Original Posted By: walter evans
Yes,I CAN'T SAY THAT IT'S DOWSING HOWEVER I WORK FOR THE PHONECOMPANY AND AT ONE TIME I WORKED OUT SIDE AND HAD TO LOCATECABLES FOR FOR THE WATER COMPANY AND PRIVATE CONTRACTORS.I HAD A STANDARD CABLE LOCATOR THAT HAD A TONE THAT NULLEDWHEN IT WAS HELD DIRECTLY OVER THE CABLE THEN YOU COULD MARKTHE LOCATION AND TILT THE UNIT 45 DEGREES AND MOVE TO THESIDE THIS WOULD TELL THE DEPTH. SOMETIMES THE BATTERIESWOULD BE DOWN AND I WOULD TAKE THE 19 AWG STEEL FLAGSTHAT WERE ABOUT 24 TO 30 INCHES IN LENGTH AND I WOULDBEND ABOUT FIVE INCHES ON THE END DOWN AT A 45 ANGLEAND HOLD TWO WIRES ONE IN EACH HAND WHEN YOU CROSSEDA PHONE CABLE OR WATER LINE PERPENDICULARLY THE WIRESWOULD TRY TO LINE THEMSELVES UP WITH THE WATER LINEOR TELEPHONE CABLE, THIS IS NOT A ESP OR ANYTHING LIKETHAT THERE IS SOME KIND OF ELECTRIC FIELD AROUND THEOBJECT THAT CAUSES THE WIRE TO TRY TO ALIGN ITSELFWITH THE OBJECT, COAT HANGERS ALSO WORK HOWEVERI NEVER DOWSED A WELL AND THIS IS AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENTTHING. YOU CAN ALSO REMOTLY HOLD THE WIRES WITHSOME DEVISE OTHER THAN YOUR HANDS AND THE WIRESWILL ALIGN THEMSELVES. IF YA DON'T BELIEVE TRY IT! RUSSELL RAY ----- Original Message -----
Pietenpol-List: dowsing
dowsing
Original Posted By: "Jack Phillips (EUS)"
Subject: dowsing Just a strange question.....Does anyone know of anyone who can dowsefor water, tanks, pipes? Just curious about the concept. Thinking about dowsing and Pietenpols. walt________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: dowsing Just a strange question.....Does anyone know of anyone who can dowsefor water, tanks, pipes? Just curious about the concept. Thinking about dowsing and Pietenpols. walt________________________________________________________________________________
Pietenpol-List: dowsing
Original Posted By: oil can
Just a strange question.....Does anyone know of anyone who can dowse forwater, tanks, pipes? Just curious about the concept.Thinking about dowsing and Pietenpols.waltJust a strange question.....Doesanyone know ofanyone who can dowse for water, tanks, pipes? Just curious abouttheconcept.Thinking about dowsing andPietenpols.walt________________________________________________________________________________
Just a strange question.....Does anyone know of anyone who can dowse forwater, tanks, pipes? Just curious about the concept.Thinking about dowsing and Pietenpols.waltJust a strange question.....Doesanyone know ofanyone who can dowse for water, tanks, pipes? Just curious abouttheconcept.Thinking about dowsing andPietenpols.walt________________________________________________________________________________
Pietenpol-List: Re: dowsing
Original Posted By: walter evans
Interesting question. I had a water well drilled 3 yrs ago and thedriller asked if I had had it dowsed. I told him no and asked if herecommended doing that. He said "no but it gives me a good excuse if Idrill a dry hole". He can tell no greater rate of success with dowsing.John W -----Original Message-----
Interesting question. I had a water well drilled 3 yrs ago and thedriller asked if I had had it dowsed. I told him no and asked if herecommended doing that. He said "no but it gives me a good excuse if Idrill a dry hole". He can tell no greater rate of success with dowsing.John W -----Original Message-----
Pietenpol-List: RE: dowsing
Original Posted By:> walter evans [SMTP:wbeevans(at)worldnet.att.net]
Yeah, I hired a "Water Witch" to locate my well when my wife and I built our houselast year. The part of North Carolina where we live is real spotty on water.The groundwater tends to be in vertical shafts in the rock, so if you hitone of those shafts, you get plenty of water, if not you get almost nothing.My next door neighbor (who lives about a quarter mile away - we live out in thecountry) only gets 1.5 gallons per minute from his 350' deep well. However,the neighbor across the pond gets 100 gallons per minute, so we asked him howhe located his well. He gave me the name of the Water Witch, and I paid thefellow a hundred bucks to tell me where to drill. Best money I ever spent. He was sort of a strange dude. He spent about an hour just wandering all overour 12 acres, occasionally pulling out a pair of "L" shaped