Another winter clean up project

ticm

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HIt the dirt this morning and found a old iron lock. Don't think it will clean up all that well but I will give it a try with electrolysis. Found a old iron key too. Also found a silver ring. Haven't found one of those in a long time. The bottle is marked chesebrough mfg co Vaseline. I think it's from around 1890's to 1900's



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mortarman

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Nice finds ticm! Good luck on the lock. Let us know hoe you make out. BTW, how's you find that bottle??
 

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Nice finds ticm.:icon_thumleft:
 

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Like your finds. The lock looks really old. Good job. Tennessee digger
 

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mortarman said:
Nice finds ticm! Good luck on the lock. Let us know hoe you make out. BTW, how's you find that bottle??

Found the bottle about 3/4 buried. Pulled it right out of the ground.
 

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Cool lock and honestly , to find the key as well, double score:icon_thumright: on that one .....
 

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Ifoundit69 said:
Cool lock and honestly , to find the key as well, double score:icon_thumright: on that one .....

It's not the key to the lock. Just happened to find a old iron key too.
 

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Wouldn't it be cool though, after you clean them you find out the key does open the lock??
 

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nice finds man :icon_thumright: i really want to find one of those locks
 

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It's not the key to the lock. Just happened to find a old iron key too.

I was gonna ask if the two went together-oh well, cool anyway. Key is cool and the bottle is adorable.
 

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Cool stuff you got there Greg :thumbsup: the ring looks like silver, I've got a few of them kind of bottles stashed away somewhere from digging bottles when I was a kid, if the seam doesn't go all the way to the top then it's probably late 1800's but if the seam goes all the way then it's probably early 1900's.
 

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