There be giants!

Chipk · May 23, 2018

Hunted a site where an old church stood. I have found a number of keyhole frames but never anything like the one I found there.

Lord knows how big the key would have been that went into this frame. Or how big the door would have been. I found a 6 inch key recently and the frame that went with it and am showing it for comparison.

One thing is certain, they probably never lost the keys to this.

StratTone · May 24, 2018

WOW! That is a huge awesome key!!!

patcher · May 24, 2018

Instead of a keyhole frame, that might be part of a lock hasp.

AirmetTango · May 25, 2018

Door to the school's dungeon?? Bet kids would avoid detention there! :laughing:

longbow62 · May 25, 2018

That's cool. I have yet to find an old skeleton key.

StratTone · May 25, 2018

longbow62 said:
That's cool. I have yet to find an old skeleton key.

I've only found the end of a few myself. One was pot metal so not old and the other I just found the other day and was brass so I'm not even sure if it is one to be honest. I need to look up what was written on it to be sure. My guess is it was some type of key handle end or a piece of hardware.

3.14R8 · May 25, 2018

They must have had quite a collection every Sunday!

3.14R8 · May 25, 2018

longbow62 said:
That's cool. I have yet to find an old skeleton key.

x2

Dewsweeper894 · May 26, 2018

Wow! Now you hafta go back and dig the missing key.
The thing will hit like a freight train four feet down

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Looks to like it will be the size of a shovel handle on one end .
Great post .
Very cool saves !!!
, Dew

jack&jill · May 26, 2018

That would be a two handed key to fit that lock. Just imagine the size of the door. Trapper

SageGrouse · May 26, 2018

*sigh* I hate to burst your bubble, but that gigantic key hole isn't. It's most likely the slide-slot thingy (sorry for the tech talk) of a chain slide-lock. You know, like the ones you see in hotels and New York apartments.
SageGrouse

Chipk · May 26, 2018

SageGrouse said:
*sigh* I hate to burst your bubble, but that gigantic key hole isn't. It's most likely the slide-slot thingy (sorry for the tech talk) of a chain slide-lock. You know, like the ones you see in hotels and New York apartments.
SageGrouse

Can’t agree. Those things have a lip where the “thingie” attached to the chain will catch. This is flat. And crudely cut. What you describe would have been mass produced and about half the size of this.

Lightning88 · May 28, 2018

That key unlocks the treasure chest filled with gold and precious gems. But seriously, that is an awesome key. Definitely a showcase item being all intact as it is.

There be giants!

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