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Just found my first intact artifact after months of sifting through dirt
I was working a small dig site near Tucson, just doing the usual careful scraping with my trowel. Honestly, I was mostly finding tiny pottery shards and animal bones for weeks. But yesterday, my trowel hit something smooth and whole, and I pulled out a perfect stone mano grinding tool (the kind used with a metate). I learned that sometimes the best stuff is right where you've been looking all along, you just have to be patient. Has anyone else had a find just appear like that after a long dry spell?
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beth14714d ago
Wasn't that just pure luck, though?
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jason_stone5914d ago
Honestly @beth147 I used to think the same way about stuff like that. I mean I always figured it was just random chance, you know? But then I saw this breakdown of how it actually works and it totally changed my mind. It's way more about putting yourself in the right spot over and over, not just a one-time lucky break. Maybe it's just me but seeing the process behind it made it feel way less like luck.
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