Sure wish my husband had done that just now before he cut the buried electric lines to our garage.........:) ~~Gabrielle ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Webster" <websterl@wcox.com> To: "Delaware Co List" <NYDELAWA@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 3:48 PM Subject: [NYDELAWA] Missing stones continued > Now I have to add my two cents worth. Dowsing rods do work. That is, for > some unexplained reason they will cross over themselves. I've been in > the excavating business most of my life and have used dowsing rods many > times. They do detect something. At times. They are not infallible. > They will tell you lies. And if someone tells you he knows what is down > in the ground from the action of the rods, he's lying. I have located > plastic, copper, clay and iron pipes. Telephone, electric. gas, water and > sewer lines. But the rods won't tell you what it is or how deep. And > there are times when they cross as if there is something buried and > nothing is ever found. Do not trust them, but only use them as a guide to > a possibility there is something buried. > > Over the 40 years I've used them I have pondered why this action of the > rods happens. I have used rods made from steel, coat hangers, baling > wire and bronze welding rod, even the little flags the utility companies > use to mark the location of their services, etc. Anything works it > appears. The only answer I can come up with is the earth is a large > magnetic ball. Whenever we disturb a few feet of the surface of the earth > we disturb the magnetic path of the skin of the old globe. At this > disruption of the earths skin by excavation, the magnetic pull is > disturbed and this causes the rods to cross themselves and when you pass > by the disruption they will again align themselves parallel to each other. > > Go grab a couple of metal coat hangers, cut off the hooked part, length is > not important. Straighten the hanger out as best as you can. About 6-8 > inches from one end, bend the hanger to form a 90 degree angle. Lightly > grasp the short part of the bent hanger in a closed fist, one in each > hand. Don't grip it tight, just enough to keep from dropping it. Now, > with your arms placed at your side to help stabilize your arms, balance > the rod in your hands so that the long portion of the hanger points away > from your body and are parallel to each other. This takes some juggling > of your arms and hands and wrists. Somewhere that you know there is a > buried utility line, as mentioned above, walk slow, steadily and smoothly, > keeping. the rods parallel and horizontal, and cross the buried object > perpendicular to the direction of the ditch. The rods should cross when > you pass over the ditch and should return to parallel after you pass by > the ditch. Most of you have water and sewer li! > nes entering the front or rear of your home. Give it a try. > > Larry > 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 > >