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Water table - 3/9/2010 9:57:08 PM    rwcw1040   Posts: 50 Joined: 11/13/2009 Status: offline I dug last Friday but was greeted by water at about 3/4 feet down. I do believe the water table is up due to all the snow in Feb. Does anyone have any ideas how quickly the water table drops here in the Ohio? Thanks for all inputs on this matter, NRW _____________________________ Southern Ohio digger Post #: 1

RE: Water table - 3/9/2010 11:42:19 PM    Bixel   Posts: 652 Joined: 8/30/2004 From: Strathroy, Ontario, Canada Status: offline Well if the water table is anything like my area of Southern Ontario, you will have to wait a little while. Depends what sort of area you are in, some of the places down here we have to wait well into the summer before we can start digging. Last year our one location stayed wet all year, never got a chance with all the rain we had. I would check back in a few weeks and see how it looks. _____________________________ Formerly : Insulators Rule! Kyle Collector of Insulators, Ontario marked bottles, railway memorabilia and signs of all sorts (in reply to rwcw1040) Post #: 2

RE: Water table - 3/11/2010 8:51:10 PM    haelix   Posts: 33 Joined: 3/4/2010 Status: offline you may use a 12 volt trash pump to drain the hole and help remove mud making the good stuff easier to find (in reply to Bixel) Post #: 3

RE: Water table - 3/11/2010 10:06:41 PM    appliedlips Posts: 3396 Joined: 1/30/2005 Status: offline        It depends on where your at in Ohio and the soil conditions. In Central and S. Central Ohio there is alot of Sandy soil which drains great and the privies never hold water but in areas with clay they will be wet whenever there is rain or snow. _____________________________ LOOKING FOR PONTILLED OR EARLY SQUAT SODAS FROM HIGHLAND,ILLNOIS.. (in reply to rwcw1040) Post #: 4

RE: Water table - 3/12/2010 6:23:45 AM    toddrandolph   Posts: 264 Joined: 1/29/2010 From: Randolph, Ohio (near Akron) Status: offline It all depends on soil type and landscape position you are in. The water table in Ohio right now is at its highest point for the whole year. As soon as the trees start to leaf out, it will drop quickly. (in reply to appliedlips) Post #: 5

RE: Water table - 3/12/2010 7:16:35 AM    lexdigger   Posts: 1696 Joined: 5/31/2005 From: Lexington, Ky. Status: offline It also depends on if you're in a river town. Here in Kentucky when we dig in towns along the river, there is Always water in the bottom! Nothing you can really do except get your bucket and start to Bail!!! Best time of year is during the dry months (July and August). It sux, but if you wanna get down to the bottom there's no other way. < Message edited by lexdigger -- 3/12/2010 7:17:31 AM > (in reply to toddrandolph) Post #: 6

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