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grant_foster79
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1d ago
The dig director at a site near Tucson told me my field notes were useless, and he was right
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ruby450
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1d ago
Found a 2,000 year old Roman coin in a field near York last Saturday
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miles946
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1d ago
Bought a $35 soil probe online and it helped me find a colonial trash pit in my backyard
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william_carter
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1d ago
Update: I tried both a sieve and plain water screening on the same dirt pile in Tucson, and the sieve won
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lopez.oscar
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1d ago
Warning: I mislabeled one trench at a dig near Tucson and it cost me 4 extra days
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craig.sage
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2d ago
PSA: dropped $340 on a cheap ground penetrating radar for my backyard, found a rusted horseshoe and 40 hours of regret
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paul251
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4d ago
Laughed at my uncle's backyard 'arrowhead' for 15 years, then a museum in Ohio said it was 9,000 years old
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blair_dixon
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6d ago
Update: A volunteer at the Mesa Verde museum pulled out a real 800 year old sandal and I just stood there
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jesse_fisher
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6d ago
Used to dismiss pottery shards at my local dig site in Yorkshire, then a museum curator showed me one rim piece with fingerprints still on it from 3,000 years ago
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simon_coleman
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6d ago
Compared a $40 trowel to my old garden spade at a dig in Tucson and the cheap one won
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abby_wilson51
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7d ago
Dig log hit 800 entries and I realized I'd been cataloging the same pottery type wrong for 2 seasons
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haydenbutler
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8d ago
PSA: dropped $70 on a cheap 'beginner' metal detector and found nothing but pull tabs for 5 months
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elizabeth_barnes
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8d ago
Went on my first dig at a Roman site near Bath and found a coin on day 2, now I'm hooked but unsure where to go next
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alexw75
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13d ago
Update: the museum slab I was prepping cracked in half last Thursday, so I glued it back and found a fossil in the seam
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coler89
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15d ago
Chose to leave the mammoth tusk in the riverbank and call the state team, still wondering if I did right
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