The Tin Of Mystery

Well, it won't be nuts and bolts.

KrisDel™ sells a very useful can contents detector instrument out of their catalogue for £249.99GBP - much cheaper than the LynDoor™ one, which has to be imported from the USA, of course <usual disclaimer>:

yes opening can would tell but am looking for nondestrutcive techniqe.

Well it could be some sort of chunky soup, but other than that we could only guess (unless you don't vary your eating habits that much and could narrow it down a bit).

It is very hard to tell because the buoyancy is effected not only by the food product in the can but also by the amount of water and gas content, both of which could have changed over the life of the food product.

thank you

this can is discovered left by prevous house owner i dont know his eating habit

i am thiniking unopened can is mor valuable than opened is it so.????

i am thiniking unopened can is mor valuable than opened is it so.????

Most likely. Where as opening the can will reveal its likely contents and satisfy our curiosity, selling it on eBay with a good writeup and back story will likely make you a few dollars. Some people will buy anything.

okay i will look in ebay thank you

eBay can work that one out for you, Guv.

Only one way to find out.

Schrödinger's cat ?

Schrödinger's cat food?

Never mind... I had a dumb idea.

i do not think it is cat food pervious house owner is alergic to cats

he like to go fishing is it fishing bait????

can people use cat food for fishing bait.???

Open the bloody thing and put us all out of our misery, Murphy!

thank you

opening can would tell but i am looking for to not open

do you have a way???? to tell inside.??

No, no, no, no, no. Schrödinger's can.

Thinkimg the same thing. now that you brought it up .

What happens when you roll it on the countertop? Try several different cans of the same size whose contents you DO know and observe the results. Also watch how the can behaves whilst it's rolling and how it comes to the end of travel. Build yourself a stimpmeter first so you can accurately replicate the experiment.

Stimpmeter? No use here.

Too much random interaction from the still solid parts of the dead cat inside. Depending on how the bones align, the roll will be affected. Also, if the can is indeed tin (Sn) it will have a soldered seam which will also influence the roll, or rather the stop.

I'd advise waiting until the vernal, or autumnal, equinox and trying to stand the can on edge and balance it, much like you can a raw egg during this time.

It won't tell you what's inside, unless it is a canned raw egg. Send us a picture if it does stand on edge.

I'm going with the cat.

Do you know what a P-38 is? And I don't mean the airplane.

Yes - the great P38!

Brings back memories .

Used to carry one everywhere I went, on my keychain.

That was back in the days when I take off across the desert, by myself for days.

Too old for that any more.

okay

i think their is not room fora cat inside

thank you for ur suggestion

Are there any markings on the tin at all, like a lot number?

thank you\

no there is not a lot only three and no marks on cans

prevous house owner was fishingman i am thinking it is left overs cans of fish

he tell of fishing from boats in alaska and storing slamon fish in can for eating later

if yes is the food good for me to eat?????

i am starting to think the garbage man will soon have some unopened cans

maybe he will ask cr4 what is inside cans!!

ok schrudingers Kitten

From that sound it can only really be either baked beans with a hint of chilli, or peach slices in syrup. No contest.

After fifty years, ptomaine, botulinum, clostridium, ... If it was peaches, or chili, who can now tell? Perhaps it is crude oil.