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Detecting over old rubbish dump sites.
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<blockquote data-quote="Goldtarget" data-source="post: 359626" data-attributes="member: 2152"><p>If you are going to I'll offer some advice based on my professional opinion. lt's pretty straightforward, you never know what you will uncover. I say this as an ex scrap metal business owner and from working in management of modern landfills.</p><p></p><p>I once cleaned and old dam site up on a piggery. I pulled out over 20 tonne of metal among all the hard and domestic rubbish. As I got close to the bottom I got snagged on something sharp. As I dug up what had got me I went ashen faced. Here was old syringe ends used on treating the pigs and it was a long wait getting tested for any nasties.Turned out ok thankfully.</p><p></p><p>The other example was doing some clean up work on an old council dump. We hit a pile of asbestos about 6 inches under soil, illegally dumped post closure. The other nasty on the site was some medical waste, which turned out to be very low risk, but you never know.Not forgetting some dump piles would have be burnt in times passed, stuff gets pretty nasty after open air incineration.</p><p></p><p>You could throw a tin of gold sovereigns in the middle of an old waste pile and I would leave it. Not worth the risks for me but if anyone wanted to have a dig I'd suggest good thick clothing, gloves and a face mask at least.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Goldtarget, post: 359626, member: 2152"] If you are going to I'll offer some advice based on my professional opinion. lt's pretty straightforward, you never know what you will uncover. I say this as an ex scrap metal business owner and from working in management of modern landfills. I once cleaned and old dam site up on a piggery. I pulled out over 20 tonne of metal among all the hard and domestic rubbish. As I got close to the bottom I got snagged on something sharp. As I dug up what had got me I went ashen faced. Here was old syringe ends used on treating the pigs and it was a long wait getting tested for any nasties.Turned out ok thankfully. The other example was doing some clean up work on an old council dump. We hit a pile of asbestos about 6 inches under soil, illegally dumped post closure. The other nasty on the site was some medical waste, which turned out to be very low risk, but you never know.Not forgetting some dump piles would have be burnt in times passed, stuff gets pretty nasty after open air incineration. You could throw a tin of gold sovereigns in the middle of an old waste pile and I would leave it. Not worth the risks for me but if anyone wanted to have a dig I'd suggest good thick clothing, gloves and a face mask at least. [/QUOTE]
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