The question I asked Eric earlier on the phone was why did they tear up so much sand south of the money location?
Palmer placed a second comparison trench ~25 yards to the south of the Ingram find site, to compare strata depths at two sites.
[During his work in areas adjacent to the Ingram site, Professor PALMER found that the clay lump (dredged) sand ranged from a depth of approx four feet in a second trench 25 yards from the money site trench, to only two feet in the money site trench. Palmer advised that this was due the different elevations of the beach at the time the dredging occurred and how sand was spread out by tractors.] [Palmer Report p$]
Palmer says he found dredging spoils in both trenches; Tom Kaye says Palmer miss-identified his strata, there were no dredging spoils in either of his trenches, because Tom says for one thing dredging spoils at this distance from the original 1974 dredging spoil mound, is impossible. USGS hydrologists consulted say Tom Kaye is wrong on this point!
With the decision to dig a second comparison trench, SA McPheters organized a crew that raked and dug the area adjacent to the comparison trench; seen in photos, which accounts for the torn up sand in the southern trench location...
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