Originally Posted by BradB
Ya know Jawbone, if its really a good site you don't have to wait. All it takes is a shovel and a screen. What I find though is few people want artifacts bad enough to dig. Its lots of fun but its lots of hours of hard dirty work, often with little return. Until you hear that "CLINCK" and it all can get good fast.. You may know generally where they were but there is no way to know specifically where except by moving unproductive dirt and crossing it off 81 SF at the time. It generally took me 5-6 hours to dig and screen a 4" x 4" hole 4-foot deep, then shave out sidewalls with a trowel until the top collapses and fill and level the hole. Over the years I have taken a few of my my creek/field hunting buddies and lets just say my phone was not ringing off the hook with them begging to come.

I'm not a digger. I am not motivated enough (too lazy) for that when I can find plenty behind a plow and some rain and my spot is special and might someday be of major archaeological significance. I don't want to possibly mess that up when I'm not going to detail everything like proper digging requires. It won't be too many more years for a dozer to do the unearthing for me. The pines are getting pretty tall in that spot.

Lord, please help us get our nation straightened out.