copper rods about18" long and 1/4" diameter. He would hold them loosely in his hands with thelong part of the L's out in front of him and parallel to each other. When hegot to a place where water was near the surface, the rods would rotate in hishands and cross each other. I tried it and damn if it doesn't work! He foundhis "best indication" and told us to drill there. He said he didn't get theindication that he felt at Kim's place (the 100 gpm well), but he felt like wewould get between 7 and 10 gpm. We drilled there and hit water at 60', getting6 gpm. We pushed on down to 200' just to have some reserve and we get a goodsolid 10 gallons per minute.I just want to say I'm a licensed engineer and don't understand at all how thiscan work. But I believe it.> -----Original Message-----
Yeah, I hired a "Water Witch" to locate my well when my wife and I built our houselast year. The part of North Carolina where we live is real spotty on water.The groundwater tends to be in vertical shafts in the rock, so if you hitone of those shafts, you get plenty of water, if not you get almost nothing.My next door neighbor (who lives about a quarter mile away - we live out in thecountry) only gets 1.5 gallons per minute from his 350' deep well. However,the neighbor across the pond gets 100 gallons per minute, so we asked him howhe located his well. He gave me the name of the Water Witch, and I paid thefellow a hundred bucks to tell me where to drill. Best money I ever spent. He was sort of a strange dude. He spent about an hour just wandering all overour 12 acres, occasionally pulling out a pair of "L" shaped copper rods about18" long and 1/4" diameter. He would hold them loosely in his hands with thelong part of the L's out in front of him and parallel to each other. When hegot to a place where water was near the surface, the rods would rotate in hishands and cross each other. I tried it and damn if it doesn't work! He foundhis "best indication" and told us to drill there. He said he didn't get theindication that he felt at Kim's place (the 100 gpm well), but he felt like wewould get between 7 and 10 gpm. We drilled there and hit water at 60', getting6 gpm. We pushed on down to 200' just to have some reserve and we get a goodsolid 10 gallons per minute.I just want to say I'm a licensed engineer and don't understand at all how thiscan work. But I believe it.> -----Original Message-----
> RE: dowsing
Original Posted By:> > walter evans [SMTP:wbeevans(at)worldnet.att.net]
Yeah, but did you hit water? I've done the same thing with the short ends of the copper rods in coke bottles. I don't swear by it, or understand it, but it always seems to work.>From: "Jack Phillips (EUS)" >Reply-To: Pietenpol Discussion >To: Pietenpol Discussion >Subject: RE: dowsing>Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 13:17:32 +0200>>Yeah, I hired a "Water Witch" to locate my well when my wife and I built >our house last year. The part of North Carolina where we live is real >spotty on water. The groundwater tends to be in vertical shafts in the >rock, so if you hit one of those shafts, you get plenty of water, if not >you get almost nothing. My next door neighbor (who lives about a quarter >mile away - we live out in the country) only gets 1.5 gallons per minute >from his 350' deep well. However, the neighbor across the pond gets 100>He was sort of a strange dude. He spent about an hour just wandering all >over our 12 acres, occasionally pulling out a pair of "L" shaped copper >rods about 18" long and 1/4" diameter. He would hold them loosely in his >hands with the long part of the L's out in front of him and parallel to >each other. When he got to a place where water was near the surface, the >rods would rotate in his hands and cross each other. I tried it and damn >if it doesn't work! He found his "best indication" and told us to dr>I just want to say I'm a licensed engineer and don't understand at all how >this can work. But I believe it.>>> > -----Original Message-----
