My son found an old key in the attic of our 1759 Farmhouse.

[danbarb]

Hi. My 4 year old son was digging in the rubble of stone and rotting boards in our attic and found an oldish looking key.? Our house was built? in 1759.? Johannes and Barbara Immel lived here.? It has quite a history. Anyway.? Does anyone think this key is real.? Could it? be from that time period?? The door locks on our bedrooms all have the? old German locks.? I think some are Moravian.? The key did not fit them.? It was too big.? Any ideas?? My son is now hooked and is sure theres buried treasure.? I must say I was excited as well when he(of all people) found it.? He's currently saving any money he gets for a metal detector.? Thanks for the help.? I also can't put the picture of the key up.? I t says its too large and I don't know how to resize it.? Can anyone help?

 

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[jeff of pa]

YEP Definately Looks like an Old Skeleton Key.

? ? Hopefully Someone Here Can Date it for you.

Tell Your Son, Nice Find

? ? ? ? ? ?jeff

 

[JARMAN]

Thats one nice find.Your son has the touch.Look forward to the information you dig up.HH

 

[Randy-KY]

Nice find! Tell your son to keep going, and maybe he will find that buried treasure? Good luck!

 

[dudes2112]

Maybe the buried treasure could be opened with that key! That would just be too cool!!

Dudes

 

[downindixie]

Thats the biggest skelton key I've seen.The lock had to be huge!

 

[nhbenz]

Well, despite my google searches I couldn't figure out the size of that Lego block I'm supposed to compare it to!

 

[miss_anthrope]

Well, despite my google searches I couldn't figure out the size of that Lego block I'm supposed to compare it to!

2cm wide x 2cm long. my kids have a mountain of the darned things ::lol::

 

[lonewolfe]

Nice find!

HH

Lonewolfe

 

[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

If the key was hidden it very well could be a key to a cache or secret door.

 

[chuckered]

As big as the key is and the way it looks the end might come off, and there might be a map in it i would get it checked out somehow.

 

[ozzysdad]

If that was in the attic, I'd be looking under the house and tapping on floor board's.....You never know til you try..........

 

[gldhntr]

looks like a key i saw with a set of slave shackles,,,,,,,large g

 

[diggummup]

It looks like a key to an old jailhouse, tell your son good luck in his quest for treasure.Sounds like he has a nice old colonial yard to start practicing in.Lucky him! H.H.-diggumuup

 

[Rmeav8r]

By the size of it, I would say it is a GATE Key. They are still in use in Europe, most courtyards had gates and the keys were these type. Also the old church yards had similar keys to the front doors allthough they were seldom locked. Just my guess.

 

[Coin_Saver]

Funny i found a key about that big i was amazed how big it was, but the end is broken off heres the pic: from its end to its other end its a little over 4 inches long! and about 1cm thick! HUGE key! funny think is i found it at Rising Park here near Lancaster Ohio! HH CS!