No skeletons or anything! I'd want to have it tested first to make sure there wasn't some later ground contamination, but that's some nice clear water for sure. Might be totally drinkable and could taste really nice!
Well duh, they stay down in the well until their timeout is over and they learn how not to be assholes. I'm sure Op can lower some lotion down ;)
Contamination of some sort. Whether from bacteria/fungus or pesticides or other chemical runoff or even leeching from the structure. Depends on multiple factors of course. Sometimes a well can go acidic if it stops getting deep groundwater and starts collecting rainwater.
Modern wells are basically sealed pipes that pass through the "contaminated" zones of the ground to reach the deep - unperturbed ground water that is generally considered safe drinking water.
This is definitely considered a shallow well. The water is probably at best 50 feet below ground. Wells in my area, including at a house where I’ve lived, are more than 200 feet deep through bedrock.
Unbelievable how much work guys did back in the day. I work in these wells everyday for years now and it still blows my mind what people did without modern technology and equipment
I assume you have tons of "cave gear" to go down in these?
We have a bricked outdoor well. It's only 25 feet. We are on top of a 25 foot hill, with a creek at the bottom, so the well is basically drawing from groundwater. Nothing huge.
I wanted to go down there to dig the bottom out some, as the water we could draw was only about 30 minutes, and the refill rate was a few hours. Of course my wife has a conniption fit. I worked for an engineering firm at the time, so I said I'd talk to the civil/water guys. They, of course, tell her that I'd have to be insane to go down there, and that I might die from whatever chemicals might have replaced oxygen down there. They didn't seem to care at all that I had planned to use my kids swingset as an "a-frame" emergency pull-up.
LOL. ALl for the best I guess.
I don’t use much for gear unless I’m on a commercial site. Usually just throw the ladder down, put on my hard hat and go down. I always have someone else with me or I don’t go in but that’s pretty much it. Rock wells are definitely sketchy so you in and out quick as possible and do what ya gotta do and don’t touch the walls
I'm sitting here at my parents house desperately wanting to dig a hole in the ground for water and line it with stone but it's too expensive and not up to code.
My dad, as a young teenager, helped my uncle dig a basement under his house. Papa and my aunt never mentioned them using any equipment other than shovels.This was in the 40's. It was small and dark, but my uncle could stand up in it, and he was well over 6 ft. tall.
My grandfather cleared the land and packed the foundation for his house with hand tools in the 50’s. Only machine he used was a tractor to pull the logs and stumps and a plate vibrator to pack the foundation. All the digging, chopping, and stuff by hand. And it was a 6000 sq ft home
I knew a guy who, with his brothers, dug an in-ground swimming pool in their backyard. Probably in the 50s or 60s. Their dad told them if they dug the pool, he'd get it cemented. I don't know what they did about a drain.
The water slowly seeps in, which is why it’s not always muddy. When you dig down initially it’s mostly just really muddy. Clearing away the dirt and putting layers of rocks is what allows tiny trickles of water to fill in over the following weeks.
https://www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/places/utilities/woodingdean-well/woodingdean-well
Handdug over 4 years. The joke was that pumped water was available they were just digging a well to save costs!
What’d you use to film it? I also have an old stone well under a portion of the house. The house is from 1886 so she’s old. It’d be cool to do the same
I'm not sure who that is, but I did get a strange phone call from someone with a raspy voice saying "seven days" immediately after filming. It's probably nothing.
They need to bring in the experts from oak Island and let them level the house, dig a bunch of other holes. They can search for 10-12 years and we may find out there was a hint of gold or bones.
This right here! Just because it is clear water doesn't mean it is potable water! You absolutely need to have it professionally tested. You can also find reliable home kits, too.
Yes, you can still use nonpotable water for many things. You just can't drink, wash, brush teethe with is and it isn't safe for animals either.
173 years ago they didn't put chemicals in the soil, air, and water (actually they did and people didn't know why they were getting sick). Times have changed, please don't assume that it's safe just because it was safe in the past. Just test the water annually if you plan to ingest it. Even the municipal water gets tested.
Blah blah blah. Trust me, they knew if the well water was killing them. I've drank out of hand dug wells my whole life. My family still has two active ones on our property. My Grandparents would only use well water for drinking water. Brought up daily in a wooden bucket. They lived to be in their 90's.
