Digging up the Hill Country

From Kerrville Daily Times, September 3, 2008...

There are treasures waiting to be found just west of Comfort.

With money and a little work, people can dig for archeological finds on private property.

Randy’s Dig, a 13-acre track of land on Stoneleigh Road, has been around since 2002, and owner Randy Brown said during a typical week about 20 diggers visit his property. Eighteen people were out there on Sunday alone.

Folks from Nebraska, Missouri, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arizona, all over Texas and even Connecticut have made the trek in search of ancient tools.

“There’s something magical about finding artifacts that haven’t been touched in thousands of years,” Brown said. “While we have a lot of arrowheads out here, that’s not all there is. There are many different types of tools that have a story behind them.”

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