I spend my about 5 months a year in the Arizona desert gold mining. I walk the dry creek beds barefoot doing this for water. Works most of the time, every once in a while, I'm digging up a hot rock or big piece of metal. Anyone bugging out to the desert should have a pair in their pack. Thanks
I use these for plumbing to find sewer lines nearly every day. If you stomp on the ground by the time they go back to parallel, how ever many stomps you took is how many feet down the water is. So for an example six stomps its roughly six feet down
Very informative video…. definitely a great craft to perfect for sure…👍🏻 Thanks for sharing…. Stay Strong 💪🏻 my friend….‼️ FYI… one of the best examples of how important it is to have water is the Movie Sahara with Humphrey Bogart…👍🏻‼️
I've used the wire method before, for sewer lines also. I remember as a kid, some men cutting a branch and showing me that method. Walked up to a water hose and it just about pulled out of my hands.
Amazing! There is nothing better than some good fresh spring water. I'm curious if that technique will work everywhere? If it's rocky or desert terrain? I need to try it out. 👍
Yes it will work in the desert too. The depth of detection is less in a topical or forested area due to the moisture and carbon debri in the ground but it is deeper in the desert due to less interference. But then there is also rocks and hard pack and sedimentary deposits that interfere. { I'm not an expert, just a guy that spent some time in the woods.}
damn I thought this was hocus pocus! Really interesting you can use eucalyptus, Im from australia and theres a tonne of it. Gonna give it a crack. Does it have to be a green sapling thats still alive?
Thanks Dave, I've never used eucalyptus but I've heard about it. You want to use a green branch not dried or dead. I've seen acasia branches work too. Let me know what it does - okay??
Yes, the longer and thicker the wire the deeper it detects. But the most accurate is silver wire. They use silver in the Mideast to detect down to 100 meters. The rods are about 6 feet long and are pulled on a cart.
I spend my about 5 months a year in the Arizona desert gold mining.
I walk the dry creek beds barefoot doing this for water. Works most of the time, every once in a while, I'm digging up a hot rock or big piece of metal. Anyone bugging out to the desert should have a pair in their pack.
Thanks
Thank you Larry, Ive used this everywhere even in the Mideast.
I use these for plumbing to find sewer lines nearly every day. If you stomp on the ground by the time they go back to parallel, how ever many stomps you took is how many feet down the water is. So for an example six stomps its roughly six feet down
Thats right. Thank you.
Dave, yes the linb must be cut from a live branch. Try to find one as symmetrical to a 'Y' as possible.
Thank you.
Very informative video…. definitely a great craft to perfect for sure…👍🏻 Thanks for sharing…. Stay Strong 💪🏻 my friend….‼️
FYI… one of the best examples of how important it is to have water is the Movie Sahara with Humphrey Bogart…👍🏻‼️
I should use it as a trailer for this vid. Thank you Warrior.
I've used the wire method before, for sewer lines also. I remember as a kid, some men cutting a branch and showing me that method. Walked up to a water hose and it just about pulled out of my hands.
Its the only method in Africa and South America. The earth doesnt lie. Thanks PK.
God is truly the only engineer of this universe.
It's almost like magic.
I watched a Special Forces sergeant do this in Saudi Arabia. He found water in 20 minutes. Very impressive.
Finding it is easy. "getting it" can be hard.
Interesting stuff
It's a forgotten skill.
very good to know. Lots of people get lost in CA and other places out west and many do not make it without water.
Planning is everything.
Amazing! There is nothing better than some good fresh spring water. I'm curious if that technique will work everywhere? If it's rocky or desert terrain? I need to try it out. 👍
Yes it will work in the desert too. The depth of detection is less in a topical or forested area due to the moisture and carbon debri in the ground but it is deeper in the desert due to less interference. But then there is also rocks and hard pack and sedimentary deposits that interfere. { I'm not an expert, just a guy that spent some time in the woods.}
Thanks for the reply, Doyle. I think this information will be very helpful in the future for many reasons. 👍
damn I thought this was hocus pocus! Really interesting you can use eucalyptus, Im from australia and theres a tonne of it. Gonna give it a crack. Does it have to be a green sapling thats still alive?
Thanks Dave, I've never used eucalyptus but I've heard about it. You want to use a green branch not dried or dead. I've seen acasia branches work too. Let me know what it does - okay??
Does the guage and length of copper wire matter?
Yes, the longer and thicker the wire the deeper it detects. But the most accurate is silver wire. They use silver in the Mideast to detect down to 100 meters. The rods are about 6 feet long and are pulled on a cart.