poked around at an old dump i found a couple years ago

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I had 2 of those Jocko's many years ago. At that time I was told they were rare & a few people seemed to be Interested in them. I traded one away & kept the better one for awhile. My Better one Dave Tanner the soda Book Publisher wanted a pic of mine for his Book so it's in his Book. Pics below. LEON.

P.S. I believe I got your other Duquesne Beer Can you found in that dump a few years ago.

I checked the updated version of his book I saw online , it says the can is from the 1960's and in mint condition is now valued at over $125

have to assume its fairly uncommon , I've never seen it before , did find a jocko can from the 70's last year but it looked a lot different

I've found 2 Duquesne beer cans in that dump , first one was in 2016 and it was the one I mailed to you , the one I found yesterday is actually in better condition although faded badly on other side not pictured , was surprised by the colour which remained on it for being in a dump
 

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Unfortunately the Duquesne is a pretty common can. A mint one of those I'd guess would get around $100. Any Beer Can that would get around $100 mint would be common. A mint Jocko might get more. Except I cant see a lot of demand for the Jocko, as far as I know there just isn't a lot of Collectors that Collect Chocolate Cans or small odd size cans & that's got both those against it. Did you dIg down into this dump or were these laying on the surface? LEON.
 

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Unfortunately the Duquesne is a pretty common can. A mint one of those I'd guess would get around $100. Any Beer Can that would get around $100 mint would be common. A mint Jocko might get more. Except I cant see a lot of demand for the Jocko, as far as I know there just isn't a lot of Collectors that Collect Chocolate Cans or small odd size cans & that's got both those against it. Did you dIg down into this dump or were these laying on the surface? LEON.

they weren't on the surface , was digging down a little bit , the stuff was sort of tossed onto a small hillside so its not really that deep .

I really have no idea if anyone collects items from Jocko , its kind of a smaller and lesser known brand , and not a soda for which there is more collectors

not sure what else is still there in that dump , whatever is still there is starting to rust away if its metal , and seems to be few bottles of interest left , which was sort of why I hadn't been to it for a while
 

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Could be some Beer Cans of Interest in there. Wonder if who ever drank the Duquesne was a tourist who brought It with them or if they could be bought in Canada at that time? LEON.
 

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Could be some Beer Cans of Interest in there. Wonder if who ever drank the Duquesne was a tourist who brought It with them or if they could be bought in Canada at that time? LEON.

more than likely an American tourist , dump is located in an area known for American cottagers , not likely it was sold here , pretty much only Molson , Labatt's and Carling beer back then . not really sure when the US brands started to arrive but don't think it was that early

now are roadsides are littered with bud light , busch and coors light cans you wouldn't even know you were north of the border

although today I did find a mini keg from a local brewery ( lake of bays brewery ) down an embankment , its like one of those mini Heineken kegs , never seen it before , infact I didn't even know they sold there beer is such mini kegs , has some neat graphics on it but not very old
 

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here is a picture of the lake of bays brewery mini keg I found yesterday , for pale ale , don't think it had been there for more than a couple years but appeared to have a best before date from 2012 on the side

if I return it to the beer store its only worth a 20 cent deposit , which seems crazy but they go by volume here anything oversized is 20 cents like a wine or liquor bottle , a basic beer can is 10 cents

think I could get more for it at a yard sale as a man cave or cottage decoration item

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People that like to collect gallon cans or larger cans would probably give you $5-$15 for it. LEON.
 

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