Did I Find The Key to The Treasure Chest? HUGE Skeleton Key!

[VTColonialDigger]

I Found this today at an 1800's house. It rang up in the half dollar-copper range. I couldn't believe my eyes when I pulled this gigantic skeleton key out of the hole.





At a whopping 4 1/2 inches long, I thought I had a paint can opener until I dug it out and saw that it was a huge old key! I think it may possibly be from an old garden gate. This has to be one of my favorite relic finds for 2018 so far!

 

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[Hawks88]

That’s a cool find. Congrats!

 

[digger460]

Congrats on a fine specimen. Big keys for big doors back in the day

 

[Relicific]

That’s s huge monster

 

[Msbeepbeep]

Nice! it's in great shape too! I love old keys.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Awesome key find!

 

[dirtdigginfool]

Nice! I've yet to lay claim to my first skeleton key, but I've got sum great new permissions lined up. Great save on the key! Ddf

 

[PullTabPete]

Wow awesome key! Go find the treasure chest now.

I'd be thrilled to find that.

 

[Rick (Nova Scotia)]

One of those was on my list for quite awhile...not knowing why, perhaps only one (or two per household?) Anyway I only got two in ten years, so they are a good find. IMO.

 

[smokeythecat]

Cool find....gotta love it.

 

[Ammoman]

Very nice and rare find! I found one at an old house in the 1980s and have not found another since. Congratulations

 

[against the wind]

Really nice find,,
Congratulations

 

[Jay Banta]

Nice key!!! That is still on my bucket list, but I know it’s coming!! Nice find!!!

 

[VTColonialDigger]

Thanks everyone! It was neat to pull such a piece of history out of the ground!

 

[john845]

looks like the templars were in vermont

 

[PullTabPete]

I found a lock today but I don't think it is the one for your key

 

[Calabash Digger]

nice!

 

[digger460]

One of those was on my list for quite awhile...not knowing why, perhaps only one (or two per household?) Anyway I only got two in ten years, so they are a good find. IMO.

The house I grew up in had a skeleton key for each door, interior and exterior.

 

[VTColonialDigger]

I found a lock today but I don't think it is the one for your key

That's a cool find, as you said, I don't think that my key would fit that particular lock!

 

[VTColonialDigger]

The house I grew up in had a skeleton key for each door, interior and exterior.

Wow, that's really neat, I wish my house still had the key that went to the front door!