A compression indentation fastener device having a nail-like arrangement comprising: a shank extending along a shank axis and between a first end and a second end, said shank being smooth and having an exterior surface with a cylindrical shape; a tip disposed at the first end of the shank, the tip comprising exactly four planar angled sides converging to a point disposed along the shank axis at a location that is spaced outwardly from the first end; a head having a hardness of at least 3.5 on the Mohs hardness scale disposed at said second end of said shank, said head extending outwardly from said second end of said shank in a transverse plane that is substantially perpendicular to said shank axis to define a head periphery; said head having an anterior side adjacent said second end of said shank and a posterior side opposite said anterior side, said anterior side of said head including an exposed area arranged to impact a first surface of a substrate material, said exposed area extending between said second end of said shank and said head periphery; and said anterior side of said head including a relief portion disposed between said shank and said head periphery, wherein said relief portion is spaced inward of said head periphery to define a bearing surface that is disposed between said relief portion and said head periphery, wherein said relief portion includes a convergent surface extending outwardly from said second end of said shank and a divergent surface extending outwardly from said convergent surface to said bearing surface, wherein said convergent surface forms a frustoconical shape at said second end of said shank and wherein said relief portion is a depression that extends continuously about said second end of said shank and that is open at said anterior side of said head to receive and compress a volume of the substrate material when said exposed area of said anterior side of said head impacts the first surface of the substrate material, creating an area of densely compacted substrate at a location adjacent said bearing surface, wherein said bearing surface has a planar, ring-like shape that defines a reference plane that is substantially parallel to said transverse plane and that is substantially perpendicular to said shank axis, said posterior side of said head being located to one side of said reference plane and said first end of said shank being located to an opposite side of said reference plane. a shank extending along a shank axis and between a first end and a second end, said shank being smooth and having an exterior surface with a cylindrical shape; a tip disposed at the first end of the shank, the tip comprising exactly four planar angled sides converging to a point disposed along the shank axis at a location that is spaced outwardly from the first end; a head having a hardness of at least 3.5 on the Mohs hardness scale disposed at said second end of said shank, said head extending outwardly from said second end of said shank in a transverse plane that is substantially perpendicular to said shank axis to define a head periphery; said head having an anterior side adjacent said second end of said shank and a posterior side opposite said anterior side, said anterior side of said head including an exposed area arranged to impact a first surface of a substrate material, said exposed area extending between said second end of said shank and said head periphery; and said anterior side of said head including a relief portion disposed between said shank and said head periphery, wherein said relief portion is spaced inward of said head periphery to define a bearing surface that is disposed between said relief portion and said head periphery, wherein said relief portion includes a convergent surface extending outwardly from said second end of said shank and a divergent surface extending outwardly from said convergent surface to said bearing surface, wherein said convergent surface forms a frustoconical shape at said second end of said shank and wherein said relief portion is a depression that extends continuously about said second end of said shank and that is open at said anterior side of said head to receive and compress a volume of the substrate material when said exposed area of said anterior side of said head impacts the first surface of the substrate material, creating an area of densely compacted substrate at a location adjacent said bearing surface, wherein said bearing surface has a planar, ring-like shape that defines a reference plane that is substantially parallel to said transverse plane and that is substantially perpendicular to said shank axis, said posterior side of said head being located to one side of said reference plane and said first end of said shank being located to an opposite side of said reference plane.