How to Dig an Off Grid Hill Side Spring By Hand
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- Josh is digging an off grid natural hill side spring! We are building our sustainable homestead from scratch and creating our water source.
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This is valuable information. I'll be retiring to the Ozarks and this is the stuff I need to know. Love it. If you have a skill like this, you're richer than a millionnaire. With the droughts happening all over the world, this spring is worth more than gold. Congratulations! Subscribed.
Springs dry up too!!!
@@THEODORE-n5d ok you certainly like to whine.
Determination and hard work. ❤
Very insightful. Appreciate your tips.
Give the earth a big hug and squeeze the water right out of it!
I've recently discovered I live on giant spring, it's one of them seep things. I noticed part of my yard seems to be "sinking", and there was a metal stake used to hold a fence down at the bottom of it in the depression. I wiggled it out and it was soaked, only about a foot down. I'm inspired.
lotta work based on a couple sticks. that's faith brother💯
Get yourself a trenching shovel. It is narrow and easier to work with when digging in our mountains here in Appalachia. This is how I dug my spring sans the rods. 750 feet from house, gravity fed. Best tasting water.
Bro, I bought some property and did the dowsing rod thing myself for first time and it worked.
Hard work out for sure. I've got one on my property I have to develop. I did a couple of videos messing around with it. It's still flowing from the pipe I shove in the hole. Love the way it tastes!
It may be funny to some BUT IT 100% WORKS !!!! As it has for 100,s of years. I worked at a place putting in a mobile home park. They need a well. The man came and hit a spot said it was where 4. 5. Springs came to gether. And he gave a depth. A well was dug and. It was even better than he said and it was 5 feet off on the depth so cool
I made my dousing rods out of 8 or 9 gauge copper wire bent into an L shape. Then I put the "handles" through a pair of drinking straws so I know my hands aren't interfering with how they turn. Works really well. Great job finding that water!
Nice!!
I would love a dedicated pair! Something you could pass down to your kids..
Sounds like you did really good with it, replace the straws with a bit of copper tubing and your ready to Rock and Roll in true Style!
Hey dude tnx for the cool information 😎 that's a great idea
finally, someone understands that pristine spring water and concrete dont mix
Coat hangers cut down and bent work great
looking real good and nice
You will find the right place with the water . keep going Josh , top man .
I'll do my best for sure+!
Thanks for watching!
You speak my language. Thank you for the video
I always enjoy these videos out in the woods! You will find the right spot I'm sure! Looking forward to more!🤗
As soon as possible I'll provide more!
Thank you for watching!
Glad I found your channel. Great info and nice to find a fellow traveler. Thanks for sharing this. It's more valuable than you can imagine.
Great video man!
Thank you Josh l appreciate this video
Dousing rods are amazing. We used it to find our over grown spring for the garden water. Works like a charm
They certainly do!
It's on my bucket list to make a nice set by hand.
They literally don't do anything lol
That’s some real good dirt
Started using dowsing rods around 7 or 8 to help my parents find water meters to read for billing on the weekends for a side hustle. I'm in my mid 30s now, have used them for various purposes since, and they always work...somehow
This is awesome
My husband teases me because when I'm doing any heavy work the first thing I grab is my mattock. Lol. It's what my deddy (that's not spelled wrong lol) taught me to use on our red Georgia clay.
That's my number one tool for digging as well!
If I can ever get enough free time to set up my blacksmith and forge and use it I'll be making some.
Another awesome video Josh. Keep it up buddy!
I'll keep on keeping on my man!!Thanks for watching!
Well I’ll be👍🏽👍🏽 helluva job
Where I am at there is no spring. But we do develop groundwater. So, this summer will use my post auger to hand auger a hole to use as a well. Since the auger has a pipe shaft threaded onto a "t" connector for the handle, just need more threaded pipe and couplings to extend the shaft. And since we stopped using gas to heat with (switched to wood), those old gas lines (1 3/4" steel pipe) are perfect to use so all I need is some connectors. Sure cuts the cost.
Will let you know how it goes for us.
That sounds awesome! Water is life!! Whatever it takes to get to it is always well worth it!
I got excited when I found the "well point" hand well system.. but it wouldn't work here. We sit on bedrock In the Appalachians..
Thanks for watching!!
Came here from Green Acre Homestead. I subscribed! So interested in how to find spring water and do what you are doing.
Welcome to the Journey!
It's capped now! Next is holding tanks.
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dude. that cracked me up. thats alot of work based on a couple of sticks hahahahaha. story of my life
This video was fun to watch my man. I feel like me and you would get along great
We probably would.
I’ve been shoveling for 3 days about 14ft Good flow, seem to have found a decent amount big rocks, about 2ft from surface. Lots of gravel feel and tons of mud… I definitely look like a homestead wreck… hopefully I can find the head? But I’m not even sure what a head looks like, but seems like water is still further up hill..
Dowsing rods may be an option to give you some idea where the head is.
It's also possible to put your collection system below that point if you've already found some large rocks.
As far as the structure of the spring you want to put that up against something solid like a large Rock so it doesn't collapse into your collection system over time.
