I live near Fortville. I have found very little clay but my land has been mostly undisturbed. Most areas I've dug is 12"-24" of nice top soil and sandy loam beneath. It seems that the valleys on my property is where I start hitting clay.
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Egon
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When still farming with horses my Father found lots of arrowheads while working the fields. There was even a riffle/pistol muzzle about a foot long.
A friend of mine about a mile away found a huge Mastadon tooth while digging in his yard. That thing was almost perfectly preserved. I find big sharks teeth all the time here and one arrowhead so far. We're in the Texas Panhandle so not very close to water here. This whole area was ocean a long time ago though.
On our other place in Arkansas, there are indian burial mounds all over the place which we have never disturbed. Don't plan to any time soon either. They have made a few movies about people doing things like that.
One of these days when I move back there and start farming it again, I'm sure I'll find enough arrowheads and old bullets to keep occupied. I sure did when I was a kid.
On our other place in Arkansas, there are indian burial mounds all over the place which we have never disturbed. Don't plan to any time soon either. They have made a few movies about people doing things like that.
One of these days when I move back there and start farming it again, I'm sure I'll find enough arrowheads and old bullets to keep occupied. I sure did when I was a kid.
rdbrumfield
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Living in western Washington, we do have a diverse soil system.
I work all over as an operating engineer, and the soils run from pure blue clay to solid rock. I was cutting a road in between renton and issaquah and ran into what looked like burnt wood in the rock I was loading. Low and behold a block of wood rolled out of the cut. It is about 2 1/2 ft through and 3ft tall. I was so surprised to find petrified wood on the west side of the cascades. I know there is a lot on the east side and is colorful, but the west side is just kind of a dark color. There is some small beads in it that look like bug eggs. White and in a cluster. I did some investigation about it and found that to get petrified wood it has to be covered with ash. So I expect that Mt. Rainier had dumped several ft as I was down about 10 when I found it.
I work all over as an operating engineer, and the soils run from pure blue clay to solid rock. I was cutting a road in between renton and issaquah and ran into what looked like burnt wood in the rock I was loading. Low and behold a block of wood rolled out of the cut. It is about 2 1/2 ft through and 3ft tall. I was so surprised to find petrified wood on the west side of the cascades. I know there is a lot on the east side and is colorful, but the west side is just kind of a dark color. There is some small beads in it that look like bug eggs. White and in a cluster. I did some investigation about it and found that to get petrified wood it has to be covered with ash. So I expect that Mt. Rainier had dumped several ft as I was down about 10 when I found it.
ETD66SS
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I live just south of Lake Ontario. In fact, where my lot is, it was the ancient Great Lake. It was under water about 12,000 years ago.
I have hit veins of pure white sand. I've also hit patches of very bright orange sand.
I have hit veins of pure white sand. I've also hit patches of very bright orange sand.
TomPenny
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When I was a kid, my stepdad in order to please the little hellish person I was asked "what do you want for your 8th birthday"
I said, I want a monkey. So he bought me a chimpanze. Turned out to be the nastiest meanest creature I've ever known. It hated me and I hated her. It died prematurely relative to most monkeys I assume and I thought that was great.
We buried MariAnn the monkey in the back yard. A nice old colored fella lives in that house now. My grandmother still lives across the street. I sit every now and then watching this old man run his tiller right over the monkeys shallow grave, wondering when his going to till up a skull.
I said, I want a monkey. So he bought me a chimpanze. Turned out to be the nastiest meanest creature I've ever known. It hated me and I hated her. It died prematurely relative to most monkeys I assume and I thought that was great.
We buried MariAnn the monkey in the back yard. A nice old colored fella lives in that house now. My grandmother still lives across the street. I sit every now and then watching this old man run his tiller right over the monkeys shallow grave, wondering when his going to till up a skull.
SPIKER
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LOL @ tompe:
my place is ~60 miles 80 miles South of lake erie: SO I live in some large rolling hills all overburden that the glasures removed. never know what you will hit, large boulders are common on my place rounded granite types. about 30" down I hit a ~1' thick layer of fine sand stone/gravel mix that water will run out of & fill up any hole ya dig. once you get though it it is sand stone anything below about 15~20' top soils is mostly clay down to the gravel layer which seems to vary a lot in thickness. extremely hard to dig through. that 1' of gravel takes longer to dig through than the top 30" and the bottom 4' below it. once I get to ~5' there is a 2nd gravel layer that is also dang near to dig through.
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my place is ~60 miles 80 miles South of lake erie: SO I live in some large rolling hills all overburden that the glasures removed. never know what you will hit, large boulders are common on my place rounded granite types. about 30" down I hit a ~1' thick layer of fine sand stone/gravel mix that water will run out of & fill up any hole ya dig. once you get though it it is sand stone anything below about 15~20' top soils is mostly clay down to the gravel layer which seems to vary a lot in thickness. extremely hard to dig through. that 1' of gravel takes longer to dig through than the top 30" and the bottom 4' below it. once I get to ~5' there is a 2nd gravel layer that is also dang near to dig through.
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tallyho8
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Every time I dig a hole over a foot deep I hit........water!
It may have something to do with living close to New Orleans.
It may have something to do with living close to New Orleans.
Shirleyshusband
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A site I use quite a bit for fun is (it takes a while to load);
Web Soil Survey
Click on the tab "Area of Interest", zoom in to your area of interest, then click on the "ADI" tool. Draw a square around where your area of interest (double click to close the square). Now click on the "Soil Map Tab".
The layout you get is remarkably accurate! If I remember correctly the survey was done in 1956 and 1957 in the Wisconsin area.
It's also an easy way to measure acreage.
Web Soil Survey
Click on the tab "Area of Interest", zoom in to your area of interest, then click on the "ADI" tool. Draw a square around where your area of interest (double click to close the square). Now click on the "Soil Map Tab".
The layout you get is remarkably accurate! If I remember correctly the survey was done in 1956 and 1957 in the Wisconsin area.
It's also an easy way to measure acreage.
