Old Brass lock

[makton]

Looking for help to id this old lock.
Found in the UP, Mi at an old homestead with the only writing on it says PAT'd 101 or 191.

Thanks,
makton

 

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[Lowbatts]

Looks pretty sweet but I can't help you with id'ing it. How was the skeeters up there?

 

[PBK]

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,169856.msg1238336.html#msg1238336

 

[makton]

Lowbatts,
Skeeters weren't too bad. Biting flies were a problem for a few days.
Biggest problem was that tall grass. Quite a workout to try to get that coil close to the ground. I was only picking up larger hits.
I had my own personal ghost town that had 400 people living there in 1905 and a ghost town by 1920 but the ground cover was way too deep to search. Another road trip this fall is a priority.

 

[treasurefiend]

Great old lock, and that sounds like a very cool place to hunt!!! Good luck!!!

 

[dirtyJohn]

Hey Makton great old lock. Do you see any writing anywhere on it. There looks to be some kind of writing on the upper part of the "U" shape part. I found an old padlock myself and did some research on the net and got some info. I don't have any links for you because it was a while ago but there are sites out there. Great find! HH

 

[makton]

Dirty John,
It looks like it was pat'd 1891. I was going to try to clean it up but it will take away so much of the character.

Makton