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I haven't had nearly the illustrious digging career as guys like Ed, Herman, Dale, etc. But, I've done my fair share of digging over the years and have had a lot of fun with it. Many great adventures to fondly remember. To use a baseball analogy, I've not often hit the home run out of the ballpark with rare exotic cans, but have hit singles and doubles pretty consistently for a decent batting average. Early digging adventures were in the Ozarks with Kotto and his bros and with Andy Caldwell. We didn't take many pictures back then. I wish we had, as many great finds and experiences are left to memory alone. Later, Andy and I started going up north to MN/Wis/UP and teamed up with Baker and others. In recent years, we've been mixing it up between the northwoods and trips out west, but I only get out digging once or twice per year any more. Following will be some pictures from over the years. Hope you find them enjoyable.

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To start off with, here's some of my favorite cans that I've dug over the years. So many to choose from, hard to narrow it down to a few favorites.
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these cans were from one of our first trips up north, in the UP. We went up the Keweenaw peninsula. We were tickled to death with this stuff back then. 1999 I think.
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Here was the Lubeck find, one of our last significant Ozark digs. With Andy, Paul King and CMD.
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Here's some pics of cans from some of the early northwoods trips.
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An early UP trip. We teamed up with Baker and actually had Dale come out to show us the ropes on pit digging.
Extracting some cans down the hill from a cabin
Extracting some cans down the hill from a cabin
Me with my head in a pit.
Me with my head in a pit.
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Ginormous pit of Johnny Pfeiffers
Ginormous pit of Johnny Pfeiffers
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Cool stuff there Bob!...is that two shades of green on that Paul Bunyan?...colors look strong on it.
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This epic trip back in 2005 started in MN and ended up in the UP.
Me on left and Andy on right pondering the extraction of a Menominee cone
Me on left and Andy on right pondering the extraction of a Menominee cone
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Battleship grey Drewrys
Battleship grey Drewrys
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Two tough Michigan cans from this trip.
Two tough Michigan cans from this trip.
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WOW! Excellent!
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Some more northwoods pics from that mid-2000s time period.
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Dale came out to dig with us again.
Dale came out to dig with us again.
This little pit was right under a deer hanger.
This little pit was right under a deer hanger.
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Pits of Old Crown OI's around this old cabin
Pits of Old Crown OI's around this old cabin
If these pit cans were in California, all of them would have been smokin'
If these pit cans were in California, all of them would have been smokin'
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Vitamin B&G
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Still more from the mid-2000 time period.
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Digging buddies Dan Baker and Andy Caldwell
Digging buddies Dan Baker and Andy Caldwell
Dan and Andy trying to figure out where the cans are
Dan and Andy trying to figure out where the cans are
Taking a break to review the maps.  Brad Meister was with us on this trip.
Taking a break to review the maps. Brad Meister was with us on this trip.
Ginormous dump
Ginormous dump
Goebel Goebels !!  Almost a dozen. Western UP
Goebel Goebels !! Almost a dozen. Western UP
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Detroit Natty Bohs
Detroit Natty Bohs
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Still more from the mid-2000s
A pit of mounties right in our camp
A pit of mounties right in our camp
A nice pit of Drewrys series cans
A nice pit of Drewrys series cans
Old fire pit in an abandoned camp
Old fire pit in an abandoned camp
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A solo trip to MN in 2007. Really enjoyed this one. Took my mountain bike and tent camped. Used the mountain bike to get back to some places that were not accessible by vehicle anymore.
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OK, shifting gears.....Here's some pics from a couple business trips I made out west. Managed to do some digging while there.
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Gold Medals peaking out from the pit
Gold Medals peaking out from the pit
Before cleaning
Before cleaning
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Some more stuff from a couple other early trips out west.
Some shelfers from a Wyoming trip
Some shelfers from a Wyoming trip
Took these incredible pics of moose sparring in Wyoming
Took these incredible pics of moose sparring in Wyoming
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Pits behind this cabin
Pits behind this cabin
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Andy in a pit
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That's it for now, time for bed. I'll post more tomorrow.
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Wow, more amazing pictures Bob. Looks like not only great cans but lots of great memories. Thanks for posting.
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LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLO!!!!!!! You consider those finds a .225 batting average??? I find perception to be a funny funny thing...if you don't see any home runs in those your goal must have been to find Hoffa while you digging. Good golly what great memories and great cans.

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A quick bullet trip to western PA to test the waters there. With Andy and Dan. We found most of the good stuff at one killer spot. Interestingly story on that.... We dug there for a while, finding some really cool stuff, went down the road just a bit, intending to come back later and detect more for additional pits, but somebody moved in and set up camp, so we couldn't get back in. Turns out, Conehead went to that same spot more recently and made his killer find, with most of the stuff being buried farther away from the camp up the hill.
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Bally quart fresh from the pit.
Bally quart fresh from the pit.
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Some pics from a boat-in digging trip we did in MN. This was a really cool adventure.
Our campsite for a few days
Our campsite for a few days
Our campsite for a few days
Our campsite for a few days
Andy caught a nice walleye
Andy caught a nice walleye
View from  the campsite
View from the campsite
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Too bad this wasn't better
Too bad this wasn't better
Former site of an old resort
Former site of an old resort
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More tonight.
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Wow, incredible!

Nothing like looking at pics like this to get you primed for the spring dumping season. Let the games begin!
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Great pics! Very nice finds! And walleye fishing to boot! Can't beat that!!
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Killer :smt023
Bantam - when you pop a Regal OI, everyone will want to dig with you and no one will give you crap anymore.... until then, Keep On Truckin" !
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Holy cow!!
If that is mediocre success, I would take that anytime!!!
AWESOME pictures Bob!
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More northwoods action...
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Some abandoned camp action
Some abandoned camp action
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Andy pulling cans from a camp pit
Andy pulling cans from a camp pit
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Some MN stuff
Some MN stuff
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Now for some stuff from the PNW.
Andy, Regan and me
Andy, Regan and me
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Andy in a pit.
Andy in a pit.
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Cleaning cans in the stream for a field divy
Cleaning cans in the stream for a field divy
My third of the take from our first PNW trip together.
My third of the take from our first PNW trip together.
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This Log Cabin can is one of my favorite non-beer can finds ever.  So clean my wife lets me display it upstairs.
This Log Cabin can is one of my favorite non-beer can finds ever. So clean my wife lets me display it upstairs.
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Dug this Olde English 600 cone there.  They were sold in the NW.
Dug this Olde English 600 cone there. They were sold in the NW.
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More PNW stuff.
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The old fire ring gave it away
The old fire ring gave it away
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More PNW
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Couple nice shelfers
Couple nice shelfers
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Andy digging at night by headlamp
Andy digging at night by headlamp
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Most recent couple trips to the UP.
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