✅ SOLVED any ideas on todays find?

[castletonking]

I found this today detecting the field behind the 1780 farm house..any ideas..I'm leaning towards a door latch,but i've never seen anything like this before.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Mortise I think View attachment 635731

 

[castletonking]

Mortise I think View attachment 635731

awsome..thanks

 

[tennessee digger]

Wow. I think he nailed it! Tennessee digger

 

[NOLA_Ken]

Yup, what you have is part of a Mortise latch, not a lock since it doesn't have a dead bolt. It would have been used on a closet door or screen door most likely since it would not be lockable. I rebuilt a lot of those for my old house so I could match the original doors and I'd guess yours is a Corbin, or a copy of one probably dating between 1890 and 1920 based on the way it's shaped.

 

[castletonking]

awsome guys...thanks

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

green check

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

solved by NOLA Ken

 

[boris]

Looks like a lock of some sort, get that 1877 Indian Head, its nears the others, near a water source.

 

[OroJoeDude]

Interesting find!
Keep on hunting!