I figured it out. The bottle of water was in the tent.
Gee, there was more water in the guy following him around
than in a bottle... I think I'll try a few tests and let you all
know what I did and how well I did. Got me curious.
I'll even try barehanded "feeling" for the water. I'll try copper
wire rods for a cup full of pennies and steel wire rods for a hidden
ball of steel wire, and try to freak out a friend or two with paper clip
L-rods that I will have "secretly" magnetised. They'll pull towards
the pole where I have a basketball goal most likely, because my compass
does. The pipe is magnetised somehow, as are most flagpoles. When I was
a kid in Boy Scouts we often went to one regular camp where over the years
the flagpole has been struck many times by lightning. You've got to be
about 20 feet away from it before your compass will quit pointing at it.
Just a little useless information to most folks. Possibly valuable information
to other folks. I'll try my tests a little differently though. Open top cups under
upside down buckets. Also I'll have my wife hide the water. My buddy Darrel
and I won't know where she put it, versus several cups of dry gravel. He can
verify my choice and make sure I don't cheat, and if the signal seems weak or
uncertain, I'll have him put his hand on my shoulder to increase my reception.
Also, while looking for the pennies I can hold pennies in my hands for bait and
wear an electric watch on my wrist (oops, can I say that here?) to increase the
field effect of the electricity coursing through my central nervous system.
Hope I'm not in violation of "THE RULES" by wearing a wristwatch to increase my
sensitivity. Of course having someone's hand on my shoulder has the same effect
as long as he's alive.
Like I've said, I'll let you all know...
-bill-