Posts: 611
Michigan
Detector used: White's DFX w. D2 or 5.3, Sunray DX-1, Lesche Digger
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Posted Jul 04, 2008, 07:56:41 PM |
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I washed this up after doing some coin cleaning with muh girlz: Olive Oyl and Dawn (the Indian is an 1899). I carefully opened up the top / mouth of the Pabst thing with a screwdriver so I could wash the dirt and veggie matter out.
I'm about 100% sure this is a match safe (see striking surface on bottom). You can see the pivot for the lid, which is missing. There's a small rivet sort of thing just visible 2/3 of the way down on the pivot side.
The color looks almost like Army olive-green or -drab. It could be WW2, but it looks more WW1-ish to me. Maybe the dating of the 'trademark' hop leaf logo will clear that up.
I've seen match safes on Antiques Roadshow, but unless I find the lid this one is incomplete. Maybe there's a Pabst museum that'll pay big bucks? I take back the joke about PBR = horse pee..
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Posts: 3331
NJ
Detector used: XT70 SOV. GT
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Reply To This Topic #1 Posted Jul 04, 2008, 08:00:24 PM |
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Neat Find for sure...I like it.  |
Live your life in such a way, that when your feet hit the floor in the morning, satan shudders and says, OH CHIT, SHE'S AWAKE.
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Posts: 611
Michigan
Detector used: White's DFX w. D2 or 5.3, Sunray DX-1, Lesche Digger
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Reply To This Topic #2 Posted Jul 04, 2008, 08:07:51 PM |
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Thanks, Rae. Who knows, this thing could be the Belle of the Ball for today's stuff. It's got to be worth more than the '99 I.H.
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"On A Quest To Dig Up Long Island, Before The Bulldozers Arrive" Posts: 587
Long Island, New York
Detector used: White's DFX, White's XLT, Automax V4 pinpointer, Bullseye II pinpointer
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Reply To This Topic #3 Posted Jul 04, 2008, 09:19:15 PM |
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That's a really awesome find. I LOVE stuff like that. I'd take something interesting like that any day over just another IH. WTG!!!! Cheers and HH, B |
"What if the ice caps melt, and there's something really cool underneath them? Like treasure?" -- Dave Attell
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Posts: 3433
Northern Illinois
Detector used: Tesoro Vaquero Discovery 3300 Pioneer505 Fisher F-70 Brand X
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Reply To This Topic #4 Posted Jul 04, 2008, 09:45:05 PM |
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Reply To This Topic #5 Posted Oct 19, 2008, 02:35:39 AM |
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Great find! I would be very happy with! Congrats Pannonian
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CS IS NEXT Posts: 6832
MARYLAND
Detector used: White's MXT and Surf II
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Reply To This Topic #6 Posted Oct 19, 2008, 05:14:01 AM |
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That's pretty cool Admiral,hopefully you can go back and find the lid......Congrat's and Good Luck!!!
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Posts: 5631
Cellarhole country
Detector used: White's DFX & a Sunray probe
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Reply To This Topic #7 Posted Oct 19, 2008, 05:33:23 AM |
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I love that. Truly a great piece.  |
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Posts: 145
Grand Rapids, Mi
Detector used: Whites Prism II
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Reply To This Topic #8 Posted Oct 19, 2008, 05:42:56 AM |
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That thing is cool!! Nice find. KOD!!!!
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Lets get wasted! WoooooooooooooooooooHoooooooooo!!
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Posts: 1253
Okanogan, Washington
Detector used: Whites..MXT..GMT
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Reply To This Topic #9 Posted Oct 19, 2008, 07:46:03 AM |
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Unusual find there Admiral. Have not seen one of these posted on this site before, but I could be wrong. Has a Pap's before, not that bad but would not walk a mile for one...LOL.
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Thank a Veteran
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Shark Pit Care Taker! Posts: 5413
Detector used: MXT 300, Fisher CZ-20, Ace 250, BH 505, MP3 Digital
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Reply To This Topic #10 Posted Oct 19, 2008, 08:12:18 AM |
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Really cool find! I love stuff like this! I know someone on here told me that their brother is a big time Pabst collector. Maybe he would give you good money for it or know what year it's from. I can't remember who it was but I will check on it & let you know. He was telling me this because of a old Pabst bottle I found.
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Calories in... calories burned... whats left is you. Posts: 255
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Reply To This Topic #11 Posted Oct 19, 2008, 08:24:04 AM |
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What'll you have.....? I worked there in the 70's. The good ole days. TimC |
I knew a man who rode his horse backwards, because seeing where he has been was much less scary than seeing where he was going.
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Posts: 2183
Denver, Colorado
Detector used: Whites Silver Eagle, DFX
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Reply To This Topic #12 Posted Oct 19, 2008, 08:36:01 AM |
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Nice! I found a Budweiser match safe that has the date "Dec, 7, 1897" around the rim where your "patent applied for" is located, so I would say that it's the same time frame. Love the booze related stuff! Go back and see if the rest is there.
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Shark Pit Care Taker! Posts: 5413
Detector used: MXT 300, Fisher CZ-20, Ace 250, BH 505, MP3 Digital
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Reply To This Topic #13 Posted Oct 19, 2008, 08:41:07 AM |
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OK I found the post I was telling you about. It was T net member Jason in TN that told me his friend collects anything PBR. So maybe PM him. Good Luck! Heres the link to the post http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,180919.0.html |
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Posts: 25
nys
Detector used: minelab(S)
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Reply To This Topic #14 Posted Oct 19, 2008, 09:47:35 AM |
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Admiral.....It's always cool finding those old advertising items when you dig. Nice find!! Good Luck......Will Thought you might find this site interesting...(similar to yours) http://www.pabstblueribbon.com/forum/Topic431-8-1.aspx#bm516 |
X---->sometimes does mark the spot
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HOLD FAST Posts: 2298
Somewhere. Over the rainbow.
