Back in 2012, I was digging a test pit with a garden trowel and a kitchen sieve. Now I use a Marshalltown pointing trowel and a set of nested geological screens. The change happened after my professor at the University of Texas saw my 'method' and just sighed.

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Imagine the look on his face, watching you sift dirt with a kitchen sieve like you're looking for lost change in a sandbox. That sigh was probably him thinking his whole career was a mistake. At least you upgraded before you tried to dig a unit with a soup spoon.

robinson.quinn7h ago

But what was he even digging for? That sigh sounds like a guy who's seen some real nonsense out there. Makes you wonder what the worst tool he's ever seen someone try to use was.