Yes they have heads.
No decoration I can discern (rusted and burned).

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mary C. Beaudry" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 10:58 AM
Subject: Re: pins? nails?


> Susan,
>
> By "shape" of sewing pins, do you mean they have heads?  If so, are they
> decorative in any way?
>
> M.
>
> On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 2:07 PM, Susan Walter <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > July 7, 2008
> > Hi All -
> > During that last wildfire tragedy here in San Diego County, we lost one
of
> > our rural treasures - the Sikes Adobe.  (Plans are to reconstruct it.)
> >
> > We did some test pits last month and I have these odd little things:
> > They are ferrous, 1 inch long and the thickness and shape of sewing
pins,
> > but in cross section they are square.  (We also have brass sewing pins.)
> >  They have heads, and the "point" end is blunt, like a square nail.
> >
> > Mary Beaudry's book does not mention square sewing pins.
> >
> > Does anyone know what they might be for?
> > Thanks,
> > S. Walter
> >
>