Rusty old Tobacco tin with a surprise inside

[Roger Mn.]

I will say that this is my 2nd strangest find ever.
27 nails inside. When I dug it I used my shovel to open it.
I have found about six tobacco tins and I always check them for coins.

 

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[CreekSide]

Find any with coin’s inside yet?

 

[pepperj]

Well you certainly nailed that one with gusto.😁
I have only had one tin that contained anything.
4 trolly tickets and 4 LCs

 

[Roger Mn.]

Find any with coin’s inside yet?

None with coins.
Years ago a guy metal detecting pulled out of his pouch a rusty tobacco tin
and he had 2 gold coins in it.
They were on wax paper.
I knew he never found them that way.
So when I dig a tobacco tin I always look inside.

 

[Digger RJ]

I will say that this is my 2nd strangest find ever.
27 nails inside. When I dug it I used my shovel to open it.
I have found about six tobacco tins and I always check them for coins.

Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[CreekSide]

None with coins.
Years ago a guy metal detecting pulled out of his pouch a rusty tobacco tin
and he had 2 gold coins in it.
They were on wax paper.
I knew he never found them that way.
So when I dig a tobacco tin I always look inside.

I’d do the same never know what might be inside

 

[Trezurehunter]

Neat find. 27 coins would have been a nice surprise !

 

[scruggs]

Someday you will find that old tin with coins inside! Good luck1

 

[creskol]

What an interesting find! Makes you wonder what that is all about. I found one years ago that had a set of false teeth in it.

 

[Timbermaster]

I found one nailed to an old dead lodgepole pine. Inside was a well preserved folded up mining claim from 1961. I researched the claim owner’s name and found his obituary. He died exactly 30 years to the day that the claim was signed.

 

[1637]

being heavy would have got my heart going. theres allot of those to look though out there. but nothing yet. i would be fun to start a thread just for finds in these.

 

[ARC]

I will say that this is my 2nd strangest find ever.
27 nails inside. When I dug it I used my shovel to open it.
I have found about six tobacco tins and I always check them for coins.

Not so strange... this was a common thing believe it or not.

 

[creskol]

Not so strange... this was a common thing believe it or not.

How so Arc? I have never heard of this before. I would love to read more about this practice.

 

[ARC]

How so Arc? I have never heard of this before. I would love to read more about this practice.

I just picked one up 2 weeks ago ... full of furniture tacks... one a few months or more ago with nails... and have seen it throughout my life.
The last 2 i simply wanted the tins.
One tin was a small cigar tin and the other just tobacco.

 

[pepperj]

I just picked one up 2 weeks ago ... full of furniture tacks... one a few months or more ago with nails... and have seen it throughout my life.
The last 2 i simply wanted the tins.
One tin was a small cigar tin and the other just tobacco.

I can walk into many home work shops and find a tobacco tin being used to store something. I must have a dozen containing things, lot of them have been painted at one time,

 

[creskol]

I have seen them used, as well as the rectangular ones with the hinged tops used to store all sorts of small items, too, but have never seen one crammed full of 16d nails.

 

[oldmxrat]

I found one nailed to an old dead lodgepole pine. Inside was a well preserved folded up mining claim from 1961. I researched the claim owner’s name and found his obituary. He died exactly 30 years to the day that the claim was signed.

Interesting story. I see them regularly nailed to a post hiking around Northern Nevada, along with old metal Band-aid tins, with claim papers inside. Never thought to look any up.

 

[Old Dude]

Old farmers here in the US were notorious for repurposing tobacco tins. Would be just the thing to slip into the pocket of their overalls for a quick job on a ladder or roof.

 

[Kona Koma]

I will say that this is my 2nd strangest find ever.
27 nails inside. When I dug it I used my shovel to open it.
I have found about six tobacco tins and I always check them for coins.

Interesting find.

 

[johnnycat]

Years ago my brother dug up a round tin about 6" in diameter. As he pulled it out of the hole it "rattled". We both about fainted. Alas, it was 1/2 full of ordinary metal washers! An old Army buddy living in ###(?) found a tobacco tin with...Six (6) $20 gold coins inside. I wasn't with him but, I saw the coins!