wesfrye53
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I work for a water and sewer utility and some of the old timers used L-shaped welding rods to locate water mains. They showed me how to do it and I made a set of rods. One night we had a broken water main and to prevent digging up a major portion of the street, we normally would locate the main with an electronic locator. That night, nobody had theirs so while they were waiting for one I said "Have no fear, I'll find it with my trusty little rods" After one pass I felt I had located the line but to be sure, I went over it about 5 times; then showed them where to dig. Well, they dug and we found.......a sewer line. When the el electronic gizmo showed up, we found the water line about eight feet further away. While it was embarrasing, my confidence in the dowsing process was strengthened; I had found an active sewer line 4 feet deep with water running in it!