Hi all, I want to add some permanent irrigation pipes to some Walnut trees and need to find the closest water source to hook in to. We purchased the property about a year ago and know where the fauce
Ok, this is kind of screwball, but it might work: Put a buzzer or better yet some sort of speaker playing a readily recognized noise on the pipes where they are exposed. The water in the pipes shoul
Drew - I've traced assorted PCV and ABS pipe with a metal rod attached to a 2x4 handle. I know where it started, so just poked in the ground till I hit the pipe. I then moved a bit further and poked
hit B This That's what I've seen the sprinkler repair people do, more or less. It helps to figure out what length the pipes the people who laid the pipe used, since it's unlikely they'd turn any corn
Or have somebody bang on an exposed portion of the pipe and listen for that. Randall <tr3driver@ca.rr.com> plastic water pipes. 2009, 5:28 PM screwball, but it might work: Put a speaker playing a rea
Divining rod - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divining_rod Hey, if it's on Wikipedia, it HAS to be true! <grin> In all seriousness, I'd give it a try, 'cause you never know until you do, but I like mos
Yeah, especially the part about : "No scientific study has ever shown that divining rods have worked in practice, under any circumstance." I've seen it tried, by an old man that claimed to have the
Thanks to everyone for the suggestions on finding underground water pipes. I'll try the probing method and see how that goes. I'll also give water witching at shot but I don't think I have the right
If you have access to an open end to the pipe, put a fishline in and hook it up to a signal generator. They sell electronic generators and detectors therefore. I know folks have done this, but I have