PSA: My $80 soil probe saved a whole day of digging

I was checking a site in New Mexico for possible surface finds and the ground looked really hard. Instead of just guessing where to start, I used the probe to feel for softer spots. It hit something solid but not rock about a foot down in one spot. We dug there and found a broken metate stone right where the probe said. Has anyone else had a simple tool pay off like that?

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lunar477mo ago

Smart tools always beat guessing, saved me a ton of time too.

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miles8347mo ago

Totally agree with that. Guessing just leads to redoing things later. Like trying to cut a recipe in half without a scale, you always mess up the baking powder. A good level or a sharp knife feels like cheating because it works right the first time. The right tool just takes the stress out of the job.

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phoenix_campbell886mo ago

Get the right tool once like lunar47 said, then you stop wasting time on the same mistakes.

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