Witching water
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07/30/21 08:48 PM
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Vinke
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Is it real? Can you do it?
What do you use? I have my Great great grandfathers copper rods.
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Re: Witching water
[Re: SJA]
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07/30/21 08:56 PM
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It has worked for me on several occasions. :-) Best “wicher” I new used a willow stick He would tell you how deep and the flow. God rest grandpa Ike!!!!!!!
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Re: Witching water
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07/30/21 09:05 PM
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My grandmother could, she always used a willow limb in a Y shape, most everybody in my parts would get her to witch water wells , i have seen the bark twist off in her hands as the dowser would twist down. kinda scary and exciting at the same time. To me it is crazy how some can and some Can’t! My grandfather could find a dry drainage tile in the summer in Iowa
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Re: Witching water
[Re: Vinke]
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07/30/21 09:10 PM
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It has worked for me on several occasions. :-) Best “wicher” I new used a willow stick He would tell you how deep and the flow. God rest grandpa Ike!!!!!!! Yup!, Willow stickin' works real good. The strangest "witcher" thingy I ever saw was shown to me years ago by an old timer and he used was two empty "Bic" ink pen casings one held in each hand with two 90 degree bent metal coat hangers. Walked until they both crossed like an "x" and dug down or used a "missile". Deepest was approx. 27'. :-)
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Re: Witching water
[Re: Vinke]
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07/30/21 10:10 PM
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Same here trapdog. Wire bent so it has handles and I can find a lot of stuff. Not sure how it works but it does
I’ll add if you’re looking for water think water
Last edited by Pawnee; 07/30/21 10:11 PM.
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Re: Witching water
[Re: Vinke]
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07/30/21 10:25 PM
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I do believe it. I've seen it done by some old timers and think it is legit.
I also believe in the changing of the seasons and a "Time for Everything " though.
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Re: Witching water
[Re: Vinke]
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07/30/21 10:28 PM
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My dad and grandad could do it with bent clothes hangers, doesn't work for me. They said they generation before them used grape vines also
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Re: Witching water
[Re: Vinke]
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07/30/21 10:29 PM
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Copper wire. Walk til they cross. Definitely works.
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Re: Witching water
[Re: Vinke]
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07/30/21 10:47 PM
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My mom was good at it using a fresh cut willow. She witched a spot on our family farm back in 1957 a month before I was born. The driller hit good gravel and lots of water.... down around 100 feet maybe to 150 feet. That well is still pumping and going strong (now with a pivot instead of flood irrigation) as it's the same age as me.... 64 years ! She witched for many over the years and usually found water if it was there. In some areas of my county water is hard to find...... just ain't there. I have not witched for irrigation or house wells.... but I can use two #9 wires bent with a 90 degree elbow and walk slowly with the wires pointed straight ahead in my extended straight forward hands. When I come over a water line the wires slowly turn to the side till they are parallel with the water line. Steel, pvc, plastic or clay pipe...... it doesn't matter. I've found many water lines on farmsteads for friends who wanted to dig or hook into a line . It works.... how I don't know. I am sure there is an explanation somewhere.
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Re: Witching water
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07/30/21 10:54 PM
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Weather stick. It dips when foul weather is approaching and raises during fair weather. Similar idea? Like
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Re: Witching water
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07/30/21 11:01 PM
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My mom was good at it using a fresh cut willow. She witched a spot on our family farm back in 1957 a month before I was born. The driller hit good gravel and lots of water.... down around 100 feet maybe to 150 feet. That well is still pumping and going strong (now with a pivot instead of flood irrigation) as it's the same age as me.... 64 years ! She witched for many over the years and usually found water if it was there. In some areas of my county water is hard to find...... just ain't there. I have not witched for irrigation or house wells.... but I can use two #9 wires bent with a 90 degree elbow and walk slowly with the wires pointed straight ahead in my extended straight forward hands. When I come over a water line the wires slowly turn to the side till they are parallel with the water line. Steel, pvc, plastic or clay pipe...... it doesn't matter. I've found many water lines on farmsteads for friends who wanted to dig or hook into a line . It works.... how I don't know. I am sure there is an explanation somewhere. I think some can and some cannot, this will be a lost art…..
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