Coffin Nails have been used for centuries for both good and bad magick A Coffin Nail is said to have more power than any other type of nail or pin in ritual magick. There are many dark practices for Coffin Nails but there are some positive ones as well. The energy of a Coffin Nail is that of destruction, Some of the positive uses for Coffin Nails are how they can be instrumental in helping to stop addiction.. In modern times, the Coffin Nail is prepared by soaking the nail in Dead Sea salts by the light of the moon on a waxing Saturday. It is removed in the dark and then soaked in Drive and Bind oil for nine days. On the tenth day, the nail is removed and buried in Graveyard dirt for exactly ten days. When the nail is retrieved from the earth, it is considered cured and ready for use. it si for this reason there is such a long handling time.