27th September 2012, 12:28 PM
Unitof1 Wrote:I would definatly pay ?45, first two I bought cost me 25-30 back in the ninties, the second if memory serves me right about seventy, currently its held together with a thick weld and has been for the last year. They are the only tool for an evaluation. I clean back with it as I go especially any splash fom the machine which you can do without to much strain on your back. In trench work they are very good at pulling back a flat surface and often they are admired for cleaning out foundations by the trench diggers which I insist on doing. In watching briefs I use them to sort through spoil and pick up finds-saving me back and to cap it all you can sit back on them. I consider any archaeologist who hasnt got one as a twat and have only met one or two people who had one who were twats as well.
So nothing that can't be achieved more cheaply with a trowel, hoe and long-handled shovel then? (normal shovels may be handier for short-arses to lean on however). You'll be telling us you clean all your sections and do those fiddly bits on skellies with one too?