What is a "Spanish Dip Needle?"

[Diggit]

 

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[b3y0nd3r]

You don't know what a
[h=2]Spanish Dip Needle[/h]is? Wow! Everyone knows what a
[h=2]Spanish Dip Needle[/h]is.

I will use it in a sentence.

I went home to get my
[h=2]Spanish Dip Needle.[/h]There. Now you know.

 

[Tom_in_CA]

It is a highly scientific treasure finder method. Albeit ... un-discovered science, of course :/ But not to worry: Some day science will come along and explain how it finds treasure !

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

A magnetic compass held wrong.


Though a dip needle is a valid device for measuring the variations in earth's magnetic field.

Dip Needle

 

[A2coins]

A exam tool

 

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A exam tool

No wonder you don’t like doctors Tommy!

 

[Carl-NC]

A magnetic compass held wrong.

That's a "magnetic dip needle" or just "dip needle."

A "Spanish dip needle" is the dowsing device shown in post #2. They first showed up prior to 1900, possibly during the Klondike rush. The stuff in the glass vial is invariably pyrite, passed off as real gold. I own 3 of these things. Also have 2 magnetic dip needles which are somewhat useful, unlike the Spanish variety.