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

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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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Awesome lock, she is a beaut!
 

Love the old locks specially the old railroad locks, Awesome finds!!
I was lucky enough to scratch an old Westerm Railroad lock off my bucket list last year.
Bet that railroad lock blew you ears out. Lol
 

Love the old locks specially the old railroad locks, Awesome finds!!
I was lucky enough to scratch an old Westerm Railroad lock off my bucket list last year.
Bet that railroad lock blew you ears out. Lol

Yeah it sounded off like gangbusters even with hot rocks all around and in the hole with it.
 

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