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Posted: 6/4/2022 5:44:55 PM EDT
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Some jackass took a bullshit dowsing rod that was initially marketed to retarded golfers to find their golf balls and rebranded it to find IEDs, people, and other shit. He sold it to governments for tens of thousands of dollars a piece and probably got people killed in bombings because of it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADE_651
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Posted: 6/4/2022 5:45:36 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Maybe he lost some super valuable piece of jewelry while planting that watermelon patch and traced every store that purchased them, after spending days going over the field with his metal detector and now, here he is...banned from several grocery chains for the metal detector usage, and forced to resort to his ancestral ways to find that goddamned Patek Grand Complications Celestial.  He curses marrying into money and tries to hide his shame by shooting disgusted faces at onlookers like yourself, knowing you'll probably snicker and take video that you upload and laugh with about with your Tik Tok friends. Even the Chinese government workers watching the TikTok users will probably get a laugh. But, they don't know. You don't Know. You'd never believe him if he told you, so he just gets on with his work, one fucking pallet at time; Relax...don't tense up. It's just another stupid grocery store; it's gotta be in one of these... Or he was just a redneck  If I see him doing it again I’m going to tell people this word for word. |
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Posted: 6/4/2022 5:47:33 PM EDT
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It works brilliantly, right up until the point that you test it in such a way that failure is possible. Somewhat magically, it reverts to a coin flip when you do.
Weird. |
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Posted: 6/4/2022 5:49:59 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: It works brilliantly, right up until the point that you test it in such a way that failure is possible. Somewhat magically, it reverts to a coin flip when you do. Weird. 
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Posted: 6/4/2022 5:51:34 PM EDT
[#5]
Love me a good dowsing rod thread
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Posted: 6/4/2022 5:54:27 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/4/2022 6:11:09 PM EDT
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I brought 8 schools out of the ground that had the same footprint, each school had about 70 storm and sanitary sewers leaving the building.
Eventually they would come and ask me to show them where all my pipes came out. I would grab a piece of wire and make a big show out of marking all the buried pipe with paint. People were amazed at my skills.   It was easy and fun fooling people. |
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Posted: 6/4/2022 6:13:25 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: It works brilliantly, right up until the point that you test it in such a way that failure is possible. Somewhat magically, it reverts to a coin flip when you do. Weird. People still make decent money doing around here. “Dry hole you get your money back” deals. Customer not knowing that in the area less than 1 in 100 drilled wells are dry. I need to see if I still have on Witcher’s report from last year. Customer paid $20k for it. Was completely wrong. |
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Posted: 6/4/2022 6:23:23 PM EDT
[#9]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Some jackass took a bullshit dowsing rod that was initially marketed to retarded golfers to find their golf balls and rebranded it to find IEDs, people, and other shit. He sold it to governments for tens of thousands of dollars a piece and probably got people killed in bombings because of it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADE_651 The government officials that approved the requisition of those things should be buried under the jail just for their stupidity. Holy fuck thats retarded. |
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Posted: 6/4/2022 6:25:09 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I brought 8 schools out of the ground that had the same footprint, each school had about 70 storm and sanitary sewers leaving the building. Eventually they would come and ask me to show them where all my pipes came out. I would grab a piece of wire and make a big show out of marking all the buried pipe with paint. People were amazed at my skills. It was easy and fun fooling people. Every now and then, I'll hear about somebody "dowsing" to find buried utilities at somebody's house or rural property. The problem with this, is that it's actually pretty fuckin' obvious where they're almost certainly likely to be. People who bury utilities for a living aren't likely to purposely go about it in a weirdly roundabout and expensively difficult fashion, for the lulz. They're trying to save time, money and effort. They're human, in other words. There's almost certainly one path under the ground that makes a lot of fuckin' sense, and wouldn't you know it? That's what they do. Magic. Behold the power of the rods. The guy wielding them knows nothing of this. He's just a medium.  And again - when you structure a test for these supernatural wizards in a way that allows for the very real possibility of getting it wrong (and actually recording it for posterity this time), they don't do any better than a coin flip. Odd, that. It works brilliantly, until you actually test it in a falsifiable way. When this fails (and it always does), it's because of magic forces that are aware a test is being performed. Which is mighty convenient. Anyhoo - I LOVE these threads. 
