I think between all of us we can cover the "remote detonator" part. . . .<br><br>Now who on the list is a farmer or mine worker?<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 5:25 PM, Ron Van Putte <<a href="mailto:vanputte@cox.net">vanputte@cox.net</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">I knew you'd like my idea. Now where can I get some dynamite and a<br>
remote detonator? Hmmm. Gotta work on that. I WILL take videos.<br>
<br>
Ron VP<br>
<br>
On Apr 7, 2008, at 4:16 PM, krishlan fitzsimmons wrote:<br>
> This will work also. I didn't know if you had access to the<br>
> dynamite.. I had my guys do this once to locate a pipe. They musta<br>
> quit after they found it. The hole was there, but they were gone.<br>
> As Nat says, roll cameras!!!!!<br>
><br>
> Chris<br>
><br>
> Nat Penton <<a href="mailto:natpenton@centurytel.net">natpenton@centurytel.net</a>> wrote:<br>
> Neato! Please keep the cameras rolling - maybe John could help.<br>
><br>
> ----- Original Message -----<br>
> From: "Ron Van Putte"<br>
> To: "NSRCA Mailing List"<br>
> Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 12:37 PM<br>
> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Off Topic - Need Help<br>
><br>
><br>
> >I was thinking about this. Suppose, instead of a beer can on a<br>
> > string, I attach a stick of dynamite with a remotely activated<br>
> > detonator. I let out the string as far as I want and set off the<br>
> > detonator from above ground. When the debris cloud from dirt/rocks/<br>
> > people/animals disperses, I should have a neat hole in the ground,<br>
> > right where the pipe is.<br>
> ><br>
> > Ron Van Putte<br>
> ><br>
> > On Apr 6, 2008, at 11:29 PM, krishlan fitzsimmons wrote:<br>
> >> Alright Ron, I'll bite. I'm a general contractor out here in<br>
> Cali...<br>
> >> This is what you do.. Pay attention, this really works..<br>
> >> What you do is get some string, good quality... And a few beer cans<br>
> >> with one end cut off. Don't waste the beer, drink it first.. It'll<br>
> >> help with the whole process.. Then you attach an end of the string<br>
> >> to each can carefully. Take your time here, good quality knots are<br>
> >> important as to not lose the can that you send in. Therefore being<br>
> >> able to recycle it still.. So obviously your next step is to send<br>
> >> one can out to sea, approximately the distance you think you may<br>
> >> want to dig. Make sure you hold onto the other can firmly. Don't<br>
> >> want that one to get away from you.. Then, just like in the old<br>
> >> days before cell phones and all that garbage, you call yourself<br>
> >> using the cans and string with this technique. You get a<br>
> >> stethoscope as previously mentioned by others, and as you call into<br>
> >> the can, you get down on your hands and knees, and listen with the<br>
> >> stethoscope.. If you can't hear yourself at first, yell louder into<br>
> >> the can until you can.. It may take a few attempts..<br>
> >> Now, I'm willing to give this info out on the condition that you<br>
> >> record your attempt at this to video so that I can tell you if you<br>
> >> did it correctly. Please post the video in your next email..<br>
> >><br>
> >> Good luck!!!<br>
> >><br>
> >> Man, how come it isn't this easy to write my article in the<br>
> >> Kfactor? lol<br>
> >><br>
> >> Chris<br>
> >><br>
> >> Ron Van Putte wrote:<br>
> >> Oh, come on! I hang around with Tony just to make him feel tall.<br>
> >><br>
> >> Ron<br>
> >><br>
> >> On Apr 6, 2008, at 10:03 PM, Mark Atwood wrote:<br>
> >> > This from a guy that's routinely seen hanging around with<br>
> >> > Stillman...sheesh.<br>
> >> ><br>
> >> > :):):)<br>
> >> ><br>
> >> ><br>
> >> > On 4/6/08 10:56 PM, "Ron Van Putte" wrote:<br>
> >> ><br>
> >> >> Never mind. Van Putte won't be found crawling around,<br>
> listening to<br>
> >> >> the ground with a stethoscope. You've got to maintain some<br>
> dignity.<br>
> >> >><br>
> >> >> Ron<br>
> >> >><br>
> >> >> On Apr 6, 2008, at 9:29 PM, Dennis wrote:<br>
> >> >>> Rex,<br>
> >> >>><br>
> >> >>> It depends on what they have been taught.<br>
> >> >>><br>
> >> >>><br>
> >> >>><br>
> >> >>> Dennis<br>
> >> >>><br>
> >> >>><br>
> >> >>><br>
> >> >>> -----Original Message-----<br>
> >> >>> From: <a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:nsrca-">nsrca-</a><br>
> >> >>> discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org]On Behalf Of Rex<br>
> >> >>> Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 6:11 PM<br>
