Had to choose between a trowel and a brush for a delicate feature yesterday

I was working on exposing a small, fragile ceramic piece at a dig near Flagstaff and went with a soft sable brush. It took about 20 minutes of careful work, but it kept the surface intact perfectly. Anyone have a go-to tool for super fragile finds like that?

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alexc9313d ago

Soft sable is the way to go for that stuff, good call. My go-to for anything that looks like it might crumble is a wooden toothpick. Sounds dumb, but you can shave it to a perfect point. I once tried using a metal dental pick on a seed and turned it into ancient dust, lmao. Never made that mistake again.

jessica_ross3812d ago

My grandma's tweezers are the real MVP, @alexc93.

taylor.amy2d ago

Turning a seed into ancient dust with a dental pick is the most tragic gardening story I've ever heard. I would have cried over that mess. My hands get too shaky for anything metal on delicate stuff now.