Well in the bottom of an old drained pond

[kmcneil]

I don't have any pictures as of yet, but what I found was an old limestone lined well in the bottom of an old drained out pond. The pond 's dam is about 12' high, and had been cut to drain the pond many years ago by the looks of it. The pond is in a very deep valley, I myself would not want to tote water back up the surrounding hills...The well's bottom is only about 5' deep, and dry as a bone. There is no signs of a homested in the vicinity. I'm really puzzled...but I will take the MD'er, camera, and my trusty E-tool on the next visit. I do have permission to be in the area, so thats not a problem. The landowner has no idea of what it was/is? If i find any goodies I will post .....any ideas of why someone would build a pond on top of a well??

 

[seger98]

Aww shucks man, was hoping you'd find a bunch of nice stuff there, so not worth trying again? Thanks for posting the picture.


Chris

 

[DigginThePast]

Cool. Too bad nothing turned up, looks like a perfect place to hide a cache of gold.

 

[kmcneil]

still looking for those "Mason Jars"!!!!!!!!!!! It was fun......even know I didn't find anything....the site is very close to KC....here's the dam cut

 

[Copperhead]

Interesting....Could you tell if the bottom of the well was actually the bottom?...meaning do the supporting walls end at that depth?....Not trying to get you killed or nothing....Just curious if you were able to tell if it had been filled in at all...About that dam .....How large would the pond have been if the water level was near it's top?...I would think in the least the area would have seen a few swimmers in it's time...If you could estimate the possible shoreline of it, the perimeter might be worth detecting....Wouldn't mind seeing some more pictures of the area...thanks for the update...

 

[kmcneil]

I dug in the bottom of the well, to a depth of about one foot and hit water......I didn't think to check the depth around the walls, due to the fact of hitting water......I may have to check that out.......I may dig the bottom more.....the walls are very stable, so i don't think that is an issue(before my "white collar career" I was a power lineman and have been in and seen what happens when something closes in on you.....A few seconds slower and I would not be here now!!!!!! ) I had a bud there with me just in case!!!

 

[kmcneil]

Here's the water............wish it was black gold, texas tea........

 

[kmcneil]

Here's the hill I climb up and down in the area....I did find out I'm not as young as used to be

 

[Mental Granny]

Looks like great spot for detecting and then also for just walking and talking lots of pics!

 

[Rob in KS]

Don't give up on it yet....

You might try going back this summer. There might be less water. Maybe run the mud through a screen, a piece of 1/4 hardware cloth in a frame. As you go down, you go back in time !

Good luck