He kicked around the area of the cans a bit, then discovered some 50-year-old quart beer cans from a long-closed New York brewery. There was more, a whole pit full of old cans.

A thousand cans of beer on the wall, a thousand cans of beer. Take one down and pass it around–and one of these guys will likely offer to buy it from you. Not the beer, mind you; just the can.