I did the exact same thing to our pond, I cored it. *(learned it from watching you.) I found that when they built it, they pushed dirt on top of an old railroad bed that was put in around the late 1800's with rice sized coal shale. When I dug down about 8' I hit it and could literally see water flowing through it. I was amazed it took at least 60 years to work it's way through but the last 10 years or so, the pond could not hold its level, but this summer even as dry as it was, it stayed clear up to the overflow!

Thank you. Can't say how much i/we all appreciate the way you ended the video. 1-a recap of what you did. 2- pictures of before 3- pictures of after. Especially the drone pictures. Really have a much better idea of the depth when you were walking around the pond. Also the fact that you raised up the area about 18". When you were doing it, it almost looked like you were spreading it so thin. I know it takes more time to add all that to the video, but again, greatly appreciated. Thank you!

"Worth every penny". But without a good operator, the bucket wouldn't be worth a penny. lol Quite a transformation from the old pond to this new one. Great work you do Chris

"Final Day"? You know Chris, a final day is the pre day of the upcoming First Day of another project. 😄

The homeowner is going to be very happy with the final product. Considering how terrible it was to start with. Awesome job Chris

What amazes me is the way you can see the “big picture” in these jobs. There are a lot of moving parts which must come together at the end.

Turned out great,i would love to see the evolution 12 months from now

Holy Christmas, that's an after the build pond dam engineering leak fix. Kudos Chris, you saved this property owner a ton of $. Man, great job.

I wish home owners could send you pics say a year later or so showing the complete transformation. That would be great to see your final vision come to life.

Like an artist painting a canvis with a giant grading bucket. Really enjoyed this project. Thanks for taking us along!

You aren't a heavy equipment operator,you sir are a SURGEON!! The way you handle that machine is beyond any words that I can ever imagine using smh.... Poetic,poetry in motion,ballet..... Art! Artistry! Just just BEAUTY!!! SESQUIPEDALIAN 😂😂

Man, that's turned out Nice !! You took an overgrown pond , and made it into the focal point of the New House going up !! Chris, You really do amazing work Man !! To be able to see the finish product, in your mind is something that can't be taught, That comes with time and taking a lot of pride in your work ,to give someone something nice that even they can be proud of !! Awesome Man !! Have a Great Evening Chris !! And , On too the Next.... After you get those tracks dug out !! lolololol....

Pulling those lateral cuts with an angled bucket takes a genius operator. Fascinating!

Please stay Please stay! That's all it takes. The Bucket is just and extension of your arm. Not everyone is capable of making their bucket kiss the shoreline and make it pretty. Beautiful job. Super drone footage.

I need to hit the lottery so I can have a dream place like that! Thanks for sharing you do amazing work.

Love the noise the Volvo makes , you can hear it’s power , another pond sculpture by the pond master Chris .

Loved the transformation, beautiful, I am an artist and like painting old buildings, water ways and stone walls and bridges. I think you did a fantastic job of shaping and sclupting the old pond, beautiful job. Love your vids.

Going to make a great fishing lake with summer shade in places. Good planning for multiple fish habits for babies to grow up. Amazing transformation.

Another level Chris 👌🏻 Love that you used that single tree to make a specimen feature. That’s what will set this job apart in years to come 👌🏻

nice job - really interesting as you explained what you were doing very nice and clearly, and therefore very easy to watch what you're doing and get a good insight into pond building and general stuff like that. (love that you don't add music, the machine itself makes the music digging the earth!)

That grading bucket is awesome or it’s probably the great skills of the “Pond Doctor “ , it’s looking great Chris!🤙🏻👌🏼👌🏼

Chris and his paint brush ( the excavator ) painting a beautiful landscape, taking this and that away and painting over a muck of this and that and adding this here and that there, making what was a dull overgrown canvas of vines and bushes and trees into a clear somewhat smooth area all around the pond and as mother nature adds her touches of greenery all around here and there to finish off Chris's beautiful landscape that he created to turn into another one of his masterpieces . It will look amazing when it's all finished . See you later, be careful and stay safe and keep on digging and pushing and shaping dirt . As always, Jeffrey !!!

We'll see how much I learned from your videos next time it rains. Just finished my pond.

That was a wonderful idea about the tree on the far side. Everyone will be happy about the pond. Even the turtle. Chris you are gifted.

