I acquired this pin in a box at an auction at an old rural hardware store. The pin is 7 1/2" long and is diamond shaped. The part # 13242 is stenciled on the side. Value? Any help on this would be appreciated.
Thank you.
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I think it's possible this is a reproduction of an antique building nail.
here is a link to some information on antique nails:
www.realorrepro.com/
This site has a link where you can ask your question and post pictures to a forum and they can probably provide the information you're looking for.
inspectapedia.com/
Thank you for the info on nails. This is dome kind of pin, I don't think it is a nail. It is cast not hammered. I believe it will end up being farm implement related.Thank you for your suggestions.
You may be right in your thinking as you can see and feel the item where we only have pictures.
Please let us know what you find out.
I'd say a weird kind of knock off of a railroad spike. Ones the UP looses along their short spur going down the side of our town here look like just perfect replicas of ones that I have also found that date back to the 1890's that are usually in some kind of bad shape. I use the low carbon railroad iron that I find mostly for making bladed weapons.
This looks like a nail that they used to repair railroads with. I have seen these before and they are different sizes. I am not sure if this is worth much at all. You may be able to find a person who collects them but I am not sure that too many people are interestered in them.
Don't think it would be in an old country hardware store in an old mining/farming town and be RR related. Checked with the local RR museum personnel and they have no clue either. Thanks for the ideas though.
I will post any findings, thank you for all the suggestions.
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