The trouble, Kelly, is that Creationists have shown no sign of actually doing that. They're not doing experiments, formulating detailed hypothesises, making predictions.
If you think they are, you need to show us some examples of when they've actually done that; we're not going to just take your word for it.
The paper scrupulously describes the painstaking scientific methods used to gather, preserve and analyze the samples.
Actually, and this is a key point, it doesn't. It describe in intricate details various methods used to ensure the sample was properly processed in the lab, but it doesn't describe the method for gathering the sample, or the means by which it has been preserved, it only says:
quote:In July 1947, a small piece of coalified wood measuring almost 3 centimeters in length (Figure 2), was found in a "sand bed" —Snelling