Is there an easy way to remove the rocks from an old rock garden?

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I recently moved into a new house that has a large area of the backyard covered in rocks. The previous owner used to have a boat, and that's where he'd park it. (I guess that by having rocks under a wet boat would be more attractive than dead grass.)
Anyway, this area is the perfect spot for a garden, only I've got large rocks (roughly 2-3 inches in diameter, rough-cut) that go down almost three inches.
I just want to know if there's an easy way to remove the rocks, or do I have to dig up the whole area (8' x 20') by hand and replace the lost soil & rocks with fresh topsoil?

Thanks!!
 
No there is no easy way. After one day of hand work I rented a bob cat for the the next week end. It was not really any help in getting the stone out. It was helpful in moving them to the truck but that was about it. I would have rather saved the money as I didn't really gain any time. Job took for ever. (1 or 1 1/2 ton of baseball sized stone.)
 
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