Here are two pics of the disk we made based on the requests and suggestions of the members. One is of the disk ( my wife has helped me with everything of course ),the articles and links all of you sent were of great help. As you can see, we copied the recommended design as closely as possible, the only thing we strayed off course a bit from was the recommend size, we were only able to get a large, 14" pizza pan, but I realize that size is not that important ( nope, not gonna touch that
and if anything would make it easier to spot than an 8" pan. I marked the pole, beginning at the 6" spot, and every 2" after.
The second pic is a measurement taken today after we finished adding a final top off of water from the well this past week, so with the addition of nearly half a million gallons of water total, the pond is at its clearest state it can be seen, the noticeable difference will slowly fade until ( depending on heat/sun/other conditions ) it returns to its normal clarity, usually about a week , ten days at the very max.
As you can see, it is at 14" or so today, The large white sections are pretty tough to see at all any lower, in fact, we can't. However, I know I need to take many readings at the same time of the day at the same spot etc, and I think I still need to find that spot, as I nearly fell in and with my back broken, it is nearly impossible for me to tread water for more than even a few seconds, I sink like a stone after that, and my wife can't swim AT ALL ( plus, she is terrified by the rather large and abundant water snakes and our numerous and friendly....ok, WAY to friendly snappers ) so we are gonna walk around and look for a place that can be accessed all year around. I can wade out now, but might not want to do that in November
so if I add an extension to the handle, I can lower it from one of the two bridges safely....and tying myself off to it at the same time!
I see when I look at the "preview post" that I cannot see the two files I attached. I will post this, if I then see they did not attach, I will try again, I am still getting used to this, so please continue to bear with me, as all of you have been so kind to do so far. Thanks!
