't be any kind of nails. Being made of copper they
would bend when hit with a hammer, before going into the wood underneath.

Maybe., if you have found several, they are some kind of decorative item.

Ray

 

[daroofa]

I am not sure what these things are, but they couldn't be any kind of nails. Being made of copper they
would bend when hit with a hammer, before going into the wood underneath.

Maybe., if you have found several, they are some kind of decorative item.

Ray

Copper roofing nails have been used for a long time. I've used copper roofing nails on several built-in gutter restorations where you can't have the copper gutter touching steel nails. Same with copper roofs...you have to use copper nails for the underlayment and to fasten the panels down.

 

[aka da Prof]

i've dug these up also, but not in quantity. I would think that if were used for roofing, there would be many around. As a contractor, I redo many a roof of colonial houses and don't recall seeing any there. I have seen copper nails on slate roofs. perhaps a rivet might be an answer--

 

[detectordude]

I appreciated all of the help you all gave.
I have one more comment about this and that is on everyone of these that I have dug up they have the same bend at exactly the same place on the nail part. So, I am assuming that these things bend at exactly the same place every time a mis-hit occurs.

Bill

 

[RyanOShea]

oh I cant stand those things.They give off such a sweet sound on my machine. I always find them when I hunt old schools. And I always go, better be a silver quarter this time. They are what a pull tab is to gold for me when it comes to silver shooting.

 

[mattw]

Those are slate roof tile hangers. I have them all over my yard and had them all over my roof when I removed it.

Matt

 

[detectordude]

Those are slate roof tile hangers. I have them all over my yard and had them all over my roof when I removed it.

Matt

Thanks Matt,
So how do they work or better how are they applied? I noticed that they do not have a point and was wondering how they would be hammered into a roof.

Bill