I was going through some old photos of my family when I was growing up. There were a lot of shots of us having picknicks together and that got me thinking about my days up until 1965. Michigan always had a bottle return policy and we would either walk, or ride our bikes down the country roads looking for pop and beer bottles. Now keep in mind these were $.10 each and some days they would really pile up. We would turn them in at a small store down the road from my home and sometimes get up to a couple bucks for them. And that change was ALWAYS silver! And yes we would always turn around and buy pop chips, and candy with that money. It makes me shudder to think how many old coins were used to rot my teeth out. Thats where the old saying comes into play.' Dumb too early, Smart too late"!!
Oh how I would like to go back to that area and do some hunting. Sad part is most of those places we played are now housing projects or office buildings. For those of you in southern Michigan that would be able to hunt in the Mt. Clemens area let me know and I can direct you to places that look still open on Google maps.