How to find under ground utilities, pipes, lines and cables using dowsing rods

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How to find under ground pipes, lines and cables using divining rods or dowsing rod Call 811 JULIE or do this! Actually do both ad see how they work! Locating underground utilities.
Note: It's law that you call your local utility and they will come out. Most have a service they use. Again, call before you dig!
Dowsing rods.
1942: George Casely uses a hazel twig to attempt to find water on the land around his Devon farm
Traditionally, the most common dowsing rod is a forked (Y-shaped) branch from a tree or bush. Some dowsers prefer branches from particular trees, and some prefer the branches to be freshly cut. Hazel twigs in Europe and witch-hazel in the United States are traditionally commonly chosen, as are branches from willow or peach trees. The two ends on the forked side are held one in each hand with the third (the stem of the Y) pointing straight ahead. Often the branches are grasped palms down[citation needed]. The dowser then walks slowly over the places where he suspects the target (for example, minerals or water) may be, and the dowsing rod dips, inclines or twitches when a discovery is made. This method is sometimes known as "willow witching".
Two L-shaped metal wire rods
Many dowsers today use a pair of simple L-shaped metal rods. One rod is held in each hand, with the short arm of the L held upright, and the long arm pointing forward. When something is found, the rods cross over one another making an X over the found object. If the object is long and straight, such as a water pipe, the rods may point in opposite directions, showing its orientation. The rods are sometimes fashioned from wire coat hangers, and glass or plastic rods have also been accepted. Straight rods are also sometimes used for the same purposes, and were not uncommon in early 19th-century New England.
In all cases, the device is in a state of unstable equilibrium from which slight movements may be amplified.
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@hmghcity6544 6 лет назад

I had a contractor show me this on a job site today and I thought he was yanking my chain until I looked this up on RU-vid (thanks!) and then tried it myself. So cool!

@ETprepper 6 лет назад

Great. So many will diss this and not give it a try. Glad you did. Thanks for comment.

@stevez2270 4 года назад

What in Gods name did I just stumble upon? This is awesome 🤣 it really does work. I’ll be a son of a.... you learn something new every damn day. Thank you sir!

@jakeryan4158 3 года назад

This is a "technique" called witching, not to be trusted. This is why 811 and utility locators with legitimate equipment exist, you will have absolutely zero legal protection if you do this and start digging. If a utility company were to even see a locator marking lines by witching, not by hooking up to the utility itself, they will lose their job immediately. For someone about to dig, it's truly stupid to excavate without calling 811, especially since it's a free call

@harryeasler8175 3 года назад

Shit works man

@anthonywillis7634 3 года назад

It definitely works but no science on it. It’s the strangest thing i’ve done. I’ve had children and adults do it with the exact same result.

@Neo.Picard 3 года назад

The guy making this video already advised to “call before you dig”, but sometimes, it’s just handy to find an underground wire quickly. e.g. my lights on my tree stopped working, and after checking all the obvious sources (breaker, switches & plugs), I’d now like to take a look at the buried wire to see if the chipmunks ate through it. I’m not excavating, or doing some major yard work here, just finding & following a wire from house to tree. So what does it hurt to give this divining method a try. So a big THANK YOU to the creator of this video..

@Neo.Picard 3 года назад

Well, unfortunately, it didn’t work for me. :( Back to square one.

@_1ben 4 года назад

I am speaking from my 35 years as a pipeline repair tech for one of the largest companies in the world that provides the best and latest tools available, I have used this method ONLY when I can not find and have no idea, I use it when I have a slight suspicion on a location, I dig by hand to locate , so I want to make the best decision before I excavate due to cost, trauma and time, it does NOT work 99 percent of the time and the 1 % it doesn't work either, if your going to a major cost to dig use everything available to you and use this to add to your very slight suspicion on where to dig

@stevehart3472 5 лет назад

Unbelievable, it works! In 3 minutes I located my high and low voltage lines, my water line, my septic line (the one I needed to find) and my propane gas line. Thanks!

@thistlkasedawe 8 лет назад

I've been a utility locator for 7 years. i mark all utilities every single day hundreds of times a day. when something is unlocateable with the machine i use this method. it works people. I've proved this over and over for years. great vid man!

@galaxymoon3920 6 лет назад

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@royhoco5748 6 лет назад

hundreds of times a day? sounds slightly exaggerated

@meetpalsingh7956 6 лет назад

What is the principle....???

@RickJohanson 6 лет назад

I didn't believe it when watching this vid, but your comment made me think... shoot I'll go out and try for myself. Cannot understand it, but it worked amazingly. Found the electrical wire I knew about and some old invisible dog fence wire I had no idea was in my yard. Thanks.

@user-tk7pp2se1f 6 лет назад

Unless you're doing cable TV drops or pencil whipping your locates there ain't no way in hell you're doing "hundreds" a day. And if you use this quack method on a locate, God help you if you get a damage.

