Tins and Cans

Much of the time, bottle hunting involves digging through a pile of rubbish in the woods. Along with glass, you'll almost always find metal cans, and as a matter of fact you'll find a lot of them. Occasionally they'll be protected by the soil or they'll be inside other cans; that's the case with the few pictures I have here.

I have a lot of tins and cans, but I only have the ones I have personally found on my site. I used to just crush right through cans as a matter of habit because I didn't realize there was a way to remove the rust. Since that time, a can collector gave me a recipe to remove rust. I haven't tried it yet, but I plan to and then maybe I'll be able to restore and collect antique cans as well as bottles. I'm looking forward to trying it, anyway; the man who gave me the recipe said the rust just peels away to reveal the original color and labeling.

This can was found inside some other cans, so it was protected.  I have seen these sell for up to six dollars on Ebay.

This Folger's coffee can was close to the surface and had been used for target practice at one time.

A Hill Brothers coffee can which held 1/2 a pound of coffee. It has several dates on it, the last of which is 1957. Okay, I admit it: I like the sleepy looking guy in yellow night clothes. You know those pointed shoes are awesome.

This Firestone milk can is one of my best finds, and of course I didn't dig it up. Check out the story at Treasures From The Ruins.

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