Wow! look what I found, is what one of my friends said along with several picture texts as he is uncovering a Flying A sign on his property. It was covering an old well. He was very excited because he is also a gas and oil collector. The sign cleaned up even better than it is in the last picture. I remember walking around the property with him after he bought it and pointed off a trail and said there is the original well for the property back in the day. It was covered in overgrowth and had a small wooden structure over it. The sign was under the structure covering the hole.

Sweet! Great find

Great Story...Great Find!

AWESOME! (hope he covered the well back up)

Great story told with great pictures. Always nice to see another discovery.

Best story I have seen in a while , and you got us the pictures ! It is stories like this that will lead to more people asking and rescuing these items . Great find Matt and thank you for sharing ! Awesome story !

That's cool!!! Amazing where this stuff turns up!!

good thing he had a light touch with the bucket, sweet sign and a keeper for sure.

Stuff like that doesnt happen too often in ones lifetime. And to find such a desirable one in good condition to boot... Congratulations to your buddy, Matt.

Yup.. this is a great buried treasure story. Thanks for sharing it.

Great discovery!You never know what is around us waiting to be found!

Amazing discovery! And to be in such nice shape after all this time!

I had a Hudson/Terraplane sign from 1937 that was a well
cover find. Must have been a common idea.

Same thing for me. Back in the 70's I bought a near mint 6' Gulf sign that covered a well. Guy insisted that he had to have $6 for it!! I gave him some old sheet metal to recover the well.

Okay now that is a great find!! Congrats

Great find & story. Its amazing how many signs where used to cover wells. I have a few in my collection that where used in this manner & have seen others too. That one is a beauty for sure!!

Great find & story.
CONGRATS!

Eons ago I found a 6' round double sided SIGNAL covering a cistern, wording only NO Stop light. Gave it away!

"Wow" is an understatement!! Great find and it will forever feel good remembering the story of how you found it!!! Good times!!

That's a great find! I like seeing a sign as found. Thanks for sharing!

Great find Matt.... very lucky & have a keen eye to spot that one..

Nice sign and what a great story to go along with it!

WOW!!!!! what a great find for ya Matt,couldn`t of happen to a nicer person,I`m jealous in Colo!!!


Alan

Awesome find! Bet that made his day & beyond. The Flying & Service font looks a bit thinner/different than mine. I wonder if that was regional or if one is just an earlier example than the other.

Nice sign!