I chose a trowel over a shovel on a dig in New Mexico and it cost me big time

Last summer I was on a site near Santa Fe and had to pick between a standard shovel and a 4 inch pointing trowel for clearing a suspected hearth. I went with the trowel, thinking it'd be more precise. Ended up spending 6 hours scratching at packed clay while the guy next to me had his feature fully exposed in 2 hours with a shovel. Has anyone else made a tool choice that backfired on a dig?

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terryw6721d ago

Totally feel your pain, that sounds brutal.

the_kim21d ago

Is there anything worse than that sinking feeling when you know you've messed up but can't undo it? Sometimes the hardest part is realizing you were probably warned about it way early on and just didn't listen. It's like the universe was trying to tell you something and you had to learn the hard way anyway.

anthony12920d ago

Probably read this exact same thing in a psychology article last week.