> >> >>> To: NSRCA Mailing List<br>
> >> >>> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Off Topic - Need Help<br>
> >> >>><br>
> >> >>><br>
> >> >>><br>
> >> >>> Oh Ya... I want to watch that! Ron on his knees, crawling<br>
> around,<br>
> >> >>> listening to the<br>
> >> >>> ground with a stethoscope! The neighbors are gonna love that! I<br>
> >> >>> hope they take pics....<br>
> >> >>> But, I'm wondering.... will worms give a false reading?<br>
> >> >>><br>
> >> >>><br>
> >> >>> Rex<br>
> >> >>><br>
> >> >>><br>
> >> >>><br>
> >> >>><br>
> >> >>>> From: <a href="mailto:lightfoot@sc.rr.com">lightfoot@sc.rr.com</a><br>
> >> >>>> To: <a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</a><br>
> >> >>>> Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2008 20:31:52 -0400<br>
> >> >>>> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Off Topic - Need Help<br>
> >> >>>><br>
> >> >>>> You can use a stethoscope.<br>
> >> >>>><br>
> >> >>>><br>
> >> >>>> Jay Marshall<br>
> >> >>>><br>
> >> >>>> -----Original Message-----<br>
> >> >>>> From: <a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org</a><br>
> >> >>>> [mailto:<a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org</a>] On Behalf Of<br>
> >> >>>> Jerry<br>
> >> >>>> Stebbins<br>
> >> >>>> Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 6:46 PM<br>
> >> >>>> To: NSRCA Mailing List<br>
> >> >>>> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Off Topic - Need Help<br>
> >> >>>><br>
> >> >>>> Ron, I have seen utilities folks use a very sensitive mike.<br>
> They<br>
> >> >>> turned the<br>
> >> >>>> water flow off and on and were able to hear it loudest at two<br>
> >> >>> points and dug<br>
> >> >>>><br>
> >> >>>> a line between. Hit it almost dead on.<br>
> >> >>>> Jerry<br>
> >> >>>> ----- Original Message -----<br>
> >> >>>> From: "Ron Van Putte"<br>
> >> >>>> To: "NSRCA Mailing List"<br>
> >> >>>> Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 5:13 PM<br>
> >> >>>> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Off Topic - Need Help<br>
> >> >>>><br>
> >> >>>><br>
> >> >>>>> The location is up in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains in<br>
> >> >>>>> southwest Georgia. The well services a group of about twenty<br>
> >> >>> cabins<br>
> >> >>>>> and the pipes were installed in about 1977. We want to<br>
> install a<br>
> >> >>>>> cutoff valve in a 4" PVC pipe about 100 yards from the well,<br>
> >> >>> but want<br>
> >> >>>>> to minimize the digging to find the pipe. I can't find any<br>
> >> >>> record of<br>
> >> >>>>> how the pipes were installed; no layout plan. I think the<br>
> pipes<br>
> >> >>> were<br>
> >> >>>>> privately installed, so no local utilities were involved.<br>
> >> >>>>><br>
> >> >>>>> I don't mean to impose on the Discussion List to solve the<br>
> >> >>> problem,<br>
> >> >>>>> but I thought someone might be able to save me some time and<br>
> >> >>> energy.<br>
> >> >>>>><br>
> >> >>>>> Ron Van Putte<br>
> >> >>>>><br>
> >> >>>>> On Apr 6, 2008, at 3:20 PM, <a href="mailto:rj520@aol.com">rj520@aol.com</a> wrote:<br>
> >> >>>>><br>
> >> >>>>>> Try your local utilities locate phone #. They seem to be<br>
> >> able to<br>
> >> >>>>>> find just about anything.<br>
> >> >>>>>><br>
> >> >>>>>> Randy Johnston<br>
> >> >>>>>><br>
> >> >>>>><br>
> >> >>>>><br>
> >> >>>>> ----- Original Message -----<br>
> >> >>>>> From: "Ron Van Putte"<br>
> >> >>>>> To: "NSRCA Mailing List"<br>
> >> >>>>> Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 3:04 PM<br>
> >> >>>>> Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] Off Topic - Need Help<br>
> >> >>>>><br>
> >> >>>>><br>
> >> >>>>><br>
> >> >>>>>> I am trying to trace the route of a 4" PVC water pipe about<br>
> >> >>> 100 yards<br>
> >> >>>>>> from a well. The pipe is buried about 12" to 14"<br>
> underground. I<br>
> >> >>>>>> think it goes fairly straight. I don't want to dig down to<br>
> >> >>> find the<br>
> >> >>>>>> pipe until I'm sure where it is, because the soil is VERY<br>
> >> >>> difficult<br>
> >> >>>>>> to dig in, due to lots of gravel and clay. Although I'm sure<br>
> >> >>> there<br>
> >> >>>>>> are instruments which will enable one to trace the route of<br>
> >> >>> the pipe,<br>
> >> >>>>>> I don't have a clue who to ask. Any help available out<br>
> there?<br>
> >> >>>>>><br>
> >> >>>>>> Ron Van Putte<br>
> >> >>>>>><br>
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