2013 - Volume #37, Issue #6, Page #05
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Remote Dowser Found Water Over The Phone
Contributing editor Jim Ruen recently bought a small farm property in southern Minnesota. First order of business was to put in a well. He had heard through the grapevine about an unusual water dowser named Bob Dahse who claims to be able to find water over the phone. Being a curious fellow, Jim decided to check it out.Although Dahse will do on-site dowsing, much of what he does today is remote. Using a miniature version of the traditional dowser’s Y-rod, he says he can find veins of water, stray voltage and more just by studying a map, photo or drawing.
“I use a single wire strand bent in two and twisted at the end,” he explains. “I simply dowse over a map or drawing, printed large enough to give me some precision in locating details, the same way I would do on site.”
He charges $50 for detailed results. Jim paid the fee and sent along a Google map image, the property address, and a description of where he plans to build a house and dig a pond.
Within a few days, an email arrived with a color-coded sketch of what Dahse found. He had drawn in a number of water veins indicating the shallowest places to find water, which he said were from 45 to 65 ft. below the surface.
Jim was immediately impressed because, in fact, the property has an old well located on one of the veins Dahse marked. When the old submersible pump on that well was pulled, it was right at 60 ft. deep.
Dahse also marked a number of stray voltage lines in blue emanating from the farm’s old barn. He suggested they were likely a result of poor wiring. When Jim looked closer at the wiring in the barn he could see it had been patched “poorly” many times. “It’s not hard to believe that wiring could cause problems,” Jim says, noting that he hasn’t yet sunk his new well but that he would likely follow Dahse’s advice since it coincides with what he already knows about the property.
We’re not endorsing the idea one way or another. But if you want more info, contact: Bob Dahse, Geopathfinder, 30319 Wiscoy Ridge Rd., Winona, Minn. 55987 (bobdowser@gmail.com; www.geopathfinder.com).
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