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Title: old nails ? possibly from ? Post by: Zeus (Joel) on October 27, 2011, 05:27:52 PM found a load of these today and haven't a clue what they are... could possibly be old nails but what would use nails this size ?
Found on the beach btw. (http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa71/zeus98765/photo2-71.jpg) (http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa71/zeus98765/photo5-22.jpg) Title: Re: old nails ? possibly from ? Post by: The Doc on October 27, 2011, 06:04:27 PM Look like ship nails?
Title: Re: old nails ? possibly from ? Post by: Zeus (Joel) on October 27, 2011, 06:07:50 PM there were tons of them where i got those from....was hoping up dig something good but didnt happen....maybe i should have kept digging and uncovered the ship...lol
Title: Re: old nails ? possibly from ? Post by: nfl on October 27, 2011, 06:08:43 PM i thought that they were ship nails ,wernt going to say anything as its pretty ovious ;D,regarding were they were found
Title: Re: old nails ? possibly from ? Post by: archie on October 27, 2011, 07:58:18 PM copper ships nails. maybe somebody dropped a bucketfull of them overboard
Title: Re: old nails ? possibly from ? Post by: Jassy on October 27, 2011, 08:06:57 PM ive got a complete whole one in my junk box joel, they were really long things!
Title: Re: old nails ? possibly from ? Post by: Val Beechey on October 27, 2011, 08:12:00 PM :o ::)
Title: Re: old nails ? possibly from ? Post by: Val Beechey on October 27, 2011, 08:15:11 PM Now theres an interesting thought. My Great Grand Dad might have handled them. He was a Ships Wright working down that way somewhere.
Val Title: Re: old nails ? possibly from ? Post by: Jassy on October 27, 2011, 09:18:50 PM you never know Val.......!!
Title: Re: old nails ? possibly from ? Post by: wayne on October 27, 2011, 09:42:37 PM they look like used ship nails [bent and twisted]
maybe you have found a wreck Title: Re: old nails ? possibly from ? Post by: Zeus (Joel) on October 27, 2011, 09:50:54 PM They are bent and twisted but I highly doubt there a ship there. But stranger things has happened
Title: Re: old nails ? possibly from ? Post by: Radnor Bandit (Ian) on October 27, 2011, 10:55:06 PM there were tons of them where i got those from....was hoping up dig something good but didnt happen....maybe i should have kept digging and uncovered the ship...lol scrap copper prices are up at the moment, I would get down there diggin mate and straight off to the scrapper with em Title: Re: old nails ? possibly from ? Post by: Zeus (Joel) on October 27, 2011, 10:57:05 PM Yes they are in the scrap bucket ready to go
Title: Re: old nails ? possibly from ? Post by: Radnor Bandit (Ian) on October 27, 2011, 11:01:16 PM Thats the way, its good to recycle !
Title: Re: old nails ? possibly from ? Post by: Napoleon on October 27, 2011, 11:02:11 PM well if you have been detecting on Aberavon there is ship wreck there ,seen them in the archives not so long time ago . ;) hope you find few nice goodies Joel . best of luck mate.Nap
Title: Re: old nails ? possibly from ? Post by: Meatslicer on October 27, 2011, 11:07:39 PM They are bent but none have heads on them. Probably roves that are hammered in and pulled through and bent with a washer on the inside.
If a wreck has been dismantled near the spot these would have been extracted to get the timber. Eric Title: Re: old nails ? possibly from ? Post by: dances with badgers on October 28, 2011, 04:48:04 AM theres a lot of wrecks at aberavon :)
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