Thanks, Bly, I think you've nailed it.

Here's the entry for the Maple Leaf padlock from the online inventory:

Detailed Description: Artifact #1108 - Padlock, broken into 4 pieces. Has 
brass keyhole cover which has a crown engraved on it along with the letter 
F. Has some corrosion. Egg-shaped. Some of the internal working components 
are visible.

http://www.mapleleafshipwreck.com/Database/Database01.txt

Bob
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bly Straube" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 8:59 AM
Subject: Re: Help, I can't identify a lock plate!!


> It's a 19th-century padlock. The "Maple Leaf," a Civil War
> shipwreck (1864) in Florida has a padlock with the same
> mark.
> Bly
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
> Behalf Of Bob
> Skiles
> Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 9:15 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> 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