Another great find! Very well done. Congratulations!
Thats very nice piece
nice Find
Sid
Another in ground pic of the sign & a quick heart breaker.
keep digging, there might be some marine lubrication signs..
Crazy Story.
I think you should take it to a metal shop and use a brake one time. A bench vice will take you several tries.
I know a guy with a brake & never even thought of it. Thanks!
That broken globe reminds me of the story I was told by the guy I got my PARCO etched globe from. He said when he found it in an old barn stall just the base was showing and when he got it dug out, there were two more beside it that we're crushed to pieces....always makes me sad to find broken stuff....GB
I picked out enough(i hope) broken Colonial Gas lenses from the ground that I'm going to try & glue them into a square overlapping mosaic of broken glass the reads Colonial Gas.
Great dig Jeremy! Keep diggin and postin ……...
More great finds! Amazing, how well the color survived on the broken one piece globe.
Jeremy watch out for a bear coming out of his winter nap from that hole!
The sign is awesome even with the toasted flange. The globe is heartbreaking to see but I'd still be tempted to recover all the pieces I can and find a way to repurpose or just glue back together what is there for the sake of it.
When you bend a porcelain sign one way it usually stresses the porcelain (along with some loss). when you bend it back, the stressed porcelain pops off. My suggestion is the you bend it back a little at a time and if you are losing more than you can bear, then stop. Your not likely to lose any of the field when straightening the flange. If you can't stand it, then I know a guy who will give it refuge. : )