Brian Goeppner arrived today, and we opened up the entrance. The entrance was blocked by an 8 inch round by several feet long bar of chert suspended like a prison bar. I hit it once with a railroad rock pick, and it shattered like glass. Whalla, A two foot by three foot entrance. Brian geared up and went in and I waited, and waited. I knew it was good, because I couldn't hear him anymore. After a while, Brian came out. He estimated that he went about 150 feet, before the cave Y'd off. He told me that I've got to come down there. He brought extra gear, and I went. The first 30 or so feet is a belly crawl. The belly crawl area averages about 1 and 1/2 to 2 feet high, but it's pretty wide, 4 feet at the narrowest. Then it opens up to a chamber about 5 feet high and pretty wide. The 150 feet or so that we went varies from belly crawls to 5 foot chambers. It has some cool rock formations. Brian didn't bring his good camera case, so we didn't get any pictures inside the cave, but next time he will. I don't really think either of us expected to find what we found today! About 30 or so feet into the cave, we found part of an old farm implement half buried in the floor. I had to have it, so we dug it out. This is my first time ever going in a cave, other than Marval Cave tours at Silver Dollar City!
Brian Goeppner entering the cave. I think he goes by Gep on this forum.
Me coming out of the cave, exhausted. I'm 6 foot 4, I don't think that's an advantage down there.
This picture shows the cave in relation to my house. You can see the entrance is only 15 feet from my property line. Whew.
Here's the implement. I think it's part of an old horse drawn tiller.
We're gonna get it mapped, and see where those Y caves lead, hopefully next week.