Post your locks!!!!

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Here is my most recent lock find :icon_thumleft:

D.M. & CO


Blaze...
 

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I found all of these while river diving in NH.
 

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Here are a few of the locks I have dug since last year.
 

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Here are my 4 new ones , all found in Sept 2011. HH
 

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Found this Chicago Milwaukee & Saint Paul Railroad padlock on Monday. The dust cover was stuck in the open position but as soon as I removed some dirt from under it it snapped shut right away and the spring is still strong - has lots of snap left in it. I was pretty happy as it's my first RR padlock dug since starting this hobby last year.
 

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Only one I've found
 

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Love the pictures on this thread!

All the best,

Lanny
 

RR LOCK FOUND THIS WEEK

found this past week in a soybean field about 200 yards from the old PRR mail line.

lock looks the same on both sides
 

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Found detecting in a pasture in 73. Just the lock, the dime fail out from behind a cabinet in a house I was remodeling.. Put it in for scale..Nothing else found that day.. Never to this day have I found anyone that could tell me anything about the lock. Any info would be appreciated, thanks for looking..
 

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How about a "lock" display.........



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I have more not displayed. They are pretty easy to find since they are so large.....see ya yardhunter
 

Folks,

Here's another one for the pot....lol.

Found at a circa 1920's school yard...just kind of half buried along the drip line near the foundation...

Regards + HH

Bill
 

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Found in abandonned house.
 

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Here is mine....
 

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It's a rare one. A patent padlock by Dr. Solomon Andrews, Perth Amboy, New Jersey. Patented 1840. It probably dates from 1840-1865. I believe it is the 3rd oldest padlock patent in U.S. history, ignoring a handful of "X-Patents" which were lost when the patents office burned down in 1836.

See this site for other examples, and they're far and few.
https://arago.si.edu/category_2032092.html

S. Andrews 1840.PNG

Regards,
Chris
 


Seems like my last reply didn't go through - so trying again.

It's a rare lock. Very early patent padlock. Manufacturer is Dr. Solomon Andrews of Perth Amboy, NJ. I believe it is the 3rd oldest American padlock patent, discounting a handful of "X-Patents" that were lost when the US patent office burned in 1836. It probably dates from 1840 - 1860's.

See other examples here -
https://arago.si.edu/record_53085_img_1.html

Here's the patent:
S. Andrews 1840.PNG
 

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