Dowsing - Mesa FamilySearch Library
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Dowsing - Mesa FamilySearch Library
PowerPoint Presentation by: NEAL Du SHANE Copy Right 2013 - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED - Version 121613 Arizona Pioneer & Cemetery Research Project taphophile (n.) taf'o-fil Historically interested in tombstones, & cemeteries From the Greek 'Taphos' meaning 'Tomb' Is this a pile of rocks, camp fire ring or grave? There is a way you can easily determine. Arizona Pioneer & Cemetery Research Project DETERMINE BURIALS Walking Area Metal Detector Dowsing Probing for buried headstones using a Metal “T” Rod Raise Sunken Headstones Level Bases Reset Headstones Rebuild Foundations for Headstones Repair Damaged Headstones Prepare Ground Build new headstone (if needed) Arizona Pioneer & Cemetery Research Project Historical Societies Historical Books Individuals – Local Historians - Families Museum’s Plat Books County Court House Abstract Office’s Libraries Topographical Maps DOWSING Has been used for decades to find water. Old timers used a “Y” Willow Branch. No special talent, almost everyone can dowse with a little practice and understanding what the rods are identifying. Magnetic field from one person to another. Rods pick up on this electrical field. Reams of diatribe disputing dowsing. Try it - no further explanation needed. IT WORKS! Did You Know? Dowsing – it is believed, detects the electro magnetic field all mammals posses, living or dead. One theory is that dowsing for burials, detects disturbed earth, which is incorrect. Personally proven, with two freshly dug graves, side by side – one had an interment the other didn’t – only the disturbed earth with a burial got an indication. Vandalized? Exhumed? Animal? Did You Know? You will NOT get a reading if there isn’t a interment at a burial plot.* When the dowsing rods turn in – (toward your body) the burial is a male. When the dowsing rods turn outward – (away from your body) the burial is a female. 98% of the people that try dowsing are successful. Information by the State of Iowa 9/05 Ground Penetrating Radar is the legally accepted way to detect actual burials. IT IS ILLEGAL TO DISTURB A GRAVE By digging Exhuming Destroying Removing headstones Report vandalism to proper authorities Upon investigation, APCRP find’s most destruction is from cattle, horses, apathy, time, elements and wild life - not vandals. DOWSING Introduction Rods can be made from: Old Metal Coat Hangers Welding Rods Purchase Pipe Locators etc. Length is not critical. Two Rods most useful. Dowsing Basics For comfort you can add Beads. Personally I don’t use beads. Personal preference. -LEXUS – COMMERCIAL DOWSING RODS Pipe Locator $25.00 ea. Need two Compact – fold Ideal for pocket – purse More sensitive Tight Grip and thumb issue is eliminated CRITICAL ELIMENTS • Maintain a loose grip. • Keep rods horizontal as possible at all times. • Keep thumbs off the top of the wire eliminating restricted movement. • Walk very slowly, when you get a reaction stop. Walk Extremely Slow • If you walk at a normal pace its unlikely you will find items buried in the ground. IDENTIFY PERIMETER • As you get indications of a grave, have someone place markers at the perimeters of the rectangle/s. • You will be able to identify what you have found with the markers. GRAVE INDICATION • X = Male – Rods cross in front of you • Y = Female – Rods open out • Once past the grave rods will return to neutral position. Mark ingress and egress F,B,L,R. • Work an area to establishing a rectangle. Dowsing • Once movement is detected. • Determine what you have found. – Buried Pipe – Buried Cable – Grave/s – By working and marking the area. – If the rods indicate and follow a long single line your have found buried pipe or cable. – If rectangle – it is likely a grave. Female, 7 to 10 years old based on size of grave Gillett Cemetery. Found 50 graves with 10 names documented. Believed 3 year old Matilda Swilling (2)? 