We really can't blame Ermal Fraze, I guess. I'm sure he had no idea what his invention would do to the treasure hunting fraternity.
It started innocently enough. In the summer of 1959, Ermal was at a picnic, and he'd forgotten his church key. He had to use a sharp part of his car's grill to open his beer can!
Well, Ermal ran a tool and die shop, and after the picnic he went home and began working on a design for a self-opening beer can.
And three years later, Iron City Beer introduced the world's first pulltab.
Listen to the whole sordid story. It's show #128 at:
http://thetreasurecorner.com
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