Hi all, 

I am analysing material from the Cobos sugar plantation and cattle operation, which dates 1878-1904 or so, on San Cristóbal (formerly Chatham) Island in the Galapagos. 
I have been getting a number of ferrous objects, all identical in size and shape, that I cannot identify. Definitely bothering me - maybe best described as a type of hook. Here is a link to a photo. Looks to me like this is a complete object, not snapped off anywhere - an old type of fencing staple? Something to hold wooden containers together? Something to do with the little Decauville railway he had running on the plantation? 
https://www.dropbox.com/s/z8xskxn6sdptl4s/File%202016-06-26%2C%203%2001%2036%20PM.jpeg?dl=0 

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Thanks for any suggestions, references, or leads, 
Ross 




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