1 of 3 females. Five graves were found in the Swilling Cemetery. At the time their backyard and stage stop. Col. Snively’s Grave Swilling Cemetery – Black Canyon City BASIC’S • Christian burials face east. • Almost everyone can dowse. • Practice, Practice. • Start by going to local cemetery with headstones and practice dowsing. • Practice on live subjects. • Not everyone will get the same readings when dowsing. • Some can’t distinguish female graves. • More you dowse the more proficient you become. • Plus Factor DOWSING BASIC’S Try not to dowse on a windy day. Wind moves the rods giving false indications. Dowse with the wind to your back. Protect the rods from the wind. Remove brush and plants that will restrict the rods movement if you suspect a grave. Most Graves are Rectangle • • • • • • Adult = 3’ wide X 6’ long (adults shorter) Female = 3’ wide X 5’ long Teenager = 3’ wide X 5’ long Child = 2’ to 3’ wide X 4’ long Baby = 2’ wide X 3’ long or smaller. The above is a rough rule to help determine the approximate age of an individual. • Col. Snively was documented as being brought to Black Canyon City in a gunny sack. His grave is an approximate 24” circle. CREMATIONS You can identify cremations. Rods react the same X – Y pattern Harder to find do to size of the urn. Must work area very methodically. Ashes scattered to the wind. I’ve not had success. ANIMALS • You will get the same X – Y reaction. • Only way to establish is the size or exhuming. • There is a 95% chance it is human. • People didn’t view animals as pets in the 1800 and early 1900’s. • Chances are if it’s a small grave it’s a child or baby. ROW OF GRAVES Several Graves in a line - graves can be separated by only inches. By marking each rectangle individually – you will be able to identify your results and eventually the layout of the pioneer cemetery. Carefully identify the edge of each grave and mark accordingly. MALE & FEMALE IN SAME GRAVE • A mother and male baby can be buried in the same grave. • It is possible to get a male and female indication in an adult grave. • Very slow and deliberate dowsing can identify both mother and child. • Some graves are double interred. Arrestre Cemetery Near Black Rock Mine NEALISIAMS Use a rule of 10 to estimate burials. If documented population was 250 residents. I estimate there is a cemetery/s with potentially 25 graves within a one mile radius. As hard as it is to believe, promoters exaggerated populations, keep this in mind. Conversely if I find 5 graves I estimate the population of the camp/mine/area was 50. If there is/was a mine there are graves. Vast majority of graves are adult male with children second, woman third. Always exceptions. Vulture City 90% Children. LEGAL Some states do not recognize dowsing. In that case use dowsing to identify then contact authorities. Have them use ground penetrating radar to confirm or deny. Or do a archeological dig to verify. Rods can also be used to: Find & identify a cemetery or single grave. Stand at a point in the general area, ask if there is a cemetery, ask the rod to cross. If a positive response, ask the rod to take you to the cemetery/grave. Follow the direction the rods take you. Identify who is in the grave? “If this grave is John Jones open the rods, if not do nothing!” (3) Identified 115 year old grave of 13 year old Charles Dobbie Silver King Cemetery Arizona Pioneer & Cemetery Research Project PRACTICE – PRACTICE - PRACTICE • At an existing cemetery so that you can identify the person interred. (X or Y) • Stand at the grave and ask the commands of the name on the headstone. • I’ve seen graves reversed between husband and wife. So don’t get confused if you don’t get a correct response according to the names on the headstone. PRACTICE Lohr Cemetery – E. Cedar Twp. Only evidence of this Pioneer Cemetery is the horizontal top rail of the fence enclosure (look very close you can see it) LOHR CEMETERY Restoration - Before – During – After Bob Hollatz – Steve Ham – Marlene Kershner Arizona Pioneer & Cemetery Research Project Arizona Pioneer & Cemetery Research Project Arizona Pioneer & Cemetery Research Project Marlene Kershner – Merri Cross – Mona Cemetery Merri Cross – Dralle boy – Marlene Kershner – Vivian Du Shane (Mona Cemetery) Single Grave – Columbia, AZ “C.W. North 2/14/34 Location of His Last Claim” L: Larry Gill – Caretaker of Columbia Cathy Johnson, Teri Thorpe Arizona Pioneer & Cemetery Research Project 530 Cemeteries - Past & Present 513 Cemeteries – Historic or Pioneer 96.8% could be defined as Pioneer All are decaying becoming derelict Others remain to find and/or document Some presumed family burial sites (Kentuck’s grave – Hanson’s graves – Heath grave etc.) 15,010 Graves – marked and unmarked. Thousands may remain to be found. Arizona Pioneer & Cemetery Research Project Please Contact: Neal Du Shane 1-970-223-3387 Phone/Fax (May-Sept) 1-970-227-3512 Cell 1-623-933-6216 Sun City (Oct-April) [email protected] www.apcrp.org http://n.j.dushane.home.comcast.net Arizona Pioneer & Cemetery Research Project (APCRP) Neal Du Shane Visit our historic web site at: http://www.apcrp.org [email protected] 1-970-227-3512