Prospector push, archeology effort, should I use them?

[Eretzu]

I feel that currently even a small amount of BP spent on prospecting is enough to reveal the deposits, so why/when should I use the prospecting push? Mind you, for now I have never got to >3 zones so is the prospecting push better when you have like 10 zones?

Similar question with archeology effort, when would it be best to use it?

[zgrssd]

Prospecting push is never worth it. Unless maybe you really need a specific resource and background prospecting could confirm the existence of a deposit.

Archeology effort is always worth it. It can add a Artifact site to existing ruins - a massive upgrade for any Ruin spot.

[BlueTemplar]

But then I'm pretty sure that your Governors can discover Artifacts on their own ?
The only difference seems to be that you can't know in advance whether you have undiscovered Ruins in your territory or not ..?

[Peresvet]

Archeology effort is always worth it. It can add a Artifact site to existing ruins - a massive upgrade for any Ruin spot.

Can it? I was sure it could only reveal an existing artifact. Honestly, I used Archeology Effort only a couple of times, but both times I was just told that there is no more artifacts in the zone.

[Zanotirn]

The game determines in advance which hexes have artifacts and archaeology push won't reveal artifacts that aren't there. But if you have a zone with a cluster of ruins, there's a fair chance that it will have 1 or more artifacts. Also you can change the zone borders so that when you play the card on a zone it would include more ruin hexes.