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Cheap Handheld Metal Detector
Don't laugh at this till you try it:
1. Use wire cutters to trim up a standard metal coat hanger so that you have 16 to 20 inches of straight wire. 2. Bend the hanger 90-degrees so there is a 4" "handle" on one end. Leave the rest straight. 3. Go to a spot a few feet away from where you think the iron pipe is located. Hold the "handle" in your right hand. It should be free to rotate, as if the wind blew it. Hold it slightly in front of you at waist level like an old gunfighter holding a pistol. 4. Walk slowly in the area of the pipe. If the coat hanger swings, stop and note your position and the direction it is pointing. The rod is the most sensisitve if you start so the predicted position of the pipe is at a 9 o'clock to 11 o'clock bearing from you. (It prefers to swing inward toward your body.) 5. Move to another nearby spot and repeat. You should be able to "trianglulate" the location of the pipe in this manner. Notes: (1) This works for 80% of the US population. If the rod does not move for you, repeat steps 1-5 with another family member--especially a child. (2) It is common to get interference from other objects. In particular, you may encounter buried water or utility lines. Also look up; the rod is affected by overhead wires, as well. (3) This method also can be used to locate the drain pipes in a septic field. (4) Use the rod only as directed, above. Do not speak to the rod. Do not pass it over paper maps (remote dowsing); nor ask them to locate missing people or objects. That's something entirely different from what is described herein. -Paul- www.yrac.us "Bill Wood" asked for specific help with the following: I'm trying to locate the iron rod in my yard that marks the property line. Does anyone know if someone in the Raleigh area rents metal detectors? |
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Cheap Handheld Metal Detector
Didn't know there were any dowsers in the area. I thought dowsing was to
locate water, not metal.Don't dowsers use a Y-shaped piece of wood? Cary Realtor wrote in message ... Don't laugh at this till you try it: 1. Use wire cutters to trim up a standard metal coat hanger so that you have 16 to 20 inches of straight wire. 2. Bend the hanger 90-degrees so there is a 4" "handle" on one end. Leave the rest straight. 3. Go to a spot a few feet away from where you think the iron pipe is located. Hold the "handle" in your right hand. It should be free to rotate, as if the wind blew it. Hold it slightly in front of you at waist level like an old gunfighter holding a pistol. 4. Walk slowly in the area of the pipe. If the coat hanger swings, stop and note your position and the direction it is pointing. The rod is the most sensisitve if you start so the predicted position of the pipe is at a 9 o'clock to 11 o'clock bearing from you. (It prefers to swing inward toward your body.) 5. Move to another nearby spot and repeat. You should be able to "trianglulate" the location of the pipe in this manner. Notes: (1) This works for 80% of the US population. If the rod does not move for you, repeat steps 1-5 with another family member--especially a child. (2) It is common to get interference from other objects. In particular, you may encounter buried water or utility lines. Also look up; the rod is affected by overhead wires, as well. (3) This method also can be used to locate the drain pipes in a septic field. (4) Use the rod only as directed, above. Do not speak to the rod. Do not pass it over paper maps (remote dowsing); nor ask them to locate missing people or objects. That's something entirely different from what is described herein. -Paul- www.yrac.us "Bill Wood" asked for specific help with the following: I'm trying to locate the iron rod in my yard that marks the property line. Does anyone know if someone in the Raleigh area rents metal detectors? |
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Cheap Handheld Metal Detector
Cary Realtor wrote:
Don't laugh at this till you try it: Right. It's especially effective if a prospective home purchaser seems to think that the property should be a little wider or longer than that laid out by little flags. Works even better if they can smell fresh-baked bread or cookies. |
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Cheap Handheld Metal Detector
"Ronald Thomas" wrote:
Didn't know there were any dowsers in the area. I thought dowsing was to locate water, not metal.Don't dowsers use a Y-shaped piece of wood? Modern dowsers use a variety of devices. The device described in the original post is a primitive "L-rod." More sophisticated L-rods have a handle within which the rod can move freely, obviating the need to hold it loosely. Check out the American Dowsers Society at http://www.dowsers.org for more than you ever wanted to know about dowsing. A photo and description of the L-rod in particular is at http://www.dowsers.org/cat2000/l-rods.htm Gregor Cary Realtor wrote in message ... Don't laugh at this till you try it: 1. Use wire cutters to trim up a standard metal coat hanger so that you have 16 to 20 inches of straight wire. 2. Bend the hanger 90-degrees so there is a 4" "handle" on one end. Leave the rest straight. 3. Go to a spot a few feet away from where you think the iron pipe is located. Hold the "handle" in your right hand. It should be free to rotate, as if the wind blew it. Hold it slightly in front of you at waist level like an old gunfighter holding a pistol. 4. Walk slowly in the area of the pipe. If the coat hanger swings, stop and note your position and the direction it is pointing. The rod is the most sensisitve if you start so the predicted position of the pipe is at a 9 o'clock to 11 o'clock bearing from you. (It prefers to swing inward toward your body.) 5. Move to another nearby spot and repeat. You should be able to "trianglulate" the location of the pipe in this manner. Notes: (1) This works for 80% of the US population. If the rod does not move for you, repeat steps 1-5 with another family member--especially a child. (2) It is common to get interference from other objects. In particular, you may encounter buried water or utility lines. Also look up; the rod is affected by overhead wires, as well. (3) This method also can be used to locate the drain pipes in a septic field. (4) Use the rod only as directed, above. Do not speak to the rod. Do not pass it over paper maps (remote dowsing); nor ask them to locate missing people or objects. That's something entirely different from what is described herein. -Paul- www.yrac.us "Bill Wood" asked for specific help with the following: I'm trying to locate the iron rod in my yard that marks the property line. Does anyone know if someone in the Raleigh area rents metal detectors? -- 76.88% nerd according to the Nerd Test at http://www.mcphee.com/goodies/nerdtest.html |
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Cheap Handheld Metal Detector
True. And you have stumbled upon one of the hazards of my occupation. After baking the bread and cookies to fill the home with good scents....well, you can't let those goodies go to waste. So they end up going to waist. Paul ------------------------------------- [Although it had nothing to do with metal detectors, "Dweezil Dwarftosser" nevertheless shared this wisdom]: Works even better if they can smell fresh-baked bread or cookies. |
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