Both wells support a small community. Although most would say that dowsing is nothing more than a myth, there are quite a few people today whobelieve in this practice. Aug 26, 2007 Aug 26, 2007 Updated Jan 31, 2020; 0; Facebook; Twitter; . Should the project costing thousands of dollars be based upon scientific information about the rocks beneath a site, their water-yielding properties, and known principles of groundwater flow; or, should it be based upon a forked stick and an unexplainable force. I am a Practicing Water-witch with over 30 years of Hands on Experience in NE Pa. It works over concrete, frozen ground or even during Dry times. I have drilled 2 dry wells now and would like to hire a dowser but I cant find anyone in the area by word of mouth or internet search. This gives more chance to find adequate water, at two levels. People who dont believe in it sounds just as ignorant as not believing that the fungal network plays a massive role in natural forest health. I use one wire, seems to be just as good as two wires. The number of side to side movements indicates the depth of the vein of water. I could actually feel the pull inside me. Become an Online Member. I am now retired but I still work 2 to 3 days a week Water-witching for clients. 62 years later I still recall the weird experience of the willow branch twisting the bark as it pulled down. That's the way he found an underground well passing through our background. My dad could as well. A good amount of the time, city records are not updated to show where lines are. Ever wonder why there needs to be a pump at the bottom of a deep well. I try to stay local. Old old boy told me years ago that "some people are wired for it, some arent". Then it just stopped and floated nicely in the water. Tried it again alone and it wouldnt work. Itll start to bend down when youre getting near the spot, and if you back up, itll straighten back up. It is a unique talent that I also have I generally use one rod in my receiving hand. It was dead on and worked backwards and forwards. 4) turn water or electricity on and repeat. Some of my kids can do it some cant. To tie into a tile line we had put in 1970 I remembered close to where it was so I witched it and pointed out where it should be. Word got around, and more people asked him to find water. When locating water sources for wells, he says hes been able to predict the depth about 95 percent of the time. If it pulls hard, you know theres a lot of water. The welding rods locate water but dont tell you how much. Because the same types of rocks are usually present beneath that small area. I find lost Septic Tanks and Septic Drain Fields, Leaking Pond Dams, Spring Water for Cattle watering Systems and wet Spring produced wet areas in Lawns and Cropfields. Hasnt failed me yet. My great grandmother would take a fresh twitch off of a weeping willow, shaped like a "Y". Theres just not that much luck to be found. They want to be sure that the well is drilled in a location where it will produce water of adequate quantity and quality. When he walks over a location that has the potential of yielding water, the dowsing rod will rotate in his hands and point toward the ground. I wonder how in the world that works? Id concentrate more on finding water or whatever youre hunting. When the willow twists, the part pointed forward and upward suddenly pulls down toward the ground. Water-witching, 1907. As per usual, I put little to no faith in anecdotal evidence. I can find buried waterline & tile using 2 welding rods, -the flush, bent @ a 90 angle. He kept on looking and found another one that was perpendicular to the first. My current well, which is collapsing, is 400 feet down. The wires cross, or separate, when I walk over underground water pipes or electric pipes. My father took a shovel, and dug straight down at the point where the rods pointed at each other, hit the pipe, busted it open and fixed the issue with our main. Later I told a highly skeptic friend who insisted I show him. Know any in PA? Some dowsers prefer them to be freshly cut. They are simply uneducated on the matter. . Silvery green male and female catkins appear on separate trees in April to May, but are not showy. Using a Y branch from a peach or willow tree, he "witched" over 100 wells over the years with a 95% success rate. The newest type of drilling rig was used, and the actual drilling time was 3 hours. But, to each his own. If its a thick vein of water, the stick will swing side-to-side many times. Branch, pendulum or "L" shaped piece of coat hanger wire in ballpoint pen (halved) all receive information from the same source but expressed through different chakra (Hara, heart, third eye). If I were going to pay for a wellwhich today in our area costs about $90 per foot to drillId want someone to locate the water.. So definately something to do with natural magnetic or other waves that rods are picking up. He saved people thousands of dollars, not having dry holes, and so started charging a fee. I was sitting here thinking about this. But I really dont know. But on occasion there might be more.. We drove to my land that weekend and I set him on the same path I had taken, then stood back and watched. And you dont need a doctor to go and buy yourself a cheap heart rate monitor and blood pressure cuff. Forked sticks held in front of a dowser will be deflected toward the ground, a