Chris. You make it look ease with that big Volvo. Please take Care.

Watching the MASTER Master Craftsman is so cool. Seeing the hard work, problem solving and end result must be very satisfying to you Chris. It sure is to me. Love your videos buddy. Thank you again for sharing.

I think it would be safe to say that you could frost a cake with that bucket. Very nicely done

What a transformation! Of course your followers never doubted that it would end up anyway other than great.👍 Enjoy hearing your vision then seeing you make i5 happen. Thanks again for taking us along. 👌💯💯💯💯👌

Such an interesting natural shape. Going to be a beautiful homestead.

Another pond rescued by the master!

Excellent job Chris. Looks fine. Future residents will have a very nice view.

Great job Chris, good you found the leak!! The before and after photos are amazing. You really are the pond master! Ggraham🇬🇧🇬🇧👍👍

The pond are looks sharp,can't wait to see what the next project we all get brought along to next, have a great week,

The artist at creating the scenery that adds to the pond surroundings!

Another pond renewed by Letdig18 good job as always see on the next one 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍😉

Besides your knowledge and technical expertise, finish grading has got to be your forte. Man, it looks like you're icing a cake!

For the first time I noticed the video including hand control operation. I've wished I could see Chris' at the controls in the past, but I just noticed it. Great camera angle. Chris, this the best demonstration of your skills to date. The shaping of this pond is magnificent, as well as fixing a leak. No bulldozer necessary. Volvo 220, FTW! And, well, yeah, Chris.

That grading bucket is worth it's weight in GOLD ❗❗❗ ... I could watch this all day! 👀💗⭐⭐💗

Wow what a change, just looks night and day different. That Oak tree you left will definitely be a point of interest once time goes on. Very nice 👍 🇺🇸🦅🌏⚓️🇺🇸

Man that pond looks amazing Chris,another excellent job from the “Pond Doctor “ , great job brother!🤙🏻🤙🏻👌🏻👏🏻. Thanks for sharing 🙋🏼‍♂️

Nice job Chris looks great love your videos

Excellent job,.. Well done,.. I'd sure like to see what that pond looks like full of water.

Good afternoon Chris You have done a wonderful job on the pond let's hope it doesn't leak again if it does then you will be there for another day trying to fix the problem again

Another great transformation,really nice! I like you not only take care of your equipment,you take pride in it’s appearance,that’s kinda rare in excavating or heavy equipment,and hard to do!

Very nice Mr Chris.

When you take on a project like this, do you get free range to do what you want or do they tell you ???

I've followed you for over a year now Chris and of all the ponds you've worked on this one has to be the most beautiful setting of them all not to mention the shape is fantastic. If it were mine way over here in BC I'd just have rainbow trout. You are the Pond Guy 👌

That pond turned out really good it'll be a great place to build a house overlooking the pond. 👍👍😀🇨🇦

I really hope part of your contracts is that you get fishing access for the future at all these ponds.

Hey Chris it is no wonder that you stay so busy you turn peoples dreams into reality that pond looks beautiful. You operate that thumb like a fine surgeon love to watch you work....

Does the SKILLED OPERATOR ATTACHMENT come with the bucket....or do they cost extra, Chris? 😉👍 What a transformation!

If they have money in the future they should do the rest of the pond. Its really one of the best small ponds with great curves. As always, AMAZING WORK!

Some artists use a brush or sculpting tool, Chris uses big equipment with awesome skills!

Chris the landscaper as well the little tree on the peninsula. Pond looks great.

Hard to believe you accomplished this in 5 days even with DP slowing you down!!!

You've got a great artistic eye. Nice work as always, Brother. Have a great week. God bless.

These are the projects I like that you do.

That’s AMAZING ...!!🤩 The whole time you have been working on this and telling us what you’re Going to do over here, there and that slop, this edge, because you could SEE It, I couldn’t, (and I have been watching since you had about 140k subscribers) didn’t believe it, like Yeah Right...🤔🤷🏻‍♂️ but you did it and didn’t even have to bring the Dozer or Skidstear..!!! ✅ What a MASTERPIECE. 😎👍

I love the way you fixed the dam up and the way you fixed the end of the pond up. The pond looks awsome now I have learnt so much what it takes to build a pond. Thank you very much for the video's. The aerial views really give an awesome look at the finished pond.😀❤🇨🇦

Chris the pond turned out great looking, you done a damn good job on that one but anyway brother another great video I can’t wait till you get onto your next project with either you or John so you and John and yawls family stay safe and keep the videos coming brother

Fan-freakin-tastic! That ponds got some character

Chris you really do have the best job... well done looks great!!

