I'm wondering what would be the best containers for long term burial....and don't say a coffin!
I meant that you can buy 1-foot diameter PVC pipe and endcaps at the hardware store, and that you can probably get larger-diameter pipes from other sources.BKT probably meant to say you can have them in 1" INCREASES, in sizes to well over 18" in diameter at the hardware store.
It's about $20/foot. Not too expensive, IMO. 6" pipe costs considerably less and may be suitable, depending on what's being cached.I agree, but that is an EXPENSIVE way to do things.
PVC cement tends to make things pretty darn waterproof. That's been my experience, anyway.And, the amount of waterproofing you will need to do will depend on what you are trying to preserve and where you are trying to preserve it...
Exactly right. It's fine to secure your cache, but it won't help you if you can't find it again. It's very, very easy to lose something you buried months or years ago. Use your head when choosing a place to dig.I've heard more than one story about something being 'buried' and when they went back to get it in a few years, The tree or fence post or what ever they used to locate the 'Stash' was gone and they would up digging up half the county!
Rock outcroppings and concrete foundations or post are good landmarks, just about anything else can't be trusted!
A friend of mine, has 100 acres and equipment, back hoe, etc.
He buried a whole 50' container, under about three feet of soil, with a cement access hole, as in a manhole access. He hid the entrance under carefully planted bushes and some black berry bushes.
nobody knows except his wife and son.
and you !!
depends on the size of the container.I want to know what there burying!
I'm just saying right here right now we need to stop the English languages stupid rules. It makes it stupidly complicated for no other reason than exclusion. I'm not advocating the use of text spelling I think our language would better serve us though if we didn't get hung up on spelling of different words that sound the same. I'm not saying no to grammar. I feel that's important in order to convey meaning. Just a thought.well, ya see, it's this way
I am one of the worst spellers you'll ever find.
It really wets my powder when I see someone else doing it.
HowEVER, I do know a bit about grammar and punctuation.
And it REALLY fractures my frizzen when it isn't done proper.
even though I can't seem to do it correctly, either
But then, they don't call me Questor "Bar Sinister" for nuttin'
I also know enough Martial Arts to get myself hurt, really bad
If you give the water a place to "run off to", it will collect in the lower places under ground. When you bury whatever you need to bury, lay the liner over the top just before you put the dirt back into place and it should help keep the products that much dryer by moving the water further away.Aren't those things a bit pricey ???
And, how do you seal it to make it waterproof ???
You, Sir, are correctI'm just saying right here right now we need to stop the English languages stupid rules. It makes it stupidly complicated for no other reason than exclusion. I'm not advocating the use of text spelling I think our language would better serve us though if we didn't get hung up on spelling of different words that sound the same. I'm not saying no to grammar. I feel that's important in order to convey meaning. Just a thought.