Beneath the clay...

[RazorsEdge]

Hey I've been reading some posts about digging and noticed something - People talking about clay being the cap to another layer...I was digging a 1940s-1950s dump and it stops at hard clay...no more glass or anything to be seen...Or does it stop? Is there a possiblility that there is a deeper layer? How is this possible and much deeper do you think it would be? Because it's not exactly easy to dig into and I'd like to know there is a good chance before I go digging into it.....Thanks

 

[subsoil]

My favorite town dump that I find the stuff I post was bulldozed heavily before it was closed in the early 1900s, so there are layers and layers of all different types but it is clear to see where the "good" original layers were at 10ft+ down, and that's the level I try to stay at. At this depth, I find having my probe handy is a good way to know if I should try deeper. Anyways, I think it helps to know all you can about the history of where you're digging. Clay sounds like the end of the road, but if it was bulldozed or flooded, or depending on what year they started dumping there it may continue. Most of my dumps have been sandy on the bottom so I could probe it fairly easy and was sure I had hit bottom.

Good luck!

 

[RazorsEdge]

It isnt a town dump, but a personal dump from a farm house a mile away...It about 500 feet from the river inside a ravine that gets flooded heavily at certain times of the year....Heres a picture of the place after i pulled the 50s Ford out of it with my truck [sm=lol.gif] So thats the info

 

[capsoda]

Hey, Where's the pic of the 50 Ford??????[]

I would probe but if I didn't hit anything I wouldn't dig. Farmers weren't in the habit of puting a clay cap over anything.

 

[JGUIS]

I've never seen a clay cap on a farm dump, but I had a foot thick layer right in the middle of one about 2' down. I haven't had ANY luck digging out a dump newer than the forties(and it sucked out loud) If there's not 30s stuff in the first 6", I keep walkin'. Every back road in this county has at least 2 dumps, most are 50s-70s, right about the time the reclaimation act went into effect.

 

[towhead]

Yeah, I'm with Capsoda...Where's the picture of the Ford??!![]

 

[diggerjeff]

clay was used to cap privys also lime to keep the oder down. was not used much to cover dumps unless the dump smelled bad.

 

[RazorsEdge]

I didnt have a digital at the time when i pulled that ford out, but heres a pic of another car i found that led me to bottles....about a mile in the woods nothing around to be seen

 

[capsoda]

WoW!!!, Looks like a builder to me.He,He. Is that Bonney and Ciydes car.

 

[towhead]

Car parts-interior/exterior/engine/chrome etc go for a pretty penny on EBay. []