Show us your keys...

Swing-a-ling

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• Feb 1, 2015

• #1

Post pics of cool keys you've found! I've only found one not made within the past 30 years. But it's a cool one. One of my favorite finds.
Let's see what you got!

PS- No. Not your car/house keys, lol!

 

GroundSweeper

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• Feb 1, 2015

• #2

I don't have any cool keys yet save for a bunch of government "do not duplicate" keys.... A lot of them.

 

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ks coyote

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• Feb 1, 2015

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Found this one last month in a field.

 

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GabbityGabby

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• Feb 1, 2015

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The first thing I ever detected was a set of keys, a guy told me they belonged to an old school locker. I found those with my friend's dad's detector so I don't have them. I have found one whole key and one half a key that I got with my detector, nothing special about either of them and I threw the half key away. Then I found a whole key ring with grocery and gas cards on it, I returned it to its owner.

 

Cherry Picker

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• Feb 1, 2015

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One of my favorites is this key-knife.

 

stinger

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• Feb 1, 2015

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ok

 

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Huntress

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• Feb 1, 2015

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Vermonster

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• Feb 1, 2015

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Found last week at an 1880-1910 location......

 

Swing-a-ling

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• Feb 2, 2015

• #9

Some cool keys...

Huntress, is that a skate key?

Detector... Cool key-knife. Is it old, or modern? Cool regardless.

ks coyote, that key is awesome... Love it!

 

Jamflicker

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• Feb 2, 2015

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These are my favorites that I have found. A Model T, Skeleton, and Watch/Clock winder.

 

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Swing-a-ling

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• Feb 2, 2015

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Whoa... That Ford key is awesome! Nice find.

 

Huntress

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• Feb 2, 2015

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Hey Swing, found that one on land that held an old 19th century gentleman's club that burned down at the turn of the 1900's. It is a clock key, the rest of the clock didn't fair very well as you could guess; pieces of gears and all were in the same spot. What kind of clock I am not 100% sure, though I do believe it was from a mantle clock or something similar..
Looks like you have a nice collection of keys yourself Swing.
Very cool.