Its very strange looking. We dug up every piece if drain tile running from roof gutters so there must be something to it. Almanac Publishing Co. All Rights Reserved. He does this every day he works and with 100% accuracy. (6071F728-B8B7-4E6C-88F4-9389450F4030 (full).jpeg), Edited by School Of Hard Knock 1/29/2023 23:26, 6071F728-B8B7-4E6C-88F4-9389450F4030 (full).jpeg. 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. August 10, 2022 by allaboutdowsing. Remain still to see if the bobbing starts again. If it starts again count the number of bobs. If I can teach 9 yr old to do it anyone can do it following this simple technique. document.getElementById( "ak_js_3" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Copyright 2023. He had a standing challenge offering a million dollar cash prize to anyone who pass his tests on any of the above. Long story short is we couldnt pump our well dry, ever. Need to check it out this spring and see how many witches we have in the family. I think it has to do with magnetics.when I worked in an IBM machine room I hacd to wear an antimagnetic watch to keep time. That's the way he found an underground well passing through our background. Also taught somebbiy scouts how to do it. Water Witching is derived from the word witching and it referred to a magic charm that was used to draw or discover water. My mom uses a forked willow branch. I have used bent coat hangers to locate water and pipes underground. Not a drop of wqter. He called me a one-armed water Witcher. Instead, the water must move through very narrow fractures in the rock. He had a small well that was surface water coming from a small dam but the output would decrease during times of drought, so he spent a lot of time and money drilling for a better, drinkable water source. It may sound like some rather hokey hocus-pocus, or something from, say, 500 years ago. They can also cross rods in groundwater. I can find buried waterline & tile using 2 welding rods, -the flush, bent @ a 90 angle. kzks: Posted 1/27/2023 08:26 (#10062732 - in reply to #10062317) . Well driller use divining willow branch to locate the spot to drill for water during the long drought in Western USA. I hope I get great results. The real test would be to determine how deep and at what flow rate. I did all of a sudden they went down. An expert told us not to stop at the first stream but put a pump on the well snd suck it out while it was dug down further. The heavy end points toward the ground, held about a foot off the ground, and it starts bobbing up and down. If you have ever been to underground caverns theres places where water swirled and made these huge pools, I always picture in my mind thats whats going on and that might make sense why its a good spot. Youre just missing out on one of the wonders of the world. I usually also check the state register of wells in area to get an approximate depth and well capacity in area. L-shaped or Y-shaped Dowsing Rod Traditionally a straight or forked tree branch or twig, usually from a hazel tree, though peach and willow twigs are also acceptable. Note ,the side to side movement helps to determine if the water is sufficient to develope. 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. Some call it the gift. Others refer to it as dowsing, doodlebugging, or water witchingthe practice of locating water underground using a forked stick. I acquired the skill and it workssometimes. He had me try and the stick would pull me to the ground when I walked across it. Im located in the Fayetteville, TN area. When hes asked to locate a well, Lynn tries to find a spot where two underground streams cross, at different depths, he says. Riana Mondavi explains the mysterious art of water witching, a craft her father Marc Mondavi uses to locate water for vineyards for The Divining Rod wines. He was a local legend as a water witcher who succeeded in finding water when drillers failed. 2) put garden hose or electical extension cord on ground. The hydrogeologist will also seek information about previous wells drilled in the local area. Seen my grandfather do it hundreds of times. The term "witching" - an exclusively American term - signifies this spooky, mysterious, occult aspect. I have only done this to a site on my property and at a well site on my property and was blown away when the bobber stick responded in the way I have described. It can be very difficult to drill successful wells in some areas underlain by thick cavernous limestone. Many dowsers prefer forked sticks made from willow, peach, or witch hazel wood. An old well striker gave me the cut coat hangers l shaped said walk around. I believe it has something to do with the body also. The article is in The News commercial, Wednesday, June21,2017. Scientists were surprised to find that many of the dowsers were spot-on. Its possible to find water sometimes at high elevations, while some attempts to drill wells near rivers have failed. My buddy spent money hiring them and even worse, he spent money drilling dry hole after dry hole that would hit the shale. I'm not sure where he was originally from, but he'd lived here for probably at least 50 years. Aerial photos often reveal linear features that might indicate the presence of fracture zones in the bedrock. I asked if I should go grab someone to witch for water and he laughed and said, I'm heading over there to dig next and pointed towards the road about 200 yds away. Usually, this is accomplished with the aid of a dowsing stick, rods or a pendulum. Then he had water. Water-Witchin' was at one time a part of regular country life when other means of finding water underground in order to dig