@anthonybot7165 5 лет назад

man i will tell you i always called BS on this and then went and tried it out, it works people, it really works. found my water line and sewer.

@FoxFaderWorld 2 года назад

This does work. Hold them loooosely.

@rustyshacklferd535 Год назад

Dont be stupid, CALL 811.

@resfan000 Год назад

@@rustyshacklferd535 I’m a utility locator and it does work but it’s not always accurate it’s always best to call a locator out and locate the lines

@rustyshacklferd535 Год назад

@@resfan000 im just a guy who walks around with subsite going woo woo woo all day.

@resfan000 Год назад

@@rustyshacklferd535 locating lines isn’t for everyone but it sure does pay good where I am from. Woo woo woo

@michaelmcdermott5329 7 лет назад

I'm a electrician for 29yrs and yesterday was the first time I saw this trick done by a lineman looking for a hand box to disconnect a underground service to change a meter socket. The box was buried in a flower bed near the street and he found it using this method I couldn't believe it. I thought he was b.s. ing me. I tried it myself when I got home using a couple of bare #8 copper pieces of wire and it worked on locating my 200a U.G. Service. Pretty neat trick you can always learn new things everyday!!!!

@GhettoRanger01 5 лет назад

I learned this trick as an apprentice lineman, like everyone else I scoffed and said it was complete bullshit, it wasn't until I tried it myself that I realized what a valuable tool this really is.

@thetizzleforshizzle 5 лет назад

Magnetic fields pretty much dictate our entire lives lol I'm surprised more people don't know about this I'm not even a powerline tech

@aldeenyo5276 5 лет назад

Saw this done by an inspector trying to locate field tile we buried after laying new water main. Everyone on my crew looked at me like I was crazy when I said I thought dowsing was voodoo bullshit. Not even 20 minutes later he used the rods to find buried cable line that hadnt been marked out, and Ill be damned if that line wasn't running right where his witchin' sticks said it'd be. Blew my mind.

@patricklawton8135 5 лет назад

Learned from an old timer many years back when I was doing gas and oil survey.

@TheBlackDog73 5 лет назад

U think this can be used to find the level of an above ground tank with fluid in it

@steveturansky9031 5 месяцев назад

I absolutely know dowsing rods work for this application. In 1980, I was an Electrical Engineering student Co-oping with a large Regional Power Company. Part of the job was working in the Planning Department which required Field work. When an older guy (55-60) pulled out his dowsing rods one day to locate buried wires and pipes, I was more than skeptical. I thought he had to be manipulating the rods until I tried it. I was absolutely shocked how accurate and reliably those dowsing rods could indicate where buried pipes and wires (either buried or overhead) were. It has to have something to do with the lines of flux. At any rate, I made my own rods and still have them somewhere. I have no idea whether water or gold can be found by dowsing but I know enough not to discount the possibility.

@mwthinks3067 7 лет назад

All the commenters that say this doesn't work haven't tried it. I just used it to find my underground poly water line. Just NOW. Empirical evidence trumps negativity. ETprepper, you just saved me a lot of money as I used this to detect the pipe around some soggy ground where the leak was. I didn't have to dig test holes all over the soggy spot... just one hole. Leak fixed. Thank you for this video.

@ETprepper 7 лет назад

Awesome! Thank you. Glad it worked out.

@kirkmatteson5829 6 лет назад

This really works, a Southern California Edison Line man used this method to find underground utility on a job for back in 1997, he was spot on. I never forgot that day, think about it not, all electrical and running water produces an magnetic field the metal rods just line up with it. Thank you ETprepper for the refresher coarse.

@a250Rlover 7 лет назад

I'm a huge skeptic of these fairy tales. But I just tried it knowing were some water lines were (PVC) and where some were not. And it found them 100% of the time every time, passing back and forth. Thanks for the video!

@V-ANews Год назад

I worked for a old timer and he taught me a bunch of tricks like this I love working with guys who been in the game a long time as they know all of these tricks once my dads buddy was building a shop in back with overhead slab and he needed to locate the lines and he was like he called one guy and he said would cost $500 I was like I can do it for $200 he was like really and my dad said he located our when we had to dig so he said ok I got 2 welding rods and started walking around and marking them was like 5 people there all friends and none of them thought it would work they started to dig with the machine and line was right on top of where I marked

@derekhess4882 Год назад

pvc waterlines 😂

@herbertromanski9045 Год назад

It's hella wierd, I thought this was a scam when my dad showed me this but it actually works. I have no clue how tho... I thought it had something to do with electric fields from wires carrying current but it also worked for hollow cannals and waterlines. To test if it wasn't a subconcious suggestion I tried finding something I didn't know was there - a pipe at my neighbour's house and it worked too, he confirmed it.

