Latching on to this thread.. Dinsmore, we close on our property the 15th, its 12.2 acres off 121. I would LOVE to have a conversation with you about who dug yours the things you had to do to get ready for it and follow your progress. I am looking digging one a little over a half acre and have use for a large amount of the dirt, but my head is filled with WAY more questions than people I have available to bounce them off of when it comes to digging a pond where the water table is about a foot deep.