The mystery of the keys!!

[Danimal]

I went out for a late afternoon hunt on Sunday, with about an hour of decent light left by the time I drove there and parked.
The area was a spot where an old bridge stood in town and my last hunt (first time there) yielded a Franklin half.
I followed what looked like a worn path into the woods at the point the bridge would have started across the Gorge. There were the ramains of stone steps that led down through a stone foundation of a bridge support. About halfway down the slope (steps all gone) I started to get multiple hits in the high coin range (half). Dead locked on. At 6" I found a stamped brass key ID tag attached to keys with a lockwasher bent flat.
Then another and another. After I think the 5th in a 25 ft stretch I was used to the ID and just figuring I'd dig all these cool keys.
In the end there was enough to make me wonder WHAT they were doing there and why. Nearby is an abandoned coal-fired power plant. Maybe from there, but these keys are old enough to be from when the place was up and running still (it was when I was a child).
Anyways...here's a few pics, including an old ATCo. bus token (Akron Transportation Company) that's from the 30's, dug right next to a key set.

HH all!!!
BTW, went to the dentist and all will be well now!!

total key sets and loose keys and an old gascap.

Closeup of bus token

Closeup of my favorite keyfob

 

[bogeymcq]

Jimney Cricket & Cracked Corn! ALL those keys

Love love lovin' it! What a great find & what an intriquing mystery as well!!

I can almost picture someone mad at someone else. . lover spat, business quable?. . & going down to the bridge & throwing the keys off in a heat of the moment thing. . .
Or a kid playing with the keys & oooppssss . . .

If you ever find out the possibility to them being there. . please let us know!

Bogart

 

[goldencoin]

Very cool post!

HH
-GC

 

[Danimal]

srart checking the doors and fences

I like your thinking Baron. The abandoned power plant belonged (belongs?) to Ohio Edison and there are locked gates everywhere!!

 

[DCMatt]

Quote from: Baron Von De Kalb on Today at 12:59:08 AM
srart checking the doors and fences


I like your thinking Baron. The abandoned power plant belonged (belongs?) to Ohio Edison and there are locked gates everywhere!!

I would agree. Probably from the key rack in the security gaurds office or shack. Doors and/or gates would have numbers matching the keys.

DCMatt

 

[Nashoba]

I used to rent a meat locker and the company kept a set of keys to each unit on tags very similar to those you found. You might want to see if there was an old butcher shop or meat cutter nearby?
Just my two cents.
~Nash~

 

[Danimal]

Just an update...I stopped by the gate area and looked around tonight, and none of the locks or doors seem to be numbered in any way that matches the keys.
I still think though that they had something to do with the power plant. Their proximity and the lack of any other business right nearby point that way.

 

[EDDE]

oh oh oh i love surreptitious entry