@juanreyes25 5 лет назад

Saw your video, didn't quite believe it, but finally tried it. It works!! Awesome way to get rough idea of where utilities are. In my case, I was searching for underground irrigation overflow pipe. Thanks again!!

@Rommans831 4 года назад

Yes, this method works. I found the buried power line to my shed. Then I followed up on the 811 techs markings and it verified his findings. 😄 Great demonstration. Thanks. 👍

@fulks19 6 лет назад

I am 70 years old and I own a tree stump grinding business. I normally call in a locate if there is any doubt about buried lines. One of my customers told me had located his lines already. I arrived and he had marked the area with red paint lines where there were issues. He had been using dowsing rods. I was very skeptical and he showed me and let me try it. I was able to locate them as well. We went to an area where he had not marked and sure enough I found his phone lines. I was excited and hooked. When I got home, I made my own dowsing rods and couldn't find any utility lines. I know where they are but couldn't find a single one by dowsing. It is strange because it worked for me at his house and I had no idea where his phone line was.

@patriotjones5705 4 года назад

Thanks for the well needed info. As a certified Damage Prevention Tech I am the one who would show up if you dialed 811 in our state. He is very correct when he says make the call, however the tool he just showed you today is a tool we use professionally when our high tech equipment goes cattywompus. Great info and demonstration. Thank you!

@benningsniper9516 2 года назад

Really... I'm curious what utility or third party company has authorized the use of witching sticks to locate buried lines.

@stoopoorjeenyes74 9 лет назад

I saw a plumber using this technique about 28 years ago. He was installing underground pipes and cesspools. He was using the rods to find the sewage lines underground. His rods were just like the coat hangers, but he had placed them in a wood or PVC handle to make it easier for him to grip. The wires rotated freely in the handles; he used the dowsing rods to locate the pipes, and then he used his backhoe to dig them up. I asked him about the dowsing rods; he could not explain why the worked...they simply did work...and he used them all the time. I was on the property performing tree work for several hours...he was very productive during that time. I have been reading Missing 411 by David Paulides. Something very strange is happening in our National Parks, people inexplicably go missing. I am wondering if the dowsing rods can be used to trace which direction people travel. I think there may very well be an electrical-magnetic component to the disappearances.

@gojoeyr 5 лет назад

ITS 11:30PM. I STRIPPED 14 GAUGE ELECTRICAL COPPER WIRE...MADE THESE...AND WENT OUTSIDE IN THE DARK.... IT WORKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AWESOOOMMMEE!!!!!!!

@ETprepper 5 лет назад

Cool. Thanks.

@sethmarks2822 4 года назад

I just tried this today, it really does work! I called the 811 number, had them survey where I wanted to dig, and they gave the approval without marking the ground. It would have been nice to actually know where the wires were, so after watching this video I tried it for myself.

@LunaticWithALicense Год назад

I literally cannot, and am still having difficulty processing that this works. I witnessed it today and farmer allowed me to try and yep the rods crossing exactly where my machine toned tbe underground electrical cables for a pumpjack. Insane but also suprisingly accurate. 0.4 inches off of my professional locating machine not going to lie this is fascinating.

@kelplicker76 6 лет назад

100% works. I was sceptical and tried it in the garden with the hose. Then I tried it in the house, and that creeped me out a little to be honest. Can definitely feel them pulling together, without any doubt. I wish I'd have known this when my kids were small, would've kept them quiet for hours.

@ETprepper 6 лет назад

Glad you tried it.Haha, that's great, good point.

@saxonlight 7 лет назад

About 2 years ago a member of a crew from the local water company used dowsing rods to locate the location of a water line in order to fix a break. The technique works very well.

@rustyshacklferd535 Год назад

We use RD and subsite. I seruously doubt he did this.

@2002southzone 8 лет назад

I was reluctant at first, but this really works. My neighbor located my sprinkler lines for me. He said he hadn't believed in it either until an Old Timer showed him how it worked years ago. Use copper wires.

@MyDyerMaker 5 лет назад

I use the wire from pin flags.

@jasonsommers3020 2 года назад

Copper works best but I've seen it done with steel. One old guy I used to know could tell you damn close to how deep it was.

@rustyshacklferd535 Год назад

I use my transmitter and reciever to locate lines. Dont be dumb, CALL 811.

@melinasparks3268 Год назад

811 only works for public lines. Not private

@beaustewart80 8 лет назад

Haha! I didn't believe it at first so I tried it for myself and it worked! My yard was already marked and it picked up all the lines. I used copper wires I pulled from Romex. I probably looked like a psycho in my back yard because I was laughing uncontrollably with two piece of wire in my hands. I even brought my wife out to check it out. Great vid!

@derekchecketts8461 6 лет назад

Beau Stewart I think had you not previously marked the lines found them on your own. Would have been more telling of its abilities. Put a washer on a 8 or so inch string hold it in place then while keeping your hand in place ask the washer to do circles then swing. It's freaky and fun.

