A guy here in town just scrapped 720 lbs. of beer bottle caps! That's a crazy amount of caps!
A guy here in town just scrapped 720 lbs. of beer bottle caps! That's a crazy amount of caps!
According to Wikipedia, that would work out to a little over 138,000 bottle caps - crazy for sure.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk%3ABottle_cap
So he's buying another case of beer with his $30 of scrap steel. Hobo you need to be-friend him and help with his next 720 pounds of beer bottle caps, that's a lot of "cold ones" for those hot summer days!
For anyone in the younger crowd or who plays video games, if fallout were real, he'd be a millionaire. Caps are life. Lol.
That's a lot of beer!! Maybe he had access to a bar's trash although unless they were separated out right after opening, it would a PITA to dig them all out!
Have they been used? If they are new, a bottler would buy them from you.
Must be Fat Bastard.
I want more of the story. Is this likeeeeeee ... the guys life savings ur sumptin? Like, he kept every bottle cap, from every beer he ever drank...AND LIVED TO CASH THEM IN???
He would be my new hero and Mec would move to second place. #needthefacts #mystoryisbetterthantruth
When I first turned 21 I started one of the 5 gallon water jugs as a beer cap collection. Over the many parties I threw at my house, I made sure all my friends got most of them in there. I even went so far at the beginning to bringing them home if I were camping or had a couple at a friends house. I'm 29 now and just recently hit the neck of the jug. 720 lbs is a lifetime supply many times over. Lol.
My plan is to eventually sort them out and make some sort of bar top with the resin coating stuff or a cool wall hanging one day.
500 Beer Bottle Caps No Dents Free Shipping | eBay
As ChildhoodDream would say anything in bulk can and will sell to art and craft people.
like this...
Last edited by hobo finds; 03-28-2016 at 04:38 PM.
That is just flat crazy. That ebay seller has sold almost 1300 lots of 500 beer bottle caps (that is over 38 grand at his current pricing). That guy that scrapped them should have hooked up with the ebay seller.
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Ive seen it done and look very cool. I have a friend who worked at a bar and brought me home all the caps. Unfortunately, I ****ed up the pour and ruined it. The caps will float if not stuck down by something.
I have about 3 12pack boxes filled with bottle caps and that's many years worth. I have the piles of bottles in the woods. Need to break most and put in barrels. Started that job awhile back and have a few drums filled with brown and clear glass sorted. The green glass and other colors I try and save whole as the arts and crafts people want the blue and green glass as well as other interesting colors. I noticed that when I bought some stella artois it had black bottles. That was a tasty beer that I bought many cases of for $15.98 plus tax. I will stock up when I can get good beer in the bottle. It's beer that is ready to expire. I have had bottles that were almost a year past the date and I still found it quite tasty. I just keep it in a cool spot but not refrigerated. I prefer my beer at room temp. Sometimes on a really hot day I will have a bottle in the freezer to sip on.
But back to the bottle caps. I use the older bottle openers that don't put creases in the lids. It's the type on the right. I have about 4 of them that I keep around so they are handy.
Any one know what the blue tip is for on the opener on the right?
I know the answer as should others up in the years.
Up here, beer bottles are refillable and brewers are phasing them out since maybe 10 years and getting them replaced by aluminum cans. They're quiet on the reasons why they act that way and they will probably answer customer demands and environment friendly, but I guess the actual motivation is getting rid of reverse logistics to save some bucks. I also remember a radio contest where they had to find the most bottle caps they can in a week and that's what the winner did: getting them from several local bars.
By the way, I think that I mentioned it earlier, but last year I saw something similar at one of the yards I use. Some heavy drinker brought a 5 gallon pail of aluminum can tabs, all from his own drinking. After seeing that, two questions came to my mind: 1) Does he drinks something else than beer or he even cleans his teeth with beer? 2) What's remaining from his liver?
NEW TO SCRAPPING? READ THIS: Build up your horde of magnetic and non-magnetic metals in two piles until you have a better understanding of the business. Magnetic material has low value and is mostly always steel / shred / short iron. Read old threads about non-magnetic metals and ewaste (and how to sort them), but don't forget that they generally have absolutely no tolerance for contamination (screw / iron / foreign material).
I myself am not a professional drinker in that I can take it or leave it. I drank a lot of soda in the past, but haven't had a soda in many years. I like drinking tasty beer in the bottle. I drank soda in cans, but I prefer glass bottles. The last time I drank soda it was in glass bottles and cane sugar. I found that it took me about three sittings to finish a bottle as it was so overwhelming.
I've been drinking Leinenkugel's toasted bock for the last few weeks. I find it very tasty.
I like to relax plenty these days as I can as that was the plan.
Sometimes I work a little and
sometimes I work a lot.
Sometimes I sleep a little and
sometimes I sleep a lot,
but in the end it all evens out.
I have done very well in buying things for a low price and selling and trading years later at a great profit.
Dollars from pennies and hundreds from dollars.
You have to have a secure place to store your hoard and have it paid in full.
Last edited by ChildhoodDream; 03-19-2023 at 03:35 PM.
You just made me nostalgic. I miss the good old 11.5oz / 12oz Coke and Pepsi glass bottles.
In the last years, I replaced soda by black coffee. Way less sugar in and I can make it at home anytime (as long I have paper filters and ground coffee). No need to run to the store anymore.
I just want you to know I just spent an hour googling your blue tip bottle opener. My son also. I saw openers with blue, red, green and yellow tips. The one common thing I noticed was all of them had adverts for different businesses. They all looked like they were made be the same company. This is what I came up with.
1. There is a flashlight inside?
2. An ink pen inside?
3. An anal probe????
I don't know but my head is hurting. Thanks, awaiting your answer.......
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