25th April 2012, 05:19 PM
A decision on whether to sample often comes down to how far you've got to lug it back to the vehicle - sad but true :face-crying:
Have been doing a job recently where mass-sampling has been out of the question simply because of the 20 minute walk back with each tub (=4 trips per 4-tub/40L sample...tried taking two at a time but that seemed a fast route to permanent disablement), which if nothing else meant no archaeologist on site for 40 minutes on each round trip = 1/3 day per sample..... Luckily the ones that did get lugged off seem to be crackers although still awaiting full analysis, so still not lost my knack of spotting the good stuff
Have been doing a job recently where mass-sampling has been out of the question simply because of the 20 minute walk back with each tub (=4 trips per 4-tub/40L sample...tried taking two at a time but that seemed a fast route to permanent disablement), which if nothing else meant no archaeologist on site for 40 minutes on each round trip = 1/3 day per sample..... Luckily the ones that did get lugged off seem to be crackers although still awaiting full analysis, so still not lost my knack of spotting the good stuff