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Posted: 2/26/2006 3:28:44 PM EDT
  But seriously, I found this 'nail' in the road the other day. Anyone have any idea what it might have been made for? Or better yet, anyone have a use for it? I was thinking of dreaming up a story and seeing if I could sell it on ebay for a billion dollars, or at least get some beer money out of it. 
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Posted: 2/26/2006 3:52:11 PM EDT
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For a minor injury a new shot is recommended if your last one was over 10 years ago.
For a complicated or contaminated wound (including puncture wounds) a new shot is recommended if your last shot was over 5 years ago. That would have been a comlicated, contaminated and serious puncture wound. I say clean it up and turn it a BBQ spit. 
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Posted: 2/26/2006 4:04:02 PM EDT
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Is it cast like a nail? Is it just some kind of mini spud/pry bar?
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Posted: 2/26/2006 4:15:01 PM EDT
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I'm not sure I've ever had a tetanus shot before. If I did, it was courtesy of the US Navy.... they were awfully fond of giving immunizations...  If you're building a BBQ, she's all yours.... including the shoe.... which may leak now.
Dunno.... it looks to have been forged, since the point is hammered square, and the head appears to be peened.... Only thing I can think is that it may have been for a heavy timber railroad trestle. There are a few of the old ones still standing, (barely), deep in the LCR woods, which were constructed using cedar. |
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Posted: 2/26/2006 6:12:00 PM EDT
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I was going to say it probably came from a RR trestle, I know you had lots of them down your way from years gone by, we have a very few still standing around here, most like yours are all but gone.
Great find, when I was dredging gold, sometimes I would get the old square nails in the sluice, some days the nails that showed up were worth more than the gold that I collected. 
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Posted: 2/26/2006 6:31:46 PM EDT
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Looks like a pry bar we used to use to break up hard pan dirt/rocks and concrete.
As usual the knob on the end is to keep your hand from slipping off. |
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Posted: 2/26/2006 6:36:27 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/26/2006 7:38:56 PM EDT
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New guidlines on tetinus shots is every 7 years with no injury. If injury, 5 years. I've heard Tweak refer to those spikes as 'bullpricks'. Used to break up concrete and asphault.
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Posted: 2/26/2006 8:51:55 PM EDT
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It is round stock with a washer welded on the end with a shaped point. It has however been around awhile. |
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