✅ SOLVED privy? should i go in it?

[ohiowhiteguy]

redcardhack and i are thinking bout digging this out..we think it's a privy...not sure.
there is a deep well down the hill from it. there is a pipe that looks like a over flow...
what do you think...
thanks ..
owg...

 

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[wvwildman]

looks like an old well to me be careful

 

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[Indian Steve]

If you use a generator and shop fan, position your generator several feet away from your fan.The fan can pick up generator exhaust and blow it in the hole. Not good! Also, if you are in the hole a while and start to get gigglely or stoned feeling, GET OUT. Definate sign of low oxygen. Do take a helper that will stay outside to moniter. steve

 

[ohiowhiteguy]

thanks guys for your input..so it looks like i will need scuba gear,a canary.a rare earth magnet.a candle.a generator and a fan.am i forgetting anything?
i was thinking about going to the labor pool and get a few workers at 10 dollars an hour. sounds cheaper..lol
anyway i do think i'll be digging it out next when the weather allows. the site is on top of a large hill. and it is dry as a bone in it. doesn't look deep at all.
i will bring someone (redcardhack) with me and will post results.
thanks again.
owg.

 

[AU Seeker]

Since it isn't all that deep just take a short length of garden hose for a breather tube in case the air is bad and then tied a piece of rope around your waist in case Redcardhack has to pull you out, a lot cheaper and you won't even have to pay minimum wage!!

 

[RedCardHack]

I am not so sure it is a cistern, with no mortar joints I don't see much water staying in it and it did appear to be dry, But we will find out once YOU go in it and start rooting around. I'll bring a snorkel in case you need it!! RCH

 

[ohiowhiteguy]

whooo there red...i already signed you up for first in the hole.did you forget?
i rented a generator bought a fan and borrowed a canary..and stole some scuba gear just for you..
owg..

 

[RedCardHack]

If it wasn't snow covered today we could have sent my grandson in first, he is pretty nimble for a 6 year old!!

 

[Produce Guy]

I would get a strong rope with a magnet and go fishing.

 

[ohiowhiteguy]

If it wasn't snow covered today we could have sent my grandson in first, he is pretty nimble for a 6 year old!!

really? never thought of that...hope his mom won't get mad at us..he's not the fat little kid i saw when i picked you up is he?
owg...

 

[Jeff H]

If it wasn't snow covered today we could have sent my grandson in first, he is pretty nimble for a 6 year old!!

Even though the folks from PETA might object, I think the the canary option is the better option.

 

[HutSiteDigger]

Make sure you check the ground too so it is not any sinkhole or quicksand type of soil. Remember your putting up to 150+ pounds of weight (unless your one really skinny dude) I been in worse holes then this one before but never needed any scuba gear but always make sure you bring a stick with you too check the soil before you step onto it!

 

[ohiowhiteguy]

Make sure you check the ground too so it is not any sinkhole or quicksand type of soil. Remember your putting up to 150+ pounds of weight (unless your one really skinny dude) I been in worse holes then this one before but never needed any scuba gear but always make sure you bring a stick with you too check the soil before you step onto it!

your right.hutsitedigger i was thinking about bringing a long prob. with me..it looks solid but you never know.
thx.
owg.
would you bring a screen to sift? i was thinking my detector would find the good stuff.

 

[uglymailman]

Looks like a cistern to me. The overflow pipe is an inlet pipe to let water from guttering off of a house into it. Also looks filled in.

 

[Breezie]

OWG, Personally I wouldn't do it, but that's me. If you two decide to 'test the waters,' I'd certainly have a nylon rope (or two) tied to terraferma. Good Luck! Breezie

 

[RedCardHack]

Looks like a cistern to me. The overflow pipe is an inlet pipe to let water from guttering off of a house into it. Also looks filled in.

The pipe comes from an area away from where the old foundation is, (the rock walls in the photos), It is only filled in with what appears to be debris from the old house.

 

[RedCardHack]

really? never thought of that...hope his mom won't get mad at us..he's not the fat little kid i saw when i picked you up is he?
owg...

OWG, The "fat kid" was some kid selling candy.

 

[CoilyGirl]

Y'all be careful but Im waiting with bated breath(whatever that means) to see if there's anything to it.

 

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[vandaria]

You know we have an old cistern in our yard and as we are sorta a fun house type business the hubby has but a metal grate over it along with a light and the legs of a mannequin at the bottom for a display. He has fashioned a very creepy looking ladder on it so he can go down and fix the light if he has to. I am thinking now I need to have him go in there at least with my pin pointer and poke around. I have seen (and sadly smelled) the raccoon that died in there and we get wolf spiders the size of your palm so not so sure I am interested in going in there. If I can get him to do this I will start another thread rather than hijacking yours =P

Looking forward to hearing of your descent!!!

 

[Remus]

Interesting to say the least.. I used to help in the family biz, installing septic systems. Drywells and septic tanks ( from 1950's into the 1970's), long before all the newer laws took over septic systems we used to know. This may be an older, 'dried up' dry well. The place where all the 'stuff' from your septic tank goes. When the liquid from the septic tanks raises to a certain height, and reaches the overflow pipe lin the septic tank, it drains into the drywell and then stays in the drywell and seeps into the soil through the stacked rock walls. That pipe hole in the wall might be an overflow pipe from the drywell and runs in tile across the field, draining from perferated pipe or tile into the soil. In any case if this is as old as it looks, there would be no danger of gasses... the items you find (other than snakes and rodents) would be safe to handle as long as you wear gloves. The old 'waste' would have been cleansed by time. We used to find tons of goodies in the old, unused outhouse holes!.