needed well witcher

[bucksnort64]

I don't know if that is spelled correct or not but what I need is someone to witch awell for me I'm in lonsdale mn

I'm want to drive sand point well to water grass .

I'm told that where my land is, it is on a spring.

My dad had someone years ago witch awell with an old saw and with weilding rods then with willow slips .

so if anyone can help please let me know

[backlash 1]

This is something you could do yourself. I did it easily a number of years ago to find water at my cabin. I just used a Y branch off of some bush (not even willow). There's no mistaking the pull if you're doing it right.

If you do not know the general idea of how to do it, I could explain it to you.

[sparcebag]

I think it takes something I dont have! I once walked beside a fellow who knew what he was doin on my own property,I used his willows and some metal rods his dropped every time same spot mine did nothin,we did it half a day to get me in the know! I still cant!!

[Powerstroke]

Most people hold onto the rods too tightly. It took me a long time to figure it out. You have to barely put enough pressure on them to keep them form dropping.

We frequently use this method at work when trying to locate a water main.

[Deitz Dittrich]

wait a second?... so you guys are serious?.. .a Y stick and walk around and it will pull twards the water?... I dont want to cry talk to loud, but I find this really hard to believe.

[jerk bait]

This simple and it does work. Take 2 pieces of copper wire and bend them at 90 degrees. Hold them straight out and walk around. They will cross when you go over a water source. Make sure it's not your existing waterline though.

[HOF#13]

I had a friend who "swore" he could do this for both water and buried electrical / propane lines. He spends a couple of hours at another friends house witching and marking the electrical and propane lines. It's now time to dig....all goes well for about 3 minutes and then all of a sudden the strong odor of propane fills the air....cut line! Not good. Like they both shouldn't have known better.

I don't know if it really works or not, but I'm pretty darn skeptical.

[Meat-Run]

I watched a coworker do this twice and it is for real!!! It's not hard but I just haven't needed to do it. He's taken a coat hanger and made a Y and put them in two beer bottles (empty of course) and he "witched" for the water or springs. Just don't be scared to do it and your not out any money except the case of beer but it works and I'm not talk'ing you either.

Good Luck,

mr

[Shack]

Here is a post from earlier this spring. It should help with well witching. Works for me every time.

Good luck Sand Point/ Well witching

[Shack]

Hof#13,

Tell your friend to call Gopher State one call next time

[mntraveler]

I guess I can't say I've known a spot that does not have a water table. It can vary and I guess if you believe in hocus-pocus (water witching) that it may get you a shallower water table. But if you dig far enough there will be water underground somewhere.

[Powerstroke]

Its totally true Dietz...with respect to water though. Anyone who thinks they can mark electrical and gas lines is an (Contact Us Please) as it was proved. I've only seen it proven with water. I'm okay at it, but I tend to hold too tight. It works maybe 1 in 10 for me.

[HOF#13]

AMEN to that one!!! And these were two people that I had thought had some amount of common sense!!!!!

Fortunately for me, it has made for some good laughs at their expense.

For water it may work, but for anything else call and have a professional mark it.

[grpd]

was just wondering suppose witching really does work, from what i am seeing you take a forked branch or two copper wires, which ever, you hold on to the ends and when the free end dips you are over water, but some say they can tell you how deep it is, how does that work, your instrument dips, now how deep do you know the water is?

[Powerstroke]

You don't know how deep the water is. I've only heard of the "forked branch" method and can't imagine it works correctly. I think its a myth that cam e form what the two rods look like when they cross.

It does show you where water is, it cannot tell you how deep it is.

I do agree that witching is not substiture for a locate if you are finding the water pipes to dig around them. We use it for pinpointing things we already know are there and are buried. Sometimes our measurements are off.

[Shack]

A true old fashion wicher can give you a very close est. on how deep water is. I have seen it done by relatives. It was done with a willow stick and the tip bobbed up and down to a foot per bob. When they struck water, it was with in feet of were my great uncle said it would be. My great uncle was Bill Nichols from Crown MN.. People would call him out to their farm, shed or house when they needed witching. He did it untill he died. He was a good man.. Anyone who lived around or grew up around crown, would of new him. I have recently heard stories of his witching from Danny Grams (ER Ford) and again saw it fisrt hand.

[sparkyaber]

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Its totally true Dietz...with respect to water though. Anyone who thinks they can mark electrical and gas lines is an (Contact Us Please) as it was proved. I've only seen it proven with water. I'm okay at it, but I tend to hold too tight. It works maybe 1 in 10 for me.

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Powerstroke, I hate to burst your bubble, but I can find electrical conduits buried in the ground like I can see though the dirt. two utility flags with the flags ripped off, bent at 90 degrees just enough to fit in my hands. I have found 3/4" pvc 4 feet underground before. The bigger the conduit the easier it is to find. You bring the shovel and do the digging and I will prove it to you. . I can get you with in a foot to 18" either side of the buried line. Never tried a gas line, but have never failed to find an electrical line. ( I am an electrician, so I have done it over a dozen times.)

[JohnMickish]

I have no trouble finding that stuff too, I just look for the paint and flags!

[sparkyaber]

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I have no trouble finding that stuff too, I just look for the paint and flags!

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C'mon, you have never had a broken conduit for outside lights, signs, feeders, etc and not know where exactly to dig. if you have some what of an idea where the pipe is you are as good as gold.

[JohnMickish]

Having that magic would be useful but I personally like Gopher-one-call's guarantee, makes me feel alot better when the backhoe is diggin.

Our worst emeny is those darn irrigation people, they have no respect for parking lot lighting! I bet they would be alot more careful if the lights where on then they started trenching. Boom!

[sparkyaber]

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Having that magic would be useful but I personally like Gopher-one-call's guarantee,

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I was just implying for the situations where there are not on the utilty side of the buildings' wiring. If you found someone to locate "our" pipes and wiring let me know, he/she will be my new best friend

[JohnMickish]

I'm not saying I don't believe in this but it appears that you can witch for anything in the ground from water to plastic to gas lines. The question I have is how does he know that it's water and not a sewer line, or dog bones or electrical?