@andrewlopez6326 6 лет назад

Beau Stewart o

@mitchdenner9743 5 лет назад

I guess it has nothing to do with magnetism if you used copper wire cause it's not magnetic. And most coat hangers are made out of brass, same thing not magnetic

@joeeastman 5 лет назад

@@derekchecketts8461 ahhh...the pendulum

@senatorjosephmccarthy2720 4 года назад

@@mitchdenner9743 , I couldn't find an online source saying hangers are made of brass. They said plastic coated and painted steel.

@devinbetancourt6981 Год назад

I work for the gas company in NYC and my senior mechanic taught me this trick with two welding rods. And was able to pinpoint any lines in the ground. Spot on , before 811 call before you dig !!! Old school trade Con Edison

@mrkite824 8 лет назад

It does work. I drill into the ground everyday and these sticks have saved me more than once. I've heard not everyone can do it but within 10 min and 2 coat hangers I've taught many ppl to locate underground utilities.

@SparkyMcBiff 5 лет назад

This is the best dowsing video I've seen! (Although the effect is not due to "magnetic" fields but there is most certainly some sort of "field" that is responsible). Thank you so much for posting this!

@btomas225 2 года назад

Yep, me too...I was indeed skeptical, however it does indeed work! I used a couple of brass rods I use for brazing, cut each to 18 inches and made a bend that would comfortably fit in my hand. It was remarkably accurate when looking for plastic PVC pipe used in my sprinkler system.

@lawrenceshdow 2 года назад

Use two short sections of small diameter pvc in your hands and the rods in them. This limits all friction your hands create and the locating method works even better.

@mikef1586 2 года назад

Plastic drinking straws work as well

@lawrenceshdow 2 года назад

@@mikef1586 thats a good idea!

@lawrenceshdow 2 года назад

@@mikef1586 wait .... What about the turtles!?! 😂

@aaronmonroe4249 5 лет назад

Thanks for this video. I remember my grandpa doing this when I was a kid but completely forgot this knowledge. Tried for the first time today. And works completely. Found every kinda pipe outside. Gas, water, drains, electric. With ease! And it even detects my pipes inside through my floor! Awesome!

@7ghostwhisper9 6 лет назад

I’ve done this at work plenty of times. I only use one and when it turns, if you turn and walk parallel with it count your footsteps heel to toe and you’ll get an estimated depth (feet) of the utility when it turns again. Works everytime.

@ETprepper 6 лет назад

Very interesting, I will give that a try.

@ragytag 8 лет назад

Btw thank you for the demonstration. I've been searching for a clear simple video on L rod dowsing and yours is the best I've seen

@poikaa3 5 лет назад

My boss had me try this with two stiff wires like yours.... Could not believe it! it really works!

@km0e69 5 лет назад

Thank You for the great video. I was wondering about locating plastic water pipe if I could figure out how to use them and you did a super job of answering both my questions. Also loved your son's T-Shirt

@TimothyFrankWebb 6 месяцев назад

This video helped me locate a gas line that needed to be exposed by hand, I had a real close idea as to where it was but the dowsing rods confirmed and helped immensely

@unouwood1 5 лет назад

Yep...went outside....found a waterline I've been digging for. Works !

@DarkStegodon 2 года назад

like 8 years after this video was posted I was trying to figure out how to locate my septic field.... 100% disbelief this would work.... It 100% does... haha we were able to perfectly map our entire drainage field. Crazy method but absolutely works

@verbaldragon1 6 лет назад

Back in the late 70's a Southern Bell locator showed up on a project and located 2 1500 pair cables like this. I have used this technique many times. It does not replace 811 if they will locate but it is a good indicator of possible utilities.

@GULF-BANK 8 лет назад

It really does work. I install underground utilities and have all the locating equipment, but will still do this on initial visits or when first arriving to a job site.

@ericb5666 5 лет назад

"I install underground utilities" so you have a professional level of knowledge regarding about where buried utility lines will be.

@GoofyPoptart 5 лет назад

@gtq838 it does work fool

@Dbdudette 4 года назад

It works. I just tried it this morning. I’ll update when I actually dig the spot.

@chi8931 4 года назад

Did it work

@Craig.marks. 3 года назад

Did it work?

@chi8931 3 года назад

@@Craig.marks. homeboy found out he was a wizard after it worked then hagrid showed up and took em to hogwarts

@Craig.marks. 3 года назад

@@chi8931 Damn just left our muggle asses here.

@Dbdudette 3 года назад

@@Craig.marks. Yes it worked. I found several pipes underground. You will be able to locate running currents (be they electrical, water, etc), which I did. But I was looking for the valve that turns off water to my house, and I couldn’t find it

@shiloh4184 3 года назад

Carpenter showed me this years ago. Coolest thing id ever seen. Nature speaks

@odoyle5667 3 года назад

its 3am and I just watched this and now I have to walk around my yard with coat hangers and try this.