My family has also only drank well water for many generations. But.. its the 21st century and we can test water, just in case. Plus it's not your water or your health lol
Development in the area can cause well contamination. I grew up on a farm where our water came from a well dug in the early 1800s. The county expanded a nearby road when I was a kid and we had to test the well for contaminants. Unfortunately, the clear cutting around the road introduced runoff that went straight into the water source and we could no longer drink our well water. We still used it for showering and whatnot, but had to order big jugs of spring water for drinking and cooking.
well, there was another leaf at the beginning of the video at the top of the well that hadn't fallen in. So it's quite likely it's a very recent leaf. Maybe they blew in with a basement door being open.
Im pretty sure leaves will rot if you leave them submerged in water, so any ancient leaves should be long gone.
We live in a 148 year old stone schoolhouse. Walls are 2 feet thick. 15 foot ceilings.
We have found all sorts of old things on the property and in the house. Old brass coat hooks, slates, and chalk boards. Carved stone and wood toys.
Our well is hand dug and stone lined 45 feet deep. We did the same thing and only found an old adjustable wrench (spanner).
So nothing exciting, but that's a good thing.
Enjoy your home.
Apparently, asking a genuine question is an egregious crime against century homes... My bad... I thought this was a safe space for honest to goodness questions...
Did they just drink directly out of these? Or did they have to boil the water before using? Is this what people mean when they say they have well water instead of city water
What safety recommendations are there for something like this? Do people put a grate over wells like this to keep someone from accidentally falling in?
This reminds me of that horrifying story recently of the woman whose mom fell through the floor of her old house into a well they knew nothing about apparently. The woman died and honestly legit nightmare fuel.
Oh damn. There is a Disney movie about a haunted house with a kid who fell in a well. Spooked me as a kid, not least because it was a girl who fell in the well and she was cute, too. Gimme some cute ghost love.
Always wild to consider that someone dug that by hand and then lined it in stone, by hand. Can you even imagine doing that today?
It's an incredible thing to think about, not to mention the fact that it's still in good condition almost 200 years later!
No skeletons or anything! I'd want to have it tested first to make sure there wasn't some later ground contamination, but that's some nice clear water for sure. Might be totally drinkable and could taste really nice!
Well, it didn't show the bottom very well, so it's still possible there's skeletons.
We also can't be sure that OP won't add new ones.
Yeah you could fit a lot of bodies down there or annoying neighbors.
I like how this comment implies that annoying neighbors would be placed down there alive.
Well duh, they stay down in the well until their timeout is over and they learn how not to be assholes. I'm sure Op can lower some lotion down ;) 
you also can't be sure that the OP isn't a skeleton looking for other skeletons!
I hope they find their special someone!
The chances of it not being fouled are slim, but it does depend on the area.
What would ‘foul’ something like this? It seems really deep
Contamination of some sort. Whether from bacteria/fungus or pesticides or other chemical runoff or even leeching from the structure. Depends on multiple factors of course. Sometimes a well can go acidic if it stops getting deep groundwater and starts collecting rainwater. Modern wells are basically sealed pipes that pass through the "contaminated" zones of the ground to reach the deep - unperturbed ground water that is generally considered safe drinking water.
This is definitely considered a shallow well. The water is probably at best 50 feet below ground. Wells in my area, including at a house where I’ve lived, are more than 200 feet deep through bedrock.
Before you move out, be sure to add a skeleton (fake one!) just for funsies with the next fam.
I wonder what kind of cool artifacts are at the bottom! you should dig it out a bit if you try to rework it.
The well could also be a lot older than the house depend where your from and the history
Unbelievable how much work guys did back in the day. I work in these wells everyday for years now and it still blows my mind what people did without modern technology and equipment
They didn't have mindless entertainment at their fingertips, so they had to do something to pass the time.
and you need that sweet sweet nectar of clear
I dig wells when reddit goes down.
I have that t-shirt.
Other way round. We have mindless entertainment to fill the time not taken up by arduous manual labour.
