Archaeologist (Episode 9047)

The young Archaeologist was a member of a group of students belonging to the Weatherfield Amateur Archaeological Society who came to the allotments to dig them over after Tim Metcalfe reported that he had found some ancient pottery on his patch. In truth, the items had come from a skip outside a theatre and had been planted by the wily Tim on the allotment that had given to him the day before by Sally Metcalfe and was his way to avoid having to dig over the much-unwanted turf himself.

The students measured out the ground carefully and began to excavate as a magnanimous Tim told them that he could have done without the inconvenience but understood that it was important work. Roy Cropper on his own allotment nearby asked what was going on but Tim sensed the danger he presented to his ploy and steered him away.

By the afternoon, the students had given up and left, with a promise from Tim of a few lettuces for their hard work. All went well until Roy gave the game away in front of Sally in the Rovers when he asked how the dig had gone.