Digging A Well - Water Dowsing - Will I hit Water
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- čas přidán 29. 08. 2024
- We are finally trying it...Digging A Well . I start off with water dowsing and I am confident I found water, but will I hit water. We have wanted a well out here for a long time and can't afford to have it professionally done, so we give it our best efforts at hand digging a well.
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I am also in the talkeetna area. I did a sandpoint well at my cabin. I hit water at 8' but went 20'. It's been going strong for 3 years now.
Thats great! We night try it.
Just do it like the old gold miners did and dig a hole strait down and line it with boards as you go, they did it in winter called burning down, you could even build an old school windless to haul the dirt out it would be fun for a young buck like you, put in a solid wood top with a hinged lid to keep the kids and critters out.
I like it! That would make for a great video as well.
so sorry about the rocks maybe you can beat a sand point past them next spring
I might have to try that.
I hope you guys can get the well dug at some point. Until next time have fun 😊
I think I can make it happen. Just not this year.
Well...I think you guys gave this WELL thought out idea the old college try. Glad to hear you were busy this summer. Any option to get or rent a gas powered auger? I think your best bet is to talk to local well drillers. We have a well and live in an area with sand, gravel and clay. Interestingly, having a clay layer above where water is found is a good thing. Best of luck. Certainly with all of the rain Alaska has gotten this summer the underground streams should be pretty active.
Thanks for the tips. I've been telling people it only rained twice this summer....the first time for 47 days, the 2nd time for 32.
Twitching rods they will work for water sources green alder limes actually work the best I was a bite skeptical myself till I tried finding septic tanks mostly
My dad would do it with willow all the time.
Bummer you hit rock!
Yup. I'll keep trying though 😊
Don't put your faith in Electrical Energy somehow making some sort of magnetic power lines.
I use Brass (yes, non-magnetic) Brass brazing rods and while they work quite well they can't rely on any sort of Magnetic anything.
I'm in Trapper Creek in the spring, summer and fall and then Northern Idaho late fall, winter and spring.
I've used rods all over the US for myself and many friends and always with great results. In the mid 60's in Anchorage I worked with the Natural Gas Co and when our high tech locators couldn't find the Gas Main we pulled out the rods and found every one, every time.
We had to be sure to check for overhead power and telephone wires - they will throw a false positive hit just like underground power lines, septic lines and water lines.
Joe S
You know that tractor you guys sold? See if you can borrow it and utilize auger bits which will grind the rock out of the way. Not sure that will get you all the way to your water source but it is possible with auger extensions. I think a sand point drive system will just get crushed by the rock when driving it in without making an auger hole. Without mechanical assistance man you are literally between a rock and a hard place. That’s a tough one.
I may have to go mechanical.
A tractor with pto drill would be nice!!
😁I hear that.
Put in a sand point well. You can use a four wheeler rim with a tripod to pound the pipe into the ground. There are videos out there showing this method. Sand points are good for 20 or 30 feet and there are solar pumps that can lift water over 50 feet.
I might give that a try.
Thanks.
Unless you're willing to dig that large diameter hole you talked about, there's not much you can do with those tools. I know you bought the pipe last year to pound the well in, maybe try that and see how it goes. Another commenter posted a couple videos of Dave pounding in a well, good advice there! Check with a tool rental place in Wasilla and see if they have a portable tow behind backhoe, it should fit down the trail behind a 4 wheeler. Good luck!
Thanks for the tips.
other than digging a big hole and making a deep well no clue but with kids and a dog running around a big hole in the ground really isn't safe or feasible unless you rock it up and build a well house over it
All true. We'll figure something out.
you need a big digger truck to drill a well
Wish that was an option.
Lol, try doing that 300Ft on my rocky soil to get water
No thanks, I pass. 😁
I saw this vid, they used something called a cracking bit and came up with a sizable rock, it might be the auger they used helped too. czcams.com/video/lnpqxehmjDg/video.html I really feel for you cause it is a disappointment not to accomplish your goal for now, but You Will Do It! It would be great if they made a home use laser (affordable) to bust that rock.. I dug a 20 foot sand point well this year using the same dousing rods w/straws like you. A friend kept sending me vids to encourage me to dig and even where to buy the auger. I loved the challenge , now I can water my plants and my garden and to heck with water company.!
Nice! Glad yours worked out. Thanks for the link.
@@BRAMANTEBROTHERS Thank you... I didn't tell ya I had to pull the pipe back up ,, I used pipe dope and I used a sledge to drive the point,, which caused the pipes to loosen ,, I then used plumber's tape , worked Well.. lol. I wanted the water drinkable but for some reason I tested it and it has show positive for coliform,, I was disappointed,, but I am waiting for my new test kit to come in the mail to retest just in case I got a bad test the first time..
Unfortunately their is no scientific backing for twitching rods. It’s kind of an old wives tale method for finding water. When people do find water using the method it’s actually due to pure luck. You are better off getting copies of geological / hydrological maps to understand where the water sources lie and how deep you will need to drill. Another useful data point is local government data on wells that have been drilled in your area. You can reference those to understand how deep others had to drill. A sandpoint well could be a good option to try if the soil is sandy / loose without too many rocks and the water level is near the surface. Sandpoint wells are only effective down to about 20 feet max. Good luck in your journey to find water!
Well when you've done it hundreds of times and you're lucky 100% of the time you call it what you want, I'll call it science.
Thanks for the comment