That core trench gravel you ran into is like what we have here. Almost like it was the shale rock in a creek bottom. At least that is what we get here in Pa.

Chris looks great, like the rest of your jobs! Thanks for sharing. Kevin

I'm always amazed at the before and after. Most of the time, a person could question if it was the same property. That will be a nice view now.

As usual. Great job chris. You have a real eye for that stuff man.

nice looking pond

I believe you could frost a cake with that bucket

Nice that you found & fixed the probable leak location. Love watching a master work. Thanks for sharing.

Love your videos man . Dam sir you are an artist with that grader bucket

Yea I would say the grading bucket is a nice addition to your fleet 💯💯

Great job as usual. Would be nice to see some of the landowner reactions when the projects are completed.

I’d like to See This Pond when fully Filled!

Excellent job Chris once again, crazy what the transformation looks like afterwards, the difference between the before an after is big, thanks for another pond remodel, look forward to seeing the next pond job from you, you have the best pond videos an beat videos period, thanks for sharing Chris 💪💪🇺🇸🇺🇸

A shallow area for blue hills to nest. Bass nest deeper.. Blue gill like to have good light on,their nest. And gravel or sand bottom. Stock it with little blue hill this year and bass next year. Should be a great fishing hole in 4 or 5 years. Stocking with catfish takes awhile. If you stock it early with catfish they destroy the nests of the blue gills and bass. They are fun too catch but can take over a pond.

Excellent Another complete total transformation

That old pond cleaned up really nice!! You have a keen eye and skill turning a swamp into beautiful scenery.

That has made one hell of a difference for a house site to be on GREAT job Chris as normal

I would love to see what it looks like now. Awesome job

It just never fails, watching how great you know how to run that machine.

I like the way you don’t waste a movement of your bucket!!!😀

Turned out great.

Sure is a transformation from what you began with bro. The drone views say it all. Excellent. Safe travels

Awesome job Chris

You do such nice work I love to watch you create

It definitely made a difference to the water color. It was dirty, almost black when you got there, and was a lot cleaner when you finished. Nice work there Chris.

Glad project will be finish, hope more project will follow.

Tilting bucket worth there weight in gold , Couldn’t be without mine now. Great vid Chris

I gotta say, it took guts to risk cutting that cove after finding that vein of broken rock like you did. I would have skimmed over the old to get silt out, but actual digging would have had me sweating bullets and praying it did not hit that gravel again. Well done though. Looks like your usual masterful work. There is another way if that leak does not stop. Drain it dry and put about a foot or two of clay over that whole part of the front of the dam and out onto the floor as a clay liner. Just go a lot further than you would think to be sure to get beyond the gravel structure. Although trucking in good clay might be expensive.

That white stuff in that last cove looks like the clay we find in small deposits here. It is only found under water and is actually good for making pottery.

Beautiful job Chris! 👍🏻

Looks great Chris!!!!

Wow what beautiful job Chris, well done (as always). Since you do a lot of rural pond work that gets the excavator caked in dirt/mud have you tried using a trash pump to clean your machines when you're done? The water supply is just sitting there in the pond...

Chris, pond looks awesome👍👍👍👍👍😺🤗

A good vid demonstrating the skill that this man possesses. it good to watch such a tallented man at work.

Made that old pond look presentable again. On to the next project.

#letsdig18 the transformation of this pond is beautiful and looks natural. You can take a mess and turn it into work of art👍👍

If I could do a job half as good as this I would be a happy man but I got to say this is one fantastic job you have done Chris, the Volvo and your buckets are the best you could of bought and had mead your grading bucket and attachments are so good, thanks for another great set of videos on this pond job.

Another nice project completed. I’m sure the owner is anxious to see if the leak is fixed.

What an amazing transformation. I had forgot what it looked like when you started. You are soooo talented! No wonder you are in such demand. Live long and prosper, Chris.