Want to try Dowsing?

[boogeyman]

Obviously it depends on the diameter of the rod and probably the alloy, too. I don’t like heavy rods, 3/16” is ridiculous.

Last time I made up some to sell, I made several pairs of different diameters & materials and let the gentleman pick the pair he felt he wanted. I,m a firm believer in what works for me might be all wrong for you. Haven't run across anyone even having a reaction to copper bracelets except for the green skin staining. What little bit you'd get from a pair of rods would not be a worry unless maybe you were carrying them in your mouth.

 

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[signal_line]

Last time I made up some to sell, I made several pairs of different diameters & materials and let the gentleman pick the pair he felt he wanted. I,m a firm believer in what works for me might be all wrong for you. Haven't run across anyone even having a reaction to copper bracelets except for the green skin staining. What little bit you'd get from a pair of rods would not be a worry unless maybe you were carrying them in your mouth.

Copper toxicity (or Copperiedus) is a type of metal poisoning, most commonly from a genetic condition. I read somewhere, maybe Bill Cox that a good number of people cannot use copper rods.

 

[boogeyman]

Copper toxicity (or Copperiedus) is a type of metal poisoning, most commonly from a genetic condition. I read somewhere, maybe Bill Cox that a good number of people cannot use copper rods.

Well there ya go! What works for you & me....... Copper toxicity hmm... Wonder how many out of a bazillion are affected? Probably why we haven't heard of dowsers worrying about their rods, they're more worried about inadvertantly drinking water from a copper pipe soldered with non lead free solder.

Whoa! Lookee lookee the sky's falling the sky's falling!

 

[Red_desert]

Obviously it depends on the diameter of the rod and probably the alloy, too. I don’t like heavy rods, 3/16” is ridiculous.

I don't like heavy rods either.

 

[Tnmountains]

I have found that coat hangers seem to work as well as copper. I learned with a fresh cut branch as a kid.
We buried a line across the side of a mountain to a well and lost power to it. Was a deep line and it wandered due to the rocks maybe 3-4 feet feep in some places.
My electrician took two coat hangers walked it for about 30 minutes and then dug up the broke line at the correct spot. The line was probably 350 feet long between pole and pump. He is good.

 

[elh]

I don't like heavy rods either.

!/8'' fits me just right

 

[elh]

I have found that coat hangers seem to work as well as copper. I learned with a fresh cut branch as a kid.
We buried a line across the side of a mountain to a well and lost power to it. Was a deep line and it wandered due to the rocks maybe 3-4 feet feep in some places.
My electrician took two coat hangers walked it for about 30 minutes and then dug up the broke line at the correct spot. The line was probably 350 feet long between pole and pump. He is good.

Very interesting post tnmountains. If you like playing around with them, walk up to a chain link fence and see how they open or close for you.
THAT comes in handy to find the old, gone, fence lines.

 

[Red_desert]

I have found that coat hangers seem to work as well as copper. I learned with a fresh cut branch as a kid.
We buried a line across the side of a mountain to a well and lost power to it. Was a deep line and it wandered due to the rocks maybe 3-4 feet feep in some places.
My electrician took two coat hangers walked it for about 30 minutes and then dug up the broke line at the correct spot. The line was probably 350 feet long between pole and pump. He is good.

I put one coat of flexible clear acrylic on my hanger rods. The acrylic is water based and not something you can just go out to buy. It is sold by art companies in a plastic bucket so concentrated you need to dilute with 5 parts of water. Rod here almost looks like brass but is a hanger (probably the old lacquer coated type). Wrapper copper around counter-balance end (bottom). No handles only loose in your grip.

 

[signal_line]

I put one coat of flexible clear acrylic on my hanger rods. The acrylic is water based and not something you can just go out to buy. It is sold by art companies in a plastic bucket so concentrated you need to dilute with 5 parts of water.

Coat hangers have all sorts toxic junk in them. Good idea to coat them. Poisons have been known to leach though even metal. Seems like I recall people varnishing the rods.

 

[Red_desert]

Coat hangers have all sorts toxic junk in them. Good idea to coat them. Poisons have been known to leach though even metal. Seems like I recall people varnishing the rods.

Thanks, I was still editing my post.

 

[Red_desert]

The flexible acrylic won't chip or flake off if bent. Got it from Blick Art cheaper by the 1-gallon bucket (professional gloss acrylic gel paste). Need a 5-gallon bucket to mix up. You can get a smaller pail, but I needed it for painting. Not good if dries on your skin.

 

[Tnmountains]

Well it either works for you or it does not. Never been rocket science to me as I have always had the ability.
As a child I would take a forked cut from a dog wood walk over a water line and the dogwood would rise straight up in the air almost over me as I passed over it.
Could I find treasure? No idea as I trust my metal detectors more for that.
I do not care to debate that it works as I know it does. I also believe in science but might have to argue them on this one.
Can you dowse a map? That might be a stretch for even me to believe but to each their own
Happy New year.
TnMtns

 

[signal_line]

Well it either works for you or it does not. Never been rocket science to me as I have always had the ability.
As a child I would take a forked cut from a dog wood walk over a water line and the dogwood would rise straight up in the air almost over me as I passed over it.
Could I find treasure? No idea as I trust my metal detectors more for that.
I do not care to debate that it works as I know it does. I also believe in science but might have to argue them on this one.
Can you dowse a map? That might be a stretch for even me to believe but to each their own
Happy New year.
TnMtns

You can do a sweep with a forked stick/Y-rod. Slowly turn until the rod responds. Nothing wrong with a Y-rod, they work in high wind no problem.