a well wasn't available. David, my wifes uncle witched for water at the place where we build our first house soon after we where married. But you hold the willow tightly so you can determine how much it pulls. My wife has worked as a sewer line locator as part of her job. American Folklife Center. Just amazing to this this in action. Being a plumber by trade and having a father that was also a plumber; I can tell you it's a crap shoot. Drive around and when I feel downward pressure we stop and I walk some. Yes, water witching has been in existence for a long time. You should also make sure the rods are 9 inches (22.9 cm) from each other. For me. As he approached the spot, he registered a look of total shock and surprise as the stick led his hand straight down. that was 30 years ago and still pumping good water . He was right. I have located a few places to drill a well. No one knows why dowsing worksor if, indeed, it does work. Most successful water wells are drilled without the advice of a hydrogeologist. The wires did move/ cross. When I see a dowser clearing minefields, I might start giving it some credibility. He has located numerous water lines on my farm since I bought it when I wanted to install hydrants or cattle drinks. Friend said try witching the pipes. They believe that locations where this water is present are surrounded by forces that will produce a response in their tools. Welding rods have more mass and are even slimmer. Most fresh groundwater occurs in the pore spaces of sedimentary rocks and sediments. 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. Decades ago some of my Dad's friends called BS on his abilities to witch. I worked for the USDA-NRCS for over 28 years. It baffles me as to how it works. . It led me right to them! I tried it and found it would work for me. Some types of rocks are known to be good producers of water, whereas others will not hold or yield useful water. Remove and compost all of the leaves and cut the branches into 1-inch (2.5 cm) pieces. You didnt answer your own question, though. Remove the innards and caps of two cheap plastic pens, then thread the wire through the pen body. In fact, when California was in the middle of their worst drought, they turned to local dowsers to uncover hidden sources of water. Ever wonder why there needs to be a pump at the bottom of a deep well. He had a standing challenge offering a million dollar cash prize to anyone who pass his tests on any of the above. One example: I located a well for one person on top of a hill, Lynn says. Witching for wells. Willow twigs are long and slim. They have learned through this experience the parts of their service area where wells with adequate amounts of quality water are usually encountered. This would give you the number of feet you had to go down to hit water. Am David Mundia from Kenya I have been dowsing for water from 1999.I have done it for local farmers numerous times and never missed to locate water . He said when you first felt the willow stick move you counted from there to when it went straight down. They both found water in different places. Ive tried irrigation but cant tell. 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. She has said if there is flow. Should have been James Randi. I work for the USDANRCS as a ACES Technician. 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., It was the same driller who saw my success locating water just a few feet from a dry hole. Silvery green male and female catkins appear on separate trees in April to May, but are not showy. They found an old hand dug tile. I found two more spots and rushed to tell him. 62 years later I still recall the weird experience of the willow branch twisting the bark as it pulled down. Many took him up on his challenges but none were ever able to prove their mystical claims.Hmmmm, imagine that. Dowse a spot and hit the numbers we need. Im in a county west of Charlotte. It's hit and miss for me with wires and water lines. Just another thing in a long list of things I have no talent for. True Story. Could tell how deep to dig and how many gallons youd get a minute. I live in Western N.C.Haywood Co. My address is Clyde, which is between Waynesville and Asheville . Any type of tree branch can be used for dowsing (water). Some dowsers prefer branches from particular trees, and some prefer the branches to be freshly cut. Then I drilled were it was most convenient (my pick) and we hit 20 gallons a minute at 132 feet. One works fine. My mother can do it. Mar 27, 2017. I was having a well dug before we built our house 4 years ago. It may have to do with the height at which Im holding stick from the ground and Im still trying to work that out but it will blow you away when you experience that stick moving as I have described. 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]. Mrs. J. P. Pendergrass, of Raleigh, N.C., does her witching in suburban Laurel Hills. So, the claim here is all the studies that show dowsing DOESNT work are somehow disproved by one study that implied it may (an implication that has other explanations, such as the ability to interpret the terrain). It's a centuries-old practice. I drove up later and they told me what had happened, and made me try it. I have a place in Pigeon Mi. The well driller determined where to drill and showed me his techniques, Lynn says. My great grandmother would take a fresh twitch off of a weeping willow, shaped like a "Y". The dirt . For some it works and others not. "Experts in the old days held a forked willow branch in both hands, and the single part of the stick would turn as they crossed over water. So the roots branch out in all