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Railroad Date Nails

So what your looking at in my hand are railroad date nails that I've found that were put into the track ties so the railroad knew how old the ties were and when to replace them.

Date nails can be hard to find, as they are quite collectable, and old rail lines are kinda scarce today, as well as someone probably as been there before you looking for date nails.
Still, I keep looking!

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