[TowerTalk] Divining rods

[Mike Fatchett W0MU]

I know a guy here in Montana that drilled a well, went over 500 ft got 
next to no water.  After tiring of hauling water for a few years he 
calls out an Old Dowser, who comes highly recommended, and the dowser 
finds a spot about 20 ft away from the well.  They drilled and hit water 
at 87ft 10 gallons per minute.

Just luck?  I don't think so.

W0MU

On 8/31/2010 2:44 PM, knormoyle at surfnetusa.com wrote:
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> In all of these posts, there's an implicit claim that the location of the desired object is fully random.
> It's not, right?
>
> For instance, in the pvc case below, the installer has probably seen the full range of possible locations from similar houses in
> the area? I'm assuming it's the main water line, and there are no visible outside shutoff valves.
>
> Obviously if there are visible shutoff valves either in the lawn or on the house, it's almost trivial.
>
> Before describing the amazing solution, doesn't there need to be a better explanation of why the target was fully random?
>
> And on the cable location problem: I don't get it. All our cables are copper. How come people can't inject a signal of some sort
> and detect it themselves? I mean, isn't this trivial compared to other stuff we discuss? Were people talking about some kind of
> cable that they couldn't inject a signal on? (can't you inject on the coax ground braid?)
>
> I would think it would be easy to detect something of sufficient strength, down to 18" or so (that's what chaser wires do?)
>
>
> ------- Original Message -------
>  From    : Mickey Baker[mailto:fishflorida at gmail.com]
> Sent    : 8/31/2010 12:54:28 PM
> To      : k4bg at planters.net
> Cc      : TowerTalk at contesting.com
> Subject : RE: Re: [TowerTalk] Divining rods
>
>   No matter the claims of many logical thinking, well meaning people on
> this list, there has evidently never ever been any scientific evidence
> that this works. Sorry, I suspect the physicists here aren't going to
> be much help. Known science doesn't explain everything.
>
> For more:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dowsing
>
> 73,
> Mickey
>
> On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 3:30 PM, Bob Good<k4bg at planters.net>  wrote:
>> Gents,  I too am a bit of a skeptic BUT last month in my front yard the contractor burying Fiber showed up to mark existing
> lines.  I was totally taken back when he breaks out two steel rods to locate my pvc water line.  He chose this method over
> anything technical.  The rods swung and he pointed to the spot on the ground and the spade hit its mark about 10 inches down, the
> water line.  Had I not witnessed this I would have put it in the category of the moon phases determining how much dirt it takes to
> refill a hole.  Okay, it's been around for ages.  Now why doesn't someone tell us how it works?  Is this another area 51?  Physics
> profs, Please step up to the plate.  It's your turn, yes?  Bob K4BG
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