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Dowsers
Ok if this has already been covered I missed it. How do you find a dowser? I am wanting to dig a pond. I would like to find a water source. i do not just want to plop some where and start digging for water. That could be very expensive.
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10/18/09, 02:02 AM
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Have you tried dowsing yourself?
I can dowse but I'm not experienced enough to be able to tell you how many feet down to the surface of the water or how big of a water source it is. You might be able to do some dowsing yourself by cutting a "V" shaped peach limb or make yourself two shaped "L" out of some clothes hangers. Practice with them. You might be able to find several sources of water and be able to mark them. Then you could hire a professional to come out and check which ones are worth digging a pond over.
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Once you have your Y or two L's, what do you do and how do you know? This fascinates me and I've never been able to figure it out.
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10/18/09, 06:54 AM
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Ponds are not always fed by springs, in fact most all ponds are filled with surface run-off. You might not even need a dowser if your land slopes and you have enough of it.
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10/18/09, 06:59 AM
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It is fakery. A thousand times fake, unreal, compare to butchering by the phases of the moon and copper bracelets to cure arthritis.
Find a low spot and bore a post hole 4 or 5 feet deep. Wait a day. If it fills then you know you have water.
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10/18/09, 07:09 AM
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I'm a dowser but "yup' this is a great answer. If the ground is clay laden, all the better.
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Originally Posted by haypoint
It is fakery. A thousand times fake, unreal, compare to butchering by the phases of the moon and copper bracelets to cure arthritis.
Find a low spot and bore a post hole 4 or 5 feet deep. Wait a day. If it fills then you know you have water.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by haypoint
It is fakery. A thousand times fake, unreal, compare to butchering by the phases of the moon and copper bracelets to cure arthritis.
Find a low spot and bore a post hole 4 or 5 feet deep. Wait a day. If it fills then you know you have water.
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I'm with haypoint. I've seen several try and not be successfull. Ones that were successful, I allow to be coincidental (sp). Guess I'm just too much of a skeptic. 
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10/18/09, 10:21 AM
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It should be placed according to the lay of the land, and have sufficient watershed to fill it. Tim Matson has written several excellent Earth Pond books. His website is here: http://www.earthponds.com/
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10/18/09, 10:27 AM
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I thought dowsing finds deep underground "streams" far deeper than you would dig a pond I would guess.
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10/18/09, 10:39 AM
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A couple years back the Property owner and my husband were digging holes in the owners yard trying to find where the water pipe from the well house crossed the yard to the house. I went to my husband's shop and grabbed a couple of brass rods, bent them and walked the yard with them...I found the pipe, traced it from the pump house to the house (they thought it went straight from the pump to house, nope it takes a couple detours first)...Luck? Don't think so...~lol~...That wouldn't be any fun!
We've tried the rods down by the seasonal pond, sad to say we didn't get any hits.
I think Dowsing has it's place but wouldn't trust the results for Wells or Ponds.
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10/18/09, 11:44 AM
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Well it seems as if we are split. RH I am a scared to try this? I just am do not know why. Alice I agree it works. I believe in things I can not see, I breathe air every day I do not see it but I believe it is there. Spiralina What do ya mean by the ground is clay laden? My soil has a high clay content. I am on a ridge that has a 60 -45 degree slope. Some place are solid rock. Back in the 20's- 30's there was a CCC camp in our land. There had to be a water source for them I would think. I do not want to depend on run off to keep the stock tank / pond filled.
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Try doseing for yourself. Maybe you can do it
Get 2 1/4in brass rods. bend them into l s with 6in on the small end. Youll have to heat them to do this as theyll break if bent cold. Then hold them like your the 2 gun kid, and starting back around 30ft from some power lines, walk SLOWLY towards them. If u can do it, the rods should cross each other at or near the lines. If so, you can douse your own water, if not, Happy hunting for one. Im tooooooooooo far away to help ya.
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10/18/09, 01:56 PM
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it's not fakery, haypoint...it's science. just for giggles, i did it when i was a kid with both green twigs and with cloths hangers. my dad showed me how. everytime we went near one of the seeps in the pasture, the dowsing rods would cross.
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10/18/09, 06:02 PM
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MELOC, it is not science. If you believe it, fine. I have a cat that can drive a car, just not very well....... I can find web sites that support dowsing and I can find web sites that disprove it.
I just hate to lead someone to spend money based on foolishness.
Most areas have been soil mapped. Our soil conservation service has the data. It shows what my topsoil type is and what is under that and the next layer. It also shows the depth of the water table.
If you have a clay soil under your top soil, you can expect to be able to hold water in your pond. If you have a sandy soil down quite a ways and a deep water table, forget it.
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You notice I did not respond until now? A person that believes it works cannot be convinced otherwise. Those that believe it doesn't work only fan the fires.
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Dave, do a bit of "search" Arkansas should have a state dowser's association or contact the headquarters in Danville, CT. American Dowser Society. Maybe check with your local soil conservation service or the local well drillers. There's always a dowser around somewhere, just have to find who know them.
Here ya go... Chapters Contact Information:
Arkansas
Chapter Name: Fayetteville Chapter
City: Fayetteville
Contact Person: Allie Wujcik
Phone: 479-839-8185
Email: aj4light4all@webtv.net
Meetings: (Call for details)
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10/18/09, 08:13 PM
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Thanks every one. Not trying to start a row here. I just want to find some water.
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10/18/09, 09:46 PM
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Ok if this has already been covered I missed it. How do you find a dowser? I am wanting to dig a pond. I would like to find a water source. i do not just want to plop some where and start digging for water. That could be very expensive.
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I know a good one from Mountain View. He used to be the constable there. If you want to contact him PM me and I will give you his name.
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naysayers will never believe it until they feel the rods turn in their hands.
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