@anthonywillis7634 3 года назад

how did you go?

@Neo.Picard 3 года назад

Ya, I’d like to know too.

@AlenbtgMepstoen 3 года назад

He never came back from that experiment. Creepy...

@pammiedoodle8693 10 лет назад

My grandfather used to "witch" water with a certain kind of tree branches. It was so cool to watch. I've never tried it with hangars, but here I go to raid the closet! Fun, fun!!

@michaelpreston233 8 лет назад

This is a creditable item, I've used this method on battlefields in Va.

@mblend27 8 лет назад

+Lou Sassol Land mines/tunnels dumb fuck

@malikemad4 8 лет назад

+marlboro blend LOL

@johnforrest9174 6 лет назад

Many States have them on staff, to find and locate Indian Burial Grounds, etc,).

@jamesf7867 3 года назад

Very believable demonstration. I am going to do this to find my water line running between my two houses on my large pasture property. Thank you,

@I12Cewe 8 лет назад

I did several experiments with Dowsing a few years ago. I am convinced it works as you have shown. I believe it has to do with a disturbance in geomagnetic fields. In my case I could detect 100% of the test locations if it included trenched or dug ground, (i.e. graves, field tile, cables, septic fields, sprinkler systems, etc.), even when no signs of their location were distinguishable. I found ghost town foundations buried in a pasture! I think changes in ground compression or the randomization of long polarized earth may be the catalyst for this phenomenon. How long this disturbance can linger I could not determine. I also have yet to attempt it where land has been back-filled and then trenched (dual disturbance). I'm not yet convinced I could reliably find natural ground water. I do not believe it is demonic or sorcery. However, I do think those that use crystal plum-bobs over maps to find treasures might be well suited for some of Colorado's alternative medications!

@johnforrest9174 6 лет назад

Interesting, Excellent work!_ I'm thinking of two minds(i work at it), Your electro-magnetic Ideas, and what ALL mammals know- wheres the cracks? (see above how sheep were driven homesteaders lands-where they sit rest, you build). Theres 'something" to be said, the feelings you have in your gut, when standing over a roaring river, or stream on a bridge, and you can use your arm hairs, and "gut" feelings. These same feelings, transfer to finding rivers, lakes, septic tanks, etc. I'm thinking we ALL have these skills, just do not practice nor use them. I have found, people who can not "turn-off" their minds and relax, who have CONSTANT chatter agoing, in their thoughts can not do this- simply, they can not trust their own feelings. Children do it easily. And then there is Kweskan- (blows up yr magnetic idea), who- on Johnny Carson show, would go out to the Audience and find his hidden from view, paycheck-appearance fees- in purses, in pockets, behind curtains...once again Johnny was fluxed. finding papers, plastic, anything.

@scottklein717 5 лет назад

You just completed my year, thanks for the upload!

@JerichoRally 8 лет назад

My granddad used to do this all the time with twigs. ive used coat hangers and it works. but i vaguely recall something about pregnant women not being able to find water using this method. Or maybe it was that pregnant women were especially effective. Good stuff!!

@astrosoup 6 лет назад

Lol don't say that. I was just trying to show my wife how to do it and it wasn't working for her..

@larjerr 4 года назад

omg, this really works, just tried it out. It finds septic lines also! AMAZING!

@Tanker1106 5 лет назад

Another sure fire method to finding underground utilities is to take a backhoe and start digging randomly. If water shoots up from the ground you’ve located the water line. If you smell an odor of gas you’ve located the gas line and if the power goes out in your neighborhood then you’ve found the electric line. Works like a charm every time!

@evenflow3256 5 лет назад

I worked with that backhoe operator before

@MarlinRoth 2 года назад

If you hit the gas line there is a moderate chance you will blow up the house and the yard

@jdennis784 10 лет назад

It works like a charm! All of you "non-believers" out there should use the time you spend to "knock it" in writing comments to belittle the fact should try it. I took two metal hangers and cut them so that I had approximately four inches by fourteen inches. I bent them at a ninety degree angle. I located (without knowing where they were previously) a pvc water line, a propane line and an electrical conduit.

@rabone2207 6 лет назад

Yes this works!! I have backhoed for 35 + years an it works for me!!!

@jakeryan4158 3 года назад

If you have worked on a backhoe for that long, you genuinely should know better than to trust excavating based on witching lines and not utilizing 811 instead

@KyleBus 3 года назад

Did this today at the hospital locating a sewer line. It does work. And precise

@MrPlumber27 9 лет назад

I'm a plumber and if I pulled this stunt on my customers to find a water line they would kick me off their property.