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Posted: 6/4/2022 6:38:50 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: holy shit!Quote HistoryThese have got to be added to the official forum meme list. |
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Posted: 6/4/2022 6:56:51 PM EDT
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That’s nothing.
I just invented a dowsing rod detection device. It consists of ten multiple-choice questions relating to basic science. If more than three are answered incorrectly, the test taker likely owns a dowsing rod. It’s extremely effective. |
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Posted: 6/4/2022 7:22:57 PM EDT
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I helped out part time at the water district years ago. They thought it was too expensive to gps map or tracer wire the waterline. 700 miles I think. Used dowsing rods to find it. Waterline took a lot of corner posts over the years.
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Posted: 6/4/2022 7:40:17 PM EDT
[#14]
I own dousing rods.
Never found a fucking thing with them, even when I already knew where it was. Gimmick shyster stuff that goes right with snake oil and hogwash. |
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Posted: 6/4/2022 7:41:51 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I know how these threads go. That being said, we had a guy from dig safe come out and use a dousing rod and he was dead on where he marked them. Not sure if he forgot his real tools as it was an emergency. Not the first time I've seen it from the dig safe rep either. It could just be there’s water under the ground just about everywhere. |
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Posted: 6/4/2022 8:13:51 PM EDT
[#16]
You can make them from these, but you have a few bits left over.
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Posted: 6/4/2022 8:14:52 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I helped out part time at the water district years ago. They thought it was too expensive to gps map or tracer wire the waterline. 700 miles I think. Used dowsing rods to find it. Waterline took a lot of corner posts over the years. Had a city crew out to mark their 36” main. They had locators, plans and a surveyor out.. They still marked the line with idiot sticks. Thankfully we were drilling 50’ away. |
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Posted: 6/4/2022 8:20:25 PM EDT
[#18]
I use them to pick stocks. I’m basically rich as fuck.
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Posted: 6/4/2022 8:25:04 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: You can make them from these, but you have a few bits left over. https://www.fcgov.com/recycling-item-images/img/metal-coat-hanger.jpg Those give me false positives if there are pregnant women in the area. |
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Posted: 6/4/2022 8:28:33 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Had a city crew out to mark their 36” main. They had locators, plans and a surveyor out.. They still marked the line with idiot sticks. Thankfully we were drilling 50’ away. I've seen utility locators use plans to mark a 20-inch water main. They wouldn't believe me when I told them they were about 50ft away from where it was. Had the contractor dig a hole for me where it was... omg they found the water main. Of course having determined where it was going to be layed and having seen the crew install it I had a fairly decent idea I was correct. |
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Posted: 6/4/2022 8:32:28 PM EDT
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the only thing magic dowsing rods is effective at finding is people who are idiots.
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Posted: 6/4/2022 9:13:24 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryDAMN. Best gif I've seen in a while. |
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Posted: 6/4/2022 9:29:21 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I did this with coat hangers when we were drilling a well. Me and the guy working with me got the same results in multiple spots. My helper's son stopped by and we used him for a blind test, he hit the same spots we did not knowing our results. We hit good water at 70 feet. I think there is something to this. Do you know how groundwater works? |
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Posted: 6/4/2022 9:31:13 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I did this with coat hangers when we were drilling a well. Me and the guy working with me got the same results in multiple spots. My helper's son stopped by and we used him for a blind test, he hit the same spots we did not knowing our results. We hit good water at 70 feet. I think there is something to this. Please go collect your $1,000,000 and report back to us. |
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Posted: 6/4/2022 9:31:42 PM EDT
[#25]
I know a grave digger that uses it to find graves in old country graveyards
Still works on very old graves and can tell the sex of the person in the grave |
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Posted: 6/4/2022 9:33:13 PM EDT
[#26]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I know a grave digger that uses it to find graves in old country graveyards Still works on very old graves and can tell the sex of the person in the grave Shit, I have a 50/50 chance of getting that correct. |
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Posted: 6/4/2022 9:40:20 PM EDT
[#27]
Quote HistoryQuoted: That's the thing nobody gets. Every now and then, I'll hear about somebody "dowsing" to find buried utilities at somebody's house or rural property. The problem with this, is that it's actually pretty fuckin' obvious where they're almost certainly likely to be. People who bury utilities for a living aren't likely to purposely go about it in a weirdly roundabout and expensively difficult fashion, for the lulz. They're trying to save time, money and effort. They're human, in other words. There's almost certainly one path under the ground that makes a lot of fuckin' sense, and wouldn't you know it? That's what they do. Magic. Behold the power of the rods. The guy wielding them knows nothing of this. He's just a medium. And again - when you structure a test for these supernatural wizards in a way that allows for the very real possibility of getting it wrong (and actually recording it for posterity this time), they don't do any better than a coin flip. Odd, that. It works brilliantly, until you actually test it in a falsifiable way. When this fails (and it always does), it's because of magic forces that are aware a test is being performed. Which is mighty convenient. Anyhoo - I LOVE these threads. Reminds me of OKnativeson/Muddydawg's "Bigfoot can see infrared" excuse. |
