Jeffro
Silver Member
Here's the deal-
I won't say dowsing DOESN'T work.
I won't say dowsing DOES work.
Dowsing is a belief, period. Here's why.
After several months on this site, I've come in here from time to time to check out one interesting (I thought) post or another. After reading a bit of what people have to say from both sides of the aisle, here's what I have garnered.
Some say dowsing can be done anytime.
Others say it coincides with solar flares.
Some say it comes from within.
Others say it comes from without. (Signal lines and such)
Some can dowse from maps.
Others need to be on site.
Some say they can do it consistently.
Others say it can't be done consistently due to whatever forces.
Some say it's a "gift".
Others say anyone can do it.
Some say it takes years of practice.
Some have luck right away.
Some say pendulum, some say rods, some say forked sticks. Still others work with electronics. Some say all of the above.
I say dowsing is a belief, nothing more. If you believe in it go for it. Like another poster suggested, if you believe you can find stuff with a pair of pliers and a marshmallow taped to your forehead, go for it.
I have asked several dowsers on this forum for leads anywhere near me I can go check out. Not that it would prove anything, more for curiousities sake than anything.
If I went out with my two-box to some site someone sent me to and didn't find anything, would that prove that dowsing doesn't exist? I didn't think it would.... so the converse is also true. If I went out to a site and found something, it still wouldn't prove dowsing works, either.
Still have yet to get a lead from a dowser.
Just yesterday I was asked for a lead for a good site in a town I have never been to. 5 minutes of research and I put him on 9 square blocks of prime detecting area from the 1890's. Now, he's fairly new to all this, and I have no idea of his abilities with his machines, but his chances just got better than finding clad.
With dowsing, why would I attempt something that has no basis in fact? Something that takes years to supposedly become reliable at? Something that even after years of experience, still does not produce repeatable results?
With a metal detector, you wave it over a piece of metal that has been buried for 100s of years, it will beep every time. You can dig it, see it, feel it, taste it if ya want to.
Why spend all that time wasting it on digging dry holes? So that when something does come along you can say dowsing works!?!?
Just recently there was a dowser who posted about finding a gold vein or something gold for sure.... but he didn't wanna dig a hole 2 or 3 feet deep. Why? When I'm out gold hunting, I dig holes 2 or 3 feet deep on a regular basis. Sometimes its worth the effort, sometimes its not. Just chance, based on experience. Without L-rods.
Why would this guy NOT wanna dig a hole on something he claims IS there? Another dowser concurred, saying he didn't wanna dig 3 foot holes either. I wonder why this is? Is it because when its a dry hole you can say there WAS gold there, just so small you can't see it, rather than nuggets you were hoping for? I thought the dowser could ask questions and get responses? It would make sense to me to ask the rods if the signal is nuggets first, then.
If I ever do get a response from a dowser on a cache or even a buried car hood, and I go out and locate it with a two box and see it with my own eyes, then I might pursue it.
But in the meantime, I think I do just fine buying a store bought detector that will find metal targets 100% of the time. Research puts me in the areas with caches, sometimes I get one, most times I don't. But if my detector gets within 10 inches of a cache, it will ring off. Guaranteed. Big enough cache, my two box will get it several feet.
Again, if you believe in it, go for it. I do have an open mind. I won't say it does or doesn't work, as long as it works for you. So far, I have seen nothing on here at all that is convincing, 100%.
And I sincerely hope that those of you who do believe in it don't fall for the myriad of scamming that goes on in this field, sometimes costing the dowser several thousands of dollars.
I won't say dowsing DOESN'T work.
I won't say dowsing DOES work.
Dowsing is a belief, period. Here's why.
After several months on this site, I've come in here from time to time to check out one interesting (I thought) post or another. After reading a bit of what people have to say from both sides of the aisle, here's what I have garnered.
Some say dowsing can be done anytime.
Others say it coincides with solar flares.
Some say it comes from within.
Others say it comes from without. (Signal lines and such)
Some can dowse from maps.
Others need to be on site.
Some say they can do it consistently.
Others say it can't be done consistently due to whatever forces.
Some say it's a "gift".
Others say anyone can do it.
Some say it takes years of practice.
Some have luck right away.
Some say pendulum, some say rods, some say forked sticks. Still others work with electronics. Some say all of the above.
I say dowsing is a belief, nothing more. If you believe in it go for it. Like another poster suggested, if you believe you can find stuff with a pair of pliers and a marshmallow taped to your forehead, go for it.
I have asked several dowsers on this forum for leads anywhere near me I can go check out. Not that it would prove anything, more for curiousities sake than anything.
If I went out with my two-box to some site someone sent me to and didn't find anything, would that prove that dowsing doesn't exist? I didn't think it would.... so the converse is also true. If I went out to a site and found something, it still wouldn't prove dowsing works, either.
Still have yet to get a lead from a dowser.
Just yesterday I was asked for a lead for a good site in a town I have never been to. 5 minutes of research and I put him on 9 square blocks of prime detecting area from the 1890's. Now, he's fairly new to all this, and I have no idea of his abilities with his machines, but his chances just got better than finding clad.
With dowsing, why would I attempt something that has no basis in fact? Something that takes years to supposedly become reliable at? Something that even after years of experience, still does not produce repeatable results?
With a metal detector, you wave it over a piece of metal that has been buried for 100s of years, it will beep every time. You can dig it, see it, feel it, taste it if ya want to.
Why spend all that time wasting it on digging dry holes? So that when something does come along you can say dowsing works!?!?
Just recently there was a dowser who posted about finding a gold vein or something gold for sure.... but he didn't wanna dig a hole 2 or 3 feet deep. Why? When I'm out gold hunting, I dig holes 2 or 3 feet deep on a regular basis. Sometimes its worth the effort, sometimes its not. Just chance, based on experience. Without L-rods.
Why would this guy NOT wanna dig a hole on something he claims IS there? Another dowser concurred, saying he didn't wanna dig 3 foot holes either. I wonder why this is? Is it because when its a dry hole you can say there WAS gold there, just so small you can't see it, rather than nuggets you were hoping for? I thought the dowser could ask questions and get responses? It would make sense to me to ask the rods if the signal is nuggets first, then.
If I ever do get a response from a dowser on a cache or even a buried car hood, and I go out and locate it with a two box and see it with my own eyes, then I might pursue it.
But in the meantime, I think I do just fine buying a store bought detector that will find metal targets 100% of the time. Research puts me in the areas with caches, sometimes I get one, most times I don't. But if my detector gets within 10 inches of a cache, it will ring off. Guaranteed. Big enough cache, my two box will get it several feet.
Again, if you believe in it, go for it. I do have an open mind. I won't say it does or doesn't work, as long as it works for you. So far, I have seen nothing on here at all that is convincing, 100%.
And I sincerely hope that those of you who do believe in it don't fall for the myriad of scamming that goes on in this field, sometimes costing the dowser several thousands of dollars.
