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Could use some advise
Have a chance to explore this.
Thanks'
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Any opinions, worthwhile? Newbie at this.Thanks'
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Climb in there and see what you got! Wear good shoes and gloves. A headlamp might help too. Have fun!
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It's anybody's guess as to what you will find but it definitely looks like it could have potential. Just be careful not to destroy anything while you are in there.
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Re: Could use some advise
Highly recommend you do a solid check of the walls before and as you head in there. Obviously you'll need somebody outside (i.e. NEVER go it alone). Also recommend you have a rope tied around you and consider belaying inside....check for firm footing before even getting too much slack......
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AMEN to ALWAYS dump with a buddy! There's a chance of sewer gas in there, so a rope tied to you and a strong friend is a great precaution!
As you dig down, you may find the floor is suspended trash over a much deeper hole, so be careful!
Good luck!
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As you dig down, you may find the floor is suspended trash over a much deeper hole, so be careful!
Good luck!
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That sure looks like a Cistern opening. In the old days 1800's early 1900 before indoor Plumbing these were used to hold Water. Usually rain water from off the houses roof ect. Once people got indoor plumbing & stop using these they usually filled it with Trash. These usually not to deep but can get much wider after the initial opening. If you don't find any old beer cans but find some old bottles let me know. I'd be Interested in them. Good Luck, LEON.
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Don’t necessarily need to dump with a buddy. Done it alone successfully hundreds of times.
And, it took me a second to realize that the entire thing looks like it’s full of rusty cans!
Make something to fish them out. Don’t even bother going in it. Make a hook, duck tape it to a lengthy pole and carefully extricate them that way. I’ve done this tactic for taking cans out from under sheds....
And, it took me a second to realize that the entire thing looks like it’s full of rusty cans!
Make something to fish them out. Don’t even bother going in it. Make a hook, duck tape it to a lengthy pole and carefully extricate them that way. I’ve done this tactic for taking cans out from under sheds....
Bantam - when you pop a Regal OI, everyone will want to dig with you and no one will give you crap anymore.... until then, Keep On Truckin" !
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Re: Could use some advise
Thank you for the ideas.
DennisinIowa
I will give a follow up when I get to them.
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I will give a follow up when I get to them.
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@DennisinIowa Good luck and please follow the advice to not go in the hole alone.....some generations think it is ok to eat Tide pods and go it alone but.........
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May be hundreds of successful trips but it only takes 1 for something to go horribly wrong!
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Agree....strolling through the woods is one thing.....going into a hole is yet another......
Sea Monkey wrote: ↑Tue Jan 30, 2018 11:05 amMay be hundreds of successful trips but it only takes 1 for something to horribly wrong!
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I’m not saying go into the hole alone, lol.
Bantam - when you pop a Regal OI, everyone will want to dig with you and no one will give you crap anymore.... until then, Keep On Truckin" !
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You could hook up with a fellow Iowegian collector too-oldbeer@gmail.com if you want ideas.
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Probably nothing in there but Regal O.I."s....
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Would a big magnet like a speaker magnet on a rope pull cans out of here?
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Pulling cans out with rope or magnet won't do much good.. Why, because all the good stuff is probably buried 3 or 5 feet below the top surface. Let me in there, I'll dig them out for you. LEON.
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This. This is the theory I’d go about this problem.
No need to even go in the hole. Plus the cans are probably 10 ft down from the opening.
Bantam - when you pop a Regal OI, everyone will want to dig with you and no one will give you crap anymore.... until then, Keep On Truckin" !
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Dennis, good to see you are a member now.
Focus: Cones and flats from Michigan, South Bend, and Fort Wayne. Foreign cans only if I bought them myself in the country of origin.
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Nobody said to go in the hole alone, lol
Bantam - when you pop a Regal OI, everyone will want to dig with you and no one will give you crap anymore.... until then, Keep On Truckin" !
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WOW! Thanks for posting these articles....the first story seems like a freak accident, but the second on the poisonous gas was eye-opening to me. It will make me think twice about ever entering any confined space. I have heard stories of people being overcome when opening septic tanks, but never realized the other dangers. Scary!BrooklynBeer wrote: ↑Wed Feb 14, 2018 10:33 pm https://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/bot ... -1-1106774
Yes, go dig alone. 3 feet of dirt killed this guy. Go read a little on trench safety. It isn't how deep you are but the amount of dirt that compresses your diaphragm each time you try to take a breath that compresses even more each time. Yes, I am in trenches for a living and have seen guys almost suffocate just buried up to their mid section. Confined space with rotting debris displacing O2 is also no joke.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/mor ... d447a1efbc
all it takes is once. You won't get a second time to make the mistake. You can't smell it, you can't see it. If you go into a confined space without first testing the air with a meter your stupid. Your taking your life in your hands.
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Take a slug hammer to all that concrete, break it up in little pieces & remove it all. now you got one big opening & no confined space. problem solved.
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I’m not so sure it’d be that easy
Bantam - when you pop a Regal OI, everyone will want to dig with you and no one will give you crap anymore.... until then, Keep On Truckin" !
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Wow really?
Bantam - when you pop a Regal OI, everyone will want to dig with you and no one will give you crap anymore.... until then, Keep On Truckin" !