I understand stealing is a crime, plus those guys were pulling them out with a pry bar!!!!!!! not smart. When the railroad replaces the old ties and such they dont always get the old spikes piced up. I would never take any out of the ties. But then again if they wanted to get tecnical, they could still get you for stealing. WTF 1500 bux!!!!!! you just showed us that they are only 1.40 each and I dont belive those kids had enough spikes to add up to 1500.......think about it...........lol