Vintage Railroad Spike Nails With Dates

Set of two nails

Date nails were driven into railroad ties, bridge timbers, utility poles, mine props, and other wooden structures for record keeping purposes. These nails are from England were the first railway was created in the 1800’s. Date nails on American railroads were phased out in the 1970s. Ties are no longer marked in this manner in North American practice, and the nails are now sought after by railroadiana collectors. The Southern Railway never used date nails.

Railroad Spikes and nails are a powerful tool for protecting your home and space. They are made of iron which is effective against negative energy and are used for protection of your home and property, keeping mortgage companies, hostile landlords, and the law at bay. They are usually purchases in a pair or four.

With years of labor and toil all around them, they possess a potent energy that can be used as a focus for spells and rituals seeking aid in endurance to see your task through. More traditionally, they can also be used as an "iron nail"  in spells and rituals. 

Railroad spikes are most commonly used for protection, shielding, and warding because they have been infused with the energy of the diesel or steam trains that run over them. Especially Steam Trains because they are alive, they breathe, they fire up to become active, they have a sort of song they sing with their whistles.

To wake them up, clean with florida water then pour rum over them. If you work with an orisha such as Ogun, or your warriors, or your protective Oggun or deities, you can place them on their altar, asking them to charge them and create a protective barrier around your property. You can also create an amulet by tying two together in a form of a cross and hang it over your front door. 

if you live near a cemetery hammer in a nail in the 4 corners of your home to create a barrier from energies entering.