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		runjake on Aug 25, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to drill your own water well I was shocked to randomly drive by a local water utility company and a guy walking in a field holding what looked like dowsing rods in his hands. I didn't stop to ask, but it wasn't a locate antenna (I am familiar with those, and he didn't have any wires or electronic equipment on him). I was pretty surprised they were messing around with dowsing, knowing it's scientifically unproven/disproven. Then again, people still use lie detectors and chiropractics.

earleybird on Aug 25, 2023 [–]

Might not have been dowsing but a geoelectric survey of the inductive/capacitive/resistive variety. The BBC Time Team folks occasionally use these for non invasive surveys. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lU9aRZK4j84&t=663s

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