Ronstar
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So here we go again. Back to the old military housing/barracks with jkline this morning, poor guy hasnt hit silver for awhile and we both believe more still there.
I had the F5 in tow with the 5” coil leading me around, went back to where I hit the two Rosies last fall hoping maybe more. I got stopped earlier with the big coil due to EMI and the little one sailed right thru it. Just one clad dime was it.
Went around to the front of the building and dug two quick clad quarters and then up pops a ‘44S wheat. Ok, time to slow down a bit and see what we can find. (I think Jeff is going to break up with me if I find any more silver!!! Lol.) A few steps past the wheat and I get multiple dime hits, beep beep beep beep up one way and back the other. Shows depth as 5-6” so I start thinking oh paleeze let it be a Merc spill, paleeze…..
Make a larger rectangular shaped plug and pull it out, first thing I see is the very narrow shank of a key which looks kinda odd shaped. I cant read what the brand is but hopefully when I get it cleaned up it will read. I put the Garrett down the hole and eventually pull out six keys total. My first key spill!!!
When I got home and got them cleaned up I could read HURD on two of the keys. In checking the key cut they appear to be for the same lock. Another key had a weird logo that read DCPD. One key had Eagle Lock Co Terrysville, CONN (seeing the state abbreviation as CONN instead of CN was my first inkling these might be older keys). So I start looking up names on the good ‘ol internet.
HURD was the supplier for Ford Lincoln Mercury cars in the 30s to ‘51 and this style key was for the trunk, spare tire, and glove box. The DCPD key is Dodge Plymouth, Chrysler, DeSoto and was used in ‘30s. The Eagle key would have been a high end brass padlock. The other keys were Yale and an unknown.
Since those units were built in 40-41 I can see late 30s cars being driven and the Ford keys could be autos in the 40s easily. These keys are really one of my more interesting finds in this complex. (Dodge key on the left, Ford keys in the middle, Eagle key on the right, others on the bottom).
I had the F5 in tow with the 5” coil leading me around, went back to where I hit the two Rosies last fall hoping maybe more. I got stopped earlier with the big coil due to EMI and the little one sailed right thru it. Just one clad dime was it.
Went around to the front of the building and dug two quick clad quarters and then up pops a ‘44S wheat. Ok, time to slow down a bit and see what we can find. (I think Jeff is going to break up with me if I find any more silver!!! Lol.) A few steps past the wheat and I get multiple dime hits, beep beep beep beep up one way and back the other. Shows depth as 5-6” so I start thinking oh paleeze let it be a Merc spill, paleeze…..
Make a larger rectangular shaped plug and pull it out, first thing I see is the very narrow shank of a key which looks kinda odd shaped. I cant read what the brand is but hopefully when I get it cleaned up it will read. I put the Garrett down the hole and eventually pull out six keys total. My first key spill!!!
When I got home and got them cleaned up I could read HURD on two of the keys. In checking the key cut they appear to be for the same lock. Another key had a weird logo that read DCPD. One key had Eagle Lock Co Terrysville, CONN (seeing the state abbreviation as CONN instead of CN was my first inkling these might be older keys). So I start looking up names on the good ‘ol internet.
HURD was the supplier for Ford Lincoln Mercury cars in the 30s to ‘51 and this style key was for the trunk, spare tire, and glove box. The DCPD key is Dodge Plymouth, Chrysler, DeSoto and was used in ‘30s. The Eagle key would have been a high end brass padlock. The other keys were Yale and an unknown.
Since those units were built in 40-41 I can see late 30s cars being driven and the Ford keys could be autos in the 40s easily. These keys are really one of my more interesting finds in this complex. (Dodge key on the left, Ford keys in the middle, Eagle key on the right, others on the bottom).
