It worked for me using a peach tree fork. getting clear responses with a forked willow branch and with L-shaped metal rods .more. Been doing a lot of reading on the subject and the only thing I can say to the non believers its not a hoax or that miniscule muscle is causing the stick to move. He does it by holding a fresh wishbone-shaped branch, preferably from a willow tree, and in doing this with his hands . Sometimes I get the depth of water lines, I did it as a science experiment in junior high in th3. 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 . I did Alot of exploring over time. Thank you, Clarence Inman of Bonny Doon . No scientist or anyone else is telling me its nonsense! Going to try another well drill very soon. flag 1 like . Dowsing is a type of divination specifically for the location of objects, most notably water or treasure of some sort, but any item can be the subject of dowsing. 1. Has anybody heard of the Mansfield automatic water finder? I havent tried finding pipes and cables but think it would be fun to try. 2) put garden hose or electical extension cord on ground. My mother's uncle could do it. In 1518, Martin Luther condemned dowsing as a sin. my dad is gone now , but every now and then i cut a branch just to show how its done. Or at least the volume and depth of a vein. It was dead on and worked backwards and forwards. When the grateful rancher paid him, Lynn realized his services were valuable. Definitely right of center. For those outside Indiana, Purdue University produces engineers and top notch farmers. The willow never moved but when he walked behind me with his hands around mine the branch would bend down no matter how tight I held it. There are usually only two levels, because Ive located where they cross. . Water witching, practiced all over the world, involves using a Y-shaped stick, a "divining rod," to find underground water. they will simply that there is no right nor wrong place, just drill anyplace and you either hit or miss. Its more for the fun of it. It led me right to them! I could actually feel the pull inside me. Well driller use divining willow branch to locate the spot to drill for water during the long drought in Western USA. Even found well water for our church in the last year. I am a Practicing Water-witch with over 30 years of Hands on Experience in NE Pa. I havent tried that but it seemed to work for my uncle. "Water dowsing" refers in general to the practice of using a forked stick, rod, pendulum, or similar device to locate underground water, minerals, or other hidden or lost substances, and has been a subject of discussion and controversy for hundreds, if not thousands, of years. As I walked passed the pipe, they kept crossing. Thank you! They both found water in different places. And yet I know people that can do it. He handed me his dowsing rod, which was a forked copper wire, and it worked! Using a green willow branch Babs Ballard looks for the flow of water near a well she previously discovered on Swauk Prairie Wednesday . Most successful water wells are drilled without the advice of a hydrogeologist. I was a strong farm boy, and I held that stick tight. 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]. Dowsing rods point toward you when you are directly over water. It may sound like some rather hokey hocus-pocus, or something from, say, 500 years ago. Even tried over water bed & wands turned out. I dont know how it works but it does. Of you use geology and science they will not guarantee anything either. Ive never charged the locals. My grandfather was the water finder and he said use willow for finding water. Whenever he went over an area that he had already tested having water the stick would forceably turn down, peeling bark off the stick in my hand and even making marks in my skin. Kind of like some people have success wearing copper bracelets and such. Hopefully it means thats where the gold is! Some buy me one some dont. Some people use hazel wood, but it doesnt grow where we live. They believe that locations where this water is present are surrounded by forces that will produce a response in their tools. August 10, 2022 by allaboutdowsing. He looked at me. Old Man Joneswas THE guy you wanted to drill for water well when I was a kid. I specialise in water mostly , dowsing Fri maps, finding water . I am a 4th Generation Water-witch. Local drilling companies often have the experience of drilling hundreds or thousands of wells in the areas where they operate. Oh, and it also helps to know that traces of the waterline's route are still visible, especially if you connect the dots made by tile holes where the waterline cut them. Now, it helps to know that, minutes earlier, I had shown him a map for the line's installation. Then he showed me how to determine depth to drill. 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. Some researchers believe that humans can detect the presence of water by some trace amount of energy that it releases. Lynn likes to use a green willow, but even a relatively dry one will work. The willow gives you a feel for how much is there. Driller came within 2 in of my spot he dowsed also. They found an old hand dug tile. Some wells have been less than 100 feet. I drilled wells for 45 years. He would open the pliers pointing them straight up and they would get pulled out of his hands over a good well spot. Thank you very much. Spot they turned. In 1970, we decided to put in a deeper well. Most drillers maintain a file of the types of rocks penetrated and the amount of water produced for each well that they have drilled. I believe it has something to do with the body also. My husband cannot. Tractor. One of the oldest methods for "finding" (or claiming to find) groundwater is called dowsing or water witching. It depends on the location and the severity of the drought, but usually it's between $75 and $200. I tried it and found it would work for me. Read more:Ever wonder why there needs to be a pump at the bottom of a deep well? Ever wonder why there needs to be a pump at the bottom of a deep well. I personally use a dowser to decide where to put plants. Mar 27, 2017. Yes, it does. So, not necessary to have a Y shaped fruit wood stick. Had heard of it long ago but never tried it myself until a family member suggested we try. The wire is magnetically attracted to that point. 