Copper tags

[flyadive]

Found each piece...1 year and 30 miles apart.
Don't have any idea what they are??

 

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[vhs07]

Looks like electrical contacts. The markings are odd though.

 

[flyadive]

One is an eagle holding a shield and the other looks like a scull with crossbones?

 

[HuntinDog]

Possibly Keyhole covers for Padlocks??

 

[flyadive]

Huntindog, you may be onto something !



Could not find an exact match though?!

 

[fat fred]

keyhole cover for padlock

padlock

 

[CRUSADER]

Possibly Keyhole covers for Padlocks??

Yeap, put the solved on this one.

 

[DigIron2]

I'd say padlock flys too

 

[BuckleBoy]

That's an ID that you can be certain of. Well done.

These normally had designs from their makers, or sometimes they had British markings (VR for "Victoria Regina" or GR for "Georgius Rex"). Look at the dates for the monarchs to date the production of the locks.

Regards,

Buck

 

[BuckleBoy]

P.S.--the bottom keyhole cover you found has two crossed keys in the design.

These are from locks often referred to as "smokehouse locks," and they date late 1700s to mid 1800s. I am almost certain I have a match to the eagle one somewhere.

Cheers,

Buck