I've done grave-dowsing or witching. I use wires with plastic flag on the end, sold by USDA offices, and bend them on the flag end to make a handle. Hold them straight out in front, and they will cross when going over a grave. Also have a stainless steel tile probe which I use to find stones underground. Knowing how wide the grave space is, and usually the stone on the west end of the grave, helps. Footstones sometimes prove the correct location of a grave when the headstone gets misplaced. Robert Webb Primitive Baptist Library Carthage, Illinois http://www.carthage.lib.il.us/community/churches/primbap/pbl.html On Thu, 03 May 2007 14:43:48 -0400 "Max Ward" <max.ward@verizon.net> writes: > I talked to the Natchez Cemetery director, who told me how he made > his > device: two metal cylinders, two heavy coat hanger wires bent at 90 > degrees, > that fit into the cylinders. He practiced for about 30 days, using > the > process that you can find online. I'm going to try it out myself > (one of the > benefits of being semi-retired) on a local cemetery. If I don't get > arrested, I'll let everyone know what I find out in about 30 days. > > Max > > -----Original Message----- > From: nydelawa-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:nydelawa-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of Pat Coyle > Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 2:29 PM > To: nydelawa@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [NYDELAWA] Missing Stones in Cemetery - Dowsing > > You will see that if you do "google" that there is quite a lot about > > it at various sights. Quite interesting! > > At 01:34 PM 5/3/2007, you wrote: > >I had never heard of this, although a year or so ago, there was > talk of a > >machine that could be used to detect graves - problem was that the > land > >needed to be fairly flat to use it. I believe that it is something > like a > >mower. > > > >I would love to know more about this dowsing. I intend to "google" > it now. > >It would be great to have with me as I walk some of the older > cemeteries. > > > >Rene' > >list administrator > > > >-------Original Message------- > > > >From: Max Ward > >Date: 5/3/2007 1:08:54 PM > >To: nydelawa@rootsweb.com > >Subject: Re: [NYDELAWA] Missing Stones in Cemetery > > > >There must be something to it. All I can imagine is that you are > detecting > >some variation in the density of an object buried 6 feet below, > perhaps if > >the object is considerably longer than it is wide? > > > > > > > > > > > > To contact list administrator send email to > nydelawa-admin@rootsweb.com > >------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >NYDELAWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > >the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ***************************************************** > To contact list administrator send email to > nydelawa-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYDELAWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > To contact list administrator send email to > nydelawa-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYDELAWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >