Get a step lawn edger (blade with a handle, you step on it and
cut a slot in the grass ; handle lets you stand up while doing this)

Spread the slot with your fingers and run the coax in, press shut
and stamp down.

Works best when the grass is wet.

It disturbs the lawn very little. You can hardly see it.

To find coax years later, tune a portable AM radio to a moderate-weak
station, lay on ground and turn the radio for a null on the station.

Drag the radio across the place the coax is likely to be. When
you're over it, the station pops up out of the null.

I've found connectors on 200' runs to within a couple inches with this
method, years later.

--
Ron Hardin


On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk.

I guess one of those electronic treasure finders might work ok to some
extent.Might find some old gold dubloons down under there too.I have a
little hand held metal detector I bought at the Goodwill store a few
years ago,it works great for short distances.Sort of like those
electronic devices for finding studs in walls by dectecting where the
nails are.
cuhulin

This brings up an interesting question. Do you have to dig below the
local frost line for buried coax? If not, I think the edger would do
the trick wit less mess. If you need to go deep, the Ditch-Witch could
be my choice.

Don't think the Ditch-Witch is aim and shoot. As it encounters
different densities of soil, it will want to move in the direction of
least resistance. Your job is to point it straight. Your arms and
shoulders will be sore after running one. Just try one on compacted
fill.


Ron Hardin wrote:
Get a step lawn edger (blade with a handle, you step on it and
cut a slot in the grass ; handle lets you stand up while doing this)

Spread the slot with your fingers and run the coax in, press shut
and stamp down.

Works best when the grass is wet.

It disturbs the lawn very little. You can hardly see it.

To find coax years later, tune a portable AM radio to a moderate-weak
station, lay on ground and turn the radio for a null on the station.

Drag the radio across the place the coax is likely to be. When
you're over it, the station pops up out of the null.

I've found connectors on 200' runs to within a couple inches with this
method, years later.

--
Ron Hardin


On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk.

A ripper bar mounted on a heavy pickup truck will get a trench deep
enough,I think.Put it in four wheel drive and mash that go pedal.A piece
of two inch diameter steel bar with a steel plate welded to it and bore
a hole in the plate (a cutting torch can cut out a hole) and mount it
where the hitch ball mounts,jack up the rear wheels,let the bar dig into
the ground,let the rear wheels back down on the ground,good to go.
cuhulin

On Tue, 28 Feb 2006 17:10:26 GMT, Ron Hardin
wrote:

Get a step lawn edger (blade with a handle, you step on it and
cut a slot in the grass ; handle lets you stand up while doing this)

Spread the slot with your fingers and run the coax in, press shut
and stamp down.

Works best when the grass is wet.

It disturbs the lawn very little. You can hardly see it.

To find coax years later, tune a portable AM radio to a moderate-weak
station, lay on ground and turn the radio for a null on the station.

Drag the radio across the place the coax is likely to be. When
you're over it, the station pops up out of the null.

I've found connectors on 200' runs to within a couple inches with this
method, years later.

I just use a shovel sideways to make a slot in the sod.