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« on: September 15, 2006, 10:57:02 pm »
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Hi Bill, Hi All:

"It's important that you concentrate and stay focused - you can't be a scatterbrain." My favorite line in the article.
DowserBill - Did you hook up with any of these guys when you were living in SE Kansas?

Dowsers claim to find treasures, trickles, trinkets
09/14/2006

By Nikki Patrick
Morris News Service

PITTSBURG, Kan. - Everything on earth has an energy, and dowsers can tap into this to find water, treasure, even unmarked graves, according to Phil Armstrong.
He's the president of the Four-State Dowsing Club and a resident of Webb City, Mo., and recently gave a speech to the Crawford County Genealogical Society.
"The first person I ever saw dowse was my father, with a willow branch," he said.
He said that he also studied with a mentor, a man in his 90s, in Purcell, Mo.
"Dowsing is thousands of years old, and it came to America in the 1600s," Armstrong said. "They used dowsing in World War I to find unexploded bombs, and in World War II to find land mines. When Gen. George Patton was chasing the Germans across North Africa, they were blowing up the wells, but Patton got a dowser and had all the water he needed."
He added that dowsing was also used during the Vietnam War to find Viet Cong tunnels and caches of weapons.
"The big oil companies use their electronic equipment to discover deposits of oil - and then bring in dowsers to confirm the finds," he said.
Dowsing devices can be made from a variety of materials, including wood and metal. Armstrong said that he has never used willow, but makes his own rods from metal, with ball bearings in the handles because they increase sensitivity.
"I focus on the tip of the rod and mentally image what I'm looking for," he said. "I communicate with the rod and ask it questions that can be answered with 'yes' or 'no.' It's important that you concentrate and stay focused - you can't be a scatterbrain."
However, Armstrong said that anybody can learn to dowse "if they understand the principles and work at it." . . . . . . . . .

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« Reply #1 on: September 16, 2006, 02:50:35 am »
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Hi Sweet Sue, No I have never meet any of these fella's, You know me I am a loner!  Good to see Ya posting! I have been away from computer for a few days and just blew in!  Bill

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« Reply #2 on: September 16, 2006, 06:28:14 am »
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Good post and story Sweet Sue and welcome to the forums.

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« Reply #3 on: September 16, 2006, 07:13:53 am »
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Good Story.

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« Reply #4 on: September 16, 2006, 07:22:12 am »
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Very nice story sweet sue, welcome to THunting annd thanks for sharring the story

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« Reply #5 on: September 16, 2006, 08:44:38 am »
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SS, boy I thought the hogs got ya. Great to see old faces again (you & BP) Lots to tell you since last we communicated. Some on these forums want lessons on map dowsing, and I will help if Christian OK's it, so stick around could be fun.

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« Reply #6 on: September 16, 2006, 08:55:33 am »
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this should be fun and informative...Smiley...Thats one area I  know nothinng about and anything that can help narrow areas in my search area is welcome.  Thanks again Bill for your generous offer

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« Reply #7 on: September 16, 2006, 09:43:24 am »
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Sounds great Bill. Christian, jump on this one OK!  BP

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