Archaeology of Pull Tabs
Another cool shipment from Tommy and Jericho Nelson, found at Burma Road outside Twin Bridges, Montana. Both junior archaeologists, as they like to call themselves, have already shipped 3 times before…and usually there are really cool or rare pull tabs within each shipment, like this 1963 ziptop tab on the left, the very first pull …
We were on TV!! Well, our t-shirt was.. Pull Tab Archaeologist professor Nicholas Beaudry (UQAR Canada) wore our t-shirt when on Canadian TV! Really cool! See second 44 and on, but the whole item about this 19th century settlement is interesting to watch, of course. Good exercise for my rather rusty French.
Guess who’s back! šWe returned from a splendid holiday in Austria, slightly less ‘pulltabby’ than last year, and straight back into the mess of the office back home. A true killer for creativity. Time to clean up. Find the video on the patreon page, patron-only for now. but it will become public in a few days
I finally solved the mystery of the presence of these weird old fashion T-type pull tabs in my neighbourhood. I already had a sneak’n suspicion, but I didn’t want to indulge in my biases, but when I visited the Turkish (I think) grocery store around the corner, I actually bought a can with a T-IV …
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Update 13 in which I show you a FULL vintage can which floated all the way from Ireland to Holland (sent by Ivar Schute) and reveil a SECRET code on beverage cans (thanks to a tip by Attila Dezsi). Listen our Focus Radio (NTR) interview on National Radio 1 here: https://www.nporadio1.nl/radio-focus/onderwerpen/499382-je-mag-archeologie-doen-maar-alleen-aan-het-lijntje-van-de-professional
New research 101 video on pull tab archaeology.
Many have asked me ‘where can i buy the shirt?’ Okay, for all you guys and girls interested, we now organise ‘Buy a cool pull tab t-shirt day’…It’s not really a day, you can order right now, if you like. It will be a limited order, so just the amount to fill the number of …
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