aighead
Senior Member
I don't know if this is a dumb question or not. I'm open to it being dumb and removed due to the particularity/specificity of the question, so mods if you want to delete this fire away...
I’ve got the use for, basically, infinite amounts of rocks/boulders of varying size. While I don’t plan to sift through piles of dirt for rocks that are softball sized or smaller, the lovely wife and I will grab them when we see them and I don’t find any pockets of gravel sized stuff, really. This post is more specifically asking about rocks that are basketball sized (in any direction) and bigger.
I've read a lot about y'all digging up rocks in your adventures and with some mostly minor digging in my yard I've also found some. I assume all areas of the planet vary wildly in the concentration of rocks to be found but I'm wondering if there are any general tips or possible patterns to find rocks when you aren't digging in an area that is just chock full of rocks that end up being annoying to you.
So far, I’ve dug around in my yard and the neighbor’s yard, about a half mile away, a bit and I find the occasional big rock here and there. For an example, I dug a hole about 16 feet deep and probably a bit wider than that across and found 7-10 good sized rocks in that dig.
Do you experienced diggers find that I’m likely to have that same ratio in an area that isn’t heavily rocked? Are there ways to look at the ground that an inexperienced digger may not instinctively notice that may lead to a greater concentration of rock (or point to more rocks over here, for example)? At no point did I hit an area where I felt like I’d find more in the same place, so that hole was pretty sparse, but maybe I didn’t read the ground very well.
I know that the biggest boulder I have came from my pond when they dug it and it’s around 4’x7-8’ so there are substantial rocks out there but I’m not sure where to look. Do I just dig?
Thanks, as usual, for all y’all’s expertise!
I’ve got the use for, basically, infinite amounts of rocks/boulders of varying size. While I don’t plan to sift through piles of dirt for rocks that are softball sized or smaller, the lovely wife and I will grab them when we see them and I don’t find any pockets of gravel sized stuff, really. This post is more specifically asking about rocks that are basketball sized (in any direction) and bigger.
I've read a lot about y'all digging up rocks in your adventures and with some mostly minor digging in my yard I've also found some. I assume all areas of the planet vary wildly in the concentration of rocks to be found but I'm wondering if there are any general tips or possible patterns to find rocks when you aren't digging in an area that is just chock full of rocks that end up being annoying to you.
So far, I’ve dug around in my yard and the neighbor’s yard, about a half mile away, a bit and I find the occasional big rock here and there. For an example, I dug a hole about 16 feet deep and probably a bit wider than that across and found 7-10 good sized rocks in that dig.
Do you experienced diggers find that I’m likely to have that same ratio in an area that isn’t heavily rocked? Are there ways to look at the ground that an inexperienced digger may not instinctively notice that may lead to a greater concentration of rock (or point to more rocks over here, for example)? At no point did I hit an area where I felt like I’d find more in the same place, so that hole was pretty sparse, but maybe I didn’t read the ground very well.
I know that the biggest boulder I have came from my pond when they dug it and it’s around 4’x7-8’ so there are substantial rocks out there but I’m not sure where to look. Do I just dig?
Thanks, as usual, for all y’all’s expertise!