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<blockquote data-quote="Jogeephus" data-source="post: 485628" data-attributes="member: 4362"><p>Luke, they call it witching but I don't think its anything magic about it since the running water will mess with the magnetism of the earth. The way most people are able to do it is to cut and straighten two coat hangers about 2.5 foot long. Bend the last six inches at 90 degrees to the main run thus forming two wires that look something like the number 7. Holding both of the small ends loosley in your hand and with the both in front of your body, you merely have to walk slowly across the land until the wires move and cross. When you hit a stream, instead of the wires being parallel to each other they will be pulled back toward you and cross - sometimes they will swing back an hit you if you cross at just the right speed. (If you think you are influencing this movement, you can also put the wire in the cardboard tubes that come with some coat hangers so you hands will not be in direct contact with the wire. This acutally works better since you have less resistance on the wire)</p><p></p><p>Once you have found the edge of the creek, walk towards the areas again in the opposite direction and mark the spot where the wires first cross again. this is the other side of the stream. Then using only one wire, walk toward it again and the direction it points is the direction the water is flowing.</p><p></p><p>I can't say this works throughout the US but it has worked for me everywhere I have used it. It is also real handy in locating buried pipes IF the water is running.</p><p></p><p>I also use this method in locating underground pipes in the event I decide to add a spigot. Just turn the water on and locate with the wire. Its kept me from digging up the world.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jogeephus, post: 485628, member: 4362"] Luke, they call it witching but I don't think its anything magic about it since the running water will mess with the magnetism of the earth. The way most people are able to do it is to cut and straighten two coat hangers about 2.5 foot long. Bend the last six inches at 90 degrees to the main run thus forming two wires that look something like the number 7. Holding both of the small ends loosley in your hand and with the both in front of your body, you merely have to walk slowly across the land until the wires move and cross. When you hit a stream, instead of the wires being parallel to each other they will be pulled back toward you and cross - sometimes they will swing back an hit you if you cross at just the right speed. (If you think you are influencing this movement, you can also put the wire in the cardboard tubes that come with some coat hangers so you hands will not be in direct contact with the wire. This acutally works better since you have less resistance on the wire) Once you have found the edge of the creek, walk towards the areas again in the opposite direction and mark the spot where the wires first cross again. this is the other side of the stream. Then using only one wire, walk toward it again and the direction it points is the direction the water is flowing. I can't say this works throughout the US but it has worked for me everywhere I have used it. It is also real handy in locating buried pipes IF the water is running. I also use this method in locating underground pipes in the event I decide to add a spigot. Just turn the water on and locate with the wire. Its kept me from digging up the world. [/QUOTE]
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