Weird crater i found in the woods

a large crater i found over 20 years ago. the quality is dissapointing, must be due to the failing light

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Summerville
• georgia
• crater
• woods

[MrTwrighttwright]

Bulldozer.

[erikmann]

@MrTwrighttwright

possible. but doubtful. when i found it there were no roads and more importantly...no sign of whatever material was scooped out to make the hole. if it was a bulldozer or anything else, there should have been a large pile of material nearby, or signs of a road that was used to carry the stuff out. all i can say is it looks like something just blasted a hole out of a hillside, and there was a confirmed meteorite recovery back in 1887 just 7 miles south

[o56kid]

As long as there is no old growth timber standing around around there, which there is not, men have been all over that land at one time or another. . My guess would be some kind of water holding for a steam engine or something.

[erikmann]

@o56kid

there used to be old growth timber when i actually discovered it back in the mid 80's.

in the meantime Georgia Kraft timber company bought the land and have clear cut it 2 times.

its all very small pine trees now, with a few older trees left.

a logging trail for their equipment passes within 100 feet of it

[tommyleewelch]

Back in the day, There was a lot of oil exploration, They would dig large pits to store product or salt water in. Look around and you will find debris in the dirt, left behind. cable, pipe, Use of a metal detector will confirm my claims. I am an adventurist an an ATV and have found several of these across the U.S.. 

[erikmann]

@tommyleewelch

it actually looks about like what a crater would look like, from a object coming in from a steep angle from a southerly direction.its hard to really get a sense of how big and deep it is with this poor quality video

[xIntoThePitx]

It's not an impact crater. It's a sink hole. Look at the tree bases around the top of the rim. The earth has sunken and fallen in taking soil away from the trees exposing the roots.

[tommyleewelch]

@erikmann Ours too have no possible sign of access, even had trees to dispute the option, However deep research found horse and mule provided the labor burden. Maybe maybe not, Just sayin... Good luck...

[o56kid]

@erikmann I was talking more like 100+ years ago.

[erikmann]

@tommyleewelch

i dont doubt your experience or knowledge, however in this instance i believe a oil exploration pit is very unlikely.it was miles from any roads. and any iron meteorite would set a metal detector off as well. its really hard to explain this pit as anything manmade. sinkhole or such...possibly, but unlikely.

it is obviously old, but there is no kind of roads or trails nearby. and there was a confirmed meteorite fall to the south in 1887. a small chunk was recovered.