the soil is not rocky or sandy it is just an old cattle farm there is a smaller pond 30 yards away that is 3 ft deep and 1/2 the size that stays full go figure
My plan is going to be to hire someone to bring in a skidloader and start digging it away, my guess is there has to be a crack across the entire bottom as fast as water drains out. we did dig a 4 ft hole with the bobcat and it will hold water for a couple of weeks then it either drains or evaporation just as a test. Most quotes I have been given run around 1K to dig it out, repair and it and core it. that is 85-120 an hour on a front loader. Does that seem reasonable ? It costs me 400 to rent a bobcat a day so having someone with more expertise is probably worth the time when I do it I'm not sure a bobcat can core it, it can certainly find the leak I hope
