[meteorite-list] Try divining rods over a large iron

From: e-mail ensoramanda <ensoramanda_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 23:17:51 +0100
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Hi All,

I was in two minds about sharing this with the list as I am usually
with Darren on this sort of stuff...but

I just had to tell this story....and I am a complete non believer in
these sorts of things!

When visiting my friend on his farm many years ago we were watching
some builders doing work on the estate and to my surprise they were
using wire divining rods to find the drains running from and around
the property so that they knew where to dig to do repairs on them. We
were both disbelievers in such things.

Now my friend knew exactly where the drains ran under his lawn and
tennis court and he had seen the men using them the day before and
talked to them about it....they had shown him what to do and he had
had a go but although they did cross over drains he could not come to
terms with it as he knew where they were anyway, so thought that must
influence them crossing in some way.

He gave them to me and left me walking around the lawn and tennis
court whilst he went and fed the cattle. I wandered around putting
small pegs in the ground where I felt them cross....I ended up with
two lines across the lawn. When he returned he was very bemused as I
was right on top of the two drains....he even showed me where they
came out in the ditch on the edge. I had no idea where they would be.
I still to this day cannot explain it apart from it just being chance
or something else connected with the drains had influenced me....but
we did look around to see what that might be....like a dip in the
ground or darker grass or similar....but we never figured anything
out.

I am still not convinced....but then again why did the
builders/workmen use them if they do not work or help....they would
be digging lots of pointless holes and that would not be good for
business???

One of those experiences that has always made me wonder.

Graham UK

On 13 October 2010 18:46, Darren Garrison <cynapse at charter.net> wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Oct 2010 09:54:10 -0700, you wrote:
>
>>I couldn't resist on this one. ?With all due respect,some of the
>>members of the list need to visit ? www.randi.org
>
> Randi himself:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMtuWymUzz4
>
>
> The ideomotor effect:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideomotor_effect
>
>
>
> http://www.skepdic.com/dowsing.html
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