Here's an object a friend’s father found here in Ontario a few years ago, I understand it was well over a foot deep in a creek bed. When he found it, they were content to say it was a spittoon, but it really doesn't look like any spittoon I've seen. I had thoughts about it being a potholder and it’s almost too small to be a chamber pot. I think chamber pots tended to have handles too, but I could definitely see it being a potholder that maybe sat in a frame. 
I'm really not sure how old it is, I put ‘old’ in the subject title just meaning it was found a while ago. It’s definitely a possibility that it's not very old and was simply buried by a few nasty floods. What I can say, is that old copper coins I've found in similar water conditions are often some of the nicest looking coins I’ve found. Creeks and riverbeds are obviously bad spots, as things get scratched and dented like the pot in the post and they've often got little to no green on them. This isn’t always the case though.
It's made of copper and it doesn't have any sign of having had handles, so I wouldn't imagine it was used for cooking. It's pretty beaten up so it's hard to tell, but the bottom may have actually been round rather than flat. It's decorated with a few simple pairs of concentric rings. I couldn't guess how old it was, all I can say is that it was buried very deep and it was obviously kicking around in the stream for some time before it ended up buried.
I'm not even sure what to call it, a pot, a bowl, an urn? Unfortunately, it wasn’t full of gold coins, maybe one day though.
Thanks for your thoughts and theories,
Dave
I'm really not sure how old it is, I put ‘old’ in the subject title just meaning it was found a while ago. It’s definitely a possibility that it's not very old and was simply buried by a few nasty floods. What I can say, is that old copper coins I've found in similar water conditions are often some of the nicest looking coins I’ve found. Creeks and riverbeds are obviously bad spots, as things get scratched and dented like the pot in the post and they've often got little to no green on them. This isn’t always the case though.
It's made of copper and it doesn't have any sign of having had handles, so I wouldn't imagine it was used for cooking. It's pretty beaten up so it's hard to tell, but the bottom may have actually been round rather than flat. It's decorated with a few simple pairs of concentric rings. I couldn't guess how old it was, all I can say is that it was buried very deep and it was obviously kicking around in the stream for some time before it ended up buried.
I'm not even sure what to call it, a pot, a bowl, an urn? Unfortunately, it wasn’t full of gold coins, maybe one day though.
Thanks for your thoughts and theories,
Dave
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