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bobnicewander

(927 posts)
17. Response to my post
Sun Jan 13, 2019, 12:20 AM
Jan 2019

The first time was about 1961 when I was working for a county surveyor. He kept his office in his home in the country. One day I mentioned dowsing and he said he could show me how to do it.

We went walking in the woods on his farm and he picked up a forked branch and told me to start walking and see if anything happened (Unbeknown to me he had positioned me to face in a certain direction).

I was approaching the edge of a drop off and was going to stop or turn when the branch pulled down hard. He said you are over water! He was walking to the side of the drop off and told me to follow him. The drop off was the edge of a cave over a natural spring that he knew of and he knew the dowsing would work.

Anyone here tried dowsing? [View all] PADemD Feb 2016 OP
Yes I have, and it works. calikid Feb 2016 #1
Dowsing for Beginners PADemD Feb 2016 #4
I know that conventional wisdom is that dowsing doesn't work. SheilaT Feb 2016 #2
Dowsing for Water PADemD Feb 2016 #3
I haven't done dowsing with rods, but I have used a pendulum to dowse PinkTiger Feb 2016 #5
I have found water using a forked peach tree branch, too. southerncrone Feb 2016 #6
I belong to a dowsing group arikara Feb 2016 #7
Thank you so much for the link! PADemD Feb 2016 #8
Your welcome arikara Feb 2016 #9
Here's an interesting experiment - I don't know if it's dowsing or not, but it's an interesting NBachers Mar 2016 #10
Thanks, I will. PADemD Mar 2016 #11
Another interesting experiment Olive Birch Apr 2016 #12
My two cents Citrus May 2016 #13
You might try contacting a well driller. PADemD May 2016 #14
Answer to "Anyone here tried dowsing?" bobnicewander Jan 2019 #15
Response to original post by PADemD: bobnicewander Jan 2019 #16
Response to my post bobnicewander Jan 2019 #17
continuing bobnicewander Jan 2019 #18
welcome to DU handmade34 Jan 2019 #19
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