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How to find a well
We recently purchased some property that has an old (100+ yrs) cabin on it. Through some research and talking with neighbors we determined that there is a well on the property *somewhere*. The cabin did not have indoor plumbing, just an outhouse, so there are no pipes to follow/trace/etc. The outhouse is still standing, about 150 feet or so from the cabin. I'm guessing the well might be in the opposite direction, but just a guess. Does anyone have any advice on where to look for the well? There is so much random bits and pieces of metal in the ground from roofing tin, broken farm implements, etc, that a metal detector goes off every few feet. It is also possible that the well was hand dug and doesn't have a metal pipe, although we don't see any kind of well house, cement cap, boarded up cover, etc. In my area (Tennessee) wells weren't required to be registered with the state until the 1980s. Anything prior to that time isn't recorded anywhere, according to the person I spoke with at the water resources agency. And this cabin probably has not been occupied in at least 50 years. Thoughts? submitted by /u/DerekKnowsNothing [link] [comments]
We recently purchased some property that has an old (100+ yrs) cabin on it. Through some research and talking with neighbors we determined that there is a well on the property *somewhere*. The cabin did not have indoor plumbing, just an outhouse, so there are no pipes to follow/trace/etc. The outhouse is still standing, about 150 feet or so from the cabin. I'm guessing the well might be in the opposite direction, but just a guess.
Does anyone have any advice on where to look for the well? There is so much random bits and pieces of metal in the ground from roofing tin, broken farm implements, etc, that a metal detector goes off every few feet. It is also possible that the well was hand dug and doesn't have a metal pipe, although we don't see any kind of well house, cement cap, boarded up cover, etc.
In my area (Tennessee) wells weren't required to be registered with the state until the 1980s. Anything prior to that time isn't recorded anywhere, according to the person I spoke with at the water resources agency. And this cabin probably has not been occupied in at least 50 years.
Thoughts?
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