Excavation: Something Big Beneath the Riverbed

OK, so if you also forgot how these were done (like me) here's a remembering tip from your good old dumb friend (also me :b)
- Click the Water Totem to plant it
- Click the PLANTED Water Totem
- When small muds appear on ground, click them to keep the bar in middle between mud and water
- Now, click the actual dig
- When you can't click, click either Water Totem or to mud to take the bar into middle
- Return to digging until it's complete
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If its not completing, you are in a raid.

This actually makes this quest somewhat abusable as you can get the dig to %100 and loot it, get a green item you can break down into Fragments and then do the dig again as you still have the quest for a chance at another green. The reward is not always a green though, its usually a grey item, but it is farmable, and possibly a violation of ToS. *shrug*

I had an issue where my Sturdy Earth puddles around the "big find" disappeared. /reloaded and the issue didn't resolve, left and came back, didn't resolve. I just hung out around the site long enough and it turned back into a dirt spout again after waiting maybe 5 minutes. I was able to complete the quest going back and forth (gently) between the Sturdy Earth puddle closest to the dig and the elemental.

Hope this helps someone! :)