I actually just took a better look at your specific picture/post that you had dowsed. Well... that is TRULY amazing. Let me get this straight...
1. You had a good feeling about a couple of places and pre-screened them by presenting only images of the ones you felt good about. It just so happens that you chose to concentrate on an area around a river. Gee! Who would have thunk it that a prospector would concentrate his efforts around a river? Perhaps you have a bit of psychic powers yourself eh?
2. All three dowsers came up with placer deposits around the river. Gee! What are the odds? Who would have thunk it that there would be gold around a river?
3. All three dowsers came up with locations that are basically centered in the image. Gee! What are the odds? It's not like the center of the image attracts your attention more than the others. That reminds me... after looking at several dowsing pictures out here I have determined that treasure is never found on the edges of maps. Therefore, if you want to increase your chances of finding treasure, never look in areas that are on the edge of a map.
The reality is that you will go to these places picked by these dowsers and likely find some gold anyway. Gee! What are the odds? Finding gold at a gold claim at a place on the river that you already picked as having some special significance to you? Astounding!
For those of you who don't know, this thread started in the General section and was moved here by the moderators. For the record, I rarely comment in the dowsers forum. I believe that everyone is entitled to their own opinions and I don't come in here and try to convince you otherwise. I think that what the dowsers do here for the community is admirable. Most dowsers truly believe in what they do. They are not in it for profit or notoriety. And they are not shysters trying to take your money (some are but most aren't). So I can respect that. But you specifically came out of the forum to "spread the word" to us "non-believers". Because of that I see you as being akin to those pesky people who knock on my door and ask me if I've "heard the good news". You came to OUR house and knocked on our door. So don't be too surprised if you find that most of us slam the door in your face. So I see this as being a slightly different bird so to speak and that is why I have commented somewhat harshly. I will not comment on any other thread in the dowsers forum because I do not intend to become that person that "knocks on your door". This is your forum and you should be able to live peacefully in it with your own beliefs.
I'm glad you believe and I truly hope you find gold on your claim. After all, if you don't find some gold then it isn't much of a claim now is it? Just don't expect all of us to look at what you have presented as "proof" and suddenly change our belief systems based on it. I don't see anything astounding or spectacular. What I see is a prospector who showed a map of a claim that he expects to have gold on anyway who was told that the gold is likely to be found on formations in the middle of the map which just happens to also be next to the river. Coincidence? Hmmmm.....
P.S. - Not sure whether you noticed this or not, but Red_desert's huge yellow circle actually does NOT match up with Teleprospector's green box. They are different locations entirely. But hey, concentrate on that river and you'll likely do well. And don't miss the opportunity to show this same map to members of the prospecting forum. It is likely that they may have some non-dowsing based insight that might serve you just as well. Good luck.
