Beer Can Fun in the NW w/Carl & Scott

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Got back Sunday night after another 4 great days in the woods. Tough going as it always seems to take a day to get there with traffic, grocery shopping, breakfast, gas, etc and then back a day too. We lost a full day with 2 flats tires on Scotts new 2017 Dodge Ram truck and he had to buy a whole new set of 4x4 tires to continue on. We would have probably doubled our bounty if we didn't lost that "tire" day.

First afternoon in the woods...we dug a lot of old pits, but very few beer cans. Here's my first cans of the day (I left them.)

Always looking for "where man has gone before...."

Camp for the first night....that's Scott digging in the background.

First flat on Thursday morning....cheap Goodyear tires

Les Schaub Tires to the rescue - good thing we had cell coverage. It took him a couple hours to get there and then back to town for a whole new set of 4x4 tires so this doesn't happen again.

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Carl with a Regal Amber Beer OI and a lo-pro!

I got into a nice mid-50s pit with cartoon series Jubilees! Of the 40,000+ wind tunnel cans, only 100 were the cartoon series, which are the best ones by far!

Rainier Jubilee pit....

We dug for 6 hours straight at this camp - this was my first 30s strike. Acme OIs and Rainier cones...

Carl in a large pit....

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My 2nd 30s strike...of course the Buds came out looking great. The Town Clubs not so much. But they are soaking out pretty well. Much better than I expected.

My big Jube pit....

Pits galore out there...you wouldn't know it by looking at it....

This camp even has a horse shoe pit!

Headed back to Scott's - I had a plane to catch....

6 boxes of cans to come home with us...not bad considering...

Carl & Scott have most of the cans.... I took home the Town Clubs I dug to clean and the best of what I dug. We'll be splitting things up later. It is fun to clean cans and see how things turned out...

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The cartoon series are the best ones and there's quite a story being told on each can. This one we call the "Sad Face" because its raining on his BBQ and his guest are running away....

[Carl S]

That was a fun trip with great weather and camping spots. Saw plenty of deer and a coyote to go along with the sheep, cows, and elk herd. Our fourth day really saved the trip for us. Can't wait till next time.

[bantam10]

Nice. Wicked scenery too.

[Conehead]

That Rainier cone is incredibly clean!

[keithker]

Get some good Rainer donor lids hopefully......

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I took 11 cans home with me to clean, while Carl & Scott will clean the rest. I found a pit loaded with killer gold Buds, 1 Hop Gold and 5 ratty Town Clubs. I had no idea how these would clean. I also brought home 3 Rainier Jubilees cartoon series that they gave me the OK to keep (pre-split). One of the cartoon series cans I dug was an actual misprint and Carl went nuts after it since many of the wind tunnel cans are misprints as well. This is one that got away and was actually filled with beer! I told him he could keep that one. I am pleasantly surprised how the Town Clubs cleaned up. I didn't bring home any gold Buds with me to clean, I let those guys clean them. Not sure why the Buds are so clean and the TCs have issues?? The TCs and Hop Gold are dated 1938 on the lids....

Before cleaning - note the Town Clubs on the top row. The Hop Gold label was 2/3rd clean but I was wondering if it was faded the rest of the way, but I got lucky.

After the first dip in Oxalic Acid.... I have more work to do on these yet. More to come when Carl & Scott clean the rest.... hopefully this weekend!

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A couple of videos Scott's 30s "pit." They used his cans for target practice before burying them.... BUMMER! There will be a couple good ones out of there though....Still working on my video skills...


https://youtu.be/a9CCe0jvH7c


https://youtu.be/78ijpETfVOs

[Carl S]

Those Town Club's turned out better than I expected too. I'll try to get my cans in the acid by Saturday.

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Just like the old days, Hop Golds & Town Clubs.... I have no idea what that lo-pro ct was out of Scott's pit??? I'd also like to see how your Regal Amber Beer OIs clean up - same soil as the TCs! Plus take a photo of your mis-print Jube!

[Scott]

That's encouraging to see how the Town Clubs turned out. I'll try to get to mine this weekend as well.

Carl and I talked and we decided you can't have the purple Mr. Frowny Face after all....

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The Hop Gold (copper lid) is dated: Feb 3, '38; and the Town Clubs are dated: 2 06 38. Since this was a hunting camp, I'm assuming these were left by Turkey hunters, probably in April or May of 1938 ?? Just a guess....

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More Rainier Jubes after the first dip..... they need a little work. Note the Mis-Print circled on the lower left!

Really cool Liberty Bell Syrup from Portland, San Francisco & Seattle.

[Canadacan]

Great trip there guys!...Too bad about the flat tires, but you brought cans home!

[Scott Rollert]

Too bad I'm not 79.

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Huhh?

[foreigncanman]

Would still have to find the right date.

[bantam10]

Huhh?

The hop gold is the date he's looking for, but from 38 instead of 58

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Anyone got a Lucky Lager Beer flat top dated Feb 3, 1958 on it, please let Mr. Rollert know as that's his birthday can!

[Scott Rollert]

Like the shameless plug guys!

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Some more cans Carl cleaned..... still waiting on Scott!

[keithker]

Ed @Cap-Sealed are those a few Best Beers in the pile? There was eBay seller that had a few that were actually from Spearman/Pensacola that were sold out in Oregon....Yeah they might just be "Best Beer" but still from the hardest brewery......

[Bob L]

The Best beers are common out west. Even I have dug them several times out there.


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Ed @Cap-Sealed are those a few Best Beers in the pile? There was eBay seller that had a few that were actually from Spearman/Pensacola that were sold out in Oregon....Yeah they might just be "Best Beer" but still from the hardest brewery......

I have found them before from Florida but these are just the lousy Chicago ones..... thought they would still look good in the glory photos though - just to show variety....