Uh Oh...another reason to hate pulltabs?

[finderskeepers]

I'm sure there's more than one hater gleefully rubbing his hands together as they plot how to use this, to further restrict access

ring tabs are now historic artifacts

 

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[pepperj]

Too funny to think the bane of our hobby, and more so now.

In the link it shows a timeline for tabs, when was the two round circle (one bigger one smaller) type around?

 

[worldtalker]

I can honestly say that I have found every single dadburn one of them,WORST invention ever made!


GOD Bless

Chris

 

[finderskeepers]

Too funny to think the bane of our hobby, and more so now.

In the link it shows a timeline for tabs, when was the two round circle (one bigger one smaller) type around?

Are you talking about examples # 10, 11, 12, 13 in this pic?


Here's a thread from a few years ago

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/metal-detecting/299550-pull-tab-collection-info-tips.html

 

[coinman123]

Are you talking about examples # 10, 11, 12, 13 in this pic?
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Here's a thread from a few years ago

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/metal-detecting/299550-pull-tab-collection-info-tips.html

Close, I have found a few of these early ones. I have found some other types not shown in that photo either.



They call them artifacts, I call them litter.

 

[Slingshot]

I have been told by NP rangers, and Corp of Engineers police that I was restricted from metal detecting in certain areas because I might disturb historic artifacts that were presumed to be in the area. Now my question is will they now restrict even more areas because I might dig up an old pull tab? As far as that goes, I'm a historic relic myself and maybe they ought to let historic relics find other historic relics but restrict people from those areas who are not yet old enough to be a historic relic themselves.
I'd be cool with that, and then those old beach areas would be overrun by old codgers, like myself, diddling around with detectors pulling out the coins and gold and tossing those precious historic artifacts back into the holes for the government funded archaeologists to dig up later on and write long official reports about how they surmise that people from that era drank a lot of canned drinks. They could then display pull tab collections in government funded museums so that all you younger people could wonder what the heck is actually going on.
While your enjoying the museum, I'll be at home counting my coins and admiring the rings I found, feeling pretty smug even though I had to leave all those artifacts behind.
Is that NUTS or what!?!?!? Cheers!!

 

[pepperj]

No none of the above, the can had two push in type tabs, the smaller was the vent hole and the larger was for drinking out of. Maybe made only in Canada-pitty. Here's what I'm trying to explain, found it!

 

[finderskeepers]

Close, I have found a few of these early ones. I have found some other types not shown in that photo either.
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They call them artifacts, I call them litter.

They are absolutely litter. Really pretty sad to see how many were just tossed to the ground in some spots. I guess with those very early one's, at least you can be a little more hopeful about finding silver among them?

 

[finderskeepers]

I have been told by NP rangers, and Corp of Engineers police that I was restricted from metal detecting in certain areas because I might disturb historic artifacts that were presumed to be in the area. Now my question is will they now restrict even more areas because I might dig up an old pull tab? As far as that goes, I'm a historic relic myself and maybe they ought to let historic relics find other historic relics but restrict people from those areas who are not yet old enough to be a historic relic themselves.
I'd be cool with that, and then those old beach areas would be overrun by old codgers, like myself, diddling around with detectors pulling out the coins and gold and tossing those precious historic artifacts back into the holes for the government funded archaeologists to dig up later on and write long official reports about how they surmise that people from that era drank a lot of canned drinks. They could then display pull tab collections in government funded museums so that all you younger people could wonder what the heck is actually going on.
While your enjoying the museum, I'll be at home counting my coins and admiring the rings I found, feeling pretty smug even though I had to leave all those artifacts behind.
Is that NUTS or what!?!?!? Cheers!!

 

[worldtalker]

I have been told by NP rangers, and Corp of Engineers police that I was restricted from metal detecting in certain areas because I might disturb historic artifacts that were presumed to be in the area. Now my question is will they now restrict even more areas because I might dig up an old pull tab? As far as that goes, I'm a historic relic myself and maybe they ought to let historic relics find other historic relics but restrict people from those areas who are not yet old enough to be a historic relic themselves.
I'd be cool with that, and then those old beach areas would be overrun by old codgers, like myself, diddling around with detectors pulling out the coins and gold and tossing those precious historic artifacts back into the holes for the government funded archaeologists to dig up later on and write long official reports about how they surmise that people from that era drank a lot of canned drinks. They could then display pull tab collections in government funded museums so that all you younger people could wonder what the heck is actually going on.
While your enjoying the museum, I'll be at home counting my coins and admiring the rings I found, feeling pretty smug even though I had to leave all those artifacts behind.
Is that NUTS or what!?!?!? Cheers!!

Historic, like in......................ancient?

 

[worldtalker]

No none of the above, the can had two push in type tabs, the smaller was the vent hole and the larger was for drinking out of. Maybe made only in Canada-pitty. Here's what I'm trying to explain, found it!

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I sucked a few,well,maybe more than a few of those down in my years.

 

[finderskeepers]

I sucked a few,well,maybe more than a few of those down in my years.

I'm probably lucky I never came across this type...last thing I needed was anything that helped me consume more beer in less time.

 

[coinman123]

They are absolutely litter. Really pretty sad to see how many were just tossed to the ground in some spots.

It's lucky now that they stay on the can, still people just rip the tab off and throw it on the ground, better yet, instead of just the pulltab they throw the whole can!!! They are litter but if they are protected it will be frowned upon to pick them up, that goes against everything I have learned, pick up litter, don't leave it for future generations to deal with!!

 

[Jason in Enid]

Close, I have found a few of these early ones. I have found some other types not shown in that photo either.
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They call them artifacts, I call them litter.

I find those at the lake I hunt, but gold rings are as rare as hens' teeth!

 

[aa battery]

top that

 

[Joe hunter]

Whenever me or my son get a pull tab tone we yell out "gotta ring signal over here" we dig a lot of tabs but we have gotten some rings

 

[T.C.]

Is this another "click bait"?? I jest learnt that wurd....

 

[Msbeepbeep]

Soooo... The 50 year old pull tab is now protected, does that include the entire can?
I would be more than willing to rebury it, , but then how do I know that particular one is 50?
The archeologists are going to get sooooo far behind in their artifact cataloging.

You'd think they would be more concerned about the zincs which are deteriorating at an extremely rapid rate. They are now reading as trash...or my detector has had enough and doesn't want to even read them any more!

Anything to try and ruin other people's fun, does it ever end?

 

[Joe hunter]

I've had zincs biodegrade in my car