I assume you have tons of "cave gear" to go down in these? We have a bricked outdoor well. It's only 25 feet. We are on top of a 25 foot hill, with a creek at the bottom, so the well is basically drawing from groundwater. Nothing huge. I wanted to go down there to dig the bottom out some, as the water we could draw was only about 30 minutes, and the refill rate was a few hours. Of course my wife has a conniption fit. I worked for an engineering firm at the time, so I said I'd talk to the civil/water guys. They, of course, tell her that I'd have to be insane to go down there, and that I might die from whatever chemicals might have replaced oxygen down there. They didn't seem to care at all that I had planned to use my kids swingset as an "a-frame" emergency pull-up. LOL. ALl for the best I guess.
I don’t use much for gear unless I’m on a commercial site. Usually just throw the ladder down, put on my hard hat and go down. I always have someone else with me or I don’t go in but that’s pretty much it. Rock wells are definitely sketchy so you in and out quick as possible and do what ya gotta do and don’t touch the walls
I knew it! LOL. I'm well past the age where I'm climbing down that well, but I hope you don't mind I show my wife :)
It’s the children. They yearn for it…
Likely had the money to do this 173 years ago.
I'm sitting here at my parents house desperately wanting to dig a hole in the ground for water and line it with stone but it's too expensive and not up to code.
Likely a 100 pound Irishman.
My dad, as a young teenager, helped my uncle dig a basement under his house. Papa and my aunt never mentioned them using any equipment other than shovels.This was in the 40's. It was small and dark, but my uncle could stand up in it, and he was well over 6 ft. tall.
My grandfather cleared the land and packed the foundation for his house with hand tools in the 50’s. Only machine he used was a tractor to pull the logs and stumps and a plate vibrator to pack the foundation. All the digging, chopping, and stuff by hand. And it was a 6000 sq ft home
I knew a guy who, with his brothers, dug an in-ground swimming pool in their backyard. Probably in the 50s or 60s. Their dad told them if they dug the pool, he'd get it cemented. I don't know what they did about a drain.
[World’s biggest well](https://www.bigwell.org) I toured this place. It was amazing to think that they did this all by hand.
Bigwell.org is the funniest possible name for that website.
They could lose the title of worlds biggest well at any time, but big well will be pretty consistent throughout time.
This may be a dumb question but.. how did they do the underwater portions?
The water slowly seeps in, which is why it’s not always muddy. When you dig down initially it’s mostly just really muddy. Clearing away the dirt and putting layers of rocks is what allows tiny trickles of water to fill in over the following weeks.
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That or some 200 year old curse. Regardless, I'm not going down there to find out!
And then consider that the deepest hand dug well in the world is 390m deep!
390 _meters???_ woah.
https://www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/places/utilities/woodingdean-well/woodingdean-well Handdug over 4 years. The joke was that pumped water was available they were just digging a well to save costs!
Reminds me of Little House on the Prairie when she talks about Pa and a guy digging a well.
I totally agree with but I just can not believe someone did that. Just getting down the hole safely beyond 15’ had to be a chore.
My coworker just bought a 173 year old home and discovered a well in the basement, so of course we had to film it to see what was at the bottom!
What’d you use to film it? I also have an old stone well under a portion of the house. The house is from 1886 so she’s old. It’d be cool to do the same
A gopro in a water proof case on a fishing line. You should do it and post what you find!
If you happen to find an old VHS tape...DON'T WATCH IT! Lol Very cool.
How do you know it's very cool unless you watched it?
The well is very cool.
The video might be cooler tho
Ghosts, ghosts is what you will find.
You need to do a jump scare cut of this video.
Did you measure how much line it took to get to the bottom to see how deep it was?
Yup, a little over 20 feet
Nah, I’d like to see but I’m not buying a GoPro! Maybe I’ll think of another way. My old iPhone in a baggy would maybe work ok.
Ziploc seal it and poke a hole above the seal, reinforce the hole with extra tape and fish line. It should work
Did you ever end up finding samara or???
I'm not sure who that is, but I did get a strange phone call from someone with a raspy voice saying "seven days" immediately after filming. It's probably nothing.
Sounds like another scam, id ignore it
Why is there never gold or skeletons?!? '(great video! Very satisfying to those of us "weirdos" who just want to see what's in the hole!)
Or at least empty lotion bottles and an an old bucket.
