I have an underground sprinkler valve that no longer works and I am unable to locate it. Any ideas?

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On 3/4/2021 6:31 PM, blusby wrote:
I have an underground sprinkler valve that no longer works and I am unable to locate it.Â* Any ideas?


A metal detector might work if the plastic valve has stainless steel hose clamps.

Shove a metal electrician's fish tape down the plastic sprinkler pipe and trace it with a metal detector?

On Thursday, March 4, 2021 at 6:58:27 PM UTC-6, Hal Bundy wrote:
On 3/4/2021 6:31 PM, blusby wrote:
I have an underground sprinkler valve that no longer works and I am unable to locate it. Any ideas?

A metal detector might work if the plastic valve has stainless steel hose clamps.

Shove a metal electrician's fish tape down the plastic sprinkler pipe and trace it with a metal detector?
Some suggestions he
https://www.irrigationtutorials.com/finding-buried-pipes-wires-and-valves/
One suggestion was dousing. Some farmers I knew could do it for finding a place to dig an
irrigation well. It seemed to work but my area is over the Ogallala Aquifer. It could well have
been luck.

On Thursday, March 4, 2021 at 6:31:05 PM UTC-5, blusby wrote:
I have an underground sprinkler valve that no longer works and I am unable to locate it. Any ideas?

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An electrically operated valve? They have fox and hound signal tracers that you
could connect to the wire at the timer/controller and trace it. IDK how much a cheap
one is on Ebay, etc. Or you may be able to rent one. Or call some lawn sprinkler
guy and ask how much. It should be in a box with a cover and if you have an idea
where that is, then it's pretty easy to find without the above.