✅ SOLVED What are these things?

[djpli]

These look like socket wrenches but their not. I found them both at two old separate sites at least 12-16" deep.

 

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[NOLA_Ken]

look like parts of gate hinges, the pointy part would be driven into a fence post and a part with a loop would go into the gate and sit on the round pin.

 

[granthansen]

Yeah, at first glance I thought maybe bicycle crank arms, but the pointy ends would say not. Plus, if they were crank arms the ends would have threaded holes in the end for pedals. So I agree with NOLA_Ken on the gate hinges.

 

[A/CMan]

Ken nailed it with the hinges! I'm a blacksmith and I've seen these around!

 

[djpli]

Thanks, now how about these?

Awesome! That's got to be it. Thanks.
Now how about these things that I found in a church yard?? They say "Whitehead NY" on them.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Awesome! That's got to be it. Thanks.
Now how about these things that I found in a church yard?? They say "Whitehead NY" on them.
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Its best to start a new thread for each item but I believe those are nails for slate shingles.

 

[djpli]

Ok, will do in the future. i'm a newb. Thanks for the info. My next pic will hopefully be something of interest!

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Everything old is interesting.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/what/82217-copper-pins-something-solved.html


"Those are copper pins used to fasten down the bottom of asbestos shingles on roofs. The tops of the shingles are nailed with copper roofing nails. The flat part of the pin tucks underneath the sides of the underlying tiles while the pin sticks up through the overlying tile, which has a pre-drilled hole in it for that purpose. The pins are then bent over to hold the bottom of the overlying tile down to prevent wind uplift. These were used primarily on "diamond-shaped" asbestos tiles. (See [url]http://www.slateroofcentral.com/asbestos-repair.html[/URL] for a rough sketch of diamond asbestos tiles). The pins are situated where the tiles touch each other on the sides. At that point, the flat part of the pin slips underneath the two tiles. The overlying tile has a hole at that point and the pin sticks up through that hole , then is bent over." — Joseph Jenkins of Slate Roof Central < [url]http://jenkinsslate.com/[/URL] >, author of The Slate Roof Bible, 2nd Edition.

 

[NOLA_Ken]

Yup I find those little pins all the time here, asbestos roofs were extremely popular here.