Hey Manris. Nice to see a local pond boss member! Yeah I am going to start with the DEC and see where that gets me. I know I will have to go the excavated route, would be nice to tap the creek for some water supply. Don't know what they will think about that. Thanks for the offer on the soil. I wish that would help alot of my problems... but yes you are right on.. I used to live on Slocum backing to the oar beds.. lots of the good ole red clay over there. I miss the ore beds I used to back up to.

Yeah I am gonna monitor the test pit for the next 9 months or so to see where it goes. Right now it is at 2' below ground level. So we will see where it goes.

There is one pond right two houses down. Will have to stop in and see how the process went for them. But as it looks now I will have to bring in some clay to get anywhere. Lots of sand and dolomite seems to be the main theme.

Thanks for the advice. Will have to start the questioning process with the town as well to see where that might get me.