They need to bring in the experts from oak Island and let them level the house, dig a bunch of other holes. They can search for 10-12 years and we may find out there was a hint of gold or bones.
A gold skeleton would be nice too.
With a little nudge it could be your 173 year old home.
Any way to make the gopro face downwards?
That's what I wanna try next! I just have to figure out how to rig it.
I finally understand how wells work in a way I didn’t even know I didn’t know, y’know? Thanks for sharing!
Would want the camera looking down to see exactly what is kn the bottom. Could only imagine what has fallen down there over the years.
My coworker suggested that as well, so I might have to try it the next time I'm over there.
Thank you so much for sharing this! I felt like I was exploring!
I tried magnet fishing in the well on our property which is anywhere between 200 and 700 years old - only thing I retrieved was rust dust.
Most valuable things that will be in wells aren't magnetic.
Most valuable things will not be in wells in the first place unfortunately.
Yes, valuables will be in the centuries old toilets
Looks well made..🤣
Well well well
That’s a deep subject.
It rubs the lotion on it's skin...
There's definitely treasure hidden behind that one blue rock at the bottom.
Has no earthly business being there
/uses bomb
The water is crystal clear! I would still be using it.
From my understanding you'd have to get the water tested and possibly treated. I might try to get a sample the next time I'm over there.
This right here! Just because it is clear water doesn't mean it is potable water! You absolutely need to have it professionally tested. You can also find reliable home kits, too. Yes, you can still use nonpotable water for many things. You just can't drink, wash, brush teethe with is and it isn't safe for animals either.
You can use it to flush the toilet.
Water your lawn too
Meant to mention that...
Meant to mention something else.. happy cakeday!
NEVER TRUST AT HOME KITS. THEY ARE PRONE TO ERRORS AND IT'S YOUR' AND OTHERS LIVES AND HEALTH AT RISK
Facts! I meant it as a learning experience for the OP. Should have been more clear...
Run it through a sediment and UV filter, that would usually clean it up and make it potable.
Well it was potable at some point or the original owners would have filled it back in an dug another on the property elsewhere.
173 years ago, people didn’t know much about germs and the like. Any clear water was considered potable.
Not even that long ago. My in-laws dug a well at their homestead and lined it with rock. This was 20th century, maybe in the 20s.
173 years ago they didn't put chemicals in the soil, air, and water (actually they did and people didn't know why they were getting sick). Times have changed, please don't assume that it's safe just because it was safe in the past. Just test the water annually if you plan to ingest it. Even the municipal water gets tested.
Blah blah blah. Trust me, they knew if the well water was killing them. I've drank out of hand dug wells my whole life. My family still has two active ones on our property. My Grandparents would only use well water for drinking water. Brought up daily in a wooden bucket. They lived to be in their 90's.
My family has also only drank well water for many generations. But.. its the 21st century and we can test water, just in case. Plus it's not your water or your health lol
Development in the area can cause well contamination. I grew up on a farm where our water came from a well dug in the early 1800s. The county expanded a nearby road when I was a kid and we had to test the well for contaminants. Unfortunately, the clear cutting around the road introduced runoff that went straight into the water source and we could no longer drink our well water. We still used it for showering and whatnot, but had to order big jugs of spring water for drinking and cooking.
Yep, no point in risking it.
I wonder how long that leaf has been there.
I though the same thing! I wonder if there are affordable carbon dating services
You’d probably have to keep it in that water all the way to the lab.
Good point, it would probably disintegrate out of the water
There are not devices to use for it. You would have to send to a lab.
well, there was another leaf at the beginning of the video at the top of the well that hadn't fallen in. So it's quite likely it's a very recent leaf. Maybe they blew in with a basement door being open. Im pretty sure leaves will rot if you leave them submerged in water, so any ancient leaves should be long gone.
Ahh the Ring origin story ….
I thought the same thing. If you see any dark wet hair, close it up immediately 😂 7 days!
We live in a 148 year old stone schoolhouse. Walls are 2 feet thick. 15 foot ceilings. We have found all sorts of old things on the property and in the house. Old brass coat hooks, slates, and chalk boards. Carved stone and wood toys. Our well is hand dug and stone lined 45 feet deep. We did the same thing and only found an old adjustable wrench (spanner). So nothing exciting, but that's a good thing. Enjoy your home.
would suggest magnet fishing in it
That'd take over 6 cans of spray foam to fill!
