Really this is a Friday poll but its quiet today so I thought why not…
Dowsing, yes the ‘art’ if it is such a thing, of finding water underground with some bent bits of wire. This has bugged me for ages tbh how this could
possibly work. I mocked my boss years ago for being an engineer and yet claiming he did dowsing for farmers, its just not right or is it?!
I was half serious when I suggested it on the other thread.....
i was going to suggest it before whippy got in there
i thought you said it worked from experience? never tried myself, and i really can't understand how it could work, but somehow it seems to lol
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Originally posted by blakep82
i was going to suggest it before whippy got in there
i thought you said it worked from experience? never tried myself, and i really can't understand how it could work, but somehow it seems to lol
I knew man who worked for a local well boreing company that drilled for water , he always used his dowsing rods first , he even helped my uncle locate
an underground water pipe in his engineering workshop, we watched on as he did it and he was dead right too as it was where he said it was,
Mike
Interesting reading if you have the time
PDF from US GS
Done it - it worked many times - got paid for it despite not asking for pay - don't believe in it.
Have also used it to trace water pipelines on the job - sometimes it worked for this - sometimes not.
Normaly use a flexible forked stick (1st prefference) or cooldrink bottle half full of water balanced on palm of hand.
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Originally posted by Ivan
Done it - it worked many times - got paid for it despite not asking for pay - don't believe in it.
Have also used it to trace water pipelines on the job - sometimes it worked for this - sometimes not.
Normaly use a flexible forked stick (1st prefference) or cooldrink bottle half full of water balanced on palm of hand.
Not tried it to find water, however a friend and I experimented by hiding six inch nails in the back garden and trying to find them.
The patch of grass was only 30ft square, but I found all three nails quite easily.
Rather weird really, I certainly do not believe in superstitious stuff normally. I put it down to some kind of sensitivity to
magnetic/electromagnetic fields or perhaps unconsciously picking up body language from my mate when I got close.
I watched my Dad do it when I was 10 years old, he used bent coat hangers hinging in cotton reels that were held in his hands. I didn't expect
it to work, but he found 1 water pipe under a 100ft long garden. The clay pipe was about 4ft deep and 5" in diameter.
I was amazed, but nobody could explain how it worked.
Does the water have to be flowing or can it be stagnant water?
I was shown with a "Y" shaped stick when I was about 10 or 12, since then I've used mild steel welding rods bent into "L"s
and held lightly.
It never fails to both work and amaze me and the kids. Funnily it onlyworks for one of the three kids.
I wish I could explain how/why it works.
Nick
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Originally posted by Mr Whippy
a somewhat crypitic reply...
If you don't believe it works, why do it at all? Especially if you don't aim to get paid for a successful hit? Surely doing something you don’t think works is just risking looking like a fool…
[Edited on 3/8/09 by Mr Whippy]