It's not life or death...pardon the pun...

Now if the possibility for an item like fishing possibly on any dig then that's ok as completing a grave is no longer needed to get an item. But if it only occurs now after 10 rather than 6 it is a real demotion.
Thank you. I rest my shovel. My time is worth as much as any one elses.

Now this update:
I did a bit more testing. Before reset it took 6 units to complete now 10 units. Using the fishing chart for 1 affinity a level 6 would be 18 secs per unit which is correct for the digging. So to have a chance for an item it went from 6x18=108 seconds to now 10x18=180 seconds or the 3 minutes I initially timed to begin this post. True I haven't lost any time but since the item or rotting corpse will only show on the 10th unit the effective increase for the same result is 72 seconds per grave. This will add up in time with an effective reduction in item chance...1/6 to 1/10. Maybe nothing can be done but it is more painful to take something away once it has been established, although from now forward all are under the same timing.