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. 100% of wolf cubs could do it after 30minutes training. I can find stuff in the open, but the the overhead messes me up. For the bobber stick (to determine depth of water), Lynn uses a dowsing willow about 3 feet long but small and light. Why does the weeping willow root system expand so widely? Aerial photos often reveal linear features that might indicate the presence of fracture zones in the bedrock. I have a place in Pigeon Mi. 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. During this studys 10-year research period, researchers paired up experienced geologists and dowsers, sending them to dry regions like Sri Lanka, Kenya, and Yemen. Dowsing is a type of divination employed in attempts to locate ground water, buried metals or ores, gemstones, oil, claimed radiations (radiesthesia), gravesites, malign "earth vibrations" and many other objects and materials without the use of a scientific apparatus.It is also known as divining (especially in water divining), doodlebugging (particularly in the United States, in searching for . kzks: Posted 1/27/2023 08:26 (#10062732 - in reply to #10062317) . Ive also used a pair of aluminum welding rods bent into a right angle. Use a pen. Lines. Other words and phrases that refer to this process include: doodlebugging, divining and water witching, willow witching. He cut a branch cut Y and when he found a stream we marked it. They are attracted to his body and point back toward him. Facebook; He saved people thousands of dollars, not having dry holes, and so started charging a fee. A well must intersect enough of these tiny fractures to produce useful amounts of water. He is pretty skeptical that I can find them with wires, and I was curious what Agtalk thought about it. They know they are not doing something to make those rods move.. I have been Successful finding water lines and electric I even witched for a Irrigation well narrowed it down to a 4 ft circle I told the well driller this is the spot and we drilled a 12 inch well and I get a strong 1000GPM IDK probably had nothing to do with the witching. Lynn uses willow because its plentiful, but hes also used chokecherry branches. Yes, water witching has been in existence for a long time. It works. 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. Not sure how finding clean drinking water for a well or an old tile line is evil work, but I'm sure mankind can find a way to corrupt this too. I tried again when my sister had a piece of farm ground. I'm not sure where he was originally from, but he'd lived here for probably at least 50 years. We dug up every piece if drain tile running from roof gutters so there must be something to it. The term "witching" - an exclusively American term - signifies this spooky, mysterious, occult aspect. If its just a small pull, there probably isnt much. Been doing it since 1978. Combining the two levels made a good well.. 4) turn water or electricity on and repeat. 62 years later I still recall the weird experience of the willow branch twisting the bark as it pulled down. Would move left or right and continue same process until I would regonize a vein or underground stream. . Cant find any. Be clear with intention. And this has been going on for 45 years. So I am completely baffled as to why I can witch water. There is no debate. Probably any kind of willow will work for the forked stick and the bobbing stick. Seen my grandfather do it hundreds of times. What Is Dowsing? But I think he was good at finding anything ? I know nothing but have always suspected it has something to do with an individual's electrical charge. I did this at a neighbors well site and got 56 strong side to sides and only then asked him his gallons per minute. They showed me how to do it with a willow branch when they were getting ready to drill a well. 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. 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. I was probably 5 when he witched it with a peach branch. Thats underground. 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. I guess thats good enough. He hung a small weight on a string from the middle of the lid. I've never heard that one, might have to try it sometime. Maurice's dad wanted a better well so he engaged the services of a man known as a water diviner with a willow. The wires cross, or separate, when I walk over underground water pipes or electric pipes. He was a local legend as a water witcher who succeeded in finding water when drillers failed. He seemed to think it worked because the live limb needed the water source. document.getElementById( "ak_js_3" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Copyright 2023. Thank you, Michael, Hi, I am a 3rd Generation Water-Witch. Find an under ground vein. I can walk across a field using the wire. 23 years ago I had a bunch of tiling done. 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. 