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

VTColonialDigger

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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.

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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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