My biggest keeper coper ever ! Or No doubt it was an artists dump now !

[MaineRelic]

With all the turn of the century Artist paint and supply bottles I was digging from this one pit I could not stay away again this morning I returned with my probe and gave the place some poking ! Glad I did ! Besides a few more bottles I missed !I hit a soild metal object with my probe ! I thought it might be another piece of aggot ware or another bucket with perhaps a few more bottles in it ! I was careful not to pierce it as I collect the aggot ware ! As I started digging it out at a good 18 inches down I could see it was copper ! I was a little more careful after this ! when I finally got it out of the hole I knew what it was immediately and a big smile came across my face ! Turn of the century hammered copper artists Palette . I cant believe my luck this weekend !

 

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[Msbeepbeep]

The proof is in the pallet! Congrats nice finds!

 

[detectahead]

That's really cool! Love the other items also! Nice!

 

[Scrappy]

Nice find!

I would have bailed on a signal that far down thinking it trash. That's a great lesson for me.

Congrats.

-Lady Liberty is hot stuff...especially on a coin

 

[MaineRelic]

Thanks Beepbeep Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would find a hammered copper artist Palette ! This hobby can take strange twists and turns ! MR

 

[TNGUNS]

Well now that is just cool. Bet it is safe to say few of us if any have ever recovered one like that. Congrats.

 

[MaineRelic]

Nice find!

I would have bailed on a signal that far down thinking it trash. That's a great lesson for me.

Congrats.

-Lady Liberty is hot stuff...especially on a coin

I actually never used a detector or a pinpointer finding this copper palette ! I was using a bottle probe ! It was a trash pit dig ! MR

 

[bootybandit]

Nice save on the excavation. Congrats!

 

[treblehunter]

Very interesting, good probing!

 

[MaineRelic]

That's really cool! Love the other items also! Nice!

Thanks detectahead ! I was very excited about the find ! MR

 

[Tnmountains]

Ok I have never seen one of those dug. Pretty cool find for sure.

 

[CoinandRelicMan]

Just a super finding and a great save !!! Congrats

 

[DFX DAVE in M.D.]

Great find, I have dug up old signs bottle digging, I wish I had my Sinclair Porcelin sign still, lol......

 

[doninbrewster]

Cool find. Now all you have to do is track down what artist lived there. Could be a significant artist and needless to say, makes your items and in particular your palate worth a lot more $. Check with a local historical society or town/county historian. They might be able to help. Although I love finding very old coins, there's a lot of cool stuff in the ground. Way to go!

 

[ATpro5]

Wow that's something you don't see everyday. Interesting find! Keep us updated

 

[RelicDude]

That is a very interesting find I've never seen a copper pallet before. And what's the embossing on the round bottom bottle?

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[MaineRelic]

Cool find. Now all you have to do is track down what artist lived there. Could be a significant artist and needless to say, makes your items and in particular your palate worth a lot more $. Check with a local historical society or town/county historian. They might be able to help. Although I love finding very old coins, there's a lot of cool stuff in the ground. Way to go!

I am well on my way to identifying the artist ! I found a metal name placard with just the surname of the person who I believe had the wood artist box that I found in the pit that I think was on the wood artist box that also got thrown away ! I also found hinges and latches that I believe were part of the folding artists case ! I have withholded the name for obvious reasons but the name is a familiar and interesting name among late 19th and early 20th century artist and could turn out to be quite historical ! MaineRelic

 

[MaineRelic]

That is a very interesting find I've never seen a copper pallet before. And what's the embossing on the round bottom bottle?

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The round bottom bottle was embossed ( Puritan carbonating company Millis, Mass. Circa 1915 MR

 

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

now that's different.very cool!

 

[Hendo0601]

Clean that pallet up, squirt some blobs of paint on it, pop in your Bob Ross Joy Of Painting DVD and paint some happy trees!!! Man that thing is HUGE!!! super sweet finds!