Big padlock I dug yesterday

[CoilyGirl]

Wonder what era this would be from.The house standing there now is fairly old and on a main thoroughfare where the Battle of Nashville was fought. It's almost as big as my palm.

 

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Love it!

 

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[Carolina Tom]

Nice find CG. GL&HH!

 

[Ahab8]

Cool find CG! Guessing mid 1800s possibly closer to the first part of the century

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

Very nice CG! Like others have said, you need to clean and preserve your find before it deteriorates any further. I found a similar lock a while back. Below is a before pic, one of it soaking in alcohol after electrolysis, and one of it after being preserved. Not long ago someone asked that I post detailed instructions on how I do my electrolysis, and you can find that info at the link below if you're interested. Scroll about halfway down the page.

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/t...e-large-iron-artifact-i-posted-yesterday.html

 

[CoilyGirl]

I cleaned up my locks by electrolysis. You can try the antique lock forum for information:

The Antique Locks/COLTi Forum - Industrial Archeology of locks

On a side-note, I was in Nashville this Summer visiting with my brother. He lives close to Travelers Rest. That is a neat, neat city.

Point digger that is an excellent area to detect for CW relics and a beautiful area in general,my mother lives very close to Travelers Rest as well. Quindy that gets me stoked that my lock could possibly be that old and I will have to look on the cover after electrolysis. Thanks for the link Pointman,I will have to peruse the site after Christmas.
Merry Merry everyone and happy hunting.

 

[CoilyGirl]

Very nice CG! Like others have said, you need to clean and preserve your find before it deteriorates any further. I found a similar lock a while back. Below is a before pic, one of it soaking in alcohol after electrolysis, and one of it after being preserved. Not long ago someone asked that I post detailed instructions on how I do my electrolysis, and you can find that info at the link below if you're interested. Scroll about halfway down the page.

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/t...e-large-iron-artifact-i-posted-yesterday.html

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Bill,thanks for the tips on electeolysis. We had a bath going out on the deck for awhile and are waiting till we have enough rusty tidbits to warrant setting it up again. My husband uses washing soda in in his method and it does pretty good. He has done some cannonballs he has bought to sell this way,just enough to get the obvious rust stains off but not enough to lose the great patina.

 

[boogeyman]

Look on the web for Beamans there's several types. Can't really narrow it down for you without size etc. On the keyway flap there should be engraving from the maker and that would be a big help IDing it. Beamans are fairly rare.

NOTE- When you clean it be very careful of the keyway pin, usually all that's holding it in is the rust. The pin holding the cover on is also very delicate too, so don't go overboard on electrolysis, go a little bit at a time. If you can post up the dimensions and the markings on the keyway cover, I can probably narrow it down for you.

Let me get on my other puter and I'll put up some pictures of the keys used in this type of lock.

 

[CoilyGirl]

Look on the web for Beamans there's several types. Can't really narrow it down for you without size etc. On the keyway flap there should be engraving from the maker and that would be a big help IDing it. Beamans are fairly rare.

NOTE- When you clean it be very careful of the keyway pin, usually all that's holding it in is the rust. The pin holding the cover on is also very delicate too, so don't go overboard on electrolysis, go a little bit at a time. If you can post up the dimensions and the markings on the keyway cover, I can probably narrow it down for you.

Let me get on my other puter and I'll put up some pictures of the keys used in this type of lock.

Thank you boogeyman but I probably won't be able to invest much time into this until Christmas is over,got amily visiting but as soon as I find out more snd clean I will perhaps PM you so you can help me out.

 

[Dman]

That's a big padlock. Neat find.
Dman

 

[Peyton Manning]

poor poor Titans!!

 

[CoilyGirl]

poor poor Titans!!

Yah,I knooowww. P.S. I'll let you borrow my lock for a chastity belt,snort!

 

[Trezurehunter]

Nice old lock.

 

[CoilyGirl]

Pointman if you're still following this thread I scraped off as much of the crud as I could on the brass part of the lock and revealed the word" PATENT."

 

[Bass]

Nice lock Coilygirl. I see you've been digging again.

 

[CoilyGirl]

My lock is a smokehouse lock,probably American made,mid to late 1800's to early 1900s. Hard to tell exactly with no initials before the word PATENT. A big thanks to Pointman and PBK who answered a PM I sent him about it.

 

[Davers]

Wonder what era this would be from.The house standing there now is fairly old and on a main thoroughfare where the Battle of Nashville was fought. It's almost as big as my palm.

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Cool Still never found one of that Style.

 

[lockster99]

Between the word "Patent" and the shape....my guess is British make.