Dowsing/divining for gold

[Heatho]

I've seen people divining for sapphires and well, I was a bit of a sceptic and still am but I think there is more to this than meets the eye. I watched the bloke doijng it very carefully and was amazed to see the wires behaving the way they did, the bloke showing me was no wacko either, very intelligent and a well informed bloke. I'm going to give it a go at my next sapphire hunt.

A lot of blokes here are sceptics but hey it's their opinion, I'm not totally convinced either way, I am open to the idea and willing to give it a go though.

 

[kawman]

my mate used to get out his divining rods and go for it.. never saw him find anything.. he was a curious sight wandering around in the bush.. it is said that the water for one of the big powerhouses was found this way...

 

[jamie]

had a mate years ago that was known for water divining, i was skeptical at first but but went with him one day and after a follow up meeting with a property owner my friend had told him where to sink a well and he was right, weather or not it was luck i am still not sure but maybe there is more to it than i understand, wouldnt mind trying it one day to be honest
cheers
Jamie

 

[Rockhunter62]

I was out at Tomahawk Creek a couple of weeks ago and saw a gentleman using the wires. I asked if and how they worked and he told me they do work and that he uses them to find where the layer of "wash" was situated. To me it seemed like he was right. I certainly will not disregard this method.

Cheers

Doug

 

[deancon76]

I would like to share my experiences with this and will keep the forum updated. On explaining to my mum what I had been shown , unsuprised ma says" Your Grandfather had a friend who used to locate the water for people to drill thier water bores (she began to cry a little in remebering the property "oakvale " 80 mile west of Gunnedah). Back in the 40's

Apparently the man- back then old and bent over -would take some fencing wire and find the underground water in a dry and harsh region. It was rumoured he only ever got it wrong twice in hundreds of bores.

I think however silver alloy was important content for divining for gems , the man who showed me the "wires" had 20% silver quite thin gauge braising wire.
I picked up some 5% silver braising rods at 16 dollars- holding off on the 50% silver rods due to they are pretty pricy.

So after some research it appears to be all related to the specific gravity of elements. Example. If your array (wires) are balanced well and you maintain that delicate balance it is easy for changes in background gravity to "swing" the wires out of balance.(the way you hold the wires is critical)
This would occur when passing over water, dense minerals, areas of altered magnetic resonance and one would image once one is atuned to the various "feel" of what is what one would be rather clever. So I am off with my current specimens to play hide and seek with my wires.

I think defining the different response of the array to what mineral/gem/metal/water/ect will prove to be the real defining skill as passing over an underground water course would currently be little different to passing over a one ton nugget to me (twenty minutes experience so far lol).
Depth perception would also be a very crucial skill but clearly these can be mastered skill as water deviners can often tell you the approximate depth as well.

The man told me many people are shown how to do it, but few are actually able to balance and read the array due he siad to lack of electrical/magnetic sensitivity and "charge" only 20-30% of people he had shown were able to do it. The others had no response from the wires as "thier charge/response was wrong for the task".

Happy hunting

 

[DrDuck]

I'm not having a go at anyone at all, but from my point of view dowsing or divining is more than a bit far fetched.

No one has been able to demonstrate the skill under controlled conditions.

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/debunking-dowsing-5028261/?no-ist

 

[kawman]

I have never seen it work for my black mate in his usual uncontrolled condition ... :| but hey, some guys cant find gold with a detector either :/

 

[user 4485]

I look at it like this. It's hit & miss - a mate done thousands sinking bores on a diviners advice & got no water. Others that have used the same bloke got water. I reckon if you go into an area known for water aquifers, gold, gems etc. then there will always be a percentage of "hits" regardless of method. Luck might play a part like detecting. So might experience & local knowledge. Even subconsciously looking for or knowing telltale geological signs etc.
Here's some past discussion:
https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=7118

https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=6600

https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=4258

https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=3462

 

[summit1966]

Hi all,

An old bloke introduced me to dowsing or so called divining, he reckons you can locate minerals ie gold and water with a couple bits of fencing wire. So I got him to locate some pipes which had water in them on my property, I knew where they were but he didn't. To my disbelief he found them! I then had a go and it also worked. Tell me I'm going insane! How the hell does that work?

