That would be a horrible experiment. It is already established that dowsing
works because the operator of the rods knows where the object of his search
is. Using dowsing rods to "confirm" a find would be useless, prove nothing,
and be misleading to the large number of people who are largely clueless
about how science works.
A better test would be to take somebody who knows nothing about meteorites,
but claims to be a dowser, and set them loose on a search area. After this
person searches, let a qualified hunter conduct a search. Compare results. I
think we can all pretty much guess what those results will be.
Chris
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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "JoshuaTreeMuseum" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2010 1:27 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Attention Steve Arnold: Divining Iron Meteorites
This is a no-nonsense website:
http://www.constructionwork.com/resources_details_divining_rods.html
I don't see why this wouldn't work for locating buried iron meteorites.
I would like to see Steve Arnold try this. After locating a buried iron
meteorite by conventional methods, all Steve would
have to do is pass dowsing rods over it to confirm its location. If it
works, the rods could become another weapon in the meteorite hunter's
arsenal. If it doesn't work, chalk one up for the naysayers. It would take
maybe 2 minutes and would add a lot of human interest to the Meteorite Men
television show. Who doesn't love/hate dowsers?
Steve, if you read this, I don't want any money for my idea, just a
mention in the credits.
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