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Time Capsule Controversy: Is It A Railroad Spike?
T O P I C Discussion Started: 08-16-2006, 1:51 PM Add to the Discussion
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Is this a railroad spike? That's what a Madison woman believed it was when she donated it for the city's sesquicentennial time capsule but some say it's not. Do you know what it is?

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katysai 08-16-2006, 11:48 PM Add to the Discussion
Hey -- thanks for your comments! The woman who submitted the artifact said she was given her father's railroad items when he passed away. She was told it was a railroad spike. She kept it for sentimental reasons because he was a train engineer, so this is all very interesting to her.

We'll do a follow up to clear things up Thurs. on Live at 5.

zoolander 08-16-2006, 4:32 PM Add to the Discussion
It is a stake used to kill vampires!!! I have one myself.

kindest regards, mee

krebsy1 08-16-2006, 3:26 PM Add to the Discussion
I have done much construction in my life, lived on a farm and lived along an old railroad track and what was shown on the news was a chisel.

thks, krebsy

hogs 08-16-2006, 3:16 PM Add to the Discussion
This looks like a chisel or cutter to me. The 'spike' or blade end appears to be wider than the shaft, which would not be true of a spike, and it appears to have a polished edge.

hogs

FATFENDERS 08-16-2006, 3:07 PM Add to the Discussion
It's not a railroad spike...its a chisel.

Ravenator 08-16-2006, 2:38 PM Add to the Discussion
That is not a rail spike, it is a cold chisel. Rail spikes have a oval head that is offset to one side of the spike, and the shaft of the spike is square, not hexagonal

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squidjuice 08-16-2006, 2:29 PM Add to the Discussion
It Looks like an old chisel to me. That's my $0.02.

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