Picture of dowsing find

[teleprospector]

.....found in NC/TN in 1993 on site after map dowsing off site indicated valuable sapphire was present. My question posed to the rod over the map was, "Is there any valuable sapphire anywhere in the area represented by this map?" A yes answer had me driving to the site where I used a mental bait/info dowsing with the L-rod that led me 40' from where I was standing.The sapphire was about 8"deep and weighed in at just over an ounce. The site work took about 15 minutes.
My question posed to the rod on site was, "In which direction below the earth's surface will I find a commercially valuable sapphire?" And that was all she wrote!
This is a good example of using information dowsing and a mental bait while map/field dowsing to make a successful mineral recovery.
Enjoy!
I'll have more pics of my finds, oldest to newest as I transfer them over from prints onto the computer.
Stay tuned!
Jon

 

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[Wetgreenie]

Way cool, Keep em comming.
It's always interesting to see what a dowser might find.

 

[jeff of pa]

Nice Find !

Congrats !

 

[aarthrj3811]

Some of my finds....Art

 

[jeff of pa]

Nice Finds Art.

I think I like the Silver Dollars more then the Gold

 

[aarthrj3811]

Thanks Jeff....Not much gold in the area that I now live. I spent the last few years looking for big caches...It is a whole new ballgame. I have a lot to learn....Art

 

[Twisted Fork]

have you tried TerraServer yet? Study topos for old mine symbols in and around your mountains. Those old timers mined right past the Spanish caches. Look for twin stumps or standing stones nearby.

Twisted

 

[teleprospector]

Hi Art,
Very "cool" finds, I like the top one, the jar of gold!
Jon

 

[teleprospector]

Hello Dell,
I've enjoyed seeing your finds also on the forum!
Jon

 

[aarthrj3811]

Hey Jon.....dug a lot of holes that summer....a little over 3 pounds....Art

 

[teleprospector]

Hi Dell,
Very nice finds! nice color on the nuggets, and I hope you are including your model there as a "gold" find also!
Jon

 

[aarthrj3811]

Just a few specks..

 

[aarthrj3811]

I thought I would add a little to this thread. Less than a foot deep. What’s the odds of finding this with a metal detector?....Art

 

[Digum]

That's a nice nugget Art. One of a kind. I read your post earlier on your Sapphire find, the questions that you posed on the map and on the site, and the short time it took to locate it. How did locating this nugget compare with locating the Sapphire?

 

[teleprospector]

Hi Digum, I located the sapphire.
Jon

 

[aarthrj3811]

Hey Digum…..I made about 5 trips over there. It is a 4 hour drive from my house. I would spend 5 to 6 hours walking around. I knew that the gold vein was about 2 ½ miles long. The second trip I located the closed entrance to the Legend “ Lost Cave of Gold”

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I also found another closed entrance up on the mountain. These were about a mile up a steep gully so I decide to look around a little more. I followed the road up the canyon and found that the cave crossed under the road and headed for the mountains on the other side of the sand wash. I checked this area out and found the cave was 20 feet deep about 200 feet up the mountain. There was a deep gully to the left so I went over there and checked it out. The top of the cave was 2 feet deep and the gold was right at a foot deep in the gully. I did manage to dig down to bedrock in a small area but it was getting late.
The next trip up the road was completely gone from a flash flood. We took my sons four wheeler in and dug the specimen. After all these years our kids are showing some interest in gold….Art

 

[Digum]

Sorry about that teleprospector. My mistake. That's a beautiful Sapphire. You said that you used "mental bait/info dowsing". Would you mind explaining that? Did you locate anymore Sapphires in that area? --- Great stories Art, yours and the one Jeff posted. How much of the mine had already been worked and how much of it have you worked?

 

[teleprospector]

Hi there Digum, no problem and I'm glad you liked the sapphire find.
Mental baiting is when you picture in your mind what it is you are looking for and strongly concentrating on that image.
Information dowsing is when you pose questions in your mind to the instrument inquiring something about the object you are seeking, for example, the direction to a target, the depth, if the target exists, ect.
Some dowsers don't question the instrument and just strongly concentrate on the object (mind's eye image). This is more easily done with an object that you know what it looks like, such as coins.
With the sapphire, I pictured blue color and concentrated on the word "sapphire" in my mind.
I dowsed the property and staked out areas where I was picking up hotspots for sapphires and was told later that they had dug more up.
Jon

 

[aarthrj3811]

Hey Digum….I have not been in the cave yet. The lower part where the entrance is I have found 5 places where people have either gotten in or gave up. The spot in the upper cave where I found the gold is in a deep gully. If we break in now it will flood this winter. My son will be back from the Arctic Circle in a few months when the storms drive them out. He has the mining expertise and the knowledge of heavy equipment that I need. ….Art

P.S....I found the entrance 0.008 miles from where I had map dowsed it.

 

[rubberdiver13]

.....found in NC/TN in 1993 on site after map dowsing off site indicated valuable sapphire was present. My question posed to the rod over the map was, "Is there any valuable sapphire anywhere in the area represented by this map?" A yes answer had me driving to the site where I used a mental bait/info dowsing with the L-rod that led me 40' from where I was standing.The sapphire was about 8"deep and weighed in at just over an ounce. The site work took about 15 minutes.
My question posed to the rod on site was, "In which direction below the earth's surface will I find a commercially valuable sapphire?" And that was all she wrote!
This is a good example of using information dowsing and a mental bait while map/field dowsing to make a successful mineral recovery.
Enjoy!
I'll have more pics of my finds, oldest to newest as I transfer them over from prints onto the computer.
Stay tuned!
Jon

what as a new person to dowsing..is mental bait