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. Tell them to dig in center. But many have been 300 feet deep or more. I must have bad vibes; could never get them to work for me. Whoops, I misspelled his name. Branch size and thickness dont matterwhatever feels right. And I dont charge because I cant guarantee 100%. Leave water/electricity off and nothing happens. Location. Witched my first well in my teens. Thats important if you wish to irrigate or if you want it for drinking water. My sister and BIL recently moved and he asked me if I could come locate some water lines on their property. Many choices and styles to choose from. Thats a big gamble. A well we had dug was close to two underground streams at different depths. I too can find electrical and water lines. Although most would say that dowsing is nothing more than a myth, there are quite a few people today whobelieve in this practice. What materials are best used to make a diving too like the one in the picture above? The pull is very obvious. Worked every time. Any type of tree branch can be used for dowsing (water). A case in point was when a person tried to drill a well within 30 feet of the river that ran past their property. Water-witching, 1907. A multi million dollar grant to research it. 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 never had any trouble getting it to work by myself just picked up the Y shaped branch, held the 2 short ends tight like you described, and walked. The guy's name was Lee Modrow, I think he was around 90 when he passed away a few years ago. There was no way to fake that. 3) The combination of the flowing water as a good conductor of electricity, the + and of the clay particles form and develop Clay veins or clay conduit (pipe). Hi fejneerg, thanks for sharing your info! Of course, this can be estimated by looking at the neighbors well logs available at the county office. Remain still after it stops bobbing and the stick will start to move side to side. Water dowsing involves the claim that a person can locate underground sources of water without using any scientific instruments. Also known as divining, water witching, doodlebugging, and other names, dowsing is an ancient practice whose origins are lost in long-forgotten history. I know that not everyone can. Warning be careful if you try that with opposite sex. Dont know anyone who ever used it for bombs, gold etc, but seen it work for water. After about the the 5th or 6th dry test hole they come to me. The "water witch" showed up with a willow branch that looked like a forked part of the tree. These maps show the types of rocks that exist below the landowners property and their direction of dip. illow will work for the forked stick and the bobbing stick. I would love to find a dowser who can find my water line location, which is essential before permit can be given on the replacement of my failing septic system. Rods pointing same direction is water stream thats moving the direction they point, you might use that to decide where to add wells or try and guess how other wells nearby may hurt your volume. The small end, where you are holding it, is less than 1/4 inch in diameter, he says. "Divining" is referenced in the south, adding a magical aspect. 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. Very profound for someone who is very skeptical. 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. It works. At the big end. 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. Be open. When holding the willow branches, your arms are close to your body with elbows resting against your hips. People laugh at me but if the pipe has water in it ill find it. My neighbor can, good at it. My FIL who could do water witching told me that one time he was having no luck so he removed his 4 buckle overshoes and suddenly he could then find water again. I use any wire i can get hold of. Dowsing can be done via many different tools, including but not limited to: two L-shaped copper rods, a willow branch, a pendulum or a weight tied to a string. I had two local gurus, both claimed they were great dowsers, come out and dowse the same area. A good amount of the time, city records are not updated to show where lines are. Repeat for the second rod, and you have yourself some homemade copper dowsing rods! 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. I was stunned by my first success when the stick pointed straight down and pulled my hand with it. It has drastically reduced the number of landscape losses. 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. He just counts until it stops bobbing up and down and starts moving side to sidewhich indicates where the water is. That well was 50 gpm at 100 foot depth. He said I laughed and counted after he dropped it into the bucket of water. Had well digger out there and only found 6 dry holes I knew the area was hard place to find water in. Better to pay a dowser so you at least haves reasonably decent place to try. Remove the innards and caps of two cheap plastic pens, then thread the wire through the pen body. A dowser, or water witch, is a person perceived to have a skill for discovering underground water with the use of a divining rod, usually a small, forked limb cut from virtually any fruit-bearing tree or willow. We then dug it up to tie in a new cattle waterer, and it was dead on. I have never tried the Y stick. Start by holding the dowsing or divining rods steady and straight in your hands, at an arm's length from your body. Itll start to bend down when youre getting near the spot, and if you back up, itll straighten back up. 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 . The people buried there are relatives of his. When the willow twists, the part pointed forward and upward suddenly pulls down toward the ground. But, to each his own. As a young teen,my neighbor friend showed me how to do it with a forked apple branch.I was a doubter.We would hide a cup of water behind or under objects in his house.Then we would do a contest on who could find the water.One particular couch we could hide it beneath on ends or middle.I was astounded and we trained ourselves and we were nearly I would say 95 % accurate.Once we had an issue with the branch dragging the tip down in the middle of the living room floor.WTF was wrong? Can you do it? I worked for the USDA-NRCS for over 28 years. You may have to ask around to find out methods that work for you. I told them to throw their dowsing rods away. Call Number/Physical Location. As walking back and stick started going down placed a second flag. Many of us may have fond remembrances of watching someone perform this noble and ' respectable ' form of divination when we were young, or at . Cut a Y-shaped stick from a tree, making sure that all three sections of the Y are between 12 and 16 inches long. Dowsing as it is more commonly called has often been used to find water underground before time and. If the side to side is weak then not enough water. Location. It only work for me, this is the theory that I developed and have studied: 1) Water is a good conductor of electricity 2) The Clay in our Northern Pa. has almost equal amounts of + and charged Clay particles, this is why you can make a ball out of Clay. I can't find a water vein underground, but I can find underground wires and pipes. 