Yes, I'm thinking they must be this; I've had several suggestions to this
effect.  Thanks!
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Subject: Re: pins? nails?


> Some cabinetwork/furniture is nailed together with small brads(?)
> that look like this.
>
> PEM
>
>
> On Jul 8, 2008, at 2:07 PM, Susan Walter 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
>
>
> Patrick E. Martin
> Professor of Archaeology
> Department of Social Sciences
> Michigan Technological University
> Houghton, MI  49931
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