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Divining rods for sapphire hunting
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Well I ain't got no $10,000 so I'll just havta go with the $2.00 rods I've already got in my box of tricks. That n sniff'n 'll do me fine.
I'm all for the hocus pokus any day ,.... after all it's the mystery of it all that is overwhelmingly superior in satisfaction given.
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I'm all for the hocus pokus any day ,.... after all it's the mystery of it all that is overwhelmingly superior in satisfaction given.
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Well said silver..... :Y: :Y:
LW...
:Y: :Y: LW...
I too thought it was interesting being a skeptic but I have seen results. And that days all bets was the location was wrong as the logic of the layout didn't make sense. The company in that case were no small fry.
I'm still a skeptic but more open minded.
I'm still a skeptic but more open minded.
i to am a skeptic however i also have an open mind to others beliefs
if they think it works for them well and good who is anyone to say different
we have our detectors :Y:
they have coat hangers the up side for them is no batteries to worry about going flat
if they think it works for them well and good who is anyone to say different
we have our detectors :Y:
they have coat hangers the up side for them is no batteries to worry about going flat
Rusty Barbed Wire... not coat hangers... :lol: :lol: ]
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:lol: :lol: ] LW....
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I was given the gift (the old hand on the shoulder while undertaking the initial use) by my Father.
He used to get me to find the water lines for him when we needed to do work on the irrigation junctions.
Wasn't until years later when I was testing a knoll to see what the rods would point out that I realised I was finding plastic in under the grass, and nothing to do with water at all. The only spots the wires crossed were where there turned out to be bits of discarded plastic rubbish. I can only go on my own personal experience when it comes to divining rods ,....certainly a bit of kit I keep around.
He used to get me to find the water lines for him when we needed to do work on the irrigation junctions.
Wasn't until years later when I was testing a knoll to see what the rods would point out that I realised I was finding plastic in under the grass, and nothing to do with water at all. The only spots the wires crossed were where there turned out to be bits of discarded plastic rubbish. I can only go on my own personal experience when it comes to divining rods ,....certainly a bit of kit I keep around.
Gunna Have to get mine outa mothballs
I gotta get me some , I am a believer.
Mackka
Mackka
I believe that the best dowsing rods are made from the input feed wires of used Flux Capacitors.
Ditherer and Son said:
Good to see you back posting D&S!
Thanks Dr Duck, it has been a while, real life gets in the way as I am sure you'd understand. The Ditherer and I are heading to Inverell next week for some Sapphire hunting, so hopefully have some videos to share at the end of it.
I have been reading lots of posts during the interim, though having nothing to contribute.
I have been reading lots of posts during the interim, though having nothing to contribute.
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Hi Folks
I wondered whether to contribute to this thread because it seems to generate an amazing amount of ill temper in some folks about other peoples harmless beliefs and activities. Anyway I've decided to do so!
I dig two surface claims in Rubyvale near Lefty's old family diggings. In this area people do not doubt the effectiveness of wires in detecting runs of wash which are likely to contain sapphires. Several locals are 'expert' in the technique and will survey claims for other people to indicate probable runs of wash. My own claims were surveyed with wires a few years ago and I have been happy with the results. I have dug the lines of wash indicated by the wires and have a satisfactory number of sapphires. Would I have found a similar number if I had dug elsewhere? - perhaps!
One explanation proposed for the apparent the success of the wires is that slight differences in magnetism are being detected due to the presence or absence of ironstone - and where there is ironstone there are likely to be sapphires.
A more improbable use of the wires is the detection of individual sapphires or groups of sapphires. With this 'technique' a sapphire is held in the hand in contact with one of the wires. This tells the wires what they are looking for. Proponents of this technique will also claim to be able to tell the depth and size of the sapphire. For example for depth 'assessment' the ground is stamped and the question asked - "is the sapphire 10cm deep?'. When the appropriate depth is mentioned then the wires cross. Improbable magic? - well perhaps,but I know of one couple who only process those buckets of wash that the wires indicate contain sapphires. The other buckets are discarded unprocessed. I guess that it must work for them!
It is, of course, very tempting to make some wires and try detecting with them oneself. So, I bent a couple of coat hanger wires and wandered about with them. In two places, on old spoil heaps the wires indicated, by crossing firmly, the presence of sapphire. I dug where the wires indicated and found two very nice sapphires. I then proceeded to process much of the rest of the spoil heaps in the hope of finding more sapphires. There were no more. At other times, however the wires have indicated the presence of sapphires and I have dug and found nothing. It seems the wires are a bit 'tricksy'.
So, do the wires work? - well perhaps! I have two nice sapphires which I would certainly not have found if I did not use the wires. Also it is pleasant to wander about in the cool of the morning, before the digging starts, holding a pair of bent coathangers It makes a peaceful, and harmless, start to the day and - with luck - it may even be productive. In this area it is accepted as a perfectly normal occupation!
I wondered whether to contribute to this thread because it seems to generate an amazing amount of ill temper in some folks about other peoples harmless beliefs and activities. Anyway I've decided to do so!
I dig two surface claims in Rubyvale near Lefty's old family diggings. In this area people do not doubt the effectiveness of wires in detecting runs of wash which are likely to contain sapphires. Several locals are 'expert' in the technique and will survey claims for other people to indicate probable runs of wash. My own claims were surveyed with wires a few years ago and I have been happy with the results. I have dug the lines of wash indicated by the wires and have a satisfactory number of sapphires. Would I have found a similar number if I had dug elsewhere? - perhaps!
One explanation proposed for the apparent the success of the wires is that slight differences in magnetism are being detected due to the presence or absence of ironstone - and where there is ironstone there are likely to be sapphires.
A more improbable use of the wires is the detection of individual sapphires or groups of sapphires. With this 'technique' a sapphire is held in the hand in contact with one of the wires. This tells the wires what they are looking for. Proponents of this technique will also claim to be able to tell the depth and size of the sapphire. For example for depth 'assessment' the ground is stamped and the question asked - "is the sapphire 10cm deep?'. When the appropriate depth is mentioned then the wires cross. Improbable magic? - well perhaps,but I know of one couple who only process those buckets of wash that the wires indicate contain sapphires. The other buckets are discarded unprocessed. I guess that it must work for them!
It is, of course, very tempting to make some wires and try detecting with them oneself. So, I bent a couple of coat hanger wires and wandered about with them. In two places, on old spoil heaps the wires indicated, by crossing firmly, the presence of sapphire. I dug where the wires indicated and found two very nice sapphires. I then proceeded to process much of the rest of the spoil heaps in the hope of finding more sapphires. There were no more. At other times, however the wires have indicated the presence of sapphires and I have dug and found nothing. It seems the wires are a bit 'tricksy'.
So, do the wires work? - well perhaps! I have two nice sapphires which I would certainly not have found if I did not use the wires. Also it is pleasant to wander about in the cool of the morning, before the digging starts, holding a pair of bent coathangers It makes a peaceful, and harmless, start to the day and - with luck - it may even be productive. In this area it is accepted as a perfectly normal occupation!
Thanks Bill, a great read.
Mackka
Mackka
Divining rods work :Y: , its my belief its some sort of inner energy of the person using them more than the wire , most doubters simply dont have whats needed inside them for it to work .
I also think different people get different things to signal , i cant do it , but my grandfather could , a mate of mine can and i have seen plenty others aswell, but all my experience has been for water or pipes , but i do remember some comments about dry streams signaling.
I also think different people get different things to signal , i cant do it , but my grandfather could , a mate of mine can and i have seen plenty others aswell, but all my experience has been for water or pipes , but i do remember some comments about dry streams signaling.
