A dozen young students are getting their hands dirty during an Bermuda Trust sponsored-archaeological dig and summer camp in Somerset this week.

The students, aged 11 to 14 years-old, are part of an excavation to uncover the history of the 300-year-old Springfield property, now being used as the West End Community Centre.

Trustee Amanda Outerbridge said she was surprised when half-a-dozen older teenagers showed up to help out.

"Students are having the opportunity for first-hand experience on an archaeological site with Anna Agbe-Davies and her husband, Eric Deetz, professional archaeologists from Colonial Williamsburg and Jamestown, Virginia," Mrs. Outerbridge said.

Young Indiana Joneses': Three growing archaeologists discover what lies beneath at Springfield in Somerset. - Photo by Tony Cordeiro