How to find 3ft buried PVC pipe

[Phillips007]

I hope everyone’s day is going well. I’ve got a question for all you guys that are in this field of work. If you had let’s say 10 4”x 8” pvc pipes that were capped off and buried in different spots on 5 acres of wooded land how would you go about finding them? You can’t clear cut the trees and uses heavy machinery but basically need to pin point it’s location and dig from there. There’s no metal piece inside for a detector so I was wondering how could you detect it. Is there a detector that would pick up the cash buried in them that deep since I read some detectors can at close range? Thanks for any info.

 

[onadraw]

A Detector that can find Cash? Go on....

 

[DeepseekerADS]

Aren't there detectors out there which find voids?

Otherwise, there's got to be some metal there...

 

[onadraw]

By the way, Welcome to TreasureNet.

I'm following along to see if anybody has any great ideas for you but to me, it sounds like you have to make your best guesses and grab a shovel to find out.

 

[SD51]

Try Ground penetrating radar...

https://usradar.com/ground-penetrating-radar-gpr-faq/

 

[SD51]

Try Ground penetrating radar...

https://usradar.com/ground-penetrating-radar-gpr-faq/

Click on "What can GPR Find"?

 

[Phillips007]

They have them like what Tsa uses and I’ve seen where some metal detectors can but on very close range so they won’t work.

 

[Phillips007]

Money has some metal but I don’t think it will read that deep. They do have detectors that can show voids or objects under the ground but the terrain is so rough and wondering how good they can read. Those machines are one reason I posted on here to see if anyone had used one.

 

[Phillips007]

Yes the ground penetrating radar is what I’ve been looking at. The terrain is thick but I think it’s my best option and you can rent them. I appreciate the info. Thanks

 

[Fat]

Try Ground penetrating radar...

https://usradar.com/ground-penetrating-radar-gpr-faq/

You gotta have some cash to buy your own unit before you can go find more cash. I’ve learnt when I can’t find the price on a web site it’s outside of my budget.

Edit.... rent, I always forget that option. It would have to be my new job if I bought one.

 

[Phillips007]

The radars are crazy expensive but like you said you can rent. I’ve found a place locally that rents so I think I’ll go that route. Thanks

 

[SD51]

The radars are crazy expensive but like you said you can rent. I’ve found a place locally that rents so I think I’ll go that route. Thanks

Hope you're able to recover those targets! Good Luck!

 

[villagenut]

I have used two pieces of L rods in each hand to find buried empty electrical conduit/pvc pipe and it works but seems pretty weird when the rods cross.

 

[metrotec]

L Rods or a Beagle