I paid $300 for a 'professional' ground penetrating radar scan of a field and it found a septic tank

The guy showed up with a fancy looking unit and gave me a map full of 'anomalies'. Turns out the biggest one was just an old concrete tank from the 1970s. Has anyone else had a local survey go this wrong before a dig even started?

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simonk9824d agoMost Upvoted

My neighbor paid for a similar scan last year. The report marked a "large metallic object" that turned out to be a buried tractor bucket.

roberth6624d ago

Classic @simonk98, that's a pricey bucket find!

beth_park24d ago

Pricey bucket find" is putting it lightly. Imagine paying for a fancy scan and getting all worked up over buried treasure, only to have to dig up a rusty old tractor part. That's the kind of surprise that makes you want to bill your neighbor for the manual labor. At least it wasn't a body, I guess.