Huge Skeleton Key!

[Shark27]

One of my goals this year was to find a skeleton key. I'm not sure if this qualifies but man this thing is huge! For my third time out this year I had a great hunt, the huge skeleton key, a cool 1968 token from Shell of Albert Einstein the back says "Shell's Famous Facts & Faces Game", a 1958 Wheaty, a family fun token, #2 fishing weight and a couple bucks in clad. Enjoy the pics.

Shark27

 

[BobinSouthVA]

Wow that is huge. I always like finding a strange assortment of things like this. good hunt.

 

[vthepresident]

That absolutely counts. I found a big one a few years ago but it has nothing on that one

 

[Jaichim24]

It looks like it has two rings/hoops attached to it, one on the handle, and one on the key portion, almost as if it had a chain attached to it so you could wear it around your neck. The ring/hoop by the key part would sort of make it unusable as a key to unlock a lock. I wonder, given it's huge size, if you don't have "the key to the city". Perhaps this was a ceremonial/token key given out by a mayor of a town or city in recognition of service or celebrity? It still looks pretty old. I love the look of the skeleton keys, if this were in fact a "key to the city" then it'd be doubly cool in my opinion. Great find!

Jai

 

[cntrydncr1]

congrats. skeleton keys are among my favorite relics to find.

 

[groundsmn]

Nice! Can you reiterate this? \ I'm not sure if this qualifies: (for what?)

 

[RON (PA)]

nice finds. That is a huge key..I have not seen an Einstein coin like that in a long time.

 

[wwwtimmcp]

neat finds, you are now the "gate keeper" bwahahaha

 

[hoodoodave]

Hello shark, I use to live in sd where did you find the key.

 

[colorado14ers]

wow!!! lucky son-of-a-gun!!

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Love the look of that key Sharkey! Get it . . . Shar key!
I'm wondering if it has been made from a standard size key, then heated and stretched?

You can see how much thicker the shaft is at the end part where it would fit into the lock tumbler. It then gets noticeably thinner the farther you go along down to where you would hold the key to turn it.

Just a thought

Dave

 

[Goose-0]

Now that is a nice find!! I'll begin my 21st yr detecting this coming Sunday (In Florida...from Minn) and in the last 20 yrs, I've never found a skeleton key. Other keys? Many, many of them....around 4 lbs of them.....90% brass and 10% aluminum.

 

[Shark27]

Hello shark, I use to live in sd where did you find the key.

I found the key at a local park in Mission Heights, it was about 4 inches deep and my Minelab went crazy, I almost past it up thinking it was a sprinkler head or something. Glad I didn't!

 

[Wldbil]

Very Cool Key... Congrats