There is alot of quartz in the area.
Good point about clearing the area- I might even take the initiative to do something about some of those trees! Also I have been building some stone structures on a ledge this summer... maybe I might post some pictures of those in the near future.
I know what you mean about spending the day and just feeling. To be honest I am more into that than recording a site. But researchers, native and non-native alike are in a last ditch effort so to speak to identify and preserve these sites... so much is unprotected and has been destroyed already.