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Posted: 6/4/2022 9:46:45 PM EDT
[#28]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I know a grave digger that uses it to find graves in old country graveyards Still works on very old graves and can tell the sex of the person in the grave Has he ever dug one up to check the sex? So, depending on who you ask, dowsing rods can locate: Any metal Live wires Pipes with running water Any pipes Groundwater (but according to one guy you have to dig by hand. If you drill the water won’t be there  )Graves The fact that nobody can agree on what it can find or how it works should be a clue. |
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Posted: 6/4/2022 9:47:37 PM EDT
[#29]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I know a grave digger that uses it to find graves in old country graveyards Still works on very old graves and can tell the sex of the person in the grave How many very old graves is he digging up and why? |
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Posted: 6/4/2022 9:48:46 PM EDT
[#30]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Has he ever dug one up to check the sex? So, depending on who you ask, dowsing rods can locate: Any metal Live wires Pipes with running water Any pipes Groundwater (but according to one guy you have to dig by hand. If you drill the water won’t be there )Graves The fact that nobody can agree on what it can find or how it works should be a clue. you forgot watermelons. |
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Posted: 6/4/2022 9:51:01 PM EDT
[#31]
Absolute and utter horseshit from your great, great grandparent's time, and earlier.
There is no utter horseshit like OLD utter horseshit.
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Posted: 6/4/2022 10:01:57 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: How many very old graves is he digging up and why? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I know a grave digger that uses it to find graves in old country graveyards Still works on very old graves and can tell the sex of the person in the grave How many very old graves is he digging up and why? If there is a stone with a name that can be read to confirm the sex Some old graveyards had stones NOT in rows, then lawn mowers came along and now they are in rows. So don’t trust the stones to show where the grave really is |
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Posted: 6/4/2022 10:04:13 PM EDT
[#33]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I know how these threads go. That being said, we had a guy from dig safe come out and use a dousing rod and he was dead on where he marked them. Not sure if he forgot his real tools as it was an emergency. Not the first time I've seen it from the dig safe rep either. The power Co here sends a guy with dousing rods to mark underground lines before you can start construction. 
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Posted: 6/4/2022 10:08:29 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: If there is a stone with a name that can be read to confirm the sex Some old graveyards had stones NOT in rows, then lawn mowers came along and now they are in rows. So don’t trust the stones to show where the grave really is Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: I know a grave digger that uses it to find graves in old country graveyards Still works on very old graves and can tell the sex of the person in the grave How many very old graves is he digging up and why? If there is a stone with a name that can be read to confirm the sex Some old graveyards had stones NOT in rows, then lawn mowers came along and now they are in rows. So don’t trust the stones to show where the grave really is So it tells him the sex when he already has a means of determining sex? |
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Posted: 6/4/2022 10:16:59 PM EDT
[#35]
Quote HistoryQuoted: you forgot watermelons. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Has he ever dug one up to check the sex? So, depending on who you ask, dowsing rods can locate: Any metal Live wires Pipes with running water Any pipes Groundwater (but according to one guy you have to dig by hand. If you drill the water won’t be there )Graves The fact that nobody can agree on what it can find or how it works should be a clue. you forgot watermelons. ROFL |
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Posted: 6/4/2022 10:17:24 PM EDT
[#36]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Shit, I have a 50/50 chance of getting that correct. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I know a grave digger that uses it to find graves in old country graveyards Still works on very old graves and can tell the sex of the person in the grave Shit, I have a 50/50 chance of getting that correct. LIAR!!! You are a g-d TERF'er... You need to know their pronouns first. |
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Posted: 6/4/2022 10:21:53 PM EDT
[#37]
Quoted: Just watched a guy use dowsing rods to find a watermelon at the store. Weird. I just use the signs in the produce section. |
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Posted: 6/4/2022 10:22:56 PM EDT
[#38]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Did you know that 'gullible' isn't in the dictionary? |
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Posted: 6/4/2022 10:50:04 PM EDT
[#39]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Weird. I just use the signs in the produce section. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Just watched a guy use dowsing rods to find a watermelon at the store. Weird. I just use the signs in the produce section.  |
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Posted: 6/4/2022 10:54:25 PM EDT
[#40]
Sick women use coat hangers to find human embryo's so why not water?
