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handmade34

(22,937 posts)
19. welcome to DU
Sun Jan 13, 2019, 05:18 PM
Jan 2019

nice way to get in 10 posts... non controversial in old post about dowsing.... I live in the town where the American Society of Dowsers has their headquarters... one of the best (Paul Sevigny) dowsed my spring years ago and it was pure delight watching him... at the time the land was overgrown...he took his rods and within minutes he was standing in an area and told us how far down the water was and the flow rate we could expect... the contractors dug the spring and he was spot on and in 20 years we have never had a problem .....I use a pendulum but have not used my dowsing rods much...

..."Mr. Sevigny, a native of Vermont and a retired Air Force officer, said he became a trustee of the society 14 years ago while he was still a skeptic.
He took up dowsing about six years ago, he continued, and has advised about 750 people in this area where to drill wells. He said 700 found water where he said it would be. Fees Given to Charity
His fees, amounting to thousands of dollars, have gone to charity, Mr. Sevigny said, He is commander of the American Legion post and founder and head of the ambulance squad.
''This town's lucky to have him around,'' said Harold Martin, a manager at the Danville General Store. The society held its first convention in 1958, attracting 50 people. Now it lists 2,700 members and has an annual budget of $60,000.
Mr. Sevigny said dowsing is an ability all people possess but have left behind."
-from a 1982 NYT article
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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