Detector used: Tesoro Products
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Reply To This Topic #15 Posted Oct 19, 2008, 05:38:54 PM |
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That is one killer find!!! Anything you might want to trade for it?  |
"Never underestimate the predictability of stupidity..."
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Posts: 611
Michigan
Detector used: White's DFX w. D2 or 5.3, Sunray DX-1, Lesche Digger
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Reply To This Topic #16 Posted Oct 20, 2008, 07:56:35 AM |
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I was surprised to see this post 'bubble to the surface' again. Thanks for the link, SharkPitMan. I'll check it out (as well as the other site link that was kindly provided). TimC may already have visited the Pabst site I found when this find was freshly-posted. I didn't even know the Milwaukee Brewery had closed. It stayed shuttered for a while, then someone bought the property, went in and found a trove of amazing museum-quality stuff. When I was, ahh, 'active', I was a Stroh's drinker. "Fire-brewed", they said. 'Beer with the piss boiled out of it' was what we said. The site owner lady has the match safe right now. If I find Jason's friend or some other interested party, I'm guessing she would sell. I couldn't find the lid on subsequent searches. |
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Posts: 1051
Loudoun County Virginia
Detector used: White's DFX
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Reply To This Topic #17 Posted Oct 21, 2008, 02:03:30 AM |
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Nice find!! "World's Greatest Beer"?? Hmm.. that might be a little over stating things!!!! :-) Good find none the less...
MB
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Calories in... calories burned... whats left is you. Posts: 255
Detector used: GTI 2000
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Reply To This Topic #18 Posted Oct 23, 2008, 08:23:42 AM |
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Aye Aye, Admiral,
When I said I worked there, I should have said that I was employed there. Out of site, behind one of the beer storage tanks, was a door that opened into an underground tunnel. The tunnel had walls made of brick, arched overhead. Floor dirt. Off to the sides were arched openings to large underground storage rooms for beer storage before refridgeration. Two of the rooms were still open, several others were filled and sealed. The rooms were under the main parking lot. If they are still there, THAT is were I would like to hunt, Sir.
TimC
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I knew a man who rode his horse backwards, because seeing where he has been was much less scary than seeing where he was going.
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Posts: 7449
Central Ohio
Detector used: Garrett Ace 250
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Reply To This Topic #19 Posted Jan 08, 2009, 06:43:29 PM |
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PBR was the beer back in the 60's  That's a nice historic relic |
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Posts: 850
Detector used: E-Trac, Explorer II, Excalibur 1000
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Reply To This Topic #20 Posted Jan 08, 2009, 06:59:57 PM |
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Bryce-IL Posts: 3121
Wherever Silver's Hidin'
Detector used: SE w/ 10 x 12 SEF Coil and 6" Excelerator coil
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Reply To This Topic #21 Posted Jan 08, 2009, 07:51:51 PM |
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Now that is an awesome find. Really neat |
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Reply To This Topic #22 Posted Apr 28, 2009, 06:29:59 PM |
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IF ANYONE IS INTERS I HAVE A MATCH SAFE PABST BEER IN GOOD COND FOR SALE FOR A GOOD PRICE LET ME KNOW I CAN SEND PICTURES
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One day everything will be neat and clean Posts: 6482
There is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hidden, that shall not be known. -Matthew 10:26
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Reply To This Topic #23 Posted Apr 28, 2009, 06:32:47 PM |
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IF ANYONE IS INTERS I HAVE A MATCH SAFE PABST BEER IN GOOD COND FOR SALE FOR A GOOD PRICE LET ME KNOW I CAN SEND PICTURES
What a coincidence! I also have a Pabst match safe for sale. Call for details. |
"In this fragment, entitled "Wheaty Pennies of the Underground," this person introduces himself, his views, and tries to explain the causes owing to which he has made his appearance and was bound to make his appearance in our midst, talking about dirty wheaty pennies. -Editor"
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Montana
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Reply To This Topic #24 Posted Apr 28, 2009, 07:00:20 PM |
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IF ANYONE IS INTERS I HAVE A MATCH SAFE PABST BEER IN GOOD COND FOR SALE FOR A GOOD PRICE LET ME KNOW I CAN SEND PICTURES
What a coincidence! I also have a Pabst match safe for sale. Call for details. I dug one, it looks pretty bad - I'm keeping it. PBR was the beer back in the 60's That's a nice historic relic Um... I still prefer it over everything else.  |
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Posts: 1696
Detector used: Bounty Hunter, ACE 250 with 9X12 coil
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Reply To This Topic #25 Posted Apr 28, 2009, 08:05:01 PM |
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Nice find, I have a WW1 match cylinder and a tench liter those are cool finds
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Posts: 643
Upstate New York
Detector used: Compass X-80 Challenger, Yukon 77B Professional
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Reply To This Topic #26 Posted Apr 28, 2009, 09:36:34 PM |
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Really Cool find!!!
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John from Upstate New York
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Posts: 10083
Bagdad, Kentucky or any place I can detect !!!
Detector used: ace 250
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Reply To This Topic #27 Posted Apr 29, 2009, 07:22:11 AM |
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that is one cool looking find !!!
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Allen in Bagdad, Ky.
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