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Meet the Crew: Jimmy Adcock

🕑 Added 2021-01-04 18:48:02 +0000 UTC

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Patricia Amero

Jimmy did a really great job of summing up Time Team and what makes it work.

Dwight E Howell

Pretty much what a chopper could/can do.

Julie Freeman

Albert Lin on National Geographic uses drones and lidar to help locate and elaborate on archaeological sites. The results look very impressive.

High Street Pictures

How much can drones today do to increase data used for digs?

Elizabeth Towers

The friendships, fooling around and everyone having fun on the show really added that extra touch making it even better to watch.

Stephen Southworth

Yes the bonding and mutual affection is part of the warmth of the show that was lost a bit towards the end of its original run when tv execs started wanting more tv production polish if we can call that, politely.

Mariah

Jimmy is right about how when you look back on it the group joking and bonding is an important part of the show. No doubt even more for the people on it. And for viewers some of the most charming episodes have a lot of friendship and fooling around along with the archaeology. Happy people who get along often do get the best science done, too. With geophys, I would be interested to hear more about how people learn to interpret the plots. I know we can all look at the blobs and form a strong opinion on whether it's a squarish circle or a circly square, but I have a suspicion there's more to it. And if there are secrets to doing it well for archaeology as opposed to other geophys uses.

Liz Dyson

Thank you phelim

Phelim McIntyre

Jimmy was brilliant on camera. But seeing him reminds me of the practical joke he and others played on John G where they mocked up a magnetometer and then had Ian P drive over it in a digger. I wonder if there are other practical jokes that are publishable?

Phelim McIntyre

Liz - speaking from personal experience radar would be fine. If you think back to the Brancaster episode they were driving a golf cart type thing pulling lots of a radar trailer. Resistivity would be hard due to the process of lifting, moving and sticking the probes in the ground. Magnetometry would also be hard as with most machines even car keys in pockets or a metal belt buckle messes up the readings. But if there is a way I'm sure we can find it. I have taken people in wheelchairs metal detecting and on landscape surveys. I have even had them digging! Operation Nightingale do this regularly (they were the team at Barrow Clump during the last series) so we are trying to get archaeology to be accessible and hope that you can get involved in archaeology in some way when we get back to normal.

Eric Johnson

I would be interested to know how equipment has improved since the series ended.

Robert Boudreau

Jimmy says he's not good in front of a camera, I think he did great! He's definitely a guy who's game for about anything. I'm of course thinking of Mount Orgueil, running the radar trolley up and down that steep slope with a rope. Jimmy is the man that will get it done!

Jennifer L Bryan

I just watched the Oakham episode last night, geophys did take a lot of flak for that one!

Mark Cooke

We new you were there working away, thanks and great interview. Not so bad in front of the camera look out sir Tony

John Anderson

Geophysics are black magic! Lol. We actually use some at work, and have been looking for someone new to rent equipment and I see that Jimmy’s company has a location near us. Thanks Time Team!!!!

Ian

Hard earned hangovers :D

Connie L Merchant

Thanks for your humorous reply. It gave me a few good chuckles to start the day.

Time Team

Hi Connie. We are hoping to pin Jimmy's shoes down for an interview at some point too, but they are quite busy.

David Boon

Jimmy did a good job on camera for someone who claimed not to be. Very interesting insights.

Christopher

Seeing the former crew here is like a running into a much missed old friend.

Connie L Merchant

Hurray that Jim gets to have everything on camera but his feet. ;) Good interview.

Liz Dyson

I am trying to find some aspect of Archeology I can get involved in. I find time team facinating. I took the liberty of Emailing Carenza in April last year and will follow up her advice when things return to normal and I can stop shielding. I Have also watched a few Dig Nation videos and was inspired and moved by Stewart's contribution. Especially the bit about wanting to make landscape archeology more accessible for less able people. I would like to thank him for that.

Goijaart van Dijk

"Geofiz" is like getting a christmas present, and then trying to figure out what is in it, without unpacking.

Time Team

Good question! We'll have to ask Jimmy or John and get back to you for specifics, but they do now use modified motorised vehicles to survey large areas so presumably they can calibrate the equipment so that it doesn't impact on the results.

Liz Dyson

Would it be possible for a wheelchair user be a Geophysicist? Would the metals, Battery acid , Electronics in my chair in any way interfere with the readings of your equipment?