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Best dig day I ever had was at a Roman site in York last June
We were working on a trench near the old city walls and I found a small bronze brooch shaped like a hare. The lead archaeologist said it was from the 2nd century AD and in near perfect condition. Has anyone else lucked into something that made a whole month of digging worth it?
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xenaf511mo ago
A hare brooch in near perfect condition? That's not lucky, that's like finding a fiver in a field of mud and calling it a good day (but way cooler). Meanwhile I spent a week digging at a Roman fort and all I got was a broken pot shard and a really bad sunburn on my neck. Honestly makes me wonder if I'm just digging in the wrong spots or if the Roman gods have it out for me personally.
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joel_martinez1mo ago
Push back a little here @xenaf51. A broken pot shard from a Roman fort is still a piece of actual Roman history, which is WAY more than most people ever get to hold. You might have bad luck with sunburns, but that shard connects you to a real soldier or cook who dropped it almost two thousand years ago.
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torres.grant1mo ago
Ask @joel_martinez if the first time he found a Roman coin it was on his very first dig or like his 50th? Because I swear some people just have beginner's luck and then the rest of us are out here getting sunburnt necks and broken pottery for years before we even see a coin edge. What was his first real find?
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