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Old 02-27-2012, 09:22 PM
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Old 02-27-2012, 09:25 PM
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Cool, What did it show up on the detector as? also is it steel or brass?

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Old 02-27-2012, 09:29 PM
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That is a nice key! Congrats!

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Cool, What did it show up on the detector as? also is it steel or brass?

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it actually jumped around reading everything! About 3 inches down. Brass.
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Old 02-27-2012, 09:52 PM
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Nice find, I found a few of them that look very similiar at 1700's and 1800's sites, it's hard to date them because they did not change much over the years but judging by the coins I found I would guess early 1800's.

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Old 02-27-2012, 09:56 PM
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Awesome key. One of my favorite things to find.

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Old 02-27-2012, 10:24 PM
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Very cool, I hope to find one of those some day.

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Find it in the side of the road??? At a flea market? Why no story. I hate when there is no story to go with a find.

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Cool key. I love finding them.

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