Map Dowsing

[teleprospector]

I like the google also for its gps coordinate feature. It gets you into your area of interest when using a portable gps receiver in the field.
Whatever photo package you select, it's still way better than what we had available to use for map work years ago.
Jon

 

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[aarthrj3811]

Hey Jon….Isn’t this forum about exchanging ideas? I think most of us agree that there is no right way to dowse and no wrong way to dowse. It all comes down to what works for you. It always amazes me how one sentence can make a big difference to your dowsing methods. I always try others methods and see how they fit into my methods.

I even tried a map dowsing system where it was preformed on the computer screen. If it would have worked for me I could have saved a lot of printing cost. Keep putting your methods on here as you never know which sentence will ring the bell of someone and make them a better dowser….Art

 

[Digum]

Check out my post titled Want to do map dowsing? in the general section of the Dowsing forum.
Jon

Jon I read your "Want to do map dowsing?" post, then printed it so that I can refer to it as needed. Easy to follow instructions and good tips. I had no idea I was supposed to stand and not sit. DUH!!!! The little things, they make the difference. Thanks, Digum

 

[teleprospector]

Hi There Digum, thank you for taking a look at my post on map dowsing.
It's ok to sit at a table if you'd like, I started standing at my map dowsing table beacause that is what I do in the field with the instruments, so what you are doing is the same sweep procedures in the field as you are at home over the map dowsing table, you are reinforcing your body with repitition, taking the same movements with you outside on site.
There are some people that dowse from wheelchairs and scooters, ect.
The sweeping method is generally used more with an L-rod than a pendulum, but you can still sweep over a map or in the field with a pendulum, it's the operators choice and it's best to go with what works for you, that means that you have set up practice targets and you find that you are repeatably finding your test targets with your method of dowsing, it's what works for you that you want to stick with wether you learned it from your own self discovery or from the dowsers on the forum, books, class, ect. This takes time and over time with much practice, you will develop your own style of dowsing, personal to you and no one else.
Jon

 

[aarthrj3811]

Hey Jon….I tried your methods a few years back. Being a physical dowser I found that when I tried to use the rods mentally it started to interfere with all my dowsing. I even printed the maps on 4 pieces of paper and tried to mark them where my heels were when the rods crossed. It worked but I was always to far off. The Pendulum is the only tool I use that is a mental thing. When using the rods I think of anything but what I am doing. There are a few objects that I use mental dowsing to find “ Caves or tunnels” but these are rare occasions. ….Art

 

[Red_desert]

I can use all types of maps. I am working on dowsing charts right now...mount them on a cardboard backing about 4 1/8" wide x 3 1/2" high. Make sure the print size says 4.171" x 3.485" at 350 resolution. I just posted one of these for Spanish trails in the Spanish signs board, but it didn't post right...found out I accidently messed up the resolution of it...will post that here also.

Compass + target id. To use the compass line up North with the North. Pendulum should rotate around the outer part which is obviously the compass. For target id. think of a location...keep thinking of different areas. Use the yes/no for depth and additional info. Signals in the target id. area don't import into the compass, but you can move from the compass into the target id. When you activate the compass, pick up signals by asking about where something is....if silver or gold, keep getting more specific until it points in a direction. All else belongs with the target id. part of the chart and does not need to be lined up with North, South, etc. to work (just the compass only).

 

[Red_desert]

I just posted only those 2 to see if they post right...yes, but still display a little large. Here are a couple more...

 

[Digum]

Being a physical dowser I found that when I tried to use the rods mentally it started to interfere with all my dowsing. The Pendulum is the only tool I use that is a mental thing. When using the rods I think of anything but what I am doing. ….Art

I think? that I dowse with rods the same way you're describing Art. I don't continually imagine or mentally see the object. I relax and watch my rods react. Kindof just enjoy being out there doing what I'm doing. That's why I've said I'm a physical dowser. Now since I've picked up the pendulum, that's a totally different thing. I could not get a reaction until I began mentally focusing more. I'm getting results with the pendulum but it takes "allot" more effort. --- Hey Jon, I read you latest post on using maps. I'm going back to your written instructions. You could teach me Chinese before the Olympics end faster than I can learn this. LOL. But maybe I'll get there someday. I have a way to go before I get to that point.

 

[teleprospector]

Hi Digum,
Let me know if there is something I can make more clear about my map dowsing post,ect.
Post it here or email me personally.
Jon

 

[Red_desert]

i think that explains what could have messed me up when first using L-rods. I'm more of, as you call it, a mental dowser. And could from the beginning find things map dowsing, no problem at all.

When I use a pendulum, it is rather effortless...I don't keep thinking of something that I'm trying to locate. If the truck keys get lost, no problem...I've found lost truck keys with my pendulum simply by asking yes/no questions (without a map) about where they are...ask once where something is, then keep dowsing the map until you find it.

Once I mark the spot on a map, I hold the pendulum over the x (or whatever mark I use), try to find out more. It wil keep swinging over the x until asking the wrong thing...if the treasure is a coin, thinking jewelry will cause the pendulum to stop swinging (at least it does the way I do it). For me, thinking of something is no different than asking about where or what a thing is, the thought can or usually does override the question.

i tend to focus on where I'm dowsing a map instead of what I'm looking for...after starting which usually begins by asking about where is...

 

[Digum]

Hi Digum,
Let me know if there is something I can make more clear about my map dowsing post,ect.
Post it here or email me personally.
Jon

Thanks Jon. I appreciate the offer. That's what's good about this site. Allot of people here are willing to help. Because of that I'm way ahead of where I was just weeks ago. Far ahead of where I thought I'd be. And I still have a "looong" way to go. Digum

 

[extractor]

Great posts thanks

 

[daryl do nicely]

very interesting reading gents...thanks
are the charts printable ?

 

[Red_desert]

Yes, print out the charts about 3 1/2 X 4" and keep the image resolution high. I've discovered that wood makes a better backing to mount them on.

To use the compass part and get a direction to something, I now reccommend the following.
1. Align the chart so that North points North.
2. Do your pendulum dowsing over the chart facing East...it will cause you to ignore the target id. part of the chart.
3. Allow the pendulum to rotate around the outer circular edge of the chart where the directions of the compass can be seen...focus your mind on a particular treasure (cache, coin, etc.) until you get a response. A response should be a change from rotation into a direct pointing swing.
4. Ask a question about the distance it is away from you, the pendulum should stop swinging the moment you guess too far.

 

[daryl do nicely]

thanks for sharing mate. ill try it out soon.