so we pumped it dry and dug a bit more. its definitely wet sand im pulling up. then we drove the sandpoint in about 4 ft. so theres about a foot of wet sand above the sandpoint, and about 8 ft of water on top of that. then 15ft of air up to the surface, and 4ft of pipe to the pump.
So we filled the water pipe with water a few times and tried pumping. nothing. eventually the water slooooowly leaks out. we do this a few times, and finally get to the point we cannot keep water in the pipe, it quickly drains out below.
but we stilll cannot pump water up. everything was VERY tight, so im sure there is no air in the system. i guess possibly, ( ? ) the sandpoint is just allowing the water to drain from above , but when trying to prime then it tries to pump water, it sucks all the sand into itself, clogging itself? is this a feasable explanation? or is something else going on?
from the bottom of the handpump to the top of the water level is 19ft.