Found a well…

roadie · 12 Sep 2021 at 08:23

Amazing updates, thank you so much for sharing.

Jez · 12 Sep 2021 at 09:17

Very cool and interesting. As others have said, thanks for sharing and please keep doing so if you can

Vita · 12 Sep 2021 at 09:26

That’s ace.

psd99 · 12 Sep 2021 at 09:51

brilliant find
how deep did you say 3m so far?

any ideas why there is that there
could it be something to do with the local history in the area?

nox_uk · 12 Sep 2021 at 10:34

there used to be a windmill close by, long since gone. It was was the only one in the area too which makes it such a shame... I live by the coast and when someone needed a mill round here, they built a water mill instead. From what I gather, its fairly common to have a well near a wind mill. Really lucky at least that part was on our land, especially as we only bought that particular bit a couple of years ago when the owners decided to sell it.

nox_uk · 12 Sep 2021 at 10:36

psd99 said:
brilliant find
how deep did you say 3m so far?

yep, the 'top' was not very deep, the water table was about 1.5-2m down. that rubble in the pic is about 2.5-3m down from ground level. Will have another update later on it - depending on how nice the weather stays

psd99 · 12 Sep 2021 at 11:33

nox_uk said:
yep, the 'top' was not very deep, the water table was about 1.5-2m down. that rubble in the pic is about 2.5-3m down from ground level. Will have another update later on it - depending on how nice the weather stays

sounds good
be careful
it might be deeper than you think.....
like the goonies well from the 80's

nox_uk · 12 Sep 2021 at 22:24

So looks clear, or planning on drinking it though!

nox_uk · 12 Sep 2021 at 22:25

And the pile of rumble grew…

nox_uk · 12 Sep 2021 at 22:27

And down another metre+ but it doesn’t look that much different when you peer down…

nox_uk · 12 Sep 2021 at 22:29

Look up from the bottom however…

scary beard down there

Malevolence · 12 Sep 2021 at 22:47

gpuerrilla · 12 Sep 2021 at 22:49

That's f in awesome mate! I generally **** it at heights (didnt realise till later in life) and would be almost as wimpy going in a hole like that lol!

nox_uk · 12 Sep 2021 at 23:08

We’ve actually hit the bottom of the rubble now, so there are some odd bits to bring up. The ladder ‘sinks’ now with human weight on it, so will need to rethink tactics if we want to go deeper. Standing is ok, bit like at the beach… but it was freaky as anything when the ladder sank a couple of inches for the first time!

absolutely not safe without the ladder now, before someone else points this out! We are aware

nox_uk · 12 Sep 2021 at 23:13

Malevolence said:

Lol, and I’ve actually seen something similar irl this weekend!

mrbazmondo · 12 Sep 2021 at 23:19

nox_uk said:
So looks clear, or planning on drinking it though!

I'd get that tested before drinking it. https://www.groundwater.org/get-informed/basics/testing.html

Mysterae_ · 12 Sep 2021 at 23:24

I'm so excited for you, I'm welling up :cry:

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You've missed a trick though. You should have told the police you found a bone and I'm sure they would have cleared it for you

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nox_uk · 12 Sep 2021 at 23:37

mrbazmondo said:
I'd get that tested before drinking it. https://www.groundwater.org/get-informed/basics/testing.html

ah,yes definitely - that ‘or’ in my post was meant to be a ‘not’ in the original, sorry

nox_uk · 12 Sep 2021 at 23:39

Mysterae_ said:
I'm so excited for you, I'm welling up .

You've missed a trick though. You should have told the police you found a bone and I'm sure they would have cleared it for you .

lol the thought did cross my mind, but to be honest, we are both kind of enjoying this

the rubble though is not going to be fun to get rid of…

Delvis · 13 Sep 2021 at 07:19

nox_uk said:
lol the thought did cross my mind, but to be honest, we are both kind of enjoying this

the rubble though is not going to be fun to get rid of…

I hear Wells are good places for rubble?