Diggin out West

[mountainrust]

I was fortunate to get a couple of weeks off recently and met up with canaddict for some digging and camping fun. We were into cans virtually the whole time. The rarest we found were some grade 5- Cremo OIs. And I had to drive to CA to find my first Walter's Bock flat from Pueblo. Also found some Malt and Men Tivolis

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[mountainrust]

Bugsy is almost 15 now, but can still sniff out the cans, and then take a nap next to the pit.

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[mountainrust]

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[DanielinAk]

Nice hunt for sure

[keithker]

Glad to see Scott turning up some rust since there just isn't much here in Florida.......Hope to here you guys find a nice pre-War pit.......

[canaddict]

We had another amazing trip! We battled the elements, nature, and a few logistical situations, but we survived 7 days in the middle of nowhere (and found lots of cans!).

Day 1 Camp

Can anyone find the our ferocious friend in the photo?

Here's a closer image. We also saw a momma bear with 2 cubs that climbed up a tree right next to us, eagles, and all sorts of deer and elk.

Old Camp (which had a very large garbage pit)

Old Outhouses at Old Camp

Pre-War Pits!

Raging Waterfalls

Forest Fires (OK, not active ones)

Treacherous 4-Wheel Drive Roads

Some Impassable Road Conditions

Where we had to turn around after driving for miles before reaching our destination :(

And the occasional vicious open range cattle!

Intense Fog! (Actually that was just me being a bad photographer of our campsite)

And on the last day, snow! I seriously had about 2 inches accumulate on my back while digging a pit)

While finding a bunch of these.

[Lovegun]

The color of those cans in ground is fantastic. Thanks for sharing all the pics of the trip! Looks like dumping has forged a close friendship between the two of you! That's what is one of the greatest rewards of this hobby, the time spent in the great outdoors with friends!

[buckeyerust]

We don't need no stinkin badgers

[mountainrust]

Also had a bobcat run right in front of the truck

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[canaddict]

Greg,

Still looking forward to getting out with you and the crew in the near future!

I found what I think is a pretty decent Buffalo and a not so decent Buffalo. Hoping the one cleans up. We found a **** of low profile Rainier cones (white can), some Sierra cones, and lots and lots of Acme's (of all sorts). Probably 50+ Burgermeister flats (of all sorts) in good condition, some ABCs, pre-war Pabst, several Brown Derbys, tons and tons of Luckys (of all sorts) and Olympia one sided cans, as to be expected. Regan found a few decent Golf Medal flats. Actually, when you look back at it, we found quite a bit of variety, but nothing super rare except for the Cremo flats. We left many a large pit virtually undisturbed because we were limited on time and looking for great condition. Quite a few mystery cans, which I am hoping clean up.

Can't wait to get back out there!

[canaddict]

Buckeyrust,

You called it! It wasn't quite the "Badger" we were looking for, but I don't think too many people can say they have seen a real one.

[buckeyerust]

Beautiful country, that would be a dream/bucket list trip for me.

Thanks for sharing

[Shevy85Ale]

As always, I love seeing the dumping pics from out west. Dumping here means looking in a thin strip of woods between a strip mall and a massage parlor. The last bear I saw was at the National Zoo in D.C. Keep the pics coming, I still hope that some day I can do a multi day dumping trip out in that beautiful country.

[mountainrust]

I had a chance to clean a few cans today. Gotta love those colorful Cali cans

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[mountainrust]

A few more out of the acid. The Golden Brews may be the cleanest cans we found, buried for @60 years! The El Rey was a mystery pit can, but unfortunately looks like it was left out in the sun for awhile before burial. Rainier Club and Pabst IRTPs are post war 3 patent cans.

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[Mike S]

Now that looks like fun! Love the in ground pics and those golden brews look amazing!

mike s

[Shevy85Ale]

Always amazed by how clean cans come out of the ground out west. Cans that old would come out of the ground here with four particles of rust holding the whole thing together.

[mountainrust]

I had time to clean a few more cans. The Pilsengold and GB were mysteries. The partial Cremo OI is my new bestest-worstest can Who can tell me which label the cool "Frost Finished" lids were put on?

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[keithker]

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[mountainrust]

I guess the Cremos weren't the rarest cans we found. Too bad this won't clean up. Tough El Rey BC label. Also found this cool Regal double stamp

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[agkg25220]

Goebel beer has the Frost Finished lids.

[Conehead]

I guess the Cremos weren't the rarest cans we found. Too bad this won't clean up. Tough El Rey BC label. Also found this cool Regal double stamp

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What's an El Rey BC label?

[mountainrust]

Jim, That is a Gold Age Beer lp from El Rey Brewing Co. Kind of hard to tell

[Conehead]

Thanks Regan, I couldn't figure that one out.

[buckeyerust]

Thanks - I've never seen a Goebel top like that!

[mountainrust]

Finally got done with the soaking.

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[canaddict]

Here are my new cans for the "dumped it myself shelf" from the recent Digging Out West trip with Mountainrust.

This was an absolutely amazing trip in all aspects. We found quite a few additionally that either didn't make the cut including some white Rainier cones, ABC, and many others. I would say in all, we found about 15 large size virgin pits of cans. Unfortunately condition was really bad on most of them, so we gave up and moved on after little digging. The cans are obviously still out there.

Big thanks to Regan for handling the strategic planning and can cleaning!

Can't wait for the next one!

[GoldenWest]

Never heard of a badger in the Sierras.

A week or two after seeing the post here, caught a news story about
how rare badgers are in the Sierras.

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[DanielinAk]

Awesome scenery, photos and great finds way to go. Thanks for sharing.