Yeah, but did you hit water? I've done the same thing with the short ends of the copper rods in coke bottles. I don't swear by it, or understand it, but it always seems to work.>From: "Jack Phillips (EUS)" >Reply-To: Pietenpol Discussion >To: Pietenpol Discussion >Subject: RE: dowsing>Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 13:17:32 +0200>>Yeah, I hired a "Water Witch" to locate my well when my wife and I built >our house last year. The part of North Carolina where we live is real >spotty on water. The groundwater tends to be in vertical shafts in the >rock, so if you hit one of those shafts, you get plenty of water, if not >you get almost nothing. My next door neighbor (who lives about a quarter >mile away - we live out in the country) only gets 1.5 gallons per minute >from his 350' deep well. However, the neighbor across the pond gets 100>He was sort of a strange dude. He spent about an hour just wandering all >over our 12 acres, occasionally pulling out a pair of "L" shaped copper >rods about 18" long and 1/4" diameter. He would hold them loosely in his >hands with the long part of the L's out in front of him and parallel to >each other. When he got to a place where water was near the surface, the >rods would rotate in his hands and cross each other. I tried it and damn >if it doesn't work! He found his "best indication" and told us to dr>I just want to say I'm a licensed engineer and don't understand at all how >this can work. But I believe it.>>> > -----Original Message-----
Pietenpol-List: RE: dowsing
Original Posted By:> Larry Ragan [SMTP:lragan(at)hotmail.com]
Yes, we get 10 gpm. This discussion list seems to lose about half of what isend.> -----Original Message-----
Yes, we get 10 gpm. This discussion list seems to lose about half of what isend.> -----Original Message-----
Pietenpol-List: Re: dowsing
Original Posted By:> walter evans
On Wed, 29 Sep 1999, John Weikel wrote:> Interesting question. I had a water well drilled 3 yrs ago and the> driller asked if I had had it dowsed. I told him no and asked if he> recommended doing that. He said "no but it gives me a good excuse if I> drill a dry hole". He can tell no greater rate of success with dowsing. > John W> d -----Original Message-----
On Wed, 29 Sep 1999, John Weikel wrote:> Interesting question. I had a water well drilled 3 yrs ago and the> driller asked if I had had it dowsed. I told him no and asked if he> recommended doing that. He said "no but it gives me a good excuse if I> drill a dry hole". He can tell no greater rate of success with dowsing. > John W> d -----Original Message-----
Pietenpol-List: Re: dowsing
Original Posted By: kyle ray
Wow That Was Loud! ----- Original Message -----
Wow That Was Loud! ----- Original Message -----
Pietenpol-List: Re: dowsing
Original Posted By: "Jack Phillips (EUS)"
> Thinking about dowsing and ... Pietenpols.A guy I used to work with showed me how to do it with wire coathangers bentinto L-shapes and used as described. He had dug his own well (for drinkingwater) and also created a spring fed lake. It worked for him and it workedfor me.I've worked for a couple of water companies, and they use dowsers to findlost pipes (distibution mains that were laid in open country 20 years ago,records lost or inaccurate and the original engineer dead). A watercompany using dowsing gives lends some credibility.As for being off-subject, some of the on-subject exchanges could have beenterminated in their infancy like the 'I just got back from Oshkosh' epic -I don't give a damn -I live about nine thousand miles away, and it offeredme no information on Piet building, and arguably no information about Pietflying.While we're at it, pay attention to the subject line chaps...at random Ijust selected a mail with the subject 'Re: Hand Propping' and the body isabout wire feed and stick welding. This may well be useful information,but how will I find it when I'm browsing through the subjects? As for mailwith blank subject.....But back to the dowsing, Walt. You mentioned dowsing AND pietenpols - didyou have a connection in mind?LeoNottinghamshire, UK________________________________________________________________________________
