Vintage Beer Cans Collectors in Hendersonville, TN
This hunt-and-dig location was an area known as Thunder Mountain. Once an old dump site from the 1930s, it was a quarry where brown clay was extracted to make bricks. The city was booming, and the demand for solid houses surged following the great Chicago fire, making brown clay as valuable as gold.
For many years, the pit was illegally used as a dumping ground until the family who owned the land was caught in the 1950s. After that, the land remained vacant until the 1960s when the Cary family proposed a plan to establish a ski resort, giving rise to the name Thunder Mountain. Spending weekends in this 4 block by 6 block heavily vegetated and fenced-in area, people would swim in the pond, play on the old crane, and dig for cool stuff, including antique beercans. The site was rich in finds, with Meister Brau and Fox Deluxe cans being the most abundant. While cone tops were present, they were often in less than perfect condition. However, the Old Style and Edelweiss cones were usually clean and common among collectors at that time, making beer can collecting a popular pastime.
Army Days Era 1985 Oak Ridge Tennessee Private 1000 Yard Range
The hobby of beer can collecting slowed down for me during the 1980s. After high school, with adventure on my mind and seeking new challenges, I joined the Army. My interest in antique beercan collecting came to a sudden stop. I often joke about how I went from collecting cans to shooting cans.
