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About 20 years ago I was in maintenance at an apartment complex. We had a major plumbing company at our complex who had pulled our site diagrams looking for a sewer clean out as we had 5-6 buildings flooded. There was even a backhoe that had dug a major portion near one building, hitting an electrical line which sounded like a huge explosion. We all rushed over and everyone was OK. Jokingly, I saw a forked branch on the ground and said I would find it. To my surprise, the branch shot down between two apartments near the sidewalks, tearing the bark and scratching my hands. The other guys started laughing, with one of them thrusting a sharpshooter in the ground where I pointed. The laughing stopped when he heard a "clank" sound about 6" down. After returning to the office and reporting I had found the clean out, the manager wanted to know how. My maintenance foreman replied, "You don't wanna know."WV62 said:I wouldn't buy one, but just a couple of days ago (for real) I was driving into town and spotted 2 guys from the water company, they had the truck parked next to the road and one was out there walking with a bent wire looking for water lines.
I wish I would have had time to stop and talk to them.
He was heading for guard rail on the side of the road, he may have locked on to that. LOL
Ron in WV
slingshot said:About 20 years ago I was in maintenance at an apartment complex. We had a major plumbing company at our complex who had pulled our site diagrams looking for a sewer clean out as we had 5-6 buildings flooded. There was even a backhoe that had dug a major portion near one building, hitting an electrical line which sounded like a huge explosion. We all rushed over and everyone was OK. Jokingly, I saw a forked branch on the ground and said I would find it. To my surprise, the branch shot down between two apartments near the sidewalks, tearing the bark and scratching my hands. The other guys started laughing, with one of them thrusting a sharpshooter in the ground where I pointed. The laughing stopped when he heard a "clank" sound about 6" down. After returning to the office and reporting I had found the clean out, the manager wanted to know how. My maintenance foreman replied, "You don't wanna know."WV62 said:I wouldn't buy one, but just a couple of days ago (for real) I was driving into town and spotted 2 guys from the water company, they had the truck parked next to the road and one was out there walking with a bent wire looking for water lines.
I wish I would have had time to stop and talk to them.
He was heading for guard rail on the side of the road, he may have locked on to that. LOL
Ron in WV
Larry (IL) said:....There are people willing to pay big money to anyone who can prove that they work........... the money has never been claimed.
Mega said:... Possibly one of the 'biggest' cons in the detecting arena,most folks will give the same answer,if they are as good as they make them out in the adverts we would all be using one,how many have you seen being used ?? none ....
Mega said:... The trouble is some folks must have bought some,then found out they are basically just a box with a battery inside and a few flashing lights,looks good in theory but thats about all...
slingshot said:....Mel Fisher even had professional dowsers and found them not to work.
WV62 said:.... spotted 2 guys from the water company, they had the truck parked next to the road and one was out there walking with a bent wire looking for water lines......
REVIER said:.... DLK Lifeguard is the name of the company that makes these, the units they make sell between 7-$14,000.
Despite their claims that they work well, including a few so called professionals quoted in their promotional literature that said they work at an 80-100% success rate, in double blind real scientific testing the actual success rate of finding living animals or human beings behind walls, in buildings or buried in the ground or rubble was proved to be no better than the hit and miss method of just guessing.....
GeorgeinSC said:They certainly do work as designed. They are designed to separate you from your hard earned dollars. Any company that sells that Junk is showing just how greedy they have become. (No returns and they will tell you that you are not operating it correctly)
I can take two pieces of bent ( L shaped ) copper wire and find just as much or more than you will with one of those very expensive gadgets.
Just my Not so humble opinion. I try to avoid doing business with any company that sells that stuff.
Tom_in_CA said:WV62 said:.... spotted 2 guys from the water company, they had the truck parked next to the road and one was out there walking with a bent wire looking for water lines......
Whenever the topic comes up on a metal detecting forum, someone is sure to come on citing success they've seen @ water dowsing (with a forked stick or coat hanger or whatever). And at a certain point you have to ask yourself: So what ? I mean, last I checked, this a metal detecting forum, right ? Not a "water detecting" forum. So that's another topic altogether. And last I checked, most of us here were looking for coins, metal , etc... When/if we want water, we go to our spigot and turn the handle.
WV62 said:..... I don't think I said anything about looking for water, I am pretty sure I said water lines. As far as I know most of our larger water lines are made of metal. ....
GeorgeinSC said:They certainly do work as designed. They are designed to separate you from your hard earned dollars. Any company that sells that Junk is showing just how greedy they have become. (No returns and they will tell you that you are not operating it correctly)
I can take two pieces of bent ( L shaped ) copper wire and find just as much or more than you will with one of those very expensive gadgets.
Just my Not so humble opinion. I try to avoid doing business with any company that sells that stuff.
WV62 said:Tom_in_CA said:WV62 said:.... spotted 2 guys from the water company, they had the truck parked next to the road and one was out there walking with a bent wire looking for water lines......
Whenever the topic comes up on a metal detecting forum, someone is sure to come on citing success they've seen @ water dowsing (with a forked stick or coat hanger or whatever). And at a certain point you have to ask yourself: So what ? I mean, last I checked, this a metal detecting forum, right ? Not a "water detecting" forum. So that's another topic altogether. And last I checked, most of us here were looking for coins, metal , etc... When/if we want water, we go to our spigot and turn the handle.
Well Tom in CA, I don't think I said anything about looking for water, I am pretty sure I said water lines. As far as I know most of our larger water lines are made of metal. Seems you have a burr under your saddle for several of the post on this thread.
Sorry I hijacked this thread, Tom in CA you can take it from here.
Ron in WV