NEED HELP ID---SOLVED

[fortbball9]

THIS WAS FOUND WHILE CIVIL WAR RELIC HUNTING,IT IS ABOUT 1/16 THICK,1 3/4 LONG AND 1 1/4 WIDE.MADE OUT OF BRASS.IT LOOKS LIKE A CROWN ABOVE VR THAT IS ALL THAT I SEE ON THE FRONT,THE BACK IS PLAIN.

 

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[johnreb1980]

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Maybe a keyhole cover for a old lock.

Jonathon

 

[DCMatt]

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Don't know what it is, but it is British. VR under the crown stands for Victoria Regina.

DCMatt

 

[wildrider]

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I too believe it is a key hole cover for a lock. The top appears to have been broken off that would mate it to the lock.

 

[shaun7]

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are the curved areas sharpened? it looks like it in the pictures!

 

[fortbball9]

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THE EDGE OF THIS PIECE IS PRETTY FLAT ALL THE WAY AROUND

 

[PBK]

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Maybe a keyhole cover for a old lock.
Jonathon

Good call!

Click on this link to see a very similar, if not identical example:

http://www.aschkenes.com/images/Smokehouse locks/smoke 7.jpg

 

[shaun7]

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you need crusader!

its bugging the life out of me

nice though!

just a thought, could the "front" actually be the back as the stamp seems a bit crude?

 

[shaun7]

Re: NEED HELP ID

Maybe a keyhole cover for a old lock.

Jonathon

Good call!

Check it out...

http://www.aschkenes.com/images/Smokehouse locks/smoke 7.jpg

perhaps you dont need crusader! thanks pbk i can stop staring at the screen now!

 

[fortbball9]

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TO PBK & TO THE REST OF THE SMART PEOPLE ON THIS SITE

I DO BELIEVE IT IS A LOCK COVER THAT LOOKS JUST LIKE THE PIECE THAT I HAVE BUT THE TOP IS BROKE OFF.

THANKS AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


fortbball9

 

[ivan salis]

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humm if its a part of a heavy duty british padlock (busted off the lock??) then where is the chest and goodies that the paslock protected? I would have to think that camp sites that were good sites during the american civil war would have been just as good during the war of 1812 or rev war. when we fought the british ---

 

[trikikiwi]

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Another example posted on TNet in May

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,156044.0.html

Mike