@The Dewd - "Oversized digsites"

Indeed. Especially the long, skinny ones, like the one along the river in Hillsbrad Foothills, along the "highway" in Redridge, or on the southern beach in Blasted Lands. Because if I start at one end, it's practically guaranteed that the first fragment is going to be found clear at the opposite end, 14 surveys later. And then the second fragment will be back at the end where I started.

Which brings up another idea that would be an improvement. We know, and Blizzard knows, that each digsite is going to produce three successful digs. So how about this: *Spawn all three at the same time, and then have the surveys point the player toward the closest one*. I've lost track of how many times I've landed in a digsite, had my surveys lead me to the opposite side of the site to find the first fragment, and then the next sequence of surveys sends me zigzagging back across the site and reveals the second fragment ten feet from where I started. I mean, if it's there *now*, shouldn't it have been there when I started?