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This morning's crappy hunt.........

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Conditions were considerably less than good. Too much noise.
Did manage a few.
Any ideas what the copper wazzits with the hooks are ??? <img src="/metal/html/shrug.gif" border=0 width=37 height=15 alt=":shrug">
HH
 
Any idea how they are used?? Never worked on a slate roof, so have not got a clue how they work.
HH
 
Can't say for sure but I think they are bonded to the slate and the hook is used to fasten to the next slate sheet. This is speculation though. All I know for sure is I find a lot of them anywhere a slate roof has been replaced with normal shingles.
 
Asked a roofing man this morning.
They are clips for asbestos shingles.
Used to hold down the bottom point in diamond pattern asbestos shingling.
HH
 
Went to al old farm house the state bought to widen a highway. Dug way too many of those. Read hi copper.
 
I was getting anything between zinc and copper depending on how the coil passed over them. Definitely a nuisance.
HH
 
I have found them several times but the homes were all very old; mid to late 1800s. Doesn't mean they didn't show up later, but the homes had no wall shingles; only roofing had been replaced. Original wood exterior walls. I always thought they were associated with Tin roofs to prevent leaking at the nail holes. David
 
Nope.........
The roofing guy told me that they are wedged in the diamond pattern roofing, then the next shingle is put in place over it.
The end goes thru a small hole near the point of the shingle and is bent over to keep the wind from lifting them.
That's the explanation I got.
HH Dave
 
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