@andrewford80 9 лет назад

Our plumber did it. Fixed our pipes. Happy ending :D

@MrPlumber27 9 лет назад

29maurice , that's what I said . You can't beat a camera with a 512mhz locator sond or a 521 line tracer . Those wichin rods are in the same category as Santa Claus and Peter rabbit .

@MrPlumber27 9 лет назад

You said it !

@btownshreds1 9 лет назад

Witching still works for water lines and anything with current. I know for a fact because I have seen potholers find what's been witched.

@MrPlumber27 9 лет назад

Brandon Trahan bullshit ! I would put my camera with 512 mhz locator sonde or my 521 machine up against your " witchin rods " any day of the week .

@babushkocastro871 4 года назад

Thank very very much, We appreciated your help, you are a Champion. Once again thanks for sharing.

@royhoco5748 6 лет назад

suggestion - when you locate all the utilites mark each one with the proper color paint and then take pictures and save the pics, it may help in the future

@isaacava920 4 года назад

💀💀💀

@royhoco5748 3 года назад

@stimmo77 don't need rods I have photos of where my utilities are buried and they were marked by the utility locating service in my area.

@farmboy6218 10 месяцев назад

I've seen this a hundred times working in utilities. I've seen successful locates, fails with excuses, and a few lucky guesses. I trust my locators more than sticks but that's me.

@senatorjosephmccarthy2720 4 года назад

It works using motorcycle handelbars too. I've been blasting around corners and the bike was pulled right over on its side and slid over to where the water in the ditch was. That's my story and I'm stickin' to it.

@ETprepper 4 года назад

Yep, I agree, Stick with that story!

@Wulfex 3 года назад

Came here because Adam Savage ( yes from Mythbusters ) said on his channel today that water dosing is a hoax. I've done this myself! It does work! It won't find an underground pond, but if there's a current, I bet money those sticks would show it! Is it perfect? No. But, you've done what I've done at my parents and came to the same conclusion. Plus the garden hose test is an added bonus!

@ronalddesselle7206 6 лет назад

I use welding rods, use this method weekly, been doing this for years. Works due to a magnetic field surrounding the buried item

@imbrandon16 4 года назад

try it with some 316 rod.

@jessekeen3786 2 года назад

@@lancerambert you’re a nut lance. It’s literally what the first dude said. Hints the copper rods..

@sreetar 2 года назад

Amazing. I just found my great grandfather's grave yard with this technique as none of elders couldntocate. It can even find if there are any precious metals / treasure in your property. . ;) thanks.

@mikepellerin4611 5 лет назад

My GreatGrandMother did this for many years. She was called "A Water Witch".

@jimgoss6057 9 лет назад

My dad taught me this, his dad taught him, I taught my kids...it works..Nice vid

@DavidMossMGS 5 лет назад

Thanks for the great vid! I showed this to my buddies over at the local gas company. I don’t know what went wrong but they blew themselves up. Can you help me?

@ChristianDonner 5 лет назад

lol

@tprieto6474 4 года назад

🤣🤣🤣

@markussone7334 4 года назад

did he fart when the lines crossed each other?

@DavidMossMGS 3 года назад

@stimmo77 best locator in the world is made by John Deere

@RickJohanson 6 лет назад

I did not believe it, and googling for an answer yielded a mess of results. So, I grabbed some coat hangers and went outside to try for myself. Found the buried cable wires I knew about and discovered old invisible dog fence in the front yard I had no idea existed. Hard to understand, but the makeshift dowsing rods worked. Thank you very much for sharing.

@ETprepper 6 лет назад

Thanks for comment. So many condemn with out trying! Good job, kind of fun too.

@saralarkins9406 7 лет назад

As a utility locator I always recommend calling your state number for locates prior to digging. I.E. Colorado 811 as it is in my state. However, as an experienced locating "wiching" aka using dowsing rods does work. It is a last option before digging if unable to find a line when measurements and normal locate methods aren't working. But you should always pothole to find line prior to digging after performing this.

@jefferysoles1715 4 года назад

Yea sure call the state to keep them in a job. This is one of many things that residents can do on their own.

@fryloc359 2 года назад

The only thing the locator utilities do in my area is check between the road and the house. They won't go around back where we we actually digging.

@chewy6942 2 года назад

I used to work in communications and sometimes our lines had broken tracer wire for locating. I would break out my witches sticks and most often could find our cab,e was to be potholed. I now work for the water department and I have great work using these to find those as well!

@Tom-jn7id 4 года назад

I work with underground utilities and it works very well with old utility marker flags. Just grab the bottom of the wire and bend to 90 degree angle. Take the flag off and walk. I've seen it done accurately with a shovel before lol

@seanalexander5878 2 года назад

yep...I like those thinner stiff wires better

@capeguy 5 лет назад

Ive been in the water and sewer business for 30 years....it really does work Ive seen others do it and Ive done it many times myself. It shows something in the ground but it doesnt tell you what it is....

