dump digging

[daytondigger]

My main interest used to be privy digging. A buddy of mine that helps me dig, is a beer can and breweriana collector. He's helped me look for glass and now here lately I've started getting in to looking for cans with him. Rusty and crusty they come up, but after a soak in the acid bath, they become antique treasures. It's like Christmas every time you reveal a new label. I live in Ohio and if any of you bottle diggers have passed on sites full of punched top cans or cone top cans in this region, please let me know. I normally post my metal detecting finds, but I'm always willing to try new treasure hunts . Thanks, Steve

 

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[Skrimpy]

Got one here in NY where there must be about 1000 punch tops. It's tough though because I don't have permission. My buddy does. Also the guy that owns the property want's to know each time we go so he can drop by and see what we're up to. He's a really nice guy though. He let's us keep most of what we find.

 

[daytondigger]

That sounds like a killer place. I'm diggin' it, I wish.

 

[Skrimpy]

That sounds like a killer place. I'm diggin' it, I wish.

We thought so too but the best bottle we found was what appeared to be a strapless whisky flask with a small mouth. It was between a cobalt and sky blue...I broke it by accident. Everything else was and everything was circa 1915-circa 1950 and garbage, no pun intended...but we haven't dug it completely.

 

[Baggins]

How does he clean his beer cans?? I too have a collection of beer cans that I have had since I was 8 years old...I am 40 now...any help appreciated!!

 

[EDDE]

How does he clean his beer cans?? I too have a collection of beer cans that I have had since I was 8 years old...I am 40 now...any help appreciated!!

new domestics dont count kidding

 

[Baggins]

Ha! I would have to move if that was the case!!

 

[TreasureTales]

How does he clean his beer cans?? I too have a collection of beer cans that I have had since I was 8 years old...I am 40 now...any help appreciated!!

Here's one guy's way of cleaning old beercans. http://members.aol.com/mrbeercan/cleaning.html


Last year I was at a dump that had at least 100 conetop cans just lying in a pile. I didn't think they were worth grabbing, though, because the labels were so far gone. Then I found the website linked above. So with that website in mind, this year I was going to get those cans and experiment on them -- to see if I could get the labels to reappear from under the rust. Well, dang it, when I went back to the dump last month all the conetops were gone!!! Was I ever kicking myself for having let a great opportunity pass me by. Another lesson learned the hard way. I did manage to find 2 conetops in the outlying areas of the dump, but nothing like those 100+ cans that were there just last year.