Found my oldest pull tab today

[No gold in NY]

After seeing a thread from FreeBirdTim, wouldn’t you know I would find my oldest pull tab today.
I went to the fair grounds today to look for a lost neckless. I had the general area and thought it might be an easy find. I turned my discrimination down so I wouldn’t miss anything. All I found was ring pull tabs. The best of all was the fight litter tab. Never saw one like it. It wasn’t even the riveted together type.
Did a little research and found a forum where a poster said these fight litter tabs were from the late 50s and most likely a beer can.

 

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[SD51]

Very nice and there's no rivet either.

 

[Icewing]

Have you been watching the TV series Detectorists?

 

[Javadroid]

That's excellent! A relic worth treasuring!

 

[Tpmetal]

I though that the first pull tops didn't come into existence until early 1960s ? and they were not rings at first? could be wrong on that though, really need to brush up on that pulltab history

 

[Icewing]

1962 The pull-ring tab first marketed by the Pittsburgh Brewing Company of Pittsburgh, PA. The pull-ring tab was invented by Alcoa.

https://www.thoughtco.com/introduction-to-soda-pop-1992433

 

[No gold in NY]

Have you been watching the TV series Detectorists?

No, we don't get that one. Can't get the gold prospecting shows either.

 

[No gold in NY]

1962 The pull-ring tab first marketed by the Pittsburgh Brewing Company of Pittsburgh, PA. The pull-ring tab was invented by Alcoa.

https://www.thoughtco.com/introduction-to-soda-pop-1992433

Well then, that fellow on the other forum must be wrong about the late 50s. Still a nice one though.

 

[Squirrel322]

I though that the first pull tops didn't come into existence until early 1960s ? and they were not rings at first? could be wrong on that though, really need to brush up on that pulltab history

Yeah, to my understanding the first pull tabs were not rings. Heres what they originally looked like.




Somewhere I have a couple I've dug. That "fight litter" tab is pretty cool as far as tab go