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Posted: 6/4/2022 10:58:34 PM EDT
[#41]
I am going to walk into my LGS and use witchin sticks to pick out my next gun
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Posted: 6/4/2022 11:21:13 PM EDT
[#42]
Maybe he just wanted the juiciest watermelon
For the record I don’t believe in dowsing |
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Posted: 6/4/2022 11:30:38 PM EDT
[#43]
My boss (a doubter) watched one of our construction guys find a 12" main. We had no plans for the location it was put in long before anyone that worked for us was there. We knew where it was a few hundred feet to the west and a couple thousand of feet to the east. Dude told our crews where to dig and there it was. I know we have a couple of guys left that still use them, I've seen guys from other water companies using them as I drive around. I've never witnessed it for myself however.
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Posted: 6/4/2022 11:54:51 PM EDT
[#44]
So when I'm out on trouble and have to put down a "new" 20" hole 6-7ft deep, the wait for the gas, sewer, water and phone company to come mark their lines can take a while. I made a set of rods to play with while I wait for the "professionals" and in 3 years, I'm 100% on their marks with my "guesses" with the rods. Haven't hit anybody's buried stuff yet. But no, I ain't putting an auger in the ground until it's cleared by the other utilities.
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Posted: 6/5/2022 12:02:28 AM EDT
[#45]
I watched a guy locate a waste pipe under a 6” concrete slab, with them. Broke the slab out with a jack hammer, and no waste pipe.
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Posted: 6/5/2022 12:08:13 AM EDT
[#46]
Quote HistoryQuoted: The power Co here sends a guy with dousing rods to mark underground lines before you can start construction. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I know how these threads go. That being said, we had a guy from dig safe come out and use a dousing rod and he was dead on where he marked them. Not sure if he forgot his real tools as it was an emergency. Not the first time I've seen it from the dig safe rep either. The power Co here sends a guy with dousing rods to mark underground lines before you can start construction. Pics or it didn’t happen. |
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Posted: 6/5/2022 12:09:46 AM EDT
[#47]
There’s a million dollar open prize offered to anyone who can prove it’s not bullshit. The prize has yet to be claimed.
That said, I’m open to the possibility and an explanation for how they work. |
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Posted: 6/5/2022 12:13:08 AM EDT
[#48]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Go walk around by your gas meter and give it a whirl. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: I've used coat hangers in a pinch when I did directional boring . See that tracer wire next to the gas line ? I don't understand why people think it wouldn't work https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/427921/images__7__jpeg-2407462.JPG Because it doesn’t. Go walk around by your gas meter and give it a whirl. Is there anything it doesn’t detect? Live wire Cold wire Running pipes Gas lines Standing water Oil Anything else? |
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Posted: 6/5/2022 12:19:10 AM EDT
[#49]
Quote HistoryQuoted: There’s a million dollar open prize offered to anyone who can prove it’s not bullshit. The prize has yet to be claimed. That said, I’m open to the possibility and an explanation for how they work. My theory is something to do with metal and magnetic fields and flow of electrons. I have more faith in using them to find buried lines than "witching for water" but I'm not going to put my job on the line using just rods. |
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Posted: 6/5/2022 12:43:56 AM EDT
[#50]
I hear they're really reliable. Especially when they're used in areas that have lots of stratified clay and sand and usually have a good water table about 30-60 feet down. You can hit water pretty much every time!
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