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U.S. POSTAL LOCK ?

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Hwhydah17172002

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Went for another hunt with my new found friend and we seem to be doing jsut fine finding the OLD stuff. Can anyone possatively I D this one for me... Possably a date ? It was found in the water and about a foot and a half deep in the sand. The spring door for the lock works perfect. The chain has long since rotted away from the salt. Any help would be great... Whydah
 
Whydah that is a railroad switch lock. I have never found one, but I got one from my grandfather. It looks exactly like yours, but it does not have U.S. punched into it like yours. My lock has the initials of a local railroad punch into it. So I would guess U.S. are initials for a railroad. Some of these locks can be quite valable depending on railraod it came from. I believe it is from the 1880's or so. Nice find!

John
 
john4840 said:
Whydah that is a railroad switch lock. I have never found one, but I got one from my grandfather. It looks exactly like yours, but it does not have U.S. punched into it like yours. My lock has the initials of a local railroad punch into it. So I would guess U.S. are initials for a railroad. Some of these locks can be quite valable depending on railraod it came from. I believe it is from the 1880's or so. Nice find!

John
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WOW your kidding me? I thought it might be older than the teens or twenties... Someone else also told me that it was a Railroad switch lock... Totally awsome... Thanks John.... I will dig a little deeper to see if any Railroads contained the US name... Happy 4rth be safe
 
likely made by Speckmann Lou, KY. If it has any of this information it will be stamped on the shackle.
I would be very careful or not clean at all. What kind of hole for the key as there are three designs?
 
The lock was Identified by another treasure finder... It was made in 1878 and Army Issued in 1880 in our local town to the U.S.Army for World War 1 Wilson Bohannan Logo Padocks - U thru U - Antique Padlocks
 
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