pair of L-shaped rods held lightly in the dowser's hands will cross one another, and a pendulum suspended on a string will deflect from vertical as the dowser moves over a good location. The ends of the forked branch are held one in each hand, with your wrists and palms facing upward, and the stem of the Y pointing straight ahead and slightly upward.. Hmmmm, imagine that. He said, it's your money, what do you want to do? Yesterday the young driller cut a y shaped limb from one of our fruit trees, and used that to witch the drill site. I am going to talk to a doctor and see if there is some way to monitor my blood pressure and pulse rate when I do this the next time. It doesnt seem to correlate with soil type or rock formations on the surface. There was a local man who used an old pair of slip joint pliers to find water. The term Water Witching is believed to be derived from ideas of magic, but it actually involves relaxation, focus and potentially some knowledge about trees. Old-time dowsers and water witches, in the United States, preferred branches from the witch-hazel, willow, or peach tree, and often favored branches cut from green, wet wood as it was believed that the rod would be drawn to a water source. Whoops, I misspelled his name. My dad wit hed for water for over 50 years. I located an underground river and I walked the direction it flowed. . He made a career with his magic tricks but also devoted many of his later years to debunking spiritualists, magic phenomena, and water witching. They believe that locations where this water is present are surrounded by forces that will produce a response in their tools. True Story. For the bobber stick (to determine depth of water), Lynn uses a dowsing willow about 3 feet long but small and light. Farmers have used water-witching for generations, to determine the best place to dig their wells, and to find a source of drinking water for their cattle in a pasture. I use the same approach to find wells, water lines, and power lines. Cant explain it, and I dont care if anyone believes me, but I know what Ive experienced. Used a green willow branch in the shape of a Y. Lots of water there that was warm and even artesian. Yes, I can find underground wire, pipes by using a wire in each hand sticking out in front of me. I can't do it. Source Collection. However, according to Jim Rickords of Sonoma County, a fresh willow branch is the best tool to use due to it's natural "thirst" for water. A high percentage of people can get the rods to cross on a water pipe or a bottle hiden under a floor or something. Because a water witch's method is not scientifically proven, reliance on this technique is considered a folk practice. The practice continues to be used today, in some cities in Canada. Winter Solstice: When is it, and What is it? He witched and said there was an underground river but extremely deep. With the copper piece at the end, I did it as a child and it absolutely works. I also can use a pendulum to find water on a map. In PA Dutch country, you might hear it called "water smelling". I walk to that point and when I get to the exact point my wire will turn in the direction of the underground water vein. Dowsing rods point toward you when you are directly over water. 1. I use a wire bent at a 90 degree angle. Search Dowsing rods and I'd say it must have some merit. I don't know how accurate it is. Others believe that the talent is all in the dowsing rod. You didnt answer your own question, though. Gave me chills. It was not as strong but felt good for a home supply. My mother can do it. About like going by the almanac to know when to lay down gravel..But a couple of years ago, we were building a new pipe fence in an area with a suspected water line. Many dowsers prefer forked sticks made from willow, peach, or witch hazel wood. They know they are not doing something to make those rods move.. Lots of info out there on his tests and such if you want to research. Make Some Miso Noodle Soup With A Soft Egg! He hung a small weight on a string from the middle of the lid. Many took him up on his . He got out of the pickup with his special tool -- an L-shaped analog to the old bent wire, but telescoping like an old AF/FM radio antenna. Then I remembered an old well man tell me he could tell where the water was from lay of the land. Remove the innards and caps of two cheap plastic pens, then thread the wire through the pen body. Some types of rocks are known to be good producers of water, whereas others will not hold or yield useful water. This information is very useful in determining the probability of drilling success on a nearby property. Lynn likes to use a green willow, but even a relatively dry one will work . My cousin showed me how. Typically, the person that is dowsing holds sticks or rods and walks around a property in the hopes that the rods will dip, twitch, or cross . Hed hold it with his arm out and after a while the weight would start to swing back and forth. He was never wrong and always found water. Some people use hazel wood, but it doesnt grow where we live. We used this info to search an adjacent piece of land with the wires. The well driller drilled 120 feet at that spot and got 18 gallons a minute. So he said, explain that one to find water in the middle of a field and enough for an irriigation well when they had already dug a few dry test holes. When I see a dowser