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Picked the wrong dig site last summer because of a bad map

I had to choose between two potential Roman villa spots near the Cotswolds based on old survey notes. Picked the one with the fancier description, spent 3 days digging up nothing but a 19th century trash pit. The other team found mosaic tiles on day one.
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emmaclark
emmaclark4d ago
It’s wild how we let fancy descriptions trick us everywhere, not just maps.
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tessa_murray
Got burned by a fancy name on a hiking trail once, same vibe @emmaclark
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