Nice ❤️
This is my new favorite motto: "Our brain got us close, but magic will get us even closer." 😂
Thx man!
No problem! We sell spring collection kits on our website. Steepinthewoods.com
Josh, is the second pit you dug gonna be good enough for your water source? That is a lot of hard work. It will be worth the effort in the long run. Thank you for doing this one...I feel I may need this info. Looking forward to seeing the final product. Love and hugs to all.
Not sure yet.. But am very hopeful!
Few more days of digging left then begins the fun part! I'll be sure to bring you along for as much of it as I can!
As always thanks for watching!!
you might try post hole diggers for small diameter holes
I didn't believe in dowsing rods until I tried it! it didn't matter which direction I came from... X...marked THE SPOT!! I made mine out of 2 metal coat hangers bent into an "L".
I felt the same way when I first tried them! One day I hope to make a special pair by hand and maybe even a few spares to give away or sell.
I hope you have many blessings getting your home like you want it.
I also hope your septic system goes in a lot easier than this project!
Looking forward to the next one. Hi to your Mrs'nem.
It's installed already! They did it while I was at work one day..
I'll let them both know!
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Man I know that's hard work! Those rocks are content where they are and they're not too keen on switching locations! Took 'em years to get there after all. Hey man I heard some thick copper grounding wire makes great dousing rods, just bend 90's with enough on the end to make handles. Anyway, I'm no expert either.
I saw a pair of those the other day, and just had to pick them up!
Seems like everything worth doing is hard!
But -
hard work is like old age,
The worst thing in the world except for the opposite lol
man you can take two pieces of 14 gauge solid copper wire about 3ft long and bend six inches down on the end,to make a small seven shape and it works great,that's how we find underground water pipes.
I've heard that those work. I bought a pair myself, but haven't had to use it too much yet..
It's on my list at some point to make a special pair by hand.
Great work you rock young man
I support this channel one thousand precent
Thank you!
I just do what I can, and don't what I can't.
Hey Josh, glad i found your channel, your style reminds me alot of my own lol..been thinking of startin a country livin/woodworkin channel with the woman n the kids n the dogs n me..also, i think u mighta got yourself one a them there ticks stickin out the side of your neckpiece hoss, went back n looked, didnt notice it earlier in the video. Im sure by now tho you dun plukkteem awwreeady. Anyway, good luck with the spring, looking forward to seeing some more videos on it, may take some vids of my own n share em on here, im gonna start the revamp of my spring here in a month or so, I got a lil 10.5 acre sanctuary here in SW PENNA. a little over 2 years ago n has a setup that needs the damming redone. Hence why im here. Thanks 4 the video DaWgGg ⚓️
Welcome to the journey! We sold that property and bought 26 acres somewhere with no building codes. But we're here working just like before.
We sell spring kits now but I've also got a video, one of our more recent ones showing you the step-by-step build if you're not in a position to purchase one of ours.
I'll keep an eye on the comment section for you.
Thanks brother I appreciate the response....As for the spring kit, it's not that I'm not in the position to buy one, I just feel I don't need one. I have a springhouse, just gotta locate a source and dam it up so my springhouse can be fed again. I do asphalt paving n we about to be laid off for winter here in a month or so. Then I'm fixin ta gitatit
so you dig it, by hand? after stumbling upon it in the woods from logical deduction+then rods ?
how helpful!
I outline the rest (development, storage, even plumbing and gray water) in other videos
@@SteepintheWoods yaya, man! was just being silly, you seem like a good dude!
damn internet - reading it back, I sound like an asssssss
Hard work but it will pay off eventually! TFS Josh! Hope you find the right spot without too much labor!
Hard work is the worst thing on the world... Except before the opposite!
Theo Von is teaching me how to dig a trench, nice
I wish I had a spring near my house I’d love to put it on to my pond
That's a crazy thing about Springs, You never really know until you break out the tools!
If it were me, I would try dowsing rods and if you got any signals use post hole digger... That's the easiest way.
@@SteepintheWoods ok thanks I’ll try
What's up, came here from your brother's site. Watched y'all make driveway to your land
Welcome to the Journey!
Wouldn’t the lower spot be better than a higher spot for water?
The higher up you go the cleaner the water is because there's less opportunity for contaminants to get in it.
And if you're lucky, it'll be high enough to get gravity fed water pressure without pumps.
Hello Josh, I just tried to look at your Amazon Wish list. When I did it looked very familiar. Why would you have the same items as I do. When I looked at the top of the list it viewing my Private list. So it looks like the link references the viewers list and not your list. I will try to remember to check back and see if you have fixed it.
Ah, yes that was my first time on Amazon and I did get it wrong!
Thank you very much for watching!... And catching that!
@@SteepintheWoods Working OK now.
Badass. NH checking in! Nice job bub. Im doing springbox on our hillside spring.
Have you researched ram pumps?
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I have, there is a man local that sells them. An option I have certainly not ruled out!
I have all the supply's to cap it, but am waiting to make sure the design don't need any adjustments.
Thanks for watching!!
