So what made you first think it was a real artifact... was it the shape or just the excitement of digging something up? Things from our own past can look mighty strange after years underground... gives them a weird kind of importance. Your find might not be stone age, but it's a piece of your family's history now.

Remember when getting lost meant you had to actually figure it out yourself? GPS takes all the adventure out of it. Is that instant fix really the same as sweating over a folded map? We've traded real problem-solving for a voice telling us to turn around. Doesn't that make the whole experience less memorable?