It's a 19th-century padlock. The "Maple Leaf," a Civil War
shipwreck (1864) in Florida has a padlock with the same
mark.
Bly

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From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
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Skiles
Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 9:15 PM
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Subject: Help, I can't identify a lock plate!!


Can anyone identify the date/maker of this lockplate that
was found by an
avocational along a military trail in the Texas Panhandle?

http://skiles.net/lock.jpg

~ Bob Skiles