clearing minefields, I might start giving it some credibility. Water Witching is derived from the word witching and it referred to a magic charm that was used to draw or discover water. I was telling my buddy this and he disagreed, He told me 30 some years ago they were trying to find enough water for irrigation He ended having a well known well witcher from the area give it a try. The blue line marks the subsurface location of the water table. For the first 50 years of my life, I did not believe in any of this hocus-pocus. I am a 4th Generation Water-witch. Use a length of 1 inch (2.5 cm) dowel rod, with a hole through the center. I tested this on an existing well site and the numbers did not come out right and matching the well log as to the depth of water. Falls apart under controlled testingbut some people are unfazed by that. Water dowsing can be performed through a wide range of water dowsing equipment. Water-Witching From Space. Location. As he approached the spot, he registered a look of total shock and surprise as the stick led his hand straight down. On the spirtual side of this however Grandpa was descended from a Scotsman. This generation may be losing this old art unless some of you take up "water witching." Bill Brandon, an oldtimer touching his seventies, who lived in the Decatur area, but is now deceased . He was right every time. I am a dowsed of forty years experience. That situation was interesting because the rancher had already hired a well driller who drilled 400 feet and didnt hit water. I had the opportunity to test them at our 40 acre farm when the pipe between the 2 ponds stopped flowing. Our back yard was our an acre and our front was probably around a quarter. When they move, they arent attracted to one another. This article originally appeared in the July/August 2020 issue of Hobby Farms magazine. He used a quart jar with a couple of inches of water in it. Hazel twigs in Europe and witch-hazel in the United States are traditionally commonly chosen, as are branches from willow or peach trees. As a matter of fact I have met a witcher who proclaimed there was no water available. Instead, the water must move through very narrow fractures in the rock. Be open. When trying to find one of the house skeptics. It was the same driller who saw my success locating water just a few feet from a dry hole. He was a professional magician who billed himself as, "The Amazing Randy". i belivedit he used a peach branch. If it stops going side-to-side and starts bobbing again, you can count the bobs to see how deep it is (when it stops, There are usually only two levels, because Ive located, where they cross. Lynn uses willow because its plentiful, but hes also used chokecherry branches. Would you know of any dowsers in the middle TN area? The hydrogeologist will also seek information about previous wells drilled in the local area. It scared my hubby, though, and he asked me not to do it again.apparently didnt want to be married to someone spooky. If its just a small pull, there probably isnt much. Make sure the rod ends are not tipped upward or downward. Seems odd when well driller keeps finding dry holes and up to 6-7 at times and the landowners ask me to come and I find one the first time with my trusty #9 wire. Son scoffs, he can't do it but I tell him it's because he doesn't believe it works. The real test would be to determine how deep and at what flow rate. Nothing to be ashamed of, but its better to ask around and find credible folks if possible. Just had a new well drilled today. I cant find septic to save my life. Diana fowler we also have a farm that was owned by old man jones in ohio. She specializes in home, garden, environmental, and green living topics. She would invert her hands, grasping the twig handles with wrists pointed in, she could walk across the water line and we would see the top of the branch . Downeast Maine. They believe that this type of information is more useful for siting a well than how a stick, a wire, or a pendulum responds to an unknown force [3] [4]. I seem to be able to do it, ive always used copper wires because thats what i was told, most of the time they cross, cant hardly stop em, but sometimes they go apart the other way, anyone know what that could mean? I witched my well on my 40 place in the mountains. I hollered. He would open the pliers pointing them straight up and they would get pulled out of his hands over a good well spot. They showed me how to do it with a willow branch when they were getting ready to drill a well. Jun 25, 2007. I was probably 5 when he witched it with a peach branch. Twisted the willow branch until it snapped. As a practice dating back to the ancient Egyptians and . Locating and drilling into a good water supply can be difficult in areas underlain by igneous rocks such as granite and basalt. For me. My grandfather taught me in the 1966 that the Y stick needed to come from a fruit tree. Water Witching or Water Dowsing to locate underground wateranybody ever done itboth my grandfathers could do.my dad and I have done it..it's crazy how it works..I used it to find a leaking waterline in our yard that was about 2 1/2 ft underground..tripped the wife . jesus warned us about powers like this,,,,,,,, those powers do not come from HIM,,,,,,,,any serious christian would stay far away from those types of capabilities because they are from the evil one. I believe