Just do it!

I know, I know. Stupid Nike slogan.

But, sometimes, we need to be reminded not to listen to the critics.

Don't let anybody tell you it can't be done, that you're not qualified, etc., etc.

All this because I just got my copy of Archaeology magazine, and there was a great article about a young guy named Stuart Wilson.

Stu was just a simple toll collector in Monmouthshire, Wales.

But, he had a dream.

It all began when a local farmer began unearthing a bunch of medieval pottery.

Wilson had a hunch the artifacts were evidence of a lost medieval city called Trellech.

The so-called "experts" poo-poo'ed this notion, though. They called him an over-eager amateur, and tried to assure him that they had found evidence elsewhere.

But, he would not be dissuaded.

In fact, he was so sure that he had discovered the lost city of Trellech, that he bought as much of the land as he could with the $59,000 he was able to scrape together. (Remember, he was doing this on a toll-taker's wages!)

Well, Stuart's hunch is now yielding some tremendous finds.

More importantly, the "professionals" have some serious egg on their faces. I love when that happens.

Thanks for the reminder, Stu.