All the projectile points in the world could not get a site a determination of eligibility if there are no intact subsurface deposits of cultural materials. There were no notes, there were no photographs, the site had not been recorded and remains unrecorded, and the materials were stored in a cardboard box. There were some nice artifacts in the assemblage, nice if you are only into things. However, charcoal in the collection, given its size and volume, suggested to me that the particular individual had excavated through a hearth. Furthermore, the charcoal was worthless for a radiocarbon date as it had been stored in an organic container.
Most archaeologists understand the desire to excavate sites.
Conversely, most archaeologists do not do archaeology for the things, they do it for the understanding of the past. There is a vast difference between love of things and love of learning. In the past, numerous MAS members excavated on their own mounds, rock shelters, village sites, and campsites. Although the information they gathered in those excavations is valuable, their methods do not lend themselves to modern analytical techniques. There are a number of ways an individual can satisfy the urge to dig.