[meteorite-list] New meteorite hunting method?
From: FERNLEA4_at_aol.com <FERNLEA4_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:52:12 2004 Message-ID: <a6.2a944923.2a8a463f_at_aol.com> --part1_a6.2a944923.2a8a463f_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 13/08/02 02:04:55 GMT Daylight Time, peregrineflier_at_hotmail.com writes: > When the going gets tough I put my companies $2000 dollar locator back in > the truck and get out my trusty copper rods and do it the old fashion way! > Yes I am talken Witching or dousing! Has any one tried this time tested > method of finding hard to find things? Hi folks, I've always been too sceptical to try dowsing personally, but a few years ago my neighbour found the long-lost buried water pipe in our back garden within about 3 minutes of searching for it with his diving rods. Before then, I'd spent 2 weeks looking for it by digging numerous test holes without success. Maybe he just remembered where the pipe was buried when our house was built, but either way, 3 minutes to pin-point a 1" pipe in an acre of garden isn't too shabby! I was in London for 5 days last week.....I met up with Brighton's meteorite man Dave Harris for a good natter on Wednesday evening, then spent most of Friday at the Natural History Museum arranging some more meteorite exchanges. Staying loosely on the "divining for meteorites" theme, I spent Thursday afternoon visiting "spoon bender" Uri Geller at his mansion near London.....we shot the breeze, bent a few pieces of cutlery and I gave him an introduction to meteorites :-) There's a few links to some pictures below, showing what happens to metal objects when Uri Geller puts his mind to it. The last 2 images show a thinly cut square rod of etched Gibeon meteorite in a before-and-after sequence......I tested it and tried to bend it by force (and also in the jam of a door!) before I took it to London, but I couldn't get any leverage on such a small piece, and didn't manage to put even the slightest bend in it. Uri Geller with 4kg Gibeon individual http://fernlea.tripod.com/geller1.jpg Bending a spoon - it curled up on the floor without being touched http://fernlea.tripod.com/geller2.jpg My Mrs. with the spoons http://fernlea.tripod.com/geller3.jpg Irene again http://fernlea.tripod.com/geller4.jpg Etched Gibeon rod "before" http://fernlea.tripod.com/geller5.jpg Etched Gibeon rod "after" http://fernlea.tripod.com/geller6.jpg There's definitely something weird going on here! Ha!....people will start claiming that rocks fall from the skies next ;-) Cheers, Rob Elliott. www.meteorites.uk.com Fernlea Meteorites, The Wynd, Off Dickson Lane, Milton of Balgonie, Fife. KY7 6PY United Kingdom Tel: +44-(0)1592-751563 Fax: +44-(0)1592-751991 Mobile: 07909-773929 Email: fernlea4_at_aol.com --part1_a6.2a944923.2a8a463f_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">In a message dated 13/08/02 02:04:55 GMT Daylight Time, peregrineflier_at_hotmail.com writes:<BR> <BR> <BR> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">When the going gets tough I put my companies $2000 dollar locator back in the truck and get out my trusty copper rods and do it the old fashion way! Yes I am talken Witching or dousing! Has any one tried this time tested method of finding hard to find things?</BLOCKQUOTE><BR> <BR> Hi folks,<BR> I've always been too sceptical to try dowsing personally, but a few years ago my neighbour found the long-lost buried water pipe in our back garden within about 3 minutes of searching for it with his diving rods. Before then, I'd spent 2 weeks looking for it by digging numerous test holes without success.<BR> Maybe he just remembered where the pipe was buried when our house was built, but either way, 3 minutes to pin-point a 1" pipe in an acre of garden isn't too shabby!<BR> <BR> I was in London for 5 days last week.....I met up with Brighton's meteorite man Dave Harris for a good natter on Wednesday evening, then spent most of Friday at the Natural History Museum arranging some more meteorite exchanges. Staying loosely on the "divining for meteorites" theme, I spent Thursday afternoon visiting "spoon bender" Uri Geller at his mansion near London.....we shot the breeze, bent a few pieces of cutlery and I gave him an introduction to meteorites :-)<BR> There's a few links to some pictures below, showing what happens to metal objects when Uri Geller puts his mind to it.<BR> The last 2 images show a thinly cut square rod of etched Gibeon meteorite in a before-and-after sequence......I tested it and tried to bend it by force (and also in the jam of a door!) before I took it to London, but I couldn't get any leverage on such a small piece, and didn't manage to put even the slightest bend in it. <BR> <BR> Uri Geller with 4kg Gibeon individual<BR> http://fernlea.tripod.com/geller1.jpg<BR> <BR> Bending a spoon - it curled up on the floor without being touched<BR> http://fernlea.tripod.com/geller2.jpg<BR> <BR> My Mrs. with the spoons<BR> http://fernlea.tripod.com/geller3.jpg<BR> <BR> Irene again<BR> http://fernlea.tripod.com/geller4.jpg<BR> <BR> Etched Gibeon rod "before"<BR> http://fernlea.tripod.com/geller5.jpg<BR> <BR> Etched Gibeon rod "after"<BR> http://fernlea.tripod.com/geller6.jpg<BR> <BR> There's definitely something weird going on here!<BR> Ha!....people will start claiming that rocks fall from the skies next ;-)<BR> <BR> Cheers,<BR> Rob Elliott.<BR> www.meteorites.uk.com<BR> Fernlea Meteorites,<BR> The Wynd,<BR> Off Dickson Lane,<BR> Milton of Balgonie,<BR> Fife. KY7 6PY<BR> United Kingdom<BR> Tel: +44-(0)1592-751563<BR> Fax: +44-(0)1592-751991<BR> Mobile: 07909-773929<BR> Email: fernlea4_at_aol.com</FONT></HTML> --part1_a6.2a944923.2a8a463f_boundary-- Received on Tue 13 Aug 2002 07:23:43 AM PDT |
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