[meteorite-list] dowsing for meteorites--had to try it

[Darren Garrison]

On Sat, 16 Oct 2010 11:44:06 +0100 (BST), you wrote:

>I've watched this thread with some bemusement I must admit.Having never 
>tried this dowsing lark I automatically dismissed it as bunkum.But I 
>have just conducted an admittedly short and not very scientifically 
>sound experiment also with large meteorites.Amazingly the rods do cross 
>over my 6 kilo Gibeon and even my little 630gram Canyon Diablo.However 
>they also crossed over 2 large stone meteorites that I tested both in 
>the 3700 gram range.Weird

Now see if they cross over a styrofoam cup, a Pennsylvania state quarter, a
Garfield comic clipped from Sunday's newspaper, and a sleeping dog (but let it
lie.)