Souther Pacific RR freight lock

[Bedrock Bryan]

Found East of Lovelock NV, early 20th century..? goes to show you should dig overload signals sometimes. Found this a while back, don't always post things I find immediately.

 

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[Bedrock Bryan]

Meant to say in title "Southern Pacific"

 

[BlackbeardsGhost]

Very cool. Love those old locks!

 

[Old Pueblo]

Awesome find. Whats an overload signal?

 

[PikesPeakCharlie]

Congrats !!!! Gotta love the RR locks .

 

[Bedrock Bryan]

Awesome find. Whats an overload signal?

An overload usually happens when a large piece of metal be ferrous or nonferrous is under your coil, especially if the target is shallow. This lock was only 4 or so inches down. I dig more targets than most, especially in a site that is old, that is why it pays to know or have an idea on the sites history. I dug the lock on an old siding very near the original transcontinental RR. The machine I was using at the time displays "OL" on the screen and makes a distinctive sound. It was an Xterra 70 with an 6" DD 18.75 KHz coil. This coil is good for heavy trash areas and is a silver dime killer in the nail beds.

 

[ecmjamsit]

I like hunting old abandoned railway sites. Nice lock, I would be ecstatic!

 

[trapperart]

Congrats on the old lock

 

[Bob-E-Pin]

90 percent of the sites we dig are old siding towns. love those RR pieces!!!