Who's he calling a "dip needle"? I know a couple of architects that might qualify. +o(
Don't Sell The Dip Needle Short
> "Dowsing is bunk. There was scientific double-blind test done in Australia that was features on PBS a few years ago. And that million dollar offer has not been taken yet."
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> Either way, that "bunk" saved me a bunch of digging and allowed me to repair the sprinkler quickly. I really was amazed to see an elbow in the center of a 6" dia. hole in the middle of a couple acre lawn.
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> Weird stuff that cannot be explained or apparently proved.
I've stayed away from posting about "dowsing" or "witching". The theory behind the bent rods is based on a particle moving through a magnetic field. When you hold the rods, you are essentially creating a magnet with the poles being in your hands, ie left is north, right is south or the opposite. That is magnetic north and south like on a common magnet. Everything has a magnetic field. You, me, pipe, roots, shovel handles, bones what have you. Depending on the magnetic field that come across while you are dowsing or witching, is how the magnet you created by the two rods react. It doesn't need to be metal, it can be anything as long as the field is strong enough to allow your magnet to align with it it will be found. My grammar sucks right now, but you get the idea I hope. I've found many pipe in the ground by this method and I'm not a "witch" or "paranormal hoax". It's just physics. That is why your family member was able to find the pipe, not magic.
Makes me think of a story
I watched a Robin pull out a backsight one time. It was a 40d nail, with accordion flagging, stuck in the grass, a few feet from the previous inst station. Animals will help.....This was in the transit and tape days.
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Makes me think of a story
Not an Aqua Water Valve Locator But.....
Purchased at a n auction of old surveyors gear
Makes me think of a story
I like old, eccentric bright ideas, and the products they made.
That is cool!
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We used dip needles in Kalispell, Montana in the early 70's, mainly because we were the second string crew and there was only one Schonstedt locator. Dip needles had much the same characteristics as a Ouija Board; concentrate, hold your breath, move ever so slowly, pray alot, and repeat the phrase, "I believe in self-deception, IdoIdoIdo'. After snagging the Schostedt from the other crew a few times we found the best practice with the dip needle was to take hold of the ends of the straps, sling it around your head and smash it against a tree. We didn't really, but that was our estimation of the dip needle's value.
The cheap outfit I was working for used them at least into the mid 1980s. I could find pipes with it, but some of the chiefs who had been around 20+ years made it look a lot easier and could find monuments quicker.
Before there were reliable electronic locators, a dip needle was a very welcome piece of equipment in the truck. It still has one advantage over the electronic devices... you don't have to be concerned about the batteries running out.
