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 Posted 03/24/2017  2:49 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Buddy to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
The hex nuts might be from a repair job.

GR58 -- It's possible that the box you found that is similar might be the closest you ever get to finding it's age. Your box looks -- to my still untrained eye -- to be made by a craftsman rather than factory produced.
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 Posted 03/24/2017  2:55 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Debrajc to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Nice box GR58. I like unique things.

I hope you are able to find a key that fits.
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 Posted 03/24/2017  3:04 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add GR58 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Thank you all for your replies.

I have been showing it around.

Most are thinking 1900 - 1930.

Also .. not a mass production box.

I have a guy that will work on the latches. I just have to
find some brass stock. Maybe threaded with a brass acorn nut.
He will match the brass rivets.

Have the names of some good locksmiths to start checking with.
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 Posted 03/25/2017  01:01 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jbuck to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
It seems like you are enjoying this find more that one might have thought you would. Almost everyone loves a good project.
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It seems like you are enjoying this find more that one might have thought you would. Almost everyone loves a good project


You could be right Jbuck ... sometimes I spend more time and money
on something that is not worth it.

I do like fixing older things.

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 Posted 03/25/2017  07:41 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add dave700x to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Excellent find GR! I'm looking forward to your after pictures with it full of silver.
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I too am thinking about how it will look filled with silver.
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You could be right Jbuck ... sometimes I spend more time and money on something that is not worth it. I do like fixing older things.
If you enjoy it, it is worth it.
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In my book of random knowledge, anyone other than a squirrel who knows what an 'acorn nut' is, is fully qualified to repair that box.
Carry on.
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