directions seeking water and will grow more dense in areas where water has been found. When I was a kid, my grandfather taught me how to water witch, more commonly called dowsing. Dowsing, in general terms, is the art of finding hidden things. So I am completely baffled as to why I can witch water. He found one at Dad's house and was within 2ft of the depth of the vein. As a matter of fact I have met a witcher who proclaimed there was no water available. In ancient times, it used to be relatively easy to come up with rudimental water dowsing . Keep your grasp somewhat loose and slowly walk around searching for water. Plant your weeping willow at least 50 feet away from main structures, pathways, or driveways. I was sitting here thinking about this. Then if the driller hits one and only gets 2 or 3 gallons per minute (not enough to service a home), he can continue drilling until he hits the second vein. Gave me chills. Usually look at blue prints to go onto the street and mark what is needed. You can really see it if the pointer part is about a foot long. On the spirtual side of this however Grandpa was descended from a Scotsman. It works for some people and some people cant do it. NASA's Aqua satellite will provide crucial information about the water in the ground and the weather on the horizon. 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. He witched and said there was an underground river but extremely deep. I know that not everyone can. It has drastically reduced the number of landscape losses. ****. I have no idea as to the reason why, but I seem to be more adept at finding lost graves than water. Water Witching by Barbara Rudolph. Some water witchers use a forked willow branch and by gripping the two forks firmly, the willow rod will move up and down when placed over and underground current of water. Perfect for watering our gardens. However, it is thought to date back at least . Two of us on the board could locate graves, the others could not. 1. I use two L-shaped wires bent out of coat hangers. I dont care if it is a plastic pipe, a 24, a stream of water or whatever I can find it, even with a dowsing rod made of wooden dowel rods. Lines. She specializes in home, garden, environmental, and green living topics. It is 65 feet deep, just at bedrock. Data from controlled studies is proof this is nothing more than stuff and nonsense. If a hydrogeologist is called to determine a suitable drilling site, he or she will start by examining a geologic map. Amber Kanuckel is a freelance writer from rural Ohio who loves all things outdoors. He used a quart jar with a couple of inches of water in it. We needed a well dug and was told that we should use the old local farmer who could easily locate the water source for us. This gives a solid base of support to hold the willow securely and firmly as you walk slowly over the area to be checked. I guessed at a spot and they dug down 300ft. 3) have kids walk with rod in each hand over hose/cord starting about 6 feet back from it. Still more say that this art is nothing more than a clever hoax. Coal River Folklife Collection (AFC 1999/008) Repository. Subsequently Ive located running water multiple times. When the willow twists, the part pointed forward and upward suddenly pulls down toward the ground. One of his relatives used a forked willow to locate the origins of a spring that provided the house with water. We drove to my land that weekend and I set him on the same path I had taken, then stood back and watched. I didnt know what I was doing and no one told me anything, I just held two bent coat hangers loosely as instructed by my father who was skeptical (and had heard the advice from a friend and thought it was a put-on), I walked across the yard and when I passed the pipe, they crossed. 90+ yr old well driller , drilled hundreds of wells, told me buttons , pliers , zippers , seams on clothing affect the results. If my brother touches metal it will corrode quickly. Feller wanted me to come over and dig up his old well head. Traditionally, the most common dowsing rod is a forked (Y-shaped) branch from a tree or bush. We had two witchers as neighbors, saw them many times work their magic and never saw them miss they did it free for farmers drilling wells for livestock. This is why many people hire a dowser. A neighbor was accomplished in this and thought I might be able to do it as well. 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. Jun 25, 2007. Dowsing for water. Water witching saved me days of work with shovel. The driller often has a lot of experience in the area being drilled and knows if the rocks in that area typically yield useful quantities of water. Somewhat superstitious of him, huh? Pea Ridge Graphic, 1966. Date: October 17, 2021 Author: Bishop Bill 22 Comments. He said he gets 40 gallons a minute. Had well digger out there and only found 6 dry holes I knew the area was hard place to find water in. Desperate farmer using a willow branch to locate a place to drill a new well. Trying to locate buried utilities under an overhead line doesn't work for me. Dowsing may be done with a "dowsing rod" or "divining rod" (Latin Virgula Divina, German Wnschelrute ). Hmmmm, imagine that. Water Witches book. After they dug several dry holes. One witcher in the Cochrane district witched over twenty wells in the area in 1976. Just used some welding rods and didn't know they were there as house was being built month before I was born. After he finished he had me try it. Outward again I hollered. 