Mediocre couple of days, nothing super….,

[Ronstar]

Went camping last Tuesday and back home today. Of course the detector went along!! The campground was an active logging camp from 1928 to 1932, it was a rail line with a portable turnstile in what is now a big meadow. The camp spots ring the meadow. Two days and the only coins I dug was one newer quarter and one 1970 Memorial.
I did a wandering pattern thru the shin high grasses and dug any solid signal. Surprisingly I recovered several 45 cal bullets and a fair amount of 30 cal rifle bullets. Campground opens Memorial Day weekend so lots of target shooting I assume. I did find a couple interesting items tho…..
Had a good signal that turned out to be a compacted beer can. It was the style of opening that has me perplexed. Its aluminum so not ancient and its Coors. No pull tab or beavertail style opening. One round punch hole and a smaller punch hole for airflow. Coors is a western beer and popular here in Idaho but I have never seen this style of opening. Anyone with knowledge of this please chime in.
The other item was screaming half dollar but ended up being a screw on metal lid the size of a half dollar and still attached to a cobalt blue thick glass (broken off just below the lid). After cleaning it off I could see a red triangle which had Vicks Chemical Company written around perimeter of the triangle. Vicks Vapor Rub on the top and Just rub it in along the bottom of the cap. Now I know what Vicks Vapor Rub is, I can find pictures of the lid and bottle on Etsy etc but no idea what era it came from so a little help here too would be enlightening.

 

[kaolinwasher]

Well if you dont detect it you for sure will not find anything, I remember those cans, and they did not stay long, kinda cool to see one again

 

[buckeeeee]

Went camping last Tuesday and back home today. Of course the detector went along!! The campground was an active logging camp from 1928 to 1932, it was a rail line with a portable turnstile in what is now a big meadow. The camp spots ring the meadow. Two days and the only coins I dug was one newer quarter and one 1970 Memorial.
I did a wandering pattern thru the shin high grasses and dug any solid signal. Surprisingly I recovered several 45 cal bullets and a fair amount of 30 cal rifle bullets. Campground opens Memorial Day weekend so lots of target shooting I assume. I did find a couple interesting items tho…..
Had a good signal that turned out to be a compacted beer can. It was the style of opening that has me perplexed. Its aluminum so not ancient and its Coors. No pull tab or beavertail style opening. One round punch hole and a smaller punch hole for airflow. Coors is a western beer and popular here in Idaho but I have never seen this style of opening. Anyone with knowledge of this please chime in.
The other item was screaming half dollar but ended up being a screw on metal lid the size of a half dollar and still attached to a cobalt blue thick glass (broken off just below the lid). After cleaning it off I could see a red triangle which had Vicks Chemical Company written around perimeter of the triangle. Vicks Vapor Rub on the top and Just rub it in along the bottom of the cap. Now I know what Vicks Vapor Rub is, I can find pictures of the lid and bottle on Etsy etc but no idea what era it came from so a little help here too would be enlightening.

Yes I remember those cans you use your thumb to push open the large hole, sometimes cutting your thumb on the metal hole, then push the smaller hole for air flow, then drink up. A metal detectors dream come true no pull tabs thrown away.

 

[Ronstar]

Hey thanks for the response but about when (year) did Coors do this? Showed a couple friends here and no one remembers this, wondering if maybe a regional release to see how well received?

 

[tencents]

Went camping last Tuesday and back home today. Of course the detector went along!! The campground was an active logging camp from 1928 to 1932, it was a rail line with a portable turnstile in what is now a big meadow. The camp spots ring the meadow. Two days and the only coins I dug was one newer quarter and one 1970 Memorial.
I did a wandering pattern thru the shin high grasses and dug any solid signal. Surprisingly I recovered several 45 cal bullets and a fair amount of 30 cal rifle bullets. Campground opens Memorial Day weekend so lots of target shooting I assume. I did find a couple interesting items tho…..
Had a good signal that turned out to be a compacted beer can. It was the style of opening that has me perplexed. Its aluminum so not ancient and its Coors. No pull tab or beavertail style opening. One round punch hole and a smaller punch hole for airflow. Coors is a western beer and popular here in Idaho but I have never seen this style of opening. Anyone with knowledge of this please chime in.
The other item was screaming half dollar but ended up being a screw on metal lid the size of a half dollar and still attached to a cobalt blue thick glass (broken off just below the lid). After cleaning it off I could see a red triangle which had Vicks Chemical Company written around perimeter of the triangle. Vicks Vapor Rub on the top and Just rub it in along the bottom of the cap. Now I know what Vicks Vapor Rub is, I can find pictures of the lid and bottle on Etsy etc but no idea what era it came from so a little help here too would be enlightening.

I remember the Coors cans like that in the 70's.

 

[u2robert]

We all have those days sorry to say & a lot more of them than we care to remember.
But it's that one good find that keeps us in the game.

 

[Draco]

Various Vicks Vaporubs

In the past few years I've started a small collection of cobalt blue glass just because I've loved it since I was a kid. I just realized that I don't have a Vicks VapoRub jar which our family went through many of back then. I started looking on eBay and see several styles from different eras...

www.antique-bottles.net

I have found some articles that say that Vick vaporub's pot is from 1900.
I also put a link where they talk about them.

 

[Draco]

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[Draco]

Rare Vintage 1970's Coors Press Button Top 12 oz. Beer Can | #1920719773

Rare Vintage 1970's Coors Press Button Top 12 oz. Beer CanAluminum Coors can with very rare press button topThis listing is for 1 can identical to that picturedAll cans are empty and opened from the b

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[Danbythecreek]

I feel your pain Ron. We all have our slumps

 

[buckeeeee]

Hey thanks for the response but about when (year) did Coors do this? Showed a couple friends here and no one remembers this, wondering if maybe a regional release to see how well received?

Yes, 1972, I was in the southern california region.

 

[Ronstar]

Thanks for the links! The one closest to what the cap looks like says 1940s. The Coors can is toast but the top was good. I just dont remember seeing that style of top and most of my contacts hadn’t either. Sometimes just a word change puts you on target……

 

[utmike]

Campsites are tough for sure. Traveling with the detector is always a good plan. Here's to hitting the good stuff on your next one

 

[MikeO]

Had a late night hunt like that the other night. Dug up at least 7 different beer cap makers and a variety of pulltabs from different eras.

 

[bootyhoundpa]

I remember my parents had those Coors cans..they look very dangerous.. would be bad news if someone swallows one of those discs..