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Be careful using the wires. I've used them to find pipes, conduits, underground wires, leach fields, septic tanks, etc., etc. If you use them enough, you can get a bit of a feel as to what's underground - especially electrical. I prefer forked sticks for water. I used both to find the location for my well (only location on the property, 500 ft., 40 gal./min.). Haven't dug a well on my own, but I'd imagine you might be able to rent a power auger for only twenty (plus) feet. If I were doing it, I'd make the diameter decent sized, drill deeper than you want the well to be, pour in some gravel, use larger diameter, plastic pipe (I know well companies buy it with vertical slits), and pour gravel down between the pipe & the sides of the hole (gravel sleeve). Of course, you have to pay attention to the integrity of the ground you're drilling/digging in.
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Marv Evans
'69 911E
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