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. Alternately, glue several cotton reels together into a cylinder. Back then as a 12-or 13-year-old kid on the farm, the search for finding water is where it begins. After about 15 seconds or so the stuck will begin to Bob up and down. However, in this particular study, the dowsers were also asked to tell their drill teams at what depth theyd find the water and how much water they would find. A well we had dug was close to two underground streams at different depths. He lived in Star Valley Wyoming, and when he was younger was often sought out by others in the community to help then locate a good location to drill a well. Has to be a forked limb from a willow or fruit tree. #4. 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. When we were having some work done, the guy we hired used 2 bent pieces of coat hanger wire to locate the pipe to out septic tank. I am looking for a dowser in Middle TN. Some dowsers prefer them to be freshly cut. Lots of info out there on his tests and such if you want to research. And the hole was dry at 520 feet. Local drug store stocks both. So definately something to do with natural magnetic or other waves that rods are picking up. Hazel twigs in Europe and witch-hazel in the United States are traditionally commonly chosen, as are branches from willow or peach trees. Next time I try for water I am using science, geology, not BS. However, there is one study, conducted by the German government in the 1990s, that perplexed the scientific community. Son scoffs, he can't do it but I tell him it's because he doesn't believe it works. Downeast Maine. I haven't tried to find water since but I can find water and electric lines with wires. I never pushed it in more than twice to hit clay tile. Lynn likes to use a green willow, but even a relatively dry one will work . Old Man Joneswas THE guy you wanted to drill for water well when I was a kid. I used to live on the eastern side of WA state, and when I was 13ish my mother bought some property near my grandparents. There was a local man who used an old pair of slip joint pliers to find water. Nothing to be ashamed of, but its better to ask around and find credible folks if possible. Our back yard was our an acre and our front was probably around a quarter. Be clear with intention. He started looking; found a spot and said, "There's water here.". Many took him up on his challenges but none were ever able to prove their mystical claims. Although Agricola used this illustration in his book and reported that the dowsing rod was being used to locate minerals, he rejected the practice and instead recommended trenching [5]. He was right every time. A good amount of the time, city records are not updated to show where lines are. When locating water sources for wells, he says hes been able to predict the depth about 95 percent of the time. The single end was sharpened to a point, exposing the wet, fresh willow wood. Have never tried it much more than a few times over a known water line where I live. If you are very very good at locating existing field tile, I will gladly hire you. They know they are not doing something to make those rods move.. Those that it hasnt,Ive told them to walk back to me and Ive placed my hand on their shoulder as I walk behind them. I was probably 5 when he witched it with a peach branch. I use any wire i can get hold of. 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. Have also located water lines. Search Dowsing rods and I'd say it must have some merit. With the copper piece at the end, I did it as a child and it absolutely works. The dowser walks through the field with the dowsing rod. Water witching, do you believe it? I've never heard that one, might have to try it sometime. I do not have the ability but was told my Grandmother witched a lot of wells in the early 1900's. When I was 7 we had a neighbor locate the buried water lines on a new farm. I'm in Lincoln county. I can do this with a dogwood stick and never asked for the ability. He had a neighbor come down and check it and he found the same spot and said there would be water at about 30-40 feet and plenty of it. They showed me how to do it with a willow branch when they were getting ready to drill a well. So, I thanked him for his time and marked his flags with RTKand with a smile. That well was 50 gpm at 100 foot depth. Scary. Sometimes, the towns are really far away so you're out for eight hours and you make $200 . 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 . illow will work for the forked stick and the bobbing stick. Know any in PA? It he was never wrong and the water was always good. I ended up using some galvanized wire and then cut it to length before making the 90 degree bends. Spreading sticks can be a no answer, sometimes point the direction of a stream of water thats not moving. I've read through this whole thread. The most popular dowsing tool, however, is the dowsing rod. Of you use geology and science they will not guarantee anything either. So he recommended they call me, Lynn says. When my friend double checked her cousins info, it was a TWINS grave we found ! At first when I started I would just walk around in an area and if my stick went down Id say try here. I was a strong farm boy, and I held that stick tight. He was correct. Southeast Idaho. Rods will turn in their hands. Make a bend about 24.5 inches in, at about 90 degrees. An old logger showed me how to find water on a parcel of land I purchased from him on condition that I first locate at least two running streams under ground. I have pretty good luck at it, Ive even used a pick axe with leather gloves if no wires or branches were handy Dennis. I know Jesus Christ as my lord and Savior. 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