Wheat and a PG&E padlock

GroundSweeper · May 20, 2022

Another day, another roadside turnout. This one just down the road from me.

Hard digging but got a 1953 S wheat and a cool PG&E padlock. Have to go back and look for the key :laughing:

SeabeeRon · May 20, 2022

Retired PG&Er here!

Had a corporate key for those locks that got me past many a locked gate. :yes:

Tom_in_CA · May 20, 2022

SeabeeRon said:
Retired PG&Er here!

Had a corporate key for those locks that got me past many a locked gate.

Maybe your key fits Groundsweeper's padlock :cool:

Leave-No-Coins-Behind · May 20, 2022

Nice...cool finds! That lock looks like a five pin and it could be raked open especially if it were a 'mastered' keyed cylinder.

GroundSweeper · May 20, 2022

SeabeeRon said:
Retired PG&Er here!

Had a corporate key for those locks that got me past many a locked gate.

That's cool Ron. I like our PG&E guys, they work hard to get our power back up after snow storms... although we had crews from Oregon fixing our lines after the last big storm - it was a pretty big storm and stretched PG&E pretty thin I guess.

Tom_in_CA said:
Maybe your key fits Groundsweeper's padlock

I saw some similar padlocks previously sold on ebay with a Key... wouldn't mind a key.

JAK said:
Nice...cool finds! That lock looks like a five pin and it could be raked open especially if it were a 'mastered' keyed cylinder.

Thanks JAK. THe lock is already open! I'm resistant to closing it for whatever reason :laughing:

since I'll probably never obtain a key for it, there's really no point in it being locked or not.

markinswpa · May 21, 2022

Congrats on the lock an wheat GS. I always get a kick out of finding a lock. Good luck. Mark

Digger RJ · May 21, 2022

Nice!!! Congrats!!!

GroundSweeper · May 21, 2022

markinswpa said:
Congrats on the lock an wheat GS. I always get a kick out of finding a lock. Good luck. Mark

Thanks Mark. I'd prefer an old padlock but I still like this one

Digger RJ said:
Nice!!! Congrats!!!

Thank you RJ

beepsticker · May 21, 2022

Love finding those older padlocks. I have one from a railroad track switcher that ran between 1857 and 1920

GroundSweeper · May 21, 2022

beepsticker said:
Love finding those older padlocks. I have one from a railroad track switcher that ran between 1857 and 1920

THAT would be a cool padlock to find! I've been hitting along the RR around me somewhat when I can, yet to find anything cool RR related that I recall, a RR padlock would be awesome.

jhanson · May 21, 2022

I bet that padlock was screaming, GS! Nice find!

Bajanick · May 21, 2022

Congrats on the wheatie and brass.

GroundSweeper · May 21, 2022

jhanson said:
I bet that padlock was screaming, GS! Nice find!

Thanks, or sure, I could visually see part of it sticking out of what looked like snow plowed or tractored dirt pile, but didn't know what it was or if it was really metal even at that point.

Bajanick said:
Congrats on the wheatie and brass.

Thank you Nick

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