Matty & Sawyer had a memorable day



Let the day begin



Winners of the long distance award, Robert & Sandy flew in from Saudi ( we met them last yr at the Starr dig )



Sandy's Split base Ensor







Dale, Heidi, Matty & Sawyer ... Matty treated us all to an original song she composed just for the occasion called " JUST SITTIN ON A BUCKET "



Dale was surprised with a Castroville that came to rest right on the edge when the bucket emptied





Richard arrives to spell Dee on the loader



Special guest visitors; FrontPage & James



James had found this shell pendant a few days before hand digging at C3 ( at a secret undisclosed location ) A second hole is just visible at the break, was probably vy symmetrical.



I think this was a Robert find



More Cameo guests...Ryan & Keegan put the eye on Ryan's find

The Kids spent a lot of time right under the screening table



Another Dale find



A Koby 'Gary'



This guest screener didn't want to be on the internet



It's a BELL



Translucent



Baby sittin on the job...what a great Granpa



Delhi ( the point that is ! )



Sandy was ed to unearth a SH point !



FINALLY the action falls on the SH table







End of day show time



Some folks had to leave a bit early but this is finds to time indicated



That leaves just R & S go through 3 table loads and turn off the lights..



OH NO .. R found a point...AFTER the end of day finds pic !



So another after pic



One piece was a badly broken Angostura with really good colatteral flaking



Then they found 2 manos, necessitating ANOTHER after after pic ( note time )



WHAT A DAY ! ... absolutely exhausting......

Great post Hal! Man that Ensor at the bottom is killer!!

Man there has been some major dirtwork going on since the digfest. Looks like everybody had some good finds.

Real nice ensor!

Hal that Ensor is OUTSTANDING!!

Did pretty good out there Hal, how about a cleaned up pic of the Ensor.

I agree Ken. How about a washed up pic of that Ensor, Hal?

Sheeze your a curious lot today...I was going to post the pic on Wednesday.
Its got calcium scale that didn't come off in the laundry...I'm leaving it on.



For those interested in the subtleties of the digital ..>

This a pic of the flip side taken in good incandecent lighting, same backround



Top pic was made in

That's a beaut. Strange how different lighting came show more of the lime deposits.

Wow what a beut!!! Thanks for the cleaned up pic. That's a day maker for sure!