WOW!!! I found Keys - TOO!!! They are just awesome to look at!

[BiggerHammer]

I was just on here yesterday and I saw that someone bought keys for $3.00 at a yard sale and I just though it was so freaken neat, because I literally just came across all these in the trash!!! So that motivated me to make this:

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Hope you enjoy the pictures of my treasure find in TRASH!!! =)

 

[poppy in pa.]

Hey, Thanks for the Ebay idea. I never thought there was such an intrest in old keys. I've got a box full. Merry Christmas. poppy

 

[DigginThePast]

Are those Florida Keys?

 

[ivan salis]

any safety deposit box keys?

old folks die -- dim witted house cleaning relative folks chuck safety deposit box keys (note the rent for those are normall paid yearly) normally their marked with the bank and vault no.

 

[nsdq]

welcome to t-net, nice trash finds

 

[bill from lachine]

biggerhammer,

Good score on the keys....recycling others discards and making a few bucks is a good idea...keep it up!

Regards + HH

Bill

 

[BiggerHammer]

Hey, Thanks for the Ebay idea. I never thought there was such an intrest in old keys. I've got a box full. Merry Christmas. poppy

Glad I gave you an idea =) Merry Christmas too...

 

[walhooey]

had a large box of keys found over a long period of time that my daughter turned into a statue in an art class. They are always interesting . Nice find

 

[Woodland Detectors]

Are those Florida Keys?

Ha!

 

[BiggerHammer]

had a large box of keys found over a long period of time that my daughter turned into a statue in an art class. They are always interesting . Nice find

Thank you! I bet the statue came out very interesting!! Do you have a picture?

 

[High Plains Digger]

The flat silver colored key with the 3 holes in the clover head: I believe that comes from at least the 20s. I have a 1927 house that opens a latch on the back door that I believe is original. I also found one like it on the fringes of a battlefield in Georgia, but that could have been thrown out with the trash at sometime in the not-remembered past. What is the year and the state for the little license plate id tag thingie you have there?

 

[BiggerHammer]

The flat silver colored key with the 3 holes in the clover head: I believe that comes from at least the 20s. I have a 1927 house that opens a latch on the back door that I believe is original. I also found one like it on the fringes of a battlefield in Georgia, but that could have been thrown out with the trash at sometime in the not-remembered past. What is the year and the state for the little license plate id tag thingie you have there?

Michigan and I'm assuming 1953, cause under the license plate # is a 53.
Then there is another one that is Michigan, 1958

Thank you for the info!

 

[Brian C.]

I never really thought about those kind of keys, I have a whole bunch that some one dumped in the back corner of my yard, and there are some like yours, thanks for your post and your find.HH

 

[High Plains Digger]

53 is pretty cool. I don't remember, but I think they were a fund raiser from the Disabled Vets organization. They were really nice then. I don't know when they started but that had to be pretty close to the beginning of the key tags program. After a while, like the 70s, they were stamped in plastic. You won't find them like that with a MD, that's for sure! I wonder how many sets of keys they actually helped get returned through out the years?

 

[steelheadwill]

Very nice riveted padlock
I dug one of those 'Tip o the hat' guy keys recently,
Great show

 

[MKnTenn]

I never really thought about those kind of keys, I have a whole bunch that some one dumped in the back corner of my yard, and there are some like yours, thanks for your post and your find.HH

I heard that keys like this one are beer barrel spigot keys. HH

 

[Brian C.]

I never really thought about those kind of keys, I have a whole bunch that some one dumped in the back corner of my yard, and there are some like yours, thanks for your post and your find.HH

I heard that keys like this one are beer barrel spigot keys. HH

Yes you are right, it is 19th century, I think the early part. Great hobby we have,

 

[Lanny in AB]

Interesting finds!

All the best,

Lanny

 

[BiggerHammer]

53 is pretty cool. I don't remember, but I think they were a fund raiser from the Disabled Vets organization. They were really nice then. I don't know when they started but that had to be pretty close to the beginning of the key tags program. After a while, like the 70s, they were stamped in plastic. You won't find them like that with a MD, that's for sure! I wonder how many sets of keys they actually helped get returned through out the years?

I just tried to do some research this is what I found: Key Tag Service

In 1946 the Key Tag Service was launched as a means of providing employment for war amputees. Since then, the service has grown into a computerized program that has returned more than a million sets of lost keys to their owners, but always is dedicated to providing employment for Canadian amputees and people with other disabilities. The Civilian Liaison Program began in 1953 in order that war amputees could share their knowledge with others who are missing limbs from causes other than war. Later, the program was divided into two, one for adults and a separate program for children. H. Clifford Chadderton, who lost his right leg during the Second World War, became the Chief Executive Officer of the organization in 1965. The War Amps had been there to assist him in rebuilding his life as an amputee, and, in return, for more than 40 years, he has tirelessly served the needs of Canadian amputees, both young and old.

BUT NOT SURE if this is the same thing. Very neat looking into the past though!

 

[BiggerHammer]

Interesting finds!

All the best,

Lanny

Thank you Lanny