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How much do you guys reckon that that a microgravity study of a couple of acres would cost?

If this isnt in the right section, feel free to move it.. wasnt really sure where to post it.

Talk to Jeff Bray. Lewisburg, WV.

He is in the new Members Manual.

Yep, Jeff is the man. His company is http://www.maxweltongeosolutions.com/index.html

Thanks folks, I'll give him a ring!

well, how much does it cost, and what did you find?

hehe... i am still wondering too. I'm havent had a chance to contact him yet. The reason I was wondering is my dad has several acres in Georgia in the same geology as several other caves. I;ve noticed many karst features, one that may have potential if dug open, on his property. I'm not convinced there is caves there but I am convinced there are at least cavities, as they hit one or two when trying to dig their well. (300' til they got water). I'm trying at the time to convince my dad to explore it further though... so I was just curious about a ballpark figure about the micrograv scans...

If you are planning to dig with a backhoe or something similar you probably won't want to go much deeper than 30 feet. Certainly 50'-100' would be out of the question. For something only 30'-40' deep you should look into dipole-dipole resistivity, like the Sting Array that many geophysists use when looking for cavities. Resistivity would be much faster and maybe an order of magnitude less cost.

Just a thought.

wait! I want to chime in...

talk to Jeff Bray.

*phew* glad I got that off my chest.

john