From: utzoo!decvax!duke!unc!mcnc!ncsu!jcz Newsgroups: net.misc Title: Re: Physics of Dousing - (nf) Article-I.D.: ncsu.1114 Posted: Wed Feb 23 22:12:28 1983 Received: Thu Feb 24 02:33:07 1983 References: fortune.798 No, don't move it anywhere! Dowsing (dousing, geomancy, et al) is the first @i(orgional) subject to be discussed on this net in the three years I have been scanning it. I have no doubt that water containing ions from solutes could produce a magnetic field as it rushes along underground. But could this be detected by someone holding bent coat hangers? How bout net.cranks? net.boin? (beleive it or not?) What experiences have you had that defied ration explanation (at least for a while)? -s/tion/tional/ --jcz