Skeleton key strike plate

[McCDig]

Brief hunt yields a few keepers ....

Short hunt along what mapping would indicate was an old footpath (1899), yielded three keepers. First came the buff (the best condition I've ever had for a dig in Baltimore), then the strike plate, which I thought was a lady's or child's heel plate, at first (received some advice on-line for correct id), and then the wheat, a 1919. Not much, but still three "rescues" as Loco-Digger would say.

Happy Hunting.

 

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[jakewilliam]

Nice one , it's a keyhole escutcheon plate , strike plate is what the latch goes into .

 

[Michiganne]

Congrats on some nice digs. Sweet Buffalo nickel! I've always thought they were a good-looking coin.

HH

 

[McCDig]

Thanks, Jake. Appreciate that detail. wondering about the origin of the word 'escutcheon'.

 

[McCDig]

Thanks. Agreed. Design is 'classic'. The Indian's profile is one of the more realistic or 'life-like' on U.S. coinage.

 

[Joe hunter]

That's a very vivid date nice buffalo

 

[sutphin]

HEY DIG NICE BEEFALOWS ...

 

[Carolina Tom]

Well done as usual. That buffalo is just stunning... best one I have seen posted! Congrats.

 

[WHADIFIND]

I have a warm spot for Buffs. They are a really nicely designed coin!

Good job!