2 old locks in one day and one of them is Railroad

[relic lover]

I went back to one of my old spots today to dig a signal I could not get out of the ground with my digger earlier this spring. The target turned out to be an old padlock and it had writing on it I was quite pleased. This place has definitely been hunted by others and signals are scarce. There was thick rose bushes all around and I remembered an old post on here that I remembered that said you have to be willing to go where others won't or can't to get the good stuff in the hunted sites. So I stoop down and thrust my detector underneath the nastiest rosebush you've ever seen half hoping I would not get a signal but sure enough I got a screaming signal and had to crawl in there. I'm glad I did because I came up with aside from a hundred Hot Rocks the nicest lock I've ever dug. Plus it's a railroad lock Central Pennsylvania I assume. I am not very versed in Old locks so if anyone wants to chime in with a potential age on these it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for looking.

 

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[G.I.B.]

Oh wow, that is sweet.

Beautiful pieces, great find!

 

[digger460]

Very nice locks! That R.R. lock is a killer. Way to go where no man has gone before

 

[trapperart]

Congrats on the old locks very nice finds

 

[against the wind]

That is a Killer Railroad Lock.
Congrats

 

[46Wheat]

That lock is great

 

[1637]

i love old locks,and these are cool.
brad

 

[ScubaDetector]

A second the locks are a great find. Love the RR lock the most. Fantastic

 

[austin]

I'd sure bet late 1800's on both. fantastic finds in my book...

 

[Chizzy]

E. T. Fraim Lock Co. Lancaster County, PA
PRR Co. RR lock circa 1918-1919



Est. value $75.00

Very nice get........!!!!

 

[relic lover]

Thanks to all for the kind words and information. I have always wanted to dig a railroad lock but I never thought I would get the chance. I was pretty happy with the first lock then I dug the second one and I just packed my stuff and went home because I could not wait to clean it off to see if it was really a railroad lock. I checked another one off the bucket list today.

 

[VOL1266-X]

Cool recoveries RL! Any RR relics are great. HH, Q.

 

[Trezurehunter]

Old padlocks are very nice relic finds, especially the Railroad Locks.

 

[A2coins]

Now that is sweet :: I know the feeling of putting your coil under something and half hoping theres no signal that funny.Great job...

 

[ecmjamsit]

here is a link to a similar lock with the key...nice lock!

https://www.rubylane.com/item/61838-1263777x20COTHL-Ax2eA-L16/Fraim-PRR-Co-Brass-Fancyback-RR

 

[relic lover]

here is a link to a similar lock with the key...nice lock!

https://www.rubylane.com/item/61838-1263777x20COTHL-Ax2eA-L16/Fraim-PRR-Co-Brass-Fancyback-RR

That's the exact lock. Not much left of the chain on mine LOL

 

[Jacobsdt]

Killer finds, I am still waiting to pull an old lock out of the ground. Congrats.

 

[Steve in PA]

Fantastic railroad lock Dig a few PRR buttons and a baggage tag and you'll have a nice display

 

[Msbeepbeep]

Those are nice ones!
Awesome and congrats!

 

[relic lover]

Fantastic railroad lock Dig a few PRR buttons and a baggage tag and you'll have a nice display

I noticed there was a railroad cut through the ghost town I was hunting but absolutely none of my maps from any era actually show a railroad track here. So I guess I managed to date the railroad spur. My research has uncovered that most of these locks were made in 1913.