Tiny skeleton key

cntrydncr1 · May 24, 2008

I found this key yesterday in the front yard of the homesite I've been hunting. The really cool thing is that I found the lock a few weeks ago!!!

Michiganne · May 24, 2008

Very cool! Does the lock still work? What do you suppose it went on, as small as it is? Keep digging!

relichunters · May 24, 2008

Cool find, why do you call it a skeleton key?

kimsdad · May 24, 2008

Hmmmm....

I wonder if there's a tiny treasure chest down there missing a lock....

Bridge End Farm · May 24, 2008

nice finds a set, looks like some pentrating oil and that lock will work once again

nice finds

cntrydncr1 · May 25, 2008

I think it will work with some oil but haven't done it yet. I'm not sure about the name "skeleton" key. I just know that this type of key has always been called that. Any ideas anyone on why they call them that

Bridge End Farm · May 25, 2008

cntrydncr1 said:
I think it will work with some oil but haven't done it yet. I'm not sure about the name "skeleton" key. I just know that this type of key has always been called that. Any ideas anyone on why they call them that

I believe or have thought it comes from the hole the key goes into, looks like a skeleton head