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Had a college professor who said basically the same thing. I said she was wrong and I’d prove it. She set up the test and I proved my case. I’d take any wager, south of $10, that I could still do it



Same offer ?

I'd rather call it, divining.

Make sure you're not walking under power lines. Sometimes it will give a false reading because of the overhead lines.

I have served on a cemetery board for 35 years where most of my family/ancestors are buried. It has been used since this area was first settled so there are many graves over 150 years old. Some graves never had a stone monument or were poorly marked/located and the old records/maps weren't always kept up.

There's often issues where someone wants to buy a lot next to an ancestor where there appears to be an open spot. A couple of years ago one of our board members suggested we dowse to locate filled spots. I always had thought it was a bunch of hooey, but...

It works. I can do it too. A couple of metal rods, and they will cross over a grave over 100 years old. Just this evening we met to pick up the decorations that needed to be removed and we did some locating and updated our map.

I'm sure it works for finding water lines and well sites.

I'm a Missouri boy and you have to "Show Me"

That was how it was shown to us with welding rod bent in a 90 but minus the the copper tubing. I’d think that the tubing would have upped the success factor as some maybe most were gripping the welding rod unintentionally. I like to think of myself as being a logically based person but it absolutely worked for me. Idk how it works but it worked.

I just want to chime in with my theory.
This topic about dowsing came to mind when I watched this video recently. It makes sense now.
So far I've not found anyone with scientific answers for this phenomenon. If there was one, it seems reasonable that one would have been discovered by now.
That leaves only one other alternative that I can think of.
Assuming that dowsing usually works for some people, they must have help from someone who can see that which lays below the surface of the earth.
I believe that angels can see things that we can not, whether fallen ones or elect. There is no Biblical reason for an elect angel to answer someone's prayers or lead anyone to seek mystical means of discovery. However, there are many of the other spirit beings that encourage such communication or methods of discovery.

If you don't want to watch it all, there's a similar phenomenon that is a trend with the youth shown from 2:34 minutes onward.



Guess what?
It involves crossing two sticks and letting the spirit take control of the direction one goes. Food for thought.

HC

I know how to dowse for water. All due to electromagnetic fields. I had no idea it worked for graves.

PS:
One very important point that I was just reminded of is at the end of the video.
It says if you don't have Jesus Christ as your Savior, to "give your life to Him today."

I must sternly correct that error of the producer of this video.
Salvation is Not imparted to anyone on the basis of "giving your life to Him." That is the OPPOSITE of the truth.
The gospel is that HE GAVE Himself for our sins.
When we Trust Him alone for salvation, He gives to us everlasting life. If we offer anything in addition to that, whether our life, our heart, our wealth or our might, He withholds that gift. It was already paid for, so faith in Him is the key . Please see links below.

Thank you and may He bless you.

Divining was pretty prevalent around here, never seen it work

I’ve seen people witch for water with a pair of pliers, a willow stick, heavy copper wire and steel rods. It think it’s BS.

I thought it was utter BS.

My dad told me about it and called it "water witching". Thought he was pulling my leg. He was using a couple of pieces of wire coat hanger trying to locate a water pipe during the construction of some property of his. I took the rods, and gave it a try. It worked. It was actually spot on. I have no idea how it works and had I not actually done it myself I still would have called BS. But it worked. Don't ask me how. It was one of the WTF kind of moments. LOL.

It does work. You can locate underground current with two metal rods

I assume the top of the vault is less than 6' to the surface.

A rod in each hand pointed straight out, cross when it detects a grave. Drive the rod to hit the top of the vault

I can find water with either brass or copper rods bent in a L shape.
GrandDad used a forked tree limb, which doesn’t work for me. He preferred the limb of a peach or pecan tree. He found water wells for most of the neighboring ranches and farms when he was young. Folks claimed he was never wrong.
Friend of mine finds graves for Old Cemeteries. He uses two L shaped pieces of coat hanger wire. Never tried doing that. Kinda creeps me out.

I've done it, another odd thing is I can't wear a regular wind up wristwatch they always quit working after a few days, think it might be something with magnetism in my body or something. Maybe that's why chicks are attracted to me lol.

When I was with the water department we relied on 2 pieces of wire bent from flags as much as we used the locate machine.

Generally as accurate unless there were overhead lines or other buried utilities.

Using 1 wire, if held in your left hand it will swivel to the right, if held in your right hand it will swivel left.

I haven’t warn a watch in years but I used kill them within a few days to a few weeks if it wasn’t rated for extended time and depth underwater.

I can use bent wire, usually from coat hangers to find water lines and underground electric lines, but failed with the grave search thing. I really hoped it would work, as out Cemetery has a lot of old, presumably unmarked graves. miles