We hit a Roman mosaic in York with a backhoe and spent the next 48 hours on our hands and knees doing emergency conservation.

Has anyone else had a major find turn into a salvage operation that fast?

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Oh man, that's the real "finders keepers" panic right there. We once clipped the edge of a stone foundation and suddenly our two day dig turned into a two week mapping and bagging marathon. Who needs a gym when you've got emergency archaeology?

craig.parker17h ago

Two weeks just from clipping the edge? I mean that's wild, I would have lost my mind. Sounds like the kind of surprise that ruins your whole schedule.

matthew_wilson221mo ago

My back hurts just reading that.