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bob ford wrote:
> There are youtube videos , from dowsers, that show you how.  Credible ??? 
> ...bobford
>
>   
I don't know anything about youtube, too slow here to get it, but 
dowsing is easy to learn.  Makes locating wires and pipes easy, as well 
as water.

I had a guy out here to dowse for my lower well, a dug well.  He said 
good water at 18 feet, Hopto took a bite at 17', nothing, soil not even 
wet.  Took another bite, almost didn't get the machine moved back fast 
enough to avoid it falling into the hole, had to get a longer-armed 
machine down here to finish the job.  Put in the gravel and 4' casings 
and presto, mundo!  Over!

I asked the guy to teach me, and for the price of a bottle of decent 
scotch (his call) he did.  I found it easy, some have more difficulty, 
but I'm a person fairly much "in tune" with weather, terrain (have a 
strong sense of place), light patterns, etc.  He seemed to think folks 
with those traits find it easier.  Give it a go, you may be surprised at 
how easy it it.  Sometimes, now that I recognize the feeling, I can just 
lay my hand flat, palm down and feel it.

SusanJane, in Maine