[TowerTalk] cable locating

[Joe - WDØM]

  I've no idea about any prize that you seem obsessed with - I really 
don't care - no problem being a skeptic - but you also need to learn 
when to drop it and move on....

73

Joe
WØDM

On 8/31/2010 10:56 AM, David Gilbert wrote:
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> That's pretty much the kind of answer I expected ...
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> On 8/31/2010 6:52 AM, Joe - WDØM wrote:
>>    Don't have a need for another million dollars - I'll let you give it a
>> try.... ;-)
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>> 73
>>
>> Joe
>> WDØM
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>> On 8/30/2010 10:37 PM, David Gilbert wrote:
>>> So are you going to try to claim the $1 million?  If not, why not?
>>> Seems like a no-brainer if it works as reliably as you say.
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>>> Dave   AB7E
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>>> On 8/30/2010 9:10 PM, Joe - WDØM wrote:
>>>>      Works for me too - I've used it to find water lines and pipes for the
>>>> water company reps who were trying to find them and couldn't way back in
>>>> college in the 60's....also found mines and other underground items.
>>>> Perhaps it's related to magnetometry?  Don't know - but it does work.
>>>> I've taught others who were doubtful....and it worked for them too.
>>>>
>>>> 73
>>>>
>>>> Joe
>>>> WDØM
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>>>> On 8/30/2010 9:29 PM, David Gilbert wrote:
>>>>> This is getting sillier and sillier by the moment ...
>>>>>
>>>>> Dave  AB7E
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>>>>> On 8/30/2010 8:16 PM, Nate Bargmann wrote:
>>>>>> "Witching" really does work.  I have an uncle who can not only locate
>>>>>> underground water sources but graves as well.  In fact he located two
>>>>>> previously unknown and unmarked graves in our church's cemetery.  He can
>>>>>> also tell if the person buried was an adult or a child.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I was shown the copper wire "witch" method by another tech in the
>>>>>> company I worked with.  I've used it to locate our ground wires and also
>>>>>> some phone cable.  Why?  How?  Beats me.  It works.  Now my dad (uncle's
>>>>>> brother) says it doesn't work for him at all.  Go figure.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If you must try to locate something like your ground wires, give it a
>>>>>> try.  I take about 15 inches of #12 solid wire.  Bend over 3 to 4 inches
>>>>>> into an L shape and then with your lightly clenched fist with the thumbs
>>>>>> up, hold the wires between your thumb and index finger in that opening
>>>>>> at the web of your thumb.  Let the wires tilt down slightly so gravity
>>>>>> keeps them pointed directly away from you. Don't clench the wires so
>>>>>> tightly that they can't move, they should be able to swing freely.
>>>>>> Tuck your elbows at your side so your hands are about a foot apart or
>>>>>> so.  As you walk over metal cable such as a ground run, the wires will
>>>>>> swing together and if your path is perpendicular to the cable, the
>>>>>> wires should be parallel with each wire touching the other fist when
>>>>>> you are directly over the cable.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Practice makes perfect.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 73, de Nate>>
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