This article is from a later edition (1980) of the BSD journal compared with the previous posts so far. Therefore, the author has been able to use previously reported dowsing methods. As a result, he has come to some interesting conclusions as to the nature of dowsing.

He states that he uses the minimum of dowsing tools, namely a V rod (that is a dowsing tool made from two flexible arms joined at one end), and a pendulum. He does not use L rods (two pieces of wire, with a 90-degree bend to form handles), which are more commonly used by dowsers today. He points out that it is not the tool that responds to the sought object, but the dowser themselves, and demonstrates this by saying he has successfully dowsed using his hands alone (a practice often referred to now as deviceless dowsing).

He rejects the notion that the dowser is picking up anything emanating from the object sought (as we referred to in post of 13-03-2020) an idea widely accepted by dowsers. He justifies this my pointing out that he did most of his dowsing far removed from the actual site. To achieve this, he has successfully used map dowsing, proxy dowsing (with, in one case, only in contact with the proxy by telephone, some 15 miles away) and finally what he terms “mental dowsing”. In the latter, he pictures the site in his mind and dowses it that way.

Finally, he finishes on the possibilities such techniques might offer more traditional prospecting companies.

The article is available here:

http://www.dowsing-research.net/blog_extracts/BSD_No189_1980_p278.pdf