The metal detector I have should locate this down to about a foot or more.
Really depends on depth.
The other thought is if you do know where one end is, you might have some
success with a underground toner, especially if you can shove some sort of
locate wire in.
On Feb 17, 2015 9:18 PM, "Bill Prince" <part15...@gmail.com> wrote:
> As you may or may not know, California has been in a serious drought for
> the last 3 years. Interestingly, we got about 30" of rain where I live in
> just December. Didn't make much a dent in the drought, but it did turn a
> lot of dust into mud that flowed into culverts that had not seen action in
> quite some time.
>
> Well, we have kind of a long driveway with at least 7 culverts. A couple
> of these culverts got buried; seriously buried with all the dust turning
> into flowing mud.
>
> I spent half a day last weekend attempting to "un-bury" these things, but
> could not find them. I'm wondering if a metal detector could find them,
> and if anyone knows how deep a chunk of metal (like a 15" corrugated metal
> conduit) could be detected?
>
> One of the culverts is about 15" in diameter (might be 18", I didn't
> measure it). One end is exposed, and I know approximately where it should
> be on the opposite side of the driveway. I dug down to a depth of almost
> 5' with the tractor, and was not able to expose the buried end.
>
> However, the other culvert is only about 8" in diameter, and both ends are
> completely buried.
>
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>
> bp
> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
>
>
