All About Long Range Locators

[Tom_in_CA]

"... Being a science nerd type I don’t believe in either dowsing or ghosts....."

This is where it almost gets comical with them.   Because a lot of them distance themselves from any sort of supernatural explanation, lest it get lumped into a category of spooks, occult, mystical, religion, etc....    And .... no no no, we can't go THERE, right ?  Because, gee, what's next ouija boards ? seances ?    Thus ... no no no,  we can't go there.     So what they will say is :  That the explanation is totally scientific in nature.  Nothing to do with spooks, or spirits, etc....

And, in the effort to show that it's scientifically based, they will even offer various explanations.  With $20 high-sounding words.  About the attractions of objects, etc.....   If someone with a scientific background goes to try to dismantle the explanations (showing that they hold no merit), then they resort to this :

That dowsing is:  Un-discovered science.   After all, science once thought the earth was flat.  Right ?   And science once said that heavier-than-air flight was impossible.  Right ?   Well so too is dowsing simply "Un-discovered" science.    And some day, science will come along,  and be able to explain how it works.  But .... rest assured, it's totally scientific.

But then, in the same discussion threads/blogs/forums :   OTHER dowsers will start rambling on about things that .... border on the mystical and occult explanations.   Ie.: that it takes "faith" and "belief", "auras" and other such buzzwords that start to sound almost new-age, or religious  .   And when you point out to them that their peers have said it's "totally scientific" (So as-to-point-out their internal contradictions within their camps), then they have the following wonderful compromise agreement within their ranks :

"Who cares HOW it works?"  It doesn't matter whether this side of the aisle (the "science" explanation camp) is right, or the other side of the aisle (the supernatural explanation camp) is right. The bottom line is:  That it works.  And thus they see no internal consistency problem with the multitude of conflicting explanations , that pop up within their ranks.

[Johnnysalami1957]

On 11/7/2019 at 1:15 PM, phrunt said:

I can't believe Kellyco sell them.  That's beyond wrong.

Kellyco cares zero about the customer. Just look at their marketing schemes, free gifts and crappy "bundles"  I encourage people to buy from real detector dealers. 

[Rad Rocks]

 

Steve Herschbach Said,  

“There are some that say the LRL is just to get you in the general area, then you switch to a normal metal detector to make the actual find. I actually have a few of those devices myself - I call them books.” 

Spilled some coffee when I read that...  Well Stated! 

[Ridge Runner]

Some years back I ran across a guy who said he had located something but he wasn’t sure what. The location was about a mile south of Rich Hill. 

 Each day he would come and dig then I’d see him go home I guess. The last time I was there he had a deep hole going but he keep coming. After 4 or 5  days I didn’t see him anymore.

 I come to the conclusion the nugget was so heavy getting it out of the hole that he pulled something and that put him in the hospital. He knew where I was camped at and the truth be known he realize he got the shaft for buying that trash.

 Chuck 

[Sal.D]

Is there anyone who has had success with dowsing rods locating gold or silver and what would be the best metal to use to construct the rods or is there any rods on the market that have any value for locating gold and silver  ?

[Digalicious]

39 minutes ago, Sal.D said:

Is there anyone who has had success with dowsing rods locating gold or silver and what would be the best metal to use to construct the rods or is there any rods on the market that have any value for locating gold and silver  ?

To answer your three questions:

No, imaginary metal, and no.

Dowsing rods fall into the same silly category of psychics, astrology, flat earthers, etc.

 

[rvpopeye]

I watched a detectormod video on LRLs today . It was a detector tech's opinion of them . He gave a nod to Detector/Prospector forums and that first line in Steve's opening  post on this thread. I am returning that nod.