I can definitely attest to that.
What makes it tough, they can’t/don’t locate abandoned utilities
Makes ones heart jump like when an unexpected phone line comes up with a bucket of dirt
...or a riser on an old fuel tank... Dug one up for TXDOT in the middle of Highway 377 many years ago. It was full of groundwater but tested for so many parts per million of hydrocarbons. Nobody researched old maps and whatnot.
That can happen on a personal level, too. When I dig around in the garden bed, at the top of my driveway, in order to uproot weeds, I keep bringing up this old TV cable. I’m basically thinking, WTH?