But when the tide turned he called off two mechanical diggers, waiting to haul the one tonne altar pillar out of the sand, and sent his team back to base.
London's buried diggers Ed Smith | New Statesman | 5 June 2014 When archaeologists excavate the foundations of present-day central London, they will find 1,000 mechanical diggers entombed in concrete.
He has also buried treasure in Germany – an event that got people out with mechanical diggers.
"Mechanical diggers rip and tear the roots, and they never heal," he said.
Armed with Geiger counters, men in mechanical diggers or with shovels are skimming off contaminated soil.
So our spears and arrows will be ready for the mechanical diggers which want to destroy our virgin territory".
HEAVY mechanical diggers chomp away at the earth in the sweltering heat of northern Mozambique's Tete province.
Power hoses, shovels and mechanical diggers are used to scour toxins that rained down from the sky 30 months ago.
On Friday, forensic officers were seen searching drains near the flats for body parts, using mechanical diggers.
Dozens of armed police stood guard yesterday as two mechanical diggers began taking up the stone ramp.
