humble said:
Where is proof from LRL Treasure hunters that LRL don't work. I want to hear. That is the only proof that counts. If they work for anyone, it is Scientific. LRL would never work at all, even once, unless it is Scientific. Common sense. Maybe critics not smart enough to know answers? humble
An "LRL" is a dowsing rod with fraudulent electronics added; or in at least one case a manufacturer's claim that electronics have been added when in fact none have been. In order to work like a dowsing rod, they need to pivot when held in the hand.
In other words, LRL's do "work" -- like dowsing rods, whatever you think of that, and there's another forum for that discussion. The electronics are bogus, and most of the people who post here saying that are electrical engineers, in at least three cases engineers familiar with electronic underground metal detecting and geophysical apparatus.
If you'd like to see a manufacturer's advertisement which in its own funny way explains the whole thing, take a look at the magazine ads for the Thomas "Gravitator". It lists "features" without making any claims other than that it's gonna make someone rich (i.e. Thomas) and that the information request form produces "action at a distance". And how does the swingy thingy really "work"? It's right there in the name, it's a gravitator. In order to dowse with it,
it has to be unbalanced, it is unbalanced, and there you have it. Can't dowse with a compass because the darn thing is balanced, so that it can detect a magnetic field rather than the omnipresent gravity.
And it gets even funnier. The Gravitator is essentially the same thing as the "DKL Lifeguard", for which explicit (and absurd) claims are made, claims which are completely different from the claims you're supposed to imagine in your mind for the Gravitator. In other words each product proves the other one to be fraudulent.
If you want to know that LRL's are fraudulent, the best place to go for the evidence is direct to the manufacturers of the things. They provide the best proof: the debunkers here merely report the findings.
If after having read this forum, you still want to buy an LRL, I say that you deserve one-- the most expensive one you can afford. If all you can afford is a calculator on a swivel, you can get the kind Artie has, or you can build your own for a whole lot less.
If you would rather skip the bogus electronics and use a dowsing rod without fraudulent enhancements, you can make your own from coat hangers, or buy nicely made units with mechanical swivels for a lot less than $100. And if it's buried metal you're hoping to find, you'll probably need a metal detector.
--Toto