I was shown how to make a simple pair of Dowsing or (divining) rods about 20 years ago on a grain growing property, a new fence was being put up and there was a large bore poly pipe buried which intersected the new fence line at a very small angle, we needed to find it and determine it's path without needing to dig up the entire area, the guy that showed me how to make and use the rods then made his readings and marked where he thought the pipe was, however my reading was different to about 3 meters, we both tried to find the place where the water pipe would intersect the proposed fence line. I marked my position and the path of the pipe as he did about 3 meters away. Then he got the backhoe and began digging just beyond his mark towards mine, as it turned out my mark was accurate to within a foot, which kind of blew us both away, he was annoyed because I got it almost spot on and his reading was way off, I was just amazed that it worked for me at all first try. Now I use the rods whenever I want to find pipes under the ground. They work for me so I use them. I have no explanation of how they would work and really don't think anyone will ever say for sure. I have a saying that goes "if it works do it, if it doesn't work then don't do it". I only need it to work I don't need to know how or why.
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