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	Privy digging « on: June 26, 2009, 09:58:54 am »

Hello All new member with Questions
Has any body ever dug a privy that was below the water table and it filled up as you dug deeper?

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	Re: Privy digging « Reply #1 on: June 26, 2009, 11:48:08 am »

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Sorry Haven't dug one but am eager to hear what others say!

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	Re: Privy digging « Reply #2 on: June 26, 2009, 12:22:46 pm »

Welcome to the forums. Can't say that I have. Anyways, welcome aboard!! Wink

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	Re: Privy digging « Reply #3 on: July 01, 2009, 04:52:41 pm »

I've haven't ever either, but I would think a bilge pump would help perhaps? Depends how far below the water table and the rate at which it fills with water.

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	Re: Privy digging « Reply #4 on: August 01, 2009, 03:51:06 pm »

I was thinking of a bilge pump too. Not sure if it would work. I have never done that type of digging.

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	Re: Privy digging « Reply #5 on: August 06, 2009, 12:40:59 pm »

EEeeewwww the thought of it. But, no doubt a lot of things get dropped into a privy! Even the chemical ones of current day!

The old ones where it's 'contents' would certainly be dissolved, and perhaps some quite interesting finds.

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	Re: Privy digging « Reply #6 on: January 26, 2010, 03:29:36 pm »

I have dug a privy or two,never ran into water, you must have a high water table,bilge pumps are not that good(the kind used for boats) but a good irrigation pump would do the job real good, a swimming pool pump would be a cheap way to go,you can find them at yard sales, second hand stores,scrap yards. lots of luck

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	Re: Privy digging « Reply #7 on: February 13, 2010, 10:42:32 am »

i have seen areas with t-hunting markers and tried to initiate digging but we are helpless to counter the fast flow of water due to our incapacity to rent devices

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	Re: Privy digging « Reply #8 on: February 09, 2011, 10:14:18 pm »

Yes. Dig it with one section a few feet deeper than the rest of the pit you are digging. If you have power, get an old bucket and drill holes in it, small, and put a sump pump inside of it and drain your pit. Even if you dont have a sump, wait til the dryest time of year and bucket the water out. It is messy but you can do it. I have dug along the Mississippi and had constant water to deal with...

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