William P Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 Howdy All! A week or so back I was hitting a backyard of a small preschool over the weekend when nobody was around. I got permission from the school after researching that the old house was the original farm house there from the late 1800's. Using my Nox 800, I found the usual sea of trash, lots of toys, a ton of modern clad and a few cool relics. The old Yale lock pictures below is pretty neat and the arm still functions (won't lock though, too much wear and tear) The buckle is something that I am trying to figure out.. I'm not sure if it's old or pretty modern. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks in advance ! 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kac Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 Really cool, what year do you think that lock is? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William P Posted July 9, 2020 Author Share Posted July 9, 2020 Thanks, Kac! That lock appears to be early 1900's, easily - https://us.yalehome.com/en/about-yale/our-brands/ I'm starting to think that buckle is some old horse tack after some research. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Valen Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 Good find and good research on the lock. You could be correct on the buckle also, that would have been my first guess on it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GB_Amateur Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 I like that lock. It appears that the loop attached to the lock shank is for attaching a chain (or chord) so that when the lock is temporarily free from its intended position it just hangs awaiting re-securing. Also, the fact that it isn't frozen up probably means it's made some kind of low chemiclly reactive alloy. Most if not all the locks I've found detecting are so badly seized as to be unusable. Did you find the matching key? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kac Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 Does that one have a cylinder? If so the pins might be rotted away or stuck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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