uma_johnson•9d agoProlific Poster

Just realized I almost threw away a piece of Roman pottery in a field in Suffolk

I was digging a test pit and the trowel hit what I thought was a weird rock, but my supervisor spotted the curve of the rim before it went in the finds bag. Has anyone else had a close call like that with a small find?

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the_kai9d ago

Wow, that's a great save. I used to think you could always tell pottery from a rock, but a muddy field in low light will humble you fast. Really shows why having a second pair of eyes is so important.

walker.max8d ago

Last spring I was walking a plowed field after a heavy rain. My buddy spotted a weird flat stone that turned out to be a piece of colonial slate roofing. I had walked right past it three times. The color was exactly the same as the wet clay clods. Now I always slow down and scan the same row from two different angles.