How to demolish a concrete pond?

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Dana
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Post: # 8896Post Dana

What is the best way to demolish a concrete pond? It's roughly kidney shaped, 4 x 5 metres and about 1.5 metres deep. It is watertight and half-full of water.
How do I know how deep the concrete/hardcore goes, can you hire a gadget to determine this? Also, what sort of tools should I hire to break up the concrete?
Hope you can help.
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Tony McC
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Post: # 8907Post Tony McC

Sounds like a job for a JCB (or similar backhoe excavator)
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rms
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Post: # 9789Post rms

If the site is restrictive, it may be cleaner to pump out the water and go in with a concrete breaker.
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