WATER DIVINING: WHY?
(FOUND SNAKE IN THE OLD WELL)
alan skeoch
March 2018
To find underground water is about as easy as water sluicing off a Duck’s back. So here are a few tips for anyone interested. My wife says very few people are interested in these stories but I will persist anyway.
Here is a picture of our son Andrew, doing water divining. Not sure if he is a believer. That silly grin seems to indicate scepticism.
1) Get a two pieces of fence wire two or three feet long…heavier gauge wire than a coat hanger. (but try coat hangers if you wish)
2) Bend 1/3 of the wires into 90 degree angles
3) Hold the wires parallel to each other about chest high as
illustrated by Andrew above.
4) Walk around and search for water…keep an eye on the wires
5) Hold them loosely so that they can swivel but tight enough to keep them parallel
6) When the wires cross you have found water.
7) Do it again a couple of times just to confirm the wires moved without you actually moving them…or the wind moving them.
8) Start digging…or hire a well driller and show him the spot.
We did it for our new well. First, I had Gordon Metcalfe do the divining as he was a believer and I was a bit sceptical. But we needed a new clean well as the old hand dug well had crawling things living in it. Even a big snake which I rescued. “Hey, down there, I am lowering this basket by a rope…crawl in and I;ll get out of the well…hear me?” And the snake did just that then squirmed away down toward the pond where at that time there were frogs to eat. Of course the snake may have come back. He or she may have been living in the well for years. Lots of other living things came up with the well water often, especially in summer when Grandma said “Just close your eyes and drink, a few bugs won’t hurt you” She lived well into her 90’s so she may well have been correct. All the same, it took some gumption to swallow those
little bugs.
So after Grandma and Grandpa died and the snake was rescued, I had Cousin Gordon Metcalfe do his divining…miraculous work. Then I hired a well driller with his truck, drill and tall gantry.
“Where do you want me to drill?”
“Right here, where my cousin said there is water.”
“How did he know?”
“Water divining!”
“Right…looks like a good place to drill.”
“How do you know?”, I asked as it seemed the well driller was also a believer in water diving.
“No overhanging trees.” he said looking up in the sky.
“NO OVERHANING TREES!” (made me laugh)
“TREE BRANCHES GET IN THE WAY OF THE GANTRY.”
“What about the water diviner, cousin Gordon?”
“Believe what you will…I do a lot of wells pinpointed by a water diviner.”
“Do you get water?”
“Yes, around here you can drill anywhere and hit water…does not matter where.”
“Any water yet?”
“Yep, down 40 feet…hit water…want me to go deeper?”
“Not necessary.”
So we got lots of water. Maybe should have gone deeper tough for the water has a bit of sulphur and lots of lime…hard water as they say. No snakes…no bugs. Last year on the other farm Andrew hired a driller who drilled down over 100 feet and got beautiful water that spewed forth like a city hydrant. Must have hit an underground aquifer or a hidden lake…same thing. No bugs No snakes.
Do you believe in water divining?
ARE YOU A BELIEVER?