PRR brass lock and to many shotgun hulls

[ridger12]

I went back and checked out a site that has been detected quite a few times. It was an old clay mine from around 1890 here in central Pennsylvania. I was detecting around what I believe used to be the mines office. First I found the back of a lock. Then I thought It would be great to find the front of the lock too. Then I found a complete lock maybe 5 feet away! The hasp on the lock is free but locked and brass key hole cover on the back still moves and still has it's spring action. I have found these before but they are either froze up, smashed, or the hasp has been broken. I'm not crazy about finding shotgun hulls but here about a year ago I figured that if I started collecting them, I would stop finding them. So far that theory hasn't worked out to well for me...

 

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[jeffk]

cool lock

 

[aa battery]

great lock

 

[mikewaz]

That lock is awesome! Too bad your strategy isn't working on those hulls.
Mike

 

[kdismuke1]

nice lock. congrats.

 

[curbdiggercarl57]

Beautiful lock, all I ever manage to dig are those Union 6-Lever's, nice to see a oldie!

 

[PBK]

Great lock!
Pennsylvania Railroad Co.
Listed by Arnall as c. 1913.
Made by the E. T. Fraim Lock Co. of Lancaster, PA.
Arnall values it at $165; Knous, $175-200.