> Thinking about dowsing and ... Pietenpols.A guy I used to work with showed me how to do it with wire coathangers bentinto L-shapes and used as described. He had dug his own well (for drinkingwater) and also created a spring fed lake. It worked for him and it workedfor me.I've worked for a couple of water companies, and they use dowsers to findlost pipes (distibution mains that were laid in open country 20 years ago,records lost or inaccurate and the original engineer dead). A watercompany using dowsing gives lends some credibility.As for being off-subject, some of the on-subject exchanges could have beenterminated in their infancy like the 'I just got back from Oshkosh' epic -I don't give a damn -I live about nine thousand miles away, and it offeredme no information on Piet building, and arguably no information about Pietflying.While we're at it, pay attention to the subject line chaps...at random Ijust selected a mail with the subject 'Re: Hand Propping' and the body isabout wire feed and stick welding. This may well be useful information,but how will I find it when I'm browsing through the subjects? As for mailwith blank subject.....But back to the dowsing, Walt. You mentioned dowsing AND pietenpols - didyou have a connection in mind?LeoNottinghamshire, UK________________________________________________________________________________
> > RE: dowsing
Original Posted By:> > > walter evans [SMTP:wbeevans(at)worldnet.att.net]
> >> >Yeah, I hired a "Water Witch" to locate my well when my wife and I built > >our house last year. The part of North Carolina where we live is real > >spotty on water. The groundwater tends to be in vertical shafts in the > >rock, so if you hit one of those shafts, you get plenty of water, if not > >you get almost nothing. My next door neighbor (who lives about a quarter> > >mile away - we live out in the country) only gets 1.5 gallons per minute > >from his 350' deep well. However, the neighbor across the pond gets 100> >He was sort of a strange dude. He spent about an hour just wandering all> > >over our 12 acres, occasionally pulling out a pair of "L" shaped copper > >rods about 18" long and 1/4" diameter. He would hold them loosely in his> > >hands with the long part of the L's out in front of him and parallel to > >each other. When he got to a place where water was near the surface, the> > >rods would rotate in his hands and cross each other. I tried it and damn> > >if it doesn't work! He found his "best indication" and told us to dr> >I just want to say I'm a licensed engineer and don't understand at all> how > >this can work. But I believe it.> >> >> > > -----Original Message-----
> >> >Yeah, I hired a "Water Witch" to locate my well when my wife and I built > >our house last year. The part of North Carolina where we live is real > >spotty on water. The groundwater tends to be in vertical shafts in the > >rock, so if you hit one of those shafts, you get plenty of water, if not > >you get almost nothing. My next door neighbor (who lives about a quarter> > >mile away - we live out in the country) only gets 1.5 gallons per minute > >from his 350' deep well. However, the neighbor across the pond gets 100> >He was sort of a strange dude. He spent about an hour just wandering all> > >over our 12 acres, occasionally pulling out a pair of "L" shaped copper > >rods about 18" long and 1/4" diameter. He would hold them loosely in his> > >hands with the long part of the L's out in front of him and parallel to > >each other. When he got to a place where water was near the surface, the> > >rods would rotate in his hands and cross each other. I tried it and damn> > >if it doesn't work! He found his "best indication" and told us to dr> >I just want to say I'm a licensed engineer and don't understand at all> how > >this can work. But I believe it.> >> >> > > -----Original Message-----
> dowsing
Original Posted By: Michael Brusilow
> Subject: dowsing> > > Just a strange question.....Does anyone know of anyone who can dowse forwater, tanks, pipes? Just curious about the concept.> Thinking about dowsing and Pietenpols.> walt> Ken Beanlands B.Eng (Aerospace)Calgary, Alberta, CanadaChristavia MK 1 C-GREN________________________________________________________________________________
> Subject: dowsing> > > Just a strange question.....Does anyone know of anyone who can dowse forwater, tanks, pipes? Just curious about the concept.> Thinking about dowsing and Pietenpols.> walt> Ken Beanlands B.Eng (Aerospace)Calgary, Alberta, CanadaChristavia MK 1 C-GREN________________________________________________________________________________