Abstract: The object of the invention is a device for in-situ determining the compactness of grainy material layers, especially determining the compactness of material layers containing equally solid part, liquid and gaseous phases e.g. soils, that consists of a guide body, a loading disc connected with the guide body and a dropping-weight movable relating the loading disc along the guide body. The characteric feature of the device is that an indicator figure (20) is adjusted to a dropping weight (13), the indicator figure (20) has a guide organ (21), wherein one of the guide organs (21) and the guide body (11) are at least periodically in a connection with each other restricting the direction of movement and the guide body (11) is complemented with a length measuring unit (30).

Abstract: The object of the invention is a device for in-situ determining the compactness of grainy material layers, especially determining the compactness of material layers containing equally solid part, liquid and gaseous phases e.g. soils, that consists of a guide body, a loading disc connected with the guide body and a dropping-weight movable relating the loading disc along the guide body. The characteric feature of the device is that an indicator figure (20) is adjusted to a dropping weight (13), the indicator figure (20) has a guide organ (21), wherein one of the guide organs (21) and the guide body (11) are at least periodically in a connection with each other restricting the direction of movement and the guide body (11) is complemented with a length measuring unit (30). Furthermore, the object of the invention is also a method for in-situ determining the compactness of grainy material layers, especially determining the compactness of material layers containing equally solid part, liquid and gaseous phases e.g.