Running electricity to my shed

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My question: is there anyway (besides digging up the lines) to figure out where the electrical wires are buried in the yard so that we could run it from a point closer to the shed and get rid of the outlet in my yard all together?

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To be exact, no there isn't (that I'm aware of).

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My dad knows how to run the electricity but he wants to split it off from the outlet in the yard but then I’d be stuck with an outlet in the middle of my yard forever

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You can just add additional wire to the existing wire, run it to the shed and then get rid of the outlet or am I missing something?

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is there anyway (besides digging up the lines) to figure out where the electrical wires are buried in the yard

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Tie the end of the wire to a four wheeler and start driving toward the house

Is the existing wire in conduit?

Why not take out the receptacle, remove the vertical stick of conduit. Extend remaining conduit to the shed and pull a whole new wire with no splice from breaker panel to the shed?

is that receptacle on its own breaker?

You could run into some issues if its on a circuit with a bunch of other shite... especially if you're using power tools in the shop

If you have a general idea of which box the outlet goes to, use a fox and hound to find which breaker it is on.

best way to do it is unhook the old line since you want it gone, and this way you can just cut off below ground where it sticks up and just bury it.

next, from where it was connected to house power, you dig a trench to the shed about 8-12" deep and use a 12/2 romex wire safe for underground use and slide it inside 3/4" pvc pipe and run it to the shed. use 10/2 if there might be a chance you want to run more then just a light and single outlet in the shed one day.

it is code approved to use pvc pipe as underground electrical conduit so use it from the point of electricity taken from house to the shed. you want the pipe to avoid the accidental nick from a shovel one day when you or the kids dig a hole.

there is no real "need" to even glue the pipe or fittings but tap them on so they are fully tight. its a bit fiddly getting the wire in the 90 fittings but its not hard.