@@SteepintheWoods Nice bub! You can buy pretty sweet springbox for about $59 bucks....you put lower pipe from dam drain into it and it drops silt etc to bottom of box.
Im watching!
Thanks 👊
@@SteepintheWoods If you can....can you hook me up with ram pump guy? Id buy one tomorrow 😃
The thing that's doing the sensing in dowsing is you, not the rods. All the rods are doing is making it obvious what you are sensing; that's why pretty much anything will do for rods.
How can you tell if your over a spring using sticks
The sticks will cross over top of the water. It's pretty wild it literally feels like something's pulling on them, but it's very light.
The most important part is to be thinking about water (or whatever it is you're looking for) as you're doing it
Where is this?
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Our brain got us close but magic got us closer!!! Love good ol boy's!! Fun video with good information
6:34,. This guy needs a drink lol
The higher up? As the rock and strata filter it, I dont understand that methodology. Did ya ever find any good stones?
It would have been very easy the cap that spring 40 ft lower where it was above ground. but you want to find it right where it comes out of the rocks as far up as you can get it.
We have not had a chance to look in a while, but this area is known for garnets, rubies, emeralds, as well as gold.. Though because if its weight gold us the mist work to find.
@@SteepintheWoods yes sir. I understand what ya are saying now. I'm a retired miner, and I still rockhound these hollars for their treasures. I'm in Appalachia coal fields. Jaspers bout all I find and coal. A lot of fossils. Love what you're doing, the knowledge must be preserved.
My friend you need an electric tiller and a loooong extension cord (or a powerful enough power bank)
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Dowsing for water looks ridiculous and as a scientist I find it absurd. However, I've done it and it worked.
I was helping a friend build his house. He handed me rods, told me to walk the acreage and to put a stick in the ground where they crossed. I laughed, drank a beer and did as he said. Half hour later I was done, certain this was nonsense. He walked over and pointed out where his dad and a neighbor had marked their spots, within a couple feet. We had two more people do it blind, same result. The well is still operating, 17 years later.
Yep! I'm certainly no scientist..
But,
I do know the human brain is extraordinarily gifted in the way of things it can ignore.. (the slight pressure of your socks pressing against your feet for instance)
So it seems theoretically possible at something like dowsing rods can pick up on a person's ability to sense a thing he's been ignoring his whole life..
We certainly don't get much water out of our spring.. but it is constant and forever as such we have never had any problems in the way of running out of water.
I hate that sound when the shovel hits a rock and the thoughts that go through one’s mind, the first being “I’ll bet that rock is so big that I’ll have to start a new hole.”
You sound like a man that's done about as much digging as I have!
@@SteepintheWoodsI’ve done both kinds: literal and metaphorical. Lately, I’ve been doing much more of the latter!
Someone from Jason Crocker’s channel recommenced to me to check your channel out🎈 so I subscribed🎈 awesome video💞🎈
That's surprising! I would be Interested to know how that came about!
Thank you very much for taking the time to watch!!
Welcome to the journey!!
I used a mattic myself and I am a women women can use them to its a workout for sure come on ladies give it a try
Omgggggg
Lol interesting to watch buttttt idk if I'm going to hire him?
Although I did see some water in that hole.
Now take and dam below where the water is flowing out 5ft to 6 ft and the put salt near your dam and then put in crawdads near your dam on the side near your water flow salt will make the crawdads go for fresh water and you will have a bigger flow of water 💦 Let me know how it works.
To be a professional Dobler you need a dried thin Persimmon limb shaped like a wishbone..then you hold the limber fork ends Loosely in your thumb and little finger and it point downward at the water
We have several springs and seeps on our property. Plus a spring fed creek and a spring fed pond.
I guess I don't have a shortage of water. We use rain catchment for the house .
So far we have found six springs here, unfortunately we had to kick one of the neighbors off of the lowest one.. wasn't a very pleasant situation..
So far this one produces much more than we use but I still want to damn and divert our middle Creek over to the house one day!
@@SteepintheWoods Its amazing the problems a person can have with some neighbors. At one time we had'em trespassing and taking down gates. There livestock destroying my property, fruit trees . I grew up in the country, farm family. Was taught to respect others property.
And if you're not sure stay off or ask permission. I stay armed at all times ,cuz of critters. Lol. It seems that there will always be a few problems.
We do have a few really good neighbors.
It all takes time everyday it seems like a new project needs to begin.
Don't give up and make a list and prioritize it. You guys seem to be heading in the right direction. As time and money permits you will eventually have the things to make life easier.
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I sure hope your right!
We also keep "Strong arguments" at hand both day and night.
LOL
Witchcraft works. It makes things easier. Beware of the long term consequences.
You can go across the ‘water spot’ with your rods and think about he depth Ie 0 to 50 feet if you get a signal then try 0 to 25 ft. Then 0 to 1om ft. Then 0m to 5 ft. If you lose signal then try 5 to 10 ft. Then try 5 to 7.5 ft etc until you pinpoint the depth
Dowsing is demonic.
That's how u dig one wtf
Stop talking and start digging
Your just too country not to follow, thank you.
yep ,them dollartree shovels dont last long
China junk filling up our land fills