Charity Excavator Challenge now with over 1.96 Million Views on Ireland's first live Web Television www.irishwebtv.com

A large crowd gathered on the banks of the Woodford River/Erne Shannon Waterway Canal to see the Atlas 30 ton 1702 Excavator that lay15 feet below the wetlands of Fermanagh since 1992 finally raised to the surface. Cavantv.com recorded the event on Saturday and Sunday and it attracted a large gathering of supporters on both days. The Woodford River/Erne Shannon Waterway Canal was lined with Boats for all of the proceedings. All procedes from this event will be donated to charity Dernagore, Derrylin, Co.Fermanagh Email: charityexcavatorchallenge@gmail.com An irishwebtv.com Media Group Production drumlinmedia@gmail.com Phone 00353872384114

As a follow upto this story.

Just came across this on Donedeal as a follow up to this video. It shows the same excavator started up and driving
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1so6iSWmCk
The Donedeal link to the same Excavator here
http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/plantmachinery/3668828

UPDATE ANGLO CELT LOCAL SEPT  13TH EDITION NEWSPAPER

 The Atlas 1702 long reach digger, which was recovered from the bog in Dernagore, Derrylin over the June Bank Holiday weekend 2012, has been purchased jointly by Wilton Waste Recycling and Laz Metal Recycling.  The machine weighed 20 tonnes.  Wilton Waste Recycling and Laz paid €210 per tonne and donated €1,000 on top of this to the Charity Excavator Challenge.  The machine is to go to India for metal recycling.  The cheque of €5,200 now takes the total raised to €27,000.  Donations of €500 each have already been given to Spina Bifida and Down's Syndrome.

Pictured are Rodney Wilton (Wilton Waste) and Mark Lavery (Las Scrap Metals) presenting the cheque for €5,200 to the event organiser Sean Donohoe.  Also present in the photo is Fergal Heavy, one of the mechanics responsible for starting the differ.