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Finds Identification and Valuation
Copper sheathing? Approximate age?
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<blockquote data-quote="Guessologist" data-source="post: 605132" data-attributes="member: 11952"><p>Here's the best resource I've found for using nails as a dating tool in Australia, check out "The Nail as a Criterion for the Dating of Buildings and Building Sites" in this old AHSA newsletter:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.asha.org.au/pdf/newsletters/ASHANewsletter10_1980.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.asha.org.au/pdf/newsletters/ASHANewsletter10_1980.pdf</a> </p><p></p><p>Limited use for maritime stuff I guess, but the takeaway for most other nails is that the transition from square handmade / cut nails to round wire nails was made in Australia roughly around 1870 give or take a decade, somewhat later than the USA. Most of the sites I detect are dominated by wedge-pointed nails (~1840-1870) which fits well with the the main period of activity in the area (1860-1880).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Guessologist, post: 605132, member: 11952"] Here's the best resource I've found for using nails as a dating tool in Australia, check out "The Nail as a Criterion for the Dating of Buildings and Building Sites" in this old AHSA newsletter: [url]http://www.asha.org.au/pdf/newsletters/ASHANewsletter10_1980.pdf[/url] Limited use for maritime stuff I guess, but the takeaway for most other nails is that the transition from square handmade / cut nails to round wire nails was made in Australia roughly around 1870 give or take a decade, somewhat later than the USA. Most of the sites I detect are dominated by wedge-pointed nails (~1840-1870) which fits well with the the main period of activity in the area (1860-1880). [/QUOTE]
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