[NSRCA-discussion] Off Topic - Need Help

Mon Apr 7 13:17:04 AKDT 2008

This will work also. I didn't know if you had access to the dynamite.. I had my guys do this once to locate a pipe. They musta quit after they found it. The hole was there, but they were gone. 
  As Nat says, roll cameras!!!!!

  Chris

Nat Penton <natpenton at centurytel.net> wrote:
  Neato! Please keep the cameras rolling - maybe John could help.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Van Putte" 
To: "NSRCA Mailing List" 
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 12:37 PM
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Off Topic - Need Help

>I was thinking about this. Suppose, instead of a beer can on a 
> string, I attach a stick of dynamite with a remotely activated 
> detonator. I let out the string as far as I want and set off the 
> detonator from above ground. When the debris cloud from dirt/rocks/ 
> people/animals disperses, I should have a neat hole in the ground, 
> right where the pipe is.
> 
> Ron Van Putte
> 
> On Apr 6, 2008, at 11:29 PM, krishlan fitzsimmons wrote:
>> Alright Ron, I'll bite. I'm a general contractor out here in Cali...
>> This is what you do.. Pay attention, this really works..
>> What you do is get some string, good quality... And a few beer cans 
>> with one end cut off. Don't waste the beer, drink it first.. It'll 
>> help with the whole process.. Then you attach an end of the string 
>> to each can carefully. Take your time here, good quality knots are 
>> important as to not lose the can that you send in. Therefore being 
>> able to recycle it still.. So obviously your next step is to send 
>> one can out to sea, approximately the distance you think you may 
>> want to dig. Make sure you hold onto the other can firmly. Don't 
>> want that one to get away from you.. Then, just like in the old 
>> days before cell phones and all that garbage, you call yourself 
>> using the cans and string with this technique. You get a 
>> stethoscope as previously mentioned by others, and as you call into 
>> the can, you get down on your hands and knees, and listen with the 
>> stethoscope.. If you can't hear yourself at first, yell louder into 
>> the can until you can.. It may take a few attempts..
>> Now, I'm willing to give this info out on the condition that you 
>> record your attempt at this to video so that I can tell you if you 
>> did it correctly. Please post the video in your next email..
>>
>> Good luck!!!
>>
>> Man, how come it isn't this easy to write my article in the 
>> Kfactor? lol
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> Ron Van Putte wrote:
>> Oh, come on! I hang around with Tony just to make him feel tall.
>>
>> Ron
>>
>> On Apr 6, 2008, at 10:03 PM, Mark Atwood wrote:
>> > This from a guy that's routinely seen hanging around with
>> > Stillman...sheesh.
>> >
>> > :):):)
>> >
>> >
>> > On 4/6/08 10:56 PM, "Ron Van Putte" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Never mind. Van Putte won't be found crawling around, listening to
>> >> the ground with a stethoscope. You've got to maintain some dignity.
>> >>
>> >> Ron
>> >>
>> >> On Apr 6, 2008, at 9:29 PM, Dennis wrote:
>> >>> Rex,
>> >>>
>> >>> It depends on what they have been taught.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> Dennis
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> -----Original Message-----
>> >>> From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org [mailto:nsrca-
>> >>> discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org]On Behalf Of Rex
>> >>> Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 6:11 PM
>> >>> To: NSRCA Mailing List
>> >>> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Off Topic - Need Help
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> Oh Ya... I want to watch that! Ron on his knees, crawling around,
>> >>> listening to the
>> >>> ground with a stethoscope! The neighbors are gonna love that! I
>> >>> hope they take pics....
>> >>> But, I'm wondering.... will worms give a false reading?
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> Rex
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>> From: lightfoot at sc.rr.com
>> >>>> To: nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org
>> >>>> Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2008 20:31:52 -0400
>> >>>> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Off Topic - Need Help
>> >>>>
>> >>>> You can use a stethoscope.
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Jay Marshall
>> >>>>
>> >>>> -----Original Message-----
>> >>>> From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org
>> >>>> [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of
>> >>>> Jerry
>> >>>> Stebbins
>> >>>> Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 6:46 PM
>> >>>> To: NSRCA Mailing List
>> >>>> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Off Topic - Need Help
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Ron, I have seen utilities folks use a very sensitive mike. They
>> >>> turned the
>> >>>> water flow off and on and were able to hear it loudest at two
>> >>> points and dug
>> >>>>
>> >>>> a line between. Hit it almost dead on.
>> >>>> Jerry
>> >>>> ----- Original Message -----
>> >>>> From: "Ron Van Putte"
>> >>>> To: "NSRCA Mailing List"
>> >>>> Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 5:13 PM
>> >>>> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Off Topic - Need Help
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>> The location is up in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains in
>> >>>>> southwest Georgia. The well services a group of about twenty
>> >>> cabins
>> >>>>> and the pipes were installed in about 1977. We want to install a
>> >>>>> cutoff valve in a 4" PVC pipe about 100 yards from the well,
>> >>> but want
>> >>>>> to minimize the digging to find the pipe. I can't find any
>> >>> record of
>> >>>>> how the pipes were installed; no layout plan. I think the pipes
>> >>> were
>> >>>>> privately installed, so no local utilities were involved.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> I don't mean to impose on the Discussion List to solve the
>> >>> problem,
>> >>>>> but I thought someone might be able to save me some time and
>> >>> energy.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Ron Van Putte
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> On Apr 6, 2008, at 3:20 PM, rj520 at aol.com wrote:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>> Try your local utilities locate phone #. They seem to be 
>> able to
>> >>>>>> find just about anything.
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Randy Johnston
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>> >>>>> From: "Ron Van Putte"
>> >>>>> To: "NSRCA Mailing List"
>> >>>>> Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 3:04 PM
>> >>>>> Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] Off Topic - Need Help
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>> I am trying to trace the route of a 4" PVC water pipe about
>> >>> 100 yards
>> >>>>>> from a well. The pipe is buried about 12" to 14" underground. I
>> >>>>>> think it goes fairly straight. I don't want to dig down to
>> >>> find the
>> >>>>>> pipe until I'm sure where it is, because the soil is VERY
>> >>> difficult
>> >>>>>> to dig in, due to lots of gravel and clay. Although I'm sure
>> >>> there
>> >>>>>> are instruments which will enable one to trace the route of
>> >>> the pipe,
>> >>>>>> I don't have a clue who to ask. Any help available out there?
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Ron Van Putte
>> >>>>>>
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