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    (How) Do divining rods work?

    So these seams (maybe a 3 foot wide crack in the limestone) probably extend about 100 feet deep (typical depth of limestone here). Limestone has a dielectric constant of 7 (4-8 if saturated). The clayey soil filling the cracks is likely somewhat saturated and would have a dielectric constant of...
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    (How) Do divining rods work?

    I am not sure in this case but an EM field certainly produces motion in electroscopes which have similar design characteristics. As to the challenges, nobody has ever had a challenge for mapping an underground cavern or seam in the limestone. I have trouble imagining that a 1 inch pipe could...
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    (How) Do divining rods work?

    The North Texas Skeptics prize is for finding items inside a home with a map remotely. There is nothing I have stated nor any others on this thread have stated to we have ever done something like that or that it could be done. So by ignoring what I and others have written and throwing silly...
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    (How) Do divining rods work?

    Did you read my post at all? I stated that finding cracks in the limestone is very easy (produces several grams of force pushing the rods apart) and finding caves and caverns is pretty reliable. Finding a pipe is IMO very difficult, if even possible as the perturbations in the electric field...
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    (How) Do divining rods work?

    Years ago I was a sceptic of this when it was demonstrated but over the years have become a believer. I have drilled many water and geothermal wells on my properties. I have spoken the the well drillers that use this technique. They believe that the L shaped metal rods identify seams or cracks...