Hey folks. As you know, sometimes wonderful detecting opportunities will present themselves out of the blue. Well I just happenend to be cruising home from work, enjoying some new tunes (soundtrack for this blog entry is “Back for More” by Ratt) when I notice a little ground work going on. Seems they’re in the process of building a new high school. I’ve known about this project for a while, but they only just now decided to get the show on the road.

The interesting part? The site of the new school used to be a drive in movie theater. Yep, up until the mid ’70s. I had hunted the area once before without any luck. I just figured the goodies were either too deep or had already been picked out. Probably both.

So, I decided to drop by the next day and snap a couple pics. The ground here is like concrete, not fit for digging right now. While taking the pics I noticed an old style pull tab on the compacted-hard-as-asphalt-by-heavy-equipment dirt.

Now I just need some time to detect before this window of opportunity closes. And some ground-softening rain.  Stay tuned.