 

[RM Outback]

I've been talking with a bloke who's had a similar experience. I haven't seen it in action but the multiple experience stories I've heard have me curious. The bloke who told me is a person I respect and from experience don't doubt his explanation of what he saw. Gold found with dowsing rod's at the bottom of an old water fall in a very dry area. The thing that surprised me was this story had a few chapters. 1/ said discovery of the old water fall and estimated depth of 4 meters 2/ excavation and discovery of the base of the old water fall below what he considered to be hard packed clay of about a metre thick revealing the old gravels. So don't discount it but I can say the old fella has been at it for over 40 years and has a wealth of knowledge.

 

[Bjay]

Your going insane. You did ask to be told that :Y:

 

[summit1966]

Your going insane. You did ask to be told that :Y:

Yep ahah.

Definitely wasn't seeing things, another mate was there too. :8

 

[madhatter]

I had an encounter one time at creswick, i was highbanking and there was another couple further up the creek working an area.

I got to talking to them and to my surprise the bloke lulled out two wire rods "like what you find water with" and proceeded to tell me he uses them to locate gold in the creeks, he said he was taught by an oldtimer.

He walked around the creek near where i was working and found a spot the rods crossed over each other and he told me to try there.
To my amazement it was a more productive area and i got a few pickers out of it..

I dont know how he did it or if it was just dumb luck on his behalf but from what i saw, the rods crossed over only once and he walked around for a good 5 mins before the rods reacted...

Just my 2 cents anyway.... :Y:

 

[Bjay]

Have a mate who can find pipes and cables ect, apparently. Thought he should be able to find gold too so put a nugget down under some grass and told him to find it. Well he got pretty close so then told him to go into his shed while I put it somewhere within a 10 by 10 metre square. No surprises he didnt find it. Im not discounting it but Im just a tad sceptical .

 

[TheMediocritist]

Theres a million dollars US up for grabs if it works:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Million_Dollar_Paranormal_Challenge

The problem is, when exposed to rigorous scientific testing, dowsing consistently fails. Im a skeptic.

 

[RM Outback]

So we can comfortably agree dowsing could and will send you mad just like a detector :lol: :Y: don't ya hate crossed wires :lol:.

 

[LC76]

I've always been sceptical but open minded to dowsing simply because of my understanding of electrical currents EMI ect.
As far as i know things like a body of water especially flowing water give of a weak electro magnetic field.

So i dont see why a person who is sensitive enough to those fields would have any trouble locating them with some basic tools.

 

[Moneybox]

This has been a common form of locating underground water used throughout Australia. The experienced diviner could reasonably accurately state the depth and location of the water source. Drillers have until recent years relied on this method to sink bores and wells.

The old guy Ron who runs the Emmaville gem and rock museum reached behind the seat of his ute and pulled out a couple of pieces of No.8 fencing wire with the end bent at 90 Deg. He demonstrated how by holding the mineral you are seeking in the same hand as the wire he could locate a deposit. He said it will work as well for gold as other minerals. With his demonstration and what my father told me when he was alive I have no doubt that it is true.

 

[hAyyoUinAU]

Theres a million dollars US up for grabs if it works:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Million_Dollar_Paranormal_Challenge

The problem is, when exposed to rigorous scientific testing, dowsing consistently fails. Im a skeptic.

Dowsing it what cost many a man his life and livelihood. The few lucky ones who guessed by chance (and due to geological environment being right) used their luck to push the dowsing. But it fails and does not work.
There are many a shaft that was dug on the WORD of a dowser (Check GOLD & GHOSTS) and with nothing to be found.

I can't remember seeing the mines department using dowsing rods. lol

One thing is true though, there are a lot of people who are very protective of dowsing. I don't understand why.

In Africa, they clear your headaches by smacking you on the head. (They say it works) Do you think it works????

 

[Redfin]

I'm in the process of researching sinking a bore at my place. Have contacted 4 contractors and all use divining rods.