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. Please give more detail on that method. 1,200 feet below ground, lay a huge seam of the Judith River Sands formation. Lynn doesnt know how water dowsing works, but he says it does work. My great grandmother would take a fresh twitch off of a weeping willow, shaped like a "Y". Just amazing to this this in action. (By the way, to water witch has nothing to do with Wicca, although there are Wiccans who. They are simply uneducated on the matter. The well company said they just pick a spot and eventually find water. Nothing to be ashamed of, but its better to ask around and find credible folks if possible. . . It worked every time. Hell no, I went with the pick of the most highly recommended dowser. My Gramma, who passed earlier this year, witched the well for her and Grampas house when it was built. How 1) get rod I used coat hanger cut and bent into l shape. George Casely uses a hazel branch to find water on his farm, 1942. He was floored, and I had no idea what was going on. Then the rods look like this: . The more times it bobs up and down, the deeper the water.. Not a single budge in indicating water. I am looking for a dowser in Middle TN. I do think you have got to have the gift, as everyone can`t do it. Dowsers often use a dowsing stick, pendulums, or even water dowsing rods. I know Jesus Christ as my lord and Savior. my wife and i had a water witch find water for us to put a well in at our northern pa cabin,he was spot on and the depth also spot on. You can really see it if the pointer part is about a foot long. If my brother touches metal it will corrode quickly. I would not drill a well without the advice of a witcher. This way you can hold tightly and feel the willow pull on your hands and wrists. After about 15 seconds or so the stuck will begin to Bob up and down. Found many underground veins with it. American Folklife Center. It works over concrete, frozen ground or even during Dry times. 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. Dowsing or water witching (hence the name of the novel) is the practice of locating hidden water wells, buried metals, gemstones, or other objects. If you are very very good at locating existing field tile, I will gladly hire you. Check out our water witching selection for the very best in unique or custom, handmade pieces from our altars, shrines & tools shops. When trying to find one of the house skeptics. 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 . I wont lie to them if I feel I dont recognize a water vein. Decades ago some of my Dad's friends called BS on his abilities to witch. 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. According to the American Society of Dowsers, divining the location of water dates back many millennia. Im not the type that believes in the super natural but I have no idea why/how that works, yet it does. 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. Some of the neighbors have been told that. Ha Ha. Not sure if I do agree as a Master Naturalist and geologist helper but Granpa did use Dowsing to dig a well in Jefferson County Illinois to supplement the family cisterns. Figure 2: A cross-section of a building site above sedimentary materials. The wire always goes across my body when it turns to the side. At first when I started I would just walk around in an area and if my stick went down Id say try here. Being a plumber by trade and having a father that was also a plumber; I can tell you it's a crap shoot. He said it was the dangest thing he's ever seen. Hes into genealogy. Said Id try. As per usual, I put little to no faith in anecdotal evidence. You could turn on all spigots and run all night without running dry. just bought some rods for dousing. Should have been James Randi. I have told them that there doesnt seem to be water on their acreage they wish to have well on. For the bobber stick (to determine depth of water), Lynn uses a dowsing willow about 3 feet long but small and light. Almanac Publishing Co. All Rights Reserved. There is a local guy here who claims he can determine the sex. Welding rods have more mass and are even slimmer. 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. My dad would swear by the witching sticks. We can determine male or female, how deep the grave is and by determining the length of the grave figure if its a child or adult. This article originally appeared in the July/August 2020 issue of Hobby Farms magazine. I have located a few places to drill a well. They swing away from you when you walk past it. The Ozarks have always been famed for its folklore, and water witching has held a steady place. The single end was sharpened to a point, exposing the wet, fresh willow wood. Become an Online Member. There is an article in our newspaper re: a man finding an ancient cemetary by dousing. There was no way to fake this experiment. Works good for both water And tile lines. Amber Kanuckel is a freelance writer from rural Ohio who loves all things outdoors. When the windows fog, rub with the eraser! 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