Water Witching To Find Water Lines Before Digging

How does water witching work? Well, nobody's really sure of that. But the simple, cost-effective technique can save you a lot of time and money when you need to dig without hitting your water lines.

[ScottALanter]

About 15 years ago, the water department told me I had a leak in the line running through my front yard. Yet, there was no water coming to the surface of the lawn. My father, a retired heavy equipment operator, came the next morning. We rented a small backhoe and he began digging. He was nearing 5 ft. deep in the dig when he shut down the backhoe and told me to get two metal coat hangers from the house. That was the day I learned about divining (or dowsing) rods. It turned out we weren't far from the water line. But, the dowsing rods showed the line was running at an angle, which meant we were a few feet off in the initial dig. He began digging again where the rods crossed and 15 minutes later and 7 feet deep, there was the water line. Why that line was buried 7 feet deep still boggles my mind. As a side note, my dad told me he never had any luck using dowsing rods, yet, they worked for me. We could only determine it was because my dad had more electricity running through his body than the average person. I base that on the fact that when growing up, he used to charge my watch batteries using his thumb and forefinger hundreds of times, hand to God! Incidentally, he could not wear a battery-operated watch. He shorted them out every time we purchase one for him as a Father's Day or birthday gift.

[mikespo]

i had put in a request for my water company to come out and mark my water lines they never showed up so i took it upon myself to see if using this method to find water would work and holy crap it works. my 9 year old neighbor tried it and it worked for her too, if a 61 year old and a 9 year old can find water anyone can do it. thank you sir for showing how to do this. i truly appreciate it.

[steveturansky]

Back around 1980, I was 2 years into Elec Engineering school in Ohio and started a Co-op position with a pretty big power company. For this work semester, I was working in the planning department which had a lot of field work.
One day I was with an old timer planning a new service in a very rural area, basically small trees and brush. We knew there were other underground lines in the area but didn't know exactly where. He pulled out his dousing rods and pinpointed the lines. I couldn't believe it worked until I tried it. I ended up making my own set and used them regularly in that job.
I believe they work because of the "lines of flux" produced around piping/tubing that has a flow through it. I've never tried it except for these underground utilities, but I know enough not to doubt that it works.

[christinafox]

My great grandfather water witched for wells. His divining roads had pretty short handles and a bit longer rods, and were also made of I THINK copper! I'm actually getting ready to locate them to prove a point to pretty much everyone I know? This video was perfect! Again, maybe different material rods would be more effective for well witching? Just a for this!!!

[zoearrow]

Thabka for the thorough explanation/tutorial. Ill be trying this out just for fun (and informational purposes) in my property.

[hgarza]

Thanks, gonna do this tomorrow. Don't want to plant a tree close to the water line.

[unaswimothuti]

It's crazy how this works but no one can explain it. Farmers in Botswana (Africa) use it alot and never hit a blank when digging wells/borehole. I just wish one day I find a good, valid explanation around this.

[laurawikeruk]

Works for me
I love the feeling in the energy
I can also find metal 😊

[ibrahimkzlrmak]

Su aramasını, derinlik fark etmez..%95 Derinliğini ve debisini net ölçer söylerim.. Çubuklar keşfedilmemiş bir öçü aletidir.. Bu Jeotermal ve Petrolde'de uygulanabilir..

[ADIYHD]

Cool sweatshirt! I live in Dodd City too.

[allanblackford]

I see a lot of water witching videos, but I haven't seen one where someone digs to show it is accurate, which makes me think it's not.

[kslinaz]

I'd heard that all my life, about the ole-timers using dowsing (water witching) on the ranches all the time.

[keithzimmermann]

Some one said to take magnesium tablets

[nacinthewoods]

No professionals have been able to locate my septic lines and tank. I wonder if this for work for that purpose. Any thoughts?

[argirismouroufas]

You are very clear, Aris from Sparta Greece💙

[clintelawson]

Does it work on plastic water lines (pex)

[gamegg]

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[iAmConfusion]

No one can explain science says the rods are just responding to your involuntary or minimal movements but I’ve seen ppl do it and be correct also so I have no freaking idea like literally the studies says it’s BS and just random chance that they’re right but like how do you explain the guys that get it right constantly lol

[ncbranson]

Must have been someone whom did it wrong and started name calling.