Phil Patrick Posted April 13, 2009 Posted April 13, 2009 Went for a bicycle ride Sunday along the Great Miami river. Found the remains of a wooden coffer dam that had long since given up the ghost. In the remains of the timbers along the bank, I found a plethora of large hand made spikes. I am assuming these were used to hold the timbers together. So,, I liberated a few and to the workshop they went. Further testing has shown them to be wrought iron, not steel as earlier suspected!!!!! Can't wait till the river goes down a bit. Quote
CBrann Posted April 13, 2009 Posted April 13, 2009 I have an island in Maine I go to to pick up wrought iron, from old docks that have been blown apart by storms, big stuff, and beautiful to work with, nice to know others get the chance to "prospect and salvage" Good for You!! Quote
rokshasa Posted April 13, 2009 Posted April 13, 2009 we have an old abandoned railway in back my place and i find all kinds of spikes like the ones you have, there great for making tongs and stuff like that or just to have for decor, nice find. Quote
rlarkin Posted April 13, 2009 Posted April 13, 2009 Buddy of mine gave me one similar to those. 1/2" x 5/8" x 9". He has a barn on his property that was suposedly built from lumber reclaimed from an old wooden sailing ship. He found it in one of the timbers. I just use it for a conversation piece. Quote
Jeff Bly Posted April 14, 2009 Posted April 14, 2009 I know of some dams where I can get some of those. But I don't think people downstream would be pleased. Quote
Phil Patrick Posted April 14, 2009 Author Posted April 14, 2009 LOL Jeff. That's pretty funny. I had a vision of you with a giant crowbar yanking the darn things out. Quote
canuk Posted April 14, 2009 Posted April 14, 2009 (edited) just tell anyone who asks your the dam repo guy. city didnt make payments lol Edited April 14, 2009 by steve sells Bad typo Quote
welder19 Posted April 14, 2009 Posted April 14, 2009 I know of a ton or so of old wrought iron fencing that got hit by a car years ago and the old lady who lives there had it ripped out and piled up in the back of her place, approx 250 feet of it, I've tried every approach I can come up with even offering to buy it but she just wont part with it, even though it is just sitting in a heap going to waste, relly breaks my heart every time i think about it, man it is a lot of wrought iron, only about 30-40% of it was hit and the rest is even still nice fencing. welder19 Quote
saintjohnbarleycorn Posted April 14, 2009 Posted April 14, 2009 thats the original stuff there, might be something for historians to look at also before you remake it? Quote
ThomasPowers Posted April 15, 2009 Posted April 15, 2009 They look like factory made spikes to me and so not of great interest to the historians; save perhaps for the fellow whose area of interest is the history of nail making in the USA---met him at the Iron-Masters Conference one year... Quote
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