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Found An Ignition Key For A Model T Ford.....:detecting:

John-Edmonton

John-Edmonton

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I hunted a spot twice last week, and it wasn't until later that I got an identification of a key I dug up. Thanks Casper!
 
Cool find John,

I never found one of those, have found several Model T hub caps though.

Congrats,
Paul
 
Those keys were not cut like those later ones, each key had a number on it and don't think they went higher than 50 I been told. When you got your car you remembered the number and if you ever lost one you could go to the local Ford parts store and tell them the number you wanted and he would go back to the parts shelve and get that number key for you, very simple back then.
I have a key ring of keys I have found detecting with over 400 keys on it and know I have around 20 of these Model T keys and always looking to find more as it is one of my favorite keys to find.
I find a few of the Model A and T hub caps (grease caps) and notice most have cuts in them and ask one of the older guys and said it was because some got stuck on and they would use a chisel to get them off and why the cuts are in them.

Rick
 
What a neat find--congrats!----I just dug a 1920-S Walking Liberty half day before yesterday (true story).---Now I know what the car (Ford) looked like the year it was minted.----Vehicles have come a long way since then, huh!-----Our modern day coins aren't as beautiful as back then though.----I think the W.L. half & Mercury dime are the two most beautiful U.S. coins ever minted (same sculpture).----Enough "rambling". :)
 
Any of you folks came across any of the long metal tire valve caps for these older cars ??

I have 2 or 3, and threw one away not knowing what it was (thought it was a screwdriver handle)
 
I have found two of those valve stem covers. Like you I threw the first one one away thinking that it was just junk. Later a relic hunter who is also a dealer told me what I had found.
 
Yes we have seen quite a few of them over the years, some think they covers off of lipstick tubes. Them older tires had big valve stems and if you look inside the caps you will see the treads where they screw on to the stem.
 
My wife & I found several of them over the years while metal detecting. We kept them but didn't know what they were for quite awhile.---Glad we kept them--little pieces of history they are!
 
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