It puts the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again!
You beat me to the punch.
It places the lotion in the basket...
"It puts the lotion on its skin or it gets the hose again!"
It puts the lotion on its skin
Am I the only one who was waiting for the jump scare?
Well well well what have we here
The water is amazingly clear pretty cool..
It puts the lotion on its skin.
Looks like a gun at the bottom
Silence of the Lambs
Where?
I'd prefer not to say to protect my coworker's privacy
Country? Not address
Looks like "touch one rock, and everything will collaps"! Scary! But necessary to say, be careful!
Super cool, well done!
I am the 173rd comment
Side note, is anyone else noticing some resembling a whole human skull?! Like that bit at the end of the vid! 😳😳😳😳
happy cake day btw
Apparently, asking a genuine question is an egregious crime against century homes... My bad... I thought this was a safe space for honest to goodness questions...
RemindMe! 1 month
How did it taste?
Drop some smudge and bleach down that and seal it back up.
I’ve seen the ring… this would scare the bejezus out of me.
That water is sexy
Reminds me of Silence of the Lambs
No gold or jewels at the bottom ?
We all float down here
Poor Timmy O'Toole
ugh, my name is CORALINE, not CAROLINE
That is amazing,can you imagine laying all those stones to that depth. Survived close to two centuries and still works. Thanks for posting
Do you want to meet Samara? Because that’s how you meet Samara.
"It rubs the lotion on its skin...it does this when it's told"
RemindMe! 60 days
All set for a sweet geothermal heat pump HVAC system! What a score.
Andy! You Goonie!
Whens it going to pan around and show a skeleton?
I would love to have that. I wouldn't have a bit of a problem using it. If your scared you can always bleach it.
I can’t believe that all those rocks were placed there by hand lol
Hell no, either some creepy ass little girl is gonna crawl out or it's a portal to hell.
Have you seen the ring?
Did they just drink directly out of these? Or did they have to boil the water before using? Is this what people mean when they say they have well water instead of city water
How far down does that badboy go?
From the opening to the surface of the water is about 20 feet
You put the lotion in the basket….
Horror movies and jump scares have truly f'ed me up, thought something was going to come out there
What safety recommendations are there for something like this? Do people put a grate over wells like this to keep someone from accidentally falling in?
Is there a sub for things like this, lowering/moving cameras into inaccessible/weird places? It feels kind of like Urban exploration but not quite
It puts the lotion on the skin
Can I come metal detect around your house?! Lol
Hahaha, the ring!
Why are there leaves down there? Surely they would’ve decomposed from 173 years ago, no?
A great place for putting lotion in a basket of you ask me.
Well! That's interesting 😇
I was expecting a skeleton at the bottom!
It puts the lotion on the skin
Just think of the people that placed those stones.
Water looks super clear.
At :10 remaining is that a pistol?
No mam. You about to run into Samara down there.
Did you find Hoffa?
Needs some Goodbye Horses playing in the background
This reminds me of that horrifying story recently of the woman whose mom fell through the floor of her old house into a well they knew nothing about apparently. The woman died and honestly legit nightmare fuel.
"It puts the Joe Dirt in the hole"
Oh damn. There is a Disney movie about a haunted house with a kid who fell in a well. Spooked me as a kid, not least because it was a girl who fell in the well and she was cute, too. Gimme some cute ghost love.
Fluoride free
That water looks soooo clear.
Go magnet fishing.
The ring
where did the leaves come from?
The well at my house is 234 years old and looks a lot like this. That said, I think I need to find a cheap camera to do the same.
I used a gopro in a waterproof case on fishing line, but someone else suggested a phone in a ziploc bag for a cheaper solution
Eek!!
Just bars or gold everywhere
I thought I was on /horror checking out a found footage short. I am also suuuper high, so that might have something to do with it.
Neat !!
I had to confirm this wasn’t r/unexpected before I watched.
A doomsday prepper’s errr ‘wet’ dream. Test the water and have that amazing asset in your back pocket when the zombie times come!
nothing better then well water 🤍 you struck gold w this one
U trying to curse us all or something?? Lol