All I can figure is this plumber already knew where our septic tank was, and for some reason, he put on an elaberate show to make us think he was dowsing.
Why, I would have no idea. We were charged by the hour. Nor were we charged extra for finding the tank. The only motive would have been to make us think he was dowsing? Makes no sense, but it makes more than being able to find it with a doswing rod I guess.
A couple things I still haven't been able to explain away though.
Was he packing a dowsing rod in his truck just to put on a show for people?
He also did something that blew my mind. Not so much the dowsing, but I didn't know !!!! would flow out of the ground. He said something like "I wonder if the line is asbestos or iron? He then took his rod, which was about 3/8" in diameter and pointed on the end. He walked across the grass covered yard until the rod fell to one side. He then took the pointed end of his rod and started puching it in the ground at his mark. At about 3' down we could hear it hit something and stopped. He lifted it up and down seveal times and you could hear it hittong something. He then lifted it up and went down real hard. It punchered the line below and when he pulled the rod out of the ground !!!! boiled out of the hole he just made. I mean !!!! literally came out of the hole until he stepped on it and swiveled his foot as to close the hole. The !!!! stopped.
All I can say is if this guy was just putting on a show, it was one hell of a show LOL.
I used to laugh at the idea myself until I saw it in action There is little I can say now that can explain what I witnessed.
We had bought a house in a small community of Monument Colorado, just outside Colorado Springs, and our sewer backed up. We called a plumber who asked where our septic tank was. Being new property we had no idea. He said no problem, and got a long stainless steele rod with a T handle out of his truck. He started walking along the back of the house until the rod fell to one side. He marked the ground and said your septic tank is here.
He then ask about where it exited the house. Again, we had no idea. He walked along the back of the house until the rod fell to the side. He marked the spot and said it comes out here. He acted as there was no doubt in his mind. A truck shows up with a backhoe and starts digging where he marked the septic tank. At about 4' he hit what looked like railroad ties, and the tank was right there.
Now either this guy was one heck of a con, or, the dowsing rods did in fact work.
So this guy was doing all this, with a long, narrow steel rod that was pointed at one end and had a T handle at the other? That's not a dowsing rod, that's a probe, similar to those used by bottle diggers.
I have never used them to find coins,etc but have for finding water and yes they do work.
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definitely works for water. I knew of a well drilling business in northeast Pennsylvania whose owner located where to drill by using dowsing rods. just a matter of fact. No bs about it. he demonstrated the technique to me and let me have a try. when you feel the undeniable pull on the rods, its quite astonishing....
over on another forum a few member swear by drowsing rod.
Has anyone ever tested these people and their rods to see if they really work?
Sounds like a flim flam to me.
Hey, Maxx. Did you misspell that, or is that the term you know it by?
Around Iowa, we know it by "dowsing", or "dowsing rods"
Redwaller; Do a Youtube search for videos. It seems unbelievable, but they do work.
Roger
I spent some time reading about it on that other forum and the most important thing I learned was don't ask people that believe in them for proof.
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definitely works for water. I knew of a well drilling business in northeast Pennsylvania whose owner located where to drill by using dowsing rods. just a matter of fact. No bs about it. he demonstrated the technique to me and let me have a try. when you feel the undeniable pull on the rods, its quite astonishing....
I know most of pa and ny very well and you can literally dig just about anywhere and hit water. Like literally anywhere.....just a matter of how deep you go. In fact in my area of ny specifically if you did not hit water I would be more impressed.