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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

I'm no expert but I have always had to factor in well drilling when looking 
at desert land.  I would think anywhere in GA, except on a mountain, you are 
going to have decent response once you have drilled 400' .....bobford


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--- On Fri, 11/7/08, VAN DELL JORDAN <vdjor AT yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: VAN DELL JORDAN <vdjor AT yahoo.com>
> Subject: [Homestead] divining was Wild water
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Friday, November 7, 2008, 1:32 PM
> The few times I've tried I didn't have any response,
> and don't offhand know of anyone who does.  
> On my farm I'm told they would have to drill at least
> 400' to get good water.  The old wells depended on
> seepage and I guess there is water all over in the soil and
> sandstone.  Below that is limestone and the dependable water
> is below that.  
> Anyone have any idea what kind of a response that would
> get?
> Van Dell
> 
> 
> --- On Fri, 11/7/08, eureka AT hctc.net
> <eureka AT hctc.net> wrote:
> 
> > From: eureka AT hctc.net <eureka AT hctc.net>
> > Subject: Re: [Homestead] Wild water
> > To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> > Date: Friday, November 7, 2008, 1:26 PM
> > All of you have inspired me to try. I will look for
> some 
> > info both printed, and online to see what I need to
> do. 
> > Some of you mention using a clothes hanger, and I also
> 
> > have access to willow. I know where the biggest trees
> are 
> > growing, can plot them out. A geophysicist told me he 
> > thinks my creek is a fault line and I would concur as 
> > different species are growing on either side. Maybe
> the 
> > rod will show this to be the case. I figure if plants 
> > speak to me, water might, too ;-)
> > 
> > On Thu, 6 Nov 2008 23:03:32 -0500
> >   Roy Morgan <k1lky AT earthlink.net> wrote:
> > > Maybe divining is not a skill you learn, but
> rather
> > one 
> > >that you  
> > > uncover and practice.  Same as what you meant
> maybe. I
> > 
> > >have a sense  
> > > that divining is something you either can do
> (most of
> > us 
> > >maybe) or  
> > > can't do (those few with a truly unbelieving
> > attitude 
> > >included.)
> > > 
> > > There is a book written a long time ago that
> tells a
> > lot 
> > >about it.   
> > > "divining for everyone" or some such
> > innocent title. 
> > > The author takes  
> > > the position that most folks can do it.
> > > 
> > > Roy
> > > 
> > > Roy Morgan
> > > k1lky AT earthlink.net
> > > 529 Cobb St.
> > > Groton NY, 13073
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