Posted on 07/02/2014 6:32:17 AM PDT by Abathar
I'm curious, has anyone else seen someone use a stick to find water before, and do you believe it works?
We sold a piece of property and had to move a well that was on it to another older well we drilled years ago but never used. When we couldn't find the cap with a metal detector the well driller who put it in 20 years ago said we were looking in the wrong place, because there was no water there. He went back to his truck, pulled out a stick, and he and his assistant started walking the property and marking where the stick swung down. He told us that there was a gravel vein running N to S and it had to be in that area, that where our memory told us it was was wrong, and he never would have drilled there.
Long story short, he was within 4 ft. of where the old well was found with that stupid stick and its been screwing with my mind ever since. 3 days ago I would have snorted derisively and and used my best Sheldon Cooper "Hokum" imitation, but now I don't know what to think. Has anyone else seen it work or was he just lucky?
“Those who are absolutely certain it can’t work claim that science hasn’t proven it. “
No. We are claiming that under test conditions no dowsers were ever able to show that they could detect water. These tests were done multiple times with multiple dowsers under conditions agreed to by the dowsers.
” So I’d have to say that some of the failed “experiments” mentioned in this thread may have been conducted using people like myself who couldn’t find water in their bathtub.”
They used dowsers. However anyone can claim to be a dowser.
My FIL was an old hillbilly and he says.....No.
The original dowsing rods had to be a fork from a particular tree. That is WOOD. No they are also using coat hangers, whatever ... METAL.
Why not just lick your finger and stick it up in the air?
““There is water at 25 or 30 feet”. The owner drilled and got good water at 27 feet.”
Hmmm. I wonder if the dowser had info that the next door neighbor had drilled a well and found water at 27 feet?
That is how we did our well years ago. Talked to people that had wells. Found water on the first try!
Someone who uses the statement: “It’s not magic, but likely physics.” is demanding facts?
What scientific principle in physics supports water-witching? Give something fact based to rebut instead of ludicrous, superstitious bs and we’ve got someplace to start at least.
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Clearly you did not read my entire original post. You read the words you wanted to and interpreted them (wrongly) the way you wanted to.
You are stuck on the name and not the reason.
“What scientific principle in physics supports water-witching?”
And what scientific principle in physics supports that there is a God? Yet we know there is...
This well was in the middle of a large range area. Not many homes within a mile or so. The water table there varies from 25' to 650' deep. There is an artesian stream under my part of land I got from my parents. I may try to hit it and see if it still runs 24/7 in the near future.
As I’ve said before, I can’t explain it - I just know it worked when I needed it. If I had to “dowse” for it, I couldn’t find piss in my own boot but I know people I would trust to find it.
“but I know people I would trust to find it.”
I bet they wouldn’t put their money up on a bet. I would!!
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