@SuperMwedel 9 лет назад

I work for a municipal water department and we still do use these its crazy can't explain how it works but it does!

@aga080 3 года назад

“Look at this gas line” *literally* the best looking dog ever

@ETprepper 3 года назад

Thanks! She's a good dog.

@darrellw82 9 лет назад

Great video on this. I myself, use dowsing for finding underground sewer and water lines for my job. I came to a few conclusion as to why it happens having to do with electromagnetism. The ground being the negative and the rods being positive. When walked over the desired find, it hooks up cause them to move. Sometimes being able to tell the flow of water. The gender difference has still made me scratch my head, the yin and yang Negative positive. Can't have one without the other. Some say its the iron difference in the sexes. Either way, I believe that even the dead still give off energy of some sort.

@boby115 5 лет назад

Been in the natural gas utility business for 35 years and this method does work but by no means rely on it ( verify, verify, verify and verify). For some reason it works better with some people than other people (?). When it comes to the utilities always have those professionally marked ; it's the law in the state of Missouri and most likely in your State too. Privately owned underground installations, proceed with Extreme Caution and know where all your shut-offs are (gas, water, electric and Etc) before you dig, in other words never rely on luck.

@magickis33 8 лет назад

It works! Found the hidden electrical line.

@michaely.9149 6 лет назад

I will back him up anytime. I was taught this by a sexton years ago. He could find the edge of a vault and be within a couple of inches off the edge. I have found many water lines, septic tanks,etc.

@darrenkamalu9047 7 лет назад

I've tried it. It worked!

@marklorenzana3337 7 лет назад

I have found that contact with your person can influence the rods . I use copper coated welding rods and one quarter inch diameter non ferrous tubes around six inches in length . The tubes are held in your hands with the rods loose fitting inside the tube . Now dowse as usual , with no chemistry or involuntary influencing your rods ! There is a difference !

@kevinfarmer5653 6 лет назад

I worked for a plumber for a couple years and we did this for sewer lines all the time. Out of 3 years of doing this i was only off once....by about 6ft.

@josea.velezfernandez8734 6 лет назад

Kevin Farmer does it work on cement or it’s only in grass??

@josea.velezfernandez8734 6 лет назад

Im asking because I am also a Plumber and this could be handy

@kevinfarmer5653 6 лет назад

@@josea.velezfernandez8734 honestly I never tried it over cement, only over grass and gravel

@Lockpicker1973 3 года назад

I was shown this trick in 1995 by a foreman on a line crew i was working with. And I've used it ever since.

@Dieselfreak13 7 лет назад

Me and my uncle did this earlier today and found four drainage tiles that we had no idea where they were ran to. Backhoe operator dug and found all four dead on each time.

@juliomorales3883 2 года назад

Thanks Jesus! And also this guy. I was having a hard time finding my drain field. I tried this and worked 100 %. Since am regrading my yard….I used copper.

@OutdoorsOhioan 8 лет назад

Use them at work to locate phone lines and gas lines before setting poles. I always thought it was weird but it's pretty crazy how it works.

@IAreJuggernog 4 года назад

Ryan Wayne I would just call 811 lol takes a lot of at fault out of it and risks

@louisianagator95 4 года назад

@@IAreJuggernog if USIC is who comes out, you can't trust that Positive Response for shit. They'll say "no conflict" and part of your dig is next to a pad mounted transformer.

@benningsniper9516 2 года назад

@@louisianagator95 there's still no excuse for not calling first. It's the law.

@justinross4109 3 года назад

Underground utility locator by trade here, and this does work, only really need one wire though we do this now and then to double check out locates, I have no idea why this works it makes no sense, but it does work

@motsorejola7949 5 лет назад

Man I thought this was used only to detect ghosts 😂 great vid btw!

@granmabern5283 4 года назад

Moises Orejola some people mix dousing up with spiritisme. That mixture gives dousing a bad name. No spiritisme is needed to do dousing. Like using a compass.

@robertbudman190 2 года назад

I did it, it worked like a charm. I was amazed! Found my buried gas line!

@DarrenTabor 3 года назад

This works best with brazing rods!

@randyscrafts8575 2 года назад

Ok kids. It works. I couldn't stop. LOL! I know where the 4 legs of my drain field are now and I found the electric line to my pole barn. Just to be sure it wasn't 🐂💩 I went to the line that feeds my house, the line that feeds my well, and the septic line from the house to the tanks. I know where these three lines are and this method found them all spot on. I couldn't get this method to find the edge of the septic tank though so maybe it's too broad/large of area. Do this just like this guy shows ya and it'll find it for ya. Thanks for that. 👍👍

@jefferysoles1715 4 года назад

I remember my dad doing this when I was about 8 years old and I remember it vaguely almost like a dream because it made no sense and seeing this brings back that and other memories. Those old school guys like my dad who quit school in 6th grade to work the family farm with his brothers because that's the way it was. A lot of cool stuff is dying every day with the death of an amazing generation of people but we do have this wonderful generation social justice warriors tearing down monuments erected to remember people who would fake their birth certificate to sign up to fight in WW2 and many died while still a teenager. What happened to our youth?

