What a labor intense and slow process to dig a well manually. Yomeko has the right idea, "think hard, work less". I like the improve as you go method that you used. Great team work today. 👍🔨😎
Here locally we'd use a water jet to dig that hole. It's make more of a mess but its a bit faster. It's just a pressure fitting on the end of a pipe that uses water to cut the hole. It won't work with a lot of rocks.