Richard Dekker

Dig-Venturer

Explore the open archaeological data from our digs at Digging Darrow

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  • I am an owner of a manufacturing business with 75 employees.  We manufacture industrial vacuum pump systems for many different applications including power generation, chemical, pharmaceutical, food/beverage, plastics, etc.
  • I have developed a passion for history over the years and am very passionate about the past and understanding how people have lived in the past.  As an offshoot from this passion, I have also developed a hobby as a Historical Adventurer where I research and utilize metal detecting to uncover the long forgotten past especially exploring sites that have been lost to history while meticulously recording important site and artifact recovery info.  I work with local historical societies to inform them and donate artifacts uncovered.  I have been following DigVentures for some time and am impressed by the model that helps to fund your digs to preserve the past.  I have participated in some archaeological excavations and am interested to do more of this.  Digging Darrow being in the US was the perfect fit.  I also plan to join one of your digs in Europe in the future as well.
  • Being with my family - this is something I like so it was great to see them enjoying it too. And I really liked seeing how you work at different scales - from the Lidar grids to actually on he ground. The surveying was fascinating.

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