OT: Do you believe in witching?

OT: Do you believe in witching?

  • Yes, for all items mentioned.

    Votes: 18 15.8%

  • No, not at all.

    Votes: 49 43.0%

  • Yes, for some items mentioned.

    Votes: 47 41.2%
  • Total voters
    114
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After reading this thread...now I know who's buying all of the residential PFC's to save money on their electric bills.:D
 
MY FAVORITE!

For me, I don't know what I am locating at the time.
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So, basically, the rod moves and you dig and you find "something"!?!?

"Look, I found dirt at 20 feet! I located dirt!"

This thread is hilarous! I'm sure Bob agrees with me this time!

(Yeah, I know I'm behind a few days. I've been sick, give me a break!)
 
There is so much stuff buried around here you couldn't drop a shovel without locating something.
Just curious to the ones who have had success witching do over head lines effect the witching rods ?
 
So no one has used a piece of wood or stick to find water? :roll: It sounds like everyones experience is with some sort of metal as the "detector". There is something scientific to it if it works as some of the members have described. Maybe just deductive reasoning.
"Even a blind squirrel finds a nut every now and then.":grin:
 
MAK said:
So no one has used a piece of wood or stick to find water? ":grin:
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My Grandfather used a Y shaped willow stick to Douse for irrigation water. I was young and seem to remember that he held the forked ends with his hands so thumbs were facing towards his body. You can hit water about anyplace in NE. The trick was finding a well that would provide upwards of 1000 GPM. Don't know the results of the test well, but that spot is still marked.
 
MAK said:
So no one has used a piece of wood or stick to find water? :roll: It sounds like everyones experience is with some sort of metal as the "detector". There is something scientific to it if it works as some of the members have described. Maybe just deductive reasoning.
"Even a blind squirrel finds a nut every now and then.":grin:
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MAK you mean you did not read the whole post..man I can not believe you did not red this entire post..I use willow branch for locating of water..true just like an electron finds it source once in a while..:grin: :D ..had to try and find some electrical reference in thread..
 
The prize from Randi is a real $1,000,000.00 on deposit ready for payment.
Those of you who can dowse please go claim the prize.

Hospital records show that the full moon has no effect on the ER.
The phenomenom is due to the ER having a rush; someone looking out the window; then if there is a full moon they draw attention to it; if not then they promptly forget.

What do the following have in common?
The US Congress has the sole power to declare war by the US.
Antibiotics kill viruses and bacteria.
Lasers operate by focusing sound waves.
Electrons are smaller than atoms.
According to the National Science Board; only about 50% of the population knows whether the statements are each True or False.
Give it a shot yourself. At least one statement is True and at least one statement is false. Which are which?
 
It does work

It does work

I use it when my Subsite by Ditch Witch is only marginal.

I'm able to find water, conduit, direct buried ground grids.

NEVER fails

Gary
 
Yep

Yep

Been there, used it, found it, and it was where the wires said it was. I even located an old septic tank drain line once in an open field that was hand dug and installed in 1908 and over 5 ft down and clay tile.

Mike
 
trigger said:
I thought I would give this a try! I have seen it done and work...
But, NO luck! I must not have the touch!
I walked across my yard yesterday using the coat hangers (metal not plastic)
and just could not get anything! :mad:
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It doesn't work for overhead services:grin:
 
m73214 something

m73214 something

I have seen this done in the late 60's and early 70's for water wells, I even experienced the feel of those metal rods actually twisting in my hands as I walked along the field in my "apprenticeship witchcrafting field trip" (of which I never completed). But do I believe? NO, Its like trusting a ghost, you might want to think there is something there, but if you can't touch it NO, NO, NO. (i think).:-? Oh, and now they don't work on overheads is true.
 
About twenty years ago I had to locate a buried conduit stub on a freeway project I was on. I had an old timer working with me that asked if I had some #6 bare. I said I did, and gave it to him. He then proceeded to cut and bend the wire into (2) 12" x 24" witching sticks. I made a mental note at the time to get his check, he had to be senile. I let him "go have his fun," while I went to my truck to retrieve my high dollar Schonstaedt locater. By the time I had it out of the case and hooked up, he had the pipe located and dug up.
I was stupified. I tried unsuccessfully to make it work for me, something to do with my chemical makeup. I have been able locate underground conduits if I use the witching sticks while holding 2 pieces of 1/2" pvc. I set the sticks in the pvc, so I do not touch them. It seems to work 75 to 80 percent of the time.
 
I've never seen it done or tried myself, but I do know if I was going around the job site with sticks in my hands that'd be the last time I did while getting paid.
 
George Stolz said:
Another thread (here) touched on this question, and left me curious.

Do you believe in witching (the use of devining rods to detect underground objects)?

Do you think they can find electric lines underground? Gas lines? Water lines? Bodies of water or underground streams?
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Ive used witching for over thirty years to find underground water lines and electrical conduits. I use approx. two 24" #8 or #6 solid copper wire with a 6"
"L" bent on one end of each. I hold the "L" ends lightly in the palms of my hands with both wires sticking straight out in front of me, then I walk slowly until the wires cross each other and make a mark on the ground where they do. I'll repeat same from different starting points to see where the wires cross. I've used this method with a 99% success rate to the amazement of all who witness the results. To those who disbelieve: try it you'll be astonished by the results.
 
Bill Perrino said:
I've used this method with a 99% success rate to the amazement of all who witness the results. To those who disbelieve: try it you'll be astonished by the results.
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You should try this then,

When dowsers are scientifically tested and fail, they generally react with genuine surprise. Typical is what happened when James Randi tested some dowsers using a protocol they all agreed upon. If they could locate water in underground pipes at an 80% success rate they would get $10,000 (now the prize is over $1,000,000). All the dowsers failed the test, though each claimed to be highly successful in finding water using a variety of non-scientific instruments, including a pendulum. Says Randi, "the sad fact is that dowsers are no better at finding water than anyone else.

Looks like your going to be rich!!! :)
 
When I was in the service, I was shown the same method Bill Perrino described over a buried electrical line.

Seemed to me that it worked when I tried it, and I break chain letters all the time.

No wonder I have such lousy luck.
 
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