Where I live the ground is rocks with the gaps between filled with dried clay. Literally a 2 to 1 ratio of rock to clay in some spots. Closer to a soft concrete than actual soil once you get more than 6 inches down. So the shovel doesn’t actually dig as much as it just scoops out the shit I beat loose with a tamper bar.

Sometimes I feel like the only guy on the Internet who sees these digging posts and thinks “I’ve dug enough” lol.