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I have heard that there are underground caves in our area and it is very rocky. lisat is offline Reply With Quote lisat View Public Profile Send a private message to lisat Find More Posts by lisat [psaction.jpg] Join PreparedSociety.com Today - It's Free! Are you a survival enthusiast? Then we hope you will join the community. You will gain access to post, create threads, private message, upload images, join groups and more. PreparedSociety is owned and operated by fellow preparedness enthusiasts. We strive to offer a non-commercial community to learn and share information. Join PreparedSociety.com Today! - Click Here Old 10-31-2008, 12:01 AM #2 solaceofwinter Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 63 Default _________________________________________________________________ Id love to know as well. i believe to have one on my property has one. no clue how to find it or make any use of it. solaceofwinter is offline Reply With Quote solaceofwinter View Public Profile Send a private message to solaceofwinter Find More Posts by solaceofwinter Old 12-17-2008, 03:25 AM #3 flatwater Junior Member flatwater's Avatar Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 45 Default _________________________________________________________________ I look for veggetation that is very tall and healthier then the plants around it. or what type of trees are around in combination with the above. aspins are a good sign , the more the better. Sometimes willows and ceder work also. On a side hill look for sepiege. You can dig a whole with a shovel or posthole digger or even a power augar. I douse also which gives me a better idea of where the water is and the direction of the flow. If your real sure where there is water then use a backhoe. flatwater __________________ Always walk a mile in your enemies shoes , that way your a mile ahead of them and you have their shoes flatwater is offline Reply With Quote flatwater View Public Profile Send a private message to flatwater Find More Posts by flatwater Old 12-17-2008, 12:36 PM #4 jams002 Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 4 Default _________________________________________________________________ i want to know that how to find an natural spring water in one place?! ___________________ Great thing to know about busby seo test. jams002 is offline Reply With Quote jams002 View Public Profile Send a private message to jams002 Find More Posts by jams002 Old 12-17-2008, 12:36 PM #5 jams002 Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 4 Default _________________________________________________________________ i want to know that how to find an natural spring water in one place?! ___________________ Great thing to know about busby seo test. jams002 is offline Reply With Quote jams002 View Public Profile Send a private message to jams002 Find More Posts by jams002 Old 12-26-2008, 07:31 PM #6 skip Old hillbilly Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: , MO Posts: 96 Default _________________________________________________________________ Elderberries are another sure sign that water is not very deep. skip is offline Reply With Quote skip View Public Profile Send a private message to skip Find More Posts by skip Old 01-13-2009, 02:33 PM #7 lisat Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 51 Default _________________________________________________________________ This is too funny. After posting this I followed our sometimes dry creek bed up the small mountain behind our house looking for a spring. There is always water trickling somewhere and mountain isn't big enough to have runoff all the time. Someone many years ago built this rock waterfall and at the base of it there appears to be a natural spring bubbling out of the ground! I cleared around it and don't find a source. It is dry everywhere around it. I followed up above the waterfall to see if I could find someplace else the water could be coming from and don't see anything. Someone put PVC pipe at the water source and ran it all the way down into a huge concrete cistern. I can hear it trickling in there. It has a metal roof over it. It is then piped from the other side down the mountain to the back of our property where the pipe is capped. I took it off and it is trickling into the creek bed again. I am guessing the cap is to fill the cistern and then you could use it for watering your back property where there is no plumbing. I found the reason for this elaborate set up. There are remains of a still nearby. I found 2 furnaces and remains of a bunker type hole in side of mountain. There are rusting barrels laying around. We had been told there was an old still on our property. Is this water safe to boil and drink? Or would I need to get water at source in ground? It is bubbling up out of the ground. I can take pictures if it would help. lisat is offline Reply With Quote lisat View Public Profile Send a private message to lisat Find More Posts by lisat Old 01-13-2009, 04:35 PM #8 The_Blob performing monkey The_Blob's Avatar Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: corner of 'BF' & 'you gotta purty mouth', Ohio Posts: 1,459 Default _________________________________________________________________ you could always have samples tested, I don't think it's expensive we have several springs in the area, none on my actual property though, & the water is very very good The_Blob is online now Reply With Quote The_Blob View Public Profile Send a private message to The_Blob Find More Posts by The_Blob Old 01-14-2009, 02:38 AM #9 lisat Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 51 Default _________________________________________________________________ Good idea I will have it tested. I wonder since it passes through the cistern and then all that PVC to my yard may have mildew in it. Maybe throw some bleach in there. It ends up in our pond that is stocked with fish. lisat is offline Reply With Quote lisat View Public Profile Send a private message to lisat Find More Posts by lisat Old 01-14-2009, 07:45 PM #10 mongoose Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 5 Default _________________________________________________________________ Try looking in the paper for ads that says 'land with a natural spring' or just go walking around when it's really dry mongoose is offline Reply With Quote mongoose View Public Profile Send a private message to mongoose Find More Posts by mongoose Reply Page 1 of 2 1 2 > Thread Tools Show Printable Version Show Printable Version Email this Page Email this Page Display Modes Linear Mode Linear Mode Hybrid Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Threaded Mode Switch to Threaded Mode Similar Threads Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post Interesting write-up... 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