TRADE TOKEN AND OTHER INTERESTING FINDS...NEED MORE INFO PLEASE

[Randy769]

Great day of Digging.......Any xtra info you can share would be great. Here's what I got. The interesting thing about the buckle is that it has a date of Dec. 16 1879.. why would it be dated? What can you tell me about the Padlock? Is the other item a Sword Hanger? Can anybody tell me about this trade token...Im guessing that's what it is. I can barely read 5 cents and Trade ......Thanks for the help

 

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[Breezie]

Your padlock looks to be an early US Army lock.

Neat finds
Breezie

 

[lockster99]

Pretty sure the padlock was made by a lock company called US Lock Co. They wanted the locks to look like a military trade mark. Cant find my book right now for the company's dates of operation.

The buckle must have had something different enough about it to get a patent. Or does it say patent applied for? Either way patent date.

Nice.

 

[taz42o]

The first item is a harness buckle shield, it goes over the buckle to keep animals mane and tail from tangling in buckle and to dress up the harness.

Patent US222720 - Improvement in buckle-shields - Google Patents

 

[taz42o]

Padlock is made by E.T. Fraim.
Some are marked on the shackle.
Most aren't marked, but Franklin M. Arnall's The Padlock Collector identifies the maker as the E. T. Fraim Lock Co. of Lancaster, PA. Although it's sometimes listed as a lock from a U.S. mail bag, and on eBay some sellers have also called it a military lock, in fact it was a retail item sold in local hardware stores and mail order catalogs— not an official government lock. "US" was just the model name.

 

[taz42o]

The hook might be a knapsack hook but Im not sure, never seen one with a roller.

 

[ivan salis]

sword hanger *

 

[lockster99]

Good catch taz....I should have waited and found the book.