Well, I've seen pretty much everything from peach limbs to welding rods
with "treasure bait chambers" and $2500 electronic scam machines used by
dowsers and the common denominator is that none of them have any basis
in science electrically, electronically or otherwise.

Sorry if redneck voodoo offended you. Most people consider me a little
on the red side so the emphasis was and is on voodoo.

If you really must dowse to locate anything and you expect to be
successful, you better go ahead and consult your horoscope.  I've heard
this is very effective.

Rich Green
Historic Archaeological Research
4338 Hadley Court
West Lafayette, IN 47906
Office: (765) 464-8735
Home: (765) 464-8095
http://www.har-indy.com

----- Original Message -----
From: <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2001 7:10 PM
Subject: Re: Dowsing


> In a message dated 1/21/01 5:39:22 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[log in to unmask]
> writes:
>
> << There is no technology in dowsing.  It is little more than redneck
>  voodoo. >>
>
> While I would agree that there is no technology in dowsing, The
cultural bias
> in the second statement is obvious.  While the "explanations" for why
dowsing
> works are numerous, its existence and success does not depend on any
of them.
>  While I have never had reason to use this skill learned in my youth
for
> archaeological purposes, I think it a great experiment to try it -- It
is a
> non destructive technique that will of course need to be ground
truthed to
> verify interpretation of results.  Sounds a lot like how we approach
GPR and
> metal detectors to me.  Go for it Ned, and please let us know how it
worked.
>
> Just another redneck up in Vermont
> Douglas
>
>