@willturner4289 4 года назад

What are u talking about

@ericpena3426 3 года назад

Oh man I feel the same way. Im 22 but my generation is absolutely lost. This marxist wave is worldwide and I genuinely think there’s no stopping it 🤦🏻‍♂️ stay strong and god bless this great country

@knightshift7296 3 года назад

Exactly! Well said my friend!! You can tell the generation by the comments they leave. "Wat's dat meen?" We are definitely in trouble!

@markjamesbrooks3662 3 года назад

Not sure if I believe but would try

@frankiefrank4853 6 лет назад

Well...just tried it and found my underground power. This is no BS

@trialerror8728 7 лет назад

I have done this! It's CRAZY how it works!

@bungabening3530 4 года назад

I can vouch for this. I used the same method to detect buried pipelines when working in the Omani desert in 1990.

@ryancornejo8248 4 года назад

If you stomp your foot while over the pipe you will be able to determine the approximate depth. Each stomp roughly 1 foot. When you reach the correct number of stomps ypur rods will separate. I’m a gas utility worker and we use this method as well to verify when we can locate and are digging on company measurements.

@ETprepper 4 года назад

Hmmm, Never heard this, I will give it a try.

@cardboardbox9977 6 лет назад

This trick also tells you how deep the utility is buried. Once they turn inward, while still standing in the same place, stomp your foot to make them turn back outward. The number of times you have stomp your foot before they turn back out, is how many feet deep the utility is. For example, you walk over the utility and the hanger turns inward because of the magnetic field. You stomp your your foot once, then twice, then thrice. On that third stomp the hangers go back outwards. That means the utility is 3 feet deep. If you had to stomp your foot 4 times before it turned back outwards, that means the utility is 4 feet deep. I'm dead serious. I t works.

@wadebuck69 11 месяцев назад

@cardboardbox9977 I learned about using my "witching sticks" about 25 years ago and working as a heavy equipment operator it has been a very handy thing to know. It was only about 5 years ago that a guy my company hired out of the hall showed me the stomping for depth trick. The only thing I would add to your comment is that let's say you stomped 3 times and nothing but the 4th stomp caused your sticks to move only halfway back to straight to where they form a cross then your target is 3 1/2 feet deep. If the sticks just move a less than forming a cross then target is more than 3 but less than 3 1/2. Same goes for if the sticks go almost back to straight but are still crossed a little at the tips target is more than 3 1/2 but less than 4. They really are that accurate. A couple years ago the company purchased a line locator like the utility locators use and there was a temporary power line direct buried to feed a panel for job trailers and we had to cross it with our storm sewer. The foreman pulls up that morning and gets the locator out of his truck I said we didn't need that because I had my witching sticks. He said yeah but this will tell us how deep it is I said so will my sticks. By then everybody close was listening so he bet me $20 I couldn't locate that power line and how deep it was so I started at the panel and about every 10 feet I painted a mark and a depth. It was 110 feet to the pole I marked it all the way. Then he went over it with the locator and every spot I had painted was within 2 inches of what the locator read. He didn't even argue over the 2 inch difference on a couple spots pulled out a $20 and handed it to me

@PabloEscobar-hf3fn 7 лет назад

I need to find a water line and I am going to try this. It wont cost a penny just a little time . thanks

@GrahamMcHugh 2 года назад

Somebody showed me this today -- it's truly amazing! It works!

@URanInTheUglyForest 6 лет назад

Many years ago, a friend of mine thought I was nuts when I did this to locate the septic tank line. We found the line on the first try digging.

@anthonywillis7634 3 года назад

I thought my mate was bonkers until he did this with precision. I was also able to get it to work. Another friend no matter how many tries and techniques couldn’t though 🤔

@NathanSchmidt1 5 месяцев назад

Bro this motivated me to get up at 11 30 pm and try thus in my yard.

@kubectlgetpo 7 лет назад

I was looking for my low voltage lighting cables but when I dug, all I found was oil, some unicorn horns and a few shiny things. Am I doing it wrong?

@ETprepper 7 лет назад

Hmmm, no gold? Haha!

@lauradouglass9633 4 года назад

@@ETprepper Great response, right now I'm stressing because I was raised with a mother who hated wire hangers. Trying to figure out where I can find some. Sadly, I'm not kidding.

@senatorjosephmccarthy2720 4 года назад

@@lauradouglass9633 , try steel welding rods from a welding supply store, any thick guage steel wire.