2 Very Interesting Keys And A Whopper Of a Silver Ring

[Natman]

Hi all,

I just had to go back one more time

The ring gods were calling me back to the house where I found that Walker 3 days ago..I had searched the front yard with very little luck. I was hesitant to check the end of the yard by the sidewalk, because the street was kind of busy with waves of cars passing every 15 seconds or so. I didn't want to get too close to the street for safety's sake, but decided to check it in between waves of cars to see if anything would be there.

I ended up finding a key that was 5 inches long and looked very old. If anyone knows what a 5-inch long key of this type would be used for, please let me know! I also found another very interesting key that was too big to be a house key. After cleaning it up I found it came from the MGM Grand Hotel in Reno! What was that key doing in a suburban yard in Missouri? We may never know! There was a big fire there in I think 1980 and many people were killed. The number 1518 is also stamped on it, perhaps a room number.

I was hoping for a Merc or some small piece of silver besides what I found on Monday. I never found any additional silver coins, but silver takes many forms..a quarter signal on my Prizm revealed a honkin' silver ring near the sidewalk, which I at first thought was a scrap piece of conduit pipe! The ring is huge and measures nearly a full inch in diameter and is 3/8" tall As I type this I'm wearing it on my right index finger since it's the only finger it fits!

Nat

 

[dfxmatt]

nice ring

 

[allen]

i found a key just like that one that
i posted a couple of months ago...
congrats on that sweet silver ring...

 

[plumloko]

That looks like the Key to the Treasure Kingdom!!
Get a length of itchy twine and make a loose fitting necklace with the big key.
You must leave it on the outside of your shirt to attract the treasure.

Detect with this Talisman throughout the day.
If its not the right key you will just have an itchy rash around your neck and a black eye.
With no treasure to show for it.

Either way, nice finds!

 

[Deno]

Sweet ring. That had to sound good.

 

[silverfreak]

Sweet ring Nat

 

[Michiganne]

Cool keys, Nat, and an excellent silver ring. WTG

HH

 

[49er]

Cool keys and like the silver...great dig.

 

[silvercop]

 

[roswellborn]

I've been out of town and only just found this post.

Natman, that big 5" key is an old "skeleton key." Even back in the early 60's, they were kind of out dated. But that's the kind of key we had for the back door to the first house we lived in when we moved to Denver ...in 1960.

I haven't seen one of those in years. Gawd, I feel old.

Nan

 

[Bob S]

Nice Finds WTG

 

[dustcap]

Nat,

The five inch key is an old style door key. They had slots or spaces that interacted with matching parts on the inside of the door part of the lock. Skeleton keys were what we now call master keys and would open a variety of lock combinations of that style. Usually the door had a metal plate covering the entire handle/lock area and as kids, we (or anyone for that matter) could peek into the locked room through the "key hole" as an identical opening was on the the other side of the door. Today's locks have spring loaded pieces that block the view of someone trying to look through the (much smaller) hole.

-dustcap

 

[crazyjarhead]

We had skeleton keys in our house as a kid too. Mt grandmothers house still has them and she uses them, except for the back door. The kitchen was added on in the 70's . WTG on your finds, Nat

 

[Natman]

Thanks for the added info and comments!

Nat

 

[Nana40]

That ring! Must'a been a reallllly big person lost that ring. Great that ya found it, Nat! Neat key too!

Nana

 

[creeper71]

That ring! Must'a been a reallllly big person . Neat key too!

Nana

Probly the same thing the hooker said in that MGM Room..haha j/k lol

Note I deleted some parts of Nana's reply see her post for actual post..thanks

 

[lafatlife]

The doors inside my house still use a key like that. I only have the 1 key but it works on all the inside doors. My house was built in the 50's.

Nice ring too

 

[jgas]

You're right Nat....A Big Honkin Ring....Nice one... Congrats, they just seem to keep growing in the ground no matter how many times you go back... jgas

 

[silverfreak]

That's a nice ring Nat