First Time ever detecting, 1890 Brass Skeloton Key! Pictures!

[westerntreasurehunter]

So one of my friends had a couple detectors and asked if i wanted to come and detect an old 1890 home site. the house had been added onto in the fifties, but had been vacant for some time. Just recently the City decided to tear it down, so it seemed like the perfect place to go. He had found some wheat pennies before there, but nothing older than 1910. I didnt find anything really for the first hour, just some iron nuts and bolts and some frostie root beer cans. Then, after a few minutes in the front yard i found this Brass key, and judging that the house had been around since the late 1800s, and this might have been the house key, i would think it would be pretty old! Anyway, it was pretty exciting for a first hunt!

 

[detectahead]

Re: First Time ever detecting, 1890 Brass Skeloton Key!

Glad you found it, can you share a pic with us?

 

[westerntreasurehunter]

Re: First Time ever detecting, 1890 Brass Skeloton Key!

I tried, but it said there was an error... Any ideas?

 

[skateandcreate]

Re: First Time ever detecting, 1890 Brass Skeloton Key!

try resizing or changing the file name

 

[HISPAN]

Re: First Time ever detecting, 1890 Brass Skeloton Key!

Welcome to the Tresurenet forum !
love reading the stories of a first hunting .... I remember my first hunt .
you remember that moment all his life!

 

[Indiana Digger]

Re: First Time ever detecting, 1890 Brass Skeloton Key!

Welcome to TreasureNet...and to the MDing world!

Congrats on your first find and best of luck in future digs!


(a picture would be sweet!)


~Indiana Digger~

 

[Skelly607]

Re: First Time ever detecting, 1890 Brass Skeloton Key!

Welcome to Tnet! Yea,,,,we enjoy pix.

 

[Syrena Hunter]

Re: First Time ever detecting, 1890 Brass Skeloton Key!

Congratz on the find!!!. Keep trying to get us the pics. You have been bitten by the TH bug and will be posting another find soon! Good luck!

 

[westerntreasurehunter]

Re: First Time ever detecting, 1890 Brass Skeloton Key!

THanks guys! yes, i will keep trying to figure out the pics, probably will get em on this weekend, i hope!

 

[westerntreasurehunter]

Ok, i finally have some pictures! i will put more on soon.

 

[westerntreasurehunter]

Here are some more.

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

That key certainly looks to be of the 1880 or 90 period.
Love the look of the old brass ones as opposed to
iron; looks to have little or no wear on it too.
Beautiful find there WTH!

 

[Lookn4Seated]

I'll take a skeleton key like that any day over ten wheaties or even 5 Rosies

Congrats on a great find on your first hunt. I'm sure you will be making some even sweeter finds soon.

Good luck, HH and keep the pics of the finds a coming.

 

[westerntreasurehunter]

Thanks for the comments guys So do you think it was pre- 1900 after all??

 

[Mr Tuff]

good looking key!!! MR TUFF

 

[steelheadwill]

Great first Time Hunt!
Keep em Comin'

 

[romeo-1]

That's a neat relic!

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Thanks for the comments guys So do you think it was pre- 1900 after all??

I'm certainly not an expert in the field of skeleton keys , but my grandparents lived in an 1880's home in Toronto and they had the exact same keys.

 

[artzstuff1]

Great find for the first time!!!! That should open some doors for you!!!!

 

[augusthog]

Mmmmm, Frostys Root Beer!
Nice key too! I've got a boatload of keys, but no skeleton.................YET!