How Do You Use Dowsing Rods To Find Graves?
According to Dr. William E. Whittaker in the Office of the State Archaeologist at The University of Iowa, the first known written reference to dowsing or anything like it in English occurred in Abraham Cowley’s Pindarique Odes of 1656. Pictorial references to dowsing can be found on cave walls that have been carbon dated to over 8,000 years old. Dowsing has been around for centuries and is used to find water, water pipes, minerals and even grave sites. Bend the lengths of coat hanger wire into “L” shapes with the short foot of the “L” being a little longer then the width of your closed fist. Hold the short part of the rods loosely in your hands and let the long part of the rods extend out in front of you.. Relax and try to hold the rods steady. Move forward at a slow pace without looking at the rods. Mentally concentrate on locating graves. Move slowly through the area in which you think you might locate a grave. The tips of the rods will cross if you step onto a grave. The tips will u
