A Tri-Cities family. A locksmith you can call by name.

Meet Nate & family

Nate Elder has called the Tri-Cities home since 2005 — the longest he’s lived anywhere. He’s a locksmith, husband, musician, dad, and probably the person who already worked on your neighbor’s car.

When you call Atomic Lock & Key, you’re not just calling a business. You’re meeting a family that helped build it — from outfitting the mobile van to encouraging Nate on the hard days to spreading the word face-to-face.

Samantha is the glue of the operation, a talented singer and commercial-insurance powerhouse. Together, she and Nate raise Corey, Maddison, Owen, and Skylar — a crew of artists, movie experts, problem-solvers, and one aspiring locksmith already learning lock picking and key programming.

The house runs on humor, music, games, movie nights, and a full six-dog subplot: Vinney, Ziggy, Ruby, Zues, Regina, and Riley. Atomic was built for that family, with the hope that one day a kid might take the baton and keep serving the Tri-Cities.

So when you call Nate, you’re calling the whole team behind him: the people who keep him grounded, motivated, and grateful.