it has something to do with the body also. Has anybody heard of the Mansfield automatic water finder? Spreading sticks can be a no answer, sometimes point the direction of a stream of water thats not moving. He looked at me. I wont lie to them if I feel I dont recognize a water vein. It is a major investment that many landowners are hesitant to make without professional consultation. An excellent article, Amber Kanuckel. Even willows cut in the winter work fine. Many took him up on his challenges but none were ever able to prove their mystical claims.Hmmmm, imagine that. Most expertsother than dowsing experts, that isclassify this art to the realm of pseudoscience. I am John Benscoter, my phone# is 570/833/4250, my address is 345 Beech Grove Road, Laceyville, Pa. 18623, my email is johnrbenscoter@yahoo.com. As you approach a water source, you should feel your dowsing rod start to bend towards the ground. My father in law, Lowell, was held in high esteem within our county as a master dowser. I wanted to do some work and didn't want to hit it, so I got in touch and they sent out their pipe-finder technician guy. Thats a big gamble. Well, after they dug at that spot, he was amazed that they found the water they needed pretty close to the projected depth. George's water well thread got me thinking about it..I too am planning to drill a well in the near future. That well driller didnt believe in water dowsing originally but now calls me whenever someone wants him to drill a well.. People that have never seen it or watched closely think the dowser is turning the stick down intentionally. Thank you, Clarence Inman of Bonny Doon . You hold welding rods loosely, so they can swing freely and not drag on your index finger when they move (the rod free-floats). He was a professional magician who billed himself as, "The Amazing Randy". Worked every time. Walking with the long ends pointed forward, when he came to a certain spot, the rods swung around and pointed back toward him. He'd had a new well drilled for the house but wanted to reactivate the old one for watering his garden. Rods will turn in their hands. Can you do it? My mother's uncle could do it. I was a golf course irrigation foreman for many years and whenever we couldnt find a system or branch of the main line, I would think pull out 2 metal pieces of wire and locate the missing irrigation line before the other guys even got their high tech (expensive) locators out of the box and powered on. I sit in a chair to steady myself while holding the large end about 6 inches from the ground. Just amazing to this this in action. The force was strong. It led me right to them! Even tried over water bed & wands turned out. Cant find any. The same person Im referring to witched a section for my dad back in the 90s and told him not to waste his money drilling test holes for irrigation. Dowsing for water pipes could sometimes work this way: When those pipes were buried, someone had to guess how much dirt to throw back into the trench. He would then hang the pliers from his finger and they would spin around and tell him the depth of the water. Dowsing as it is more commonly called has often been used to find water underground before time and. These rocks do not contain pore spaces through which water can flow. By the way two rods are not necessary. Water witching, practiced all over the world, involves using a Y-shaped stick, a "divining rod," to find underground water. What Is Dowsing? MIKE JOHNSTON. Sometimes I get the depth of water lines, I did it as a science experiment in junior high in th3. It can be very difficult to drill successful wells in some areas underlain by thick cavernous limestone. Im located in the Fayetteville, TN area. Whats happening. NASA's Aqua satellite will provide crucial information about the water in the ground and the weather on the horizon. I've also heard that peach branches, or hazel branches conduct water in the same way. Some underground streams pop out as springs near the tops of high mountains, possibly following the folds, layers and up-thrusts when the mountains were formed. Good Morning. I also knew that the Soviet Army travelled with just 2 days fresh water supply, but several battalions of dowsers. He had me try and the stick would pull me to the ground when I walked across it. Some researchers believe that humans can detect the presence of water by some trace amount of energy that it releases. Our current well is very high in sodium. He started looking; found a spot and said, "There's water here.". 3 of 8 4 of 8 Marc Mondavi, vice president of Charles Krug Winery and a water witch, holds his copper diving rods on Monday, Dec. 3, 2012 in St. Helena, Calif. Russell Yip/The Chronicle Show More . Thanks. He had a standing challenge offering a million dollar cash prize to anyone who pass his tests on any of the above. Serviced 4 inside taps, dishwasher and laundry as well as yard irrigation without ever running low. She found her own . I'm not sure how to take your opinion on these abilities described above. I moved to a rural community from Chicago in the early 70s. Systems. The guy told him the water is 160ft below us. The well water was so hard that most people had trouble with it especially with washing clothes. He seemed to think it worked because the live limb needed the water source. My wife has worked as a sewer line locator as part of her job. Definitely right of center. Its more for the fun of it. A single rod spinning in a circle is usually a great spot, but Im not sure what it means. Using the information described in the studies above, hydrogeologists base their recommendations on 1) the characteristics of the land; 2) characteristics of rocks beneath the site; 3) results from previous drilling; and, 4) known principles of groundwater movement. Accuracy? Most frustrating thing Ive ever tried to locate with brass rods. Tell them to dig in center. He was a local legend as a water witcher who succeeded in finding water when drillers failed. For the bobber stick (to determine depth of water), Lynn uses a dowsing willow about 3 feet long but small and light. Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence, however in quantum physics we DO know that what we can sense with our 5 basic senses, can only perceive about 5% of reality, while the 95% is super-natural or beyond the 5 senses. Forked stick in front, wandering arid land until, somewhat magically and often with the hint of help from some otherworldly power, the witch and the wand divine a spot in the dirt where life-giving water, at some depth underground, waits to be liberated.. But then he put his hand on mine, told me to hold the stick as tight as I could, blindfolded me and led me around. Friend said try witching the pipes. There is amazing power there but Im a bit reluctant to do it because I dont know where the power or ability comes from. It has to be underground. Could find water. Very profound for someone who is very skeptical. The technique requires the dowser to hold in his hands a forked green willow branch (or a pair of bent brass rods, or any number of other permutations), then walk about, waiting for the device, also called a divining rod, to dip toward . There is an article in our newspaper re: a man finding an ancient cemetary by dousing. I guess thats good enough. Chinese New Year: Traditions and Superstitions, Spring Equinox and the First Day of Spring, Summer Solstice and the First Day of Summer, Sell the Farmers Almanac In Your Retail Store, Grow Your Business Advertise with the Farmers Almanac, Be The Business Your Customers Will remember. Get Instant Access! Im not near as good as she was. Dowsing for water is 100% BS. In ancient times, it used to be relatively easy to come up with rudimental water dowsing . My boss blindfolded a witcher, put him in a pickup and drove him around the city he correctly predicted every water pipe under the streets as they drove over them. Water Witching. You could turn on all spigots and run all night without running dry. . He just counts until it stops bobbing up and down and starts moving side to sidewhich indicates where the water is. I went in and grabbed the copper rods and just like mentioned above the rods would cross when I walked across the area where my husband then excavated and found the line. Willow is "water loving," and helps point the way to the water. The way I became interested in water witching and understanding how it works was a TV show called Off the Grid. As years went by I found out to be more successful at it I needed to find a vein. (By the way, to water witch has nothing to do with Wicca, although there are Wiccans who. It works for some people and some people cant do it. The bark is gray-black. Keep your grasp somewhat loose and slowly walk around searching for water. All anyone has to do to find their own answer is to contact their local water welldriller and ask them if dowsing for underground water really works. If its a small willow and you are holding it really tight, it can actually take the bark off the willow where you are gripping it, he says. He was correct. All I know is my experience with water witching. My Grandfarther was a well digger and I saw him use a forked stick from willow trees to find the best place to dig a well. I acquired the skill and it workssometimes. It will save a lot of backhoe time. I personally use a dowser to decide where to put plants. Problem was there were so many minerals in it that it would kill vegetation and even livestock couldn't drink it. One example: I located a well for one person on top of a hill, Lynn says. Some buy me one some dont. Southeast Idaho. Hold the rods steady in your hands. Yes I do it a lot. The wire is magnetically attracted to that point. Funny thing that none of the witchers ever told him there was no water on his place, nor did they offer to pay the driller who drilled the dry hole at the chosen site.Have you ever known a witcher who wandered a place and then proclaimed there was no water to be found?Long story short; he finally dug in a cistern and hauled city water from about 15 miles away. Then I drilled were it was most convenient (my pick) and we hit 20 gallons a minute at 132 feet. Used a forked peach tree sprout. I had a well driller witch a location and put a rock about as big as my fist at the location in the grassland area, he said get a second opinion from mr Powell, I called him, he came, I told him I wanted a well somewhere in that 2 acre area, he stumbled around as he was about 90 years old, using about 8 ft of a grape vine in a horseshoe shape, he said you see that rock, your best water is about 1 ft from that rock and 3 tiers of water, the well proved to have 3 levels of water per the driller. 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