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What's the best way to find large buried ceramic jars & pots? GPR? Pictures!
Hi there,
A couple of times a year I get to go play archaeologist in a warm/sunny country, and on my next trip we are going do a salvage archaeology project in an area where there are a lot of buried urns (jars, pots, etc.) I find urns all the time using a bottle probe in sandy soil, but this site has really hard, rocky soil and the probe method won't work. The portion of the site that is going to be disturbed is about 4 acres, so too much for my small crew to dig by hand without pinpointing our efforts.
I've seen GPR used at projects in the US, but usually my fellow treasure hunters know more about what's portable and what actually works. Any advice, recomendations, alternatives to GPR, etc.
The pots are usually about an inch or so thick, and the dirt on the inside is softer than the dirt on the outside. They are also usually found in groups of 3 or v shape clusters of 7.
Here are a couple of pictures of different urns, these are usually a couple of feet in diameter but the big ones go up to five feet or so.
Hi there,
A couple of times a year I get to go play archaeologist in a warm/sunny country, and on my next trip we are going do a salvage archaeology project in an area where there are a lot of buried urns (jars, pots, etc.) I find urns all the time using a bottle probe in sandy soil, but this site has really hard, rocky soil and the probe method won't work. The portion of the site that is going to be disturbed is about 4 acres, so too much for my small crew to dig by hand without pinpointing our efforts.
I've seen GPR used at projects in the US, but usually my fellow treasure hunters know more about what's portable and what actually works. Any advice, recomendations, alternatives to GPR, etc.
The pots are usually about an inch or so thick, and the dirt on the inside is softer than the dirt on the outside. They are also usually found in groups of 3 or v shape clusters of 7.
Here are a couple of pictures of different urns, these are usually a couple of feet in diameter but the big ones go up to five feet or so.
