Metal Detecting Forum

I've been down 30 feet in the bottom of a sewer lift station cutting the bottom chamber lid with a torch so that the pump truck could suck it out. Oh did I mention I was upside down with absolutely no elbow room. Just because I'm STUPID dosen't mean you have to be lol. Actually my foreman had a sniffer to check the air quality but he did not know how to use it, but thats probably because we are a paving crew and the boss just wanted to have us do something else. But we did have a tripod with a line on a pully to pull me out if things got bad. As said before.....use caution and have someone with you. I would line the walls with 2 2x10 planks and then uses 3 srew bars and your walls will be fine if you dig down at the bottom. As far as air quality.....just find a way to circulate it. Chances are its not bad at 10 feet.

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Minelab CTX 3030
lesche model 76
garrett pro pointer
titanic and rtg stainless scoops
waterproof GG's
and GG NDT's

Dutchess County NY USA

try researching privy digging.They claim this is the most rewarding treasure hunting money wise.Theres ways to do this safely check out privy digging techniques and you might find you enjoy the cash flow.

This is from the VietNam Veterans Memorial Wall...be safe!!

A Note from The Virtual Wall
On 15 March 1968 Companies "A" and "B", 1/5th Infantry, were conducting search operations near Bao Trang. While searching a well a man from Company B passed out. A second man was lowed into the well with belt links fastened to his own belt, but he too passed out and the belt broke, dropping him into the well. A third man attempted rescue, wearing a gas mask, but he too passed out. He was pulled out and a fourth man was lowed in with a gas mask, but he also passed out. Another man was lowered down and holding his breath, retrieved the men in the well one at a time.
Two of the Bobcats could not be revived and died, and a third died while enroute to hospital on a dust-off. The three were

2LT David R. Young, Fairbanks, AK, "B" Co
CPL Edward A. Lionetta, Springfield, MA, "A" Co
SP4 Paul A. Young, Mishawaka, IN, "B" Co

A gopher hole next to the well saved my butt. Thirty years ago I was searching alone behind an abandoned farmhouse, my left leg went into the gopher hole. Found myself looking straight down into a deep well with water in it. Weeds grew over the well, didn't see it. Covered it up best I could and got the heck out of there, never went back.