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
>



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