Here's a head scratcher : - )

[bingbingbing]

Hey everyone - here's a pretty odd find that has me stumped!
Look forward to your expert opinions!
Thanks!

 

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[DCMatt]

It's a padlock. Turn of the 20th C give or take a decade...

 

[nkellam22]

Padlock

 

[A2coins]

Boom didnt have to scratch to hard lol nice find

 

[bingbingbing]

Thanks experts! I knew you guys would be able to ID it!

 

[ToddsPoint]

Where's the keyhole? Gary

 

[CaptEsteban]

Many padlocks had a brass case with steel internals. The internals would rust away & form a " Rusty-Crusty " surface, hiding the keyhole, as this one has done.

 

[DCMatt]

Where's the keyhole? Gary

 

[Spats]

Looks like the back rather than the front of the padlock. Find the other half and you will have your keyhole.