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First Crack at the Drive-In Theatre...

geodawn

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I asked and got permission to hunt the drive-in theatre in my area. It was closed for many years and reopened around 1999 so I thought there might be a chance to get some old finds or would it be a horror movie?

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After searching about half the parking area I moved to the play area where I found this men's ring. I was surprised as it's a large size almost fitting my fat sized 14 finger. Note - those are rock gloves I have on and that is not a cadaver hand as my wife thought after seeing this picture. :lol:

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I believe it is stamped .925 silver - just not very well...

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After finding the ring the biggest headache in my life slammed me in the face and I had to split. I never wuss out of anything but I called it a day just 2 hours in. The total haul was $7.34 and included a '83 half dollar and a dollar bill - yes my GTI 1500 finds paper money too. I was bummed at the absence of old coins but I'm sure this place was picked thoroughly during the years it was closed.

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After cleaning up the ring, Owen was quick to claim it. He thinks it might help him with the ladies!

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Very nice ring and great pics Geo.--A good hunt
 
Very nice finds. I wouldn't give up on the place thats for sure. If the ring was there, gotta be more eh.:D
 
Nice ring and good clad haul. I tried a drive in here in Cleveland. Just before they were to doze it. Found some clad but a lot of bottle caps and tabs. Too many. Gave up on it because of the trash.

Bob
 
I tried a drive in here in Cleveland. Just before they were to doze it. Found some clad but a lot of bottle caps and tabs. Too many. Gave up on it because of the trash.

I know what you mean by trash. I've never seen so many pull tabs on the surface of any place before. I started picking them up but realized that I wouldn't have time to detect this place if I continued. My strategy if I get to go back is to cherry pick silver targets and dig select pull tabs depending on the imaging size.
 
I love that ring! It's a heavy keeper. It might take some doing, but that place may yet yield some silver coins. Nice details of your hunt by the way.
 
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