Thanks to everyone who has offer suggestions, I had thought that the  
"US" copper nails I recovered were used by the US Navy for ship  
building. I will now rethink my ideas.

Thanks again for the input

Rick

  part of the
OR check Date Nails.  See:
http://facstaff.uindy.edu/~oaks/DateNailinfo.htm

Keith

-----Original Message-----
From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
Smoke
Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 3:08 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: copper nail ID help

Have you looked at the Copper "Hubbards" at the Nail Hunter?
http://nailhunter.ehost.com/hubbards.htm

They have other neat nails with both raised and impressed marks in them.

Smoke

On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 7:34 PM,  <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > Hello
> >
> > I need some help with the identification of two copper cut nails. They
both
> > have a "US" head stamp. One nail is similar to a shoe brad while the
other
> > is about 1.5 inches long. Both show no sign of wear. They were found
in the
> > same test pit along with fragments of pearl ware and cream ware. The
site
> > was near a ship building area since the 18th century and part of a US
Navy
> > base in the mid 19th century. Any ideas would be a great help.
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > Rick Morris
> >