Divining For Fresh Water

*Before starting please follow preparation and priming steps outlined in The Divining Method – Part 1.

*Beginners – Please start with Learning the Basic Divining Method  and master the basics at home before attempting water divining in the field.

Use Correct Grip and  Starting Position

Next, grab your Divining Tool with the correct grip and arm position, with the tool pointing in the forward facing starting position.

For Finding Underground Fresh Water Systems

To find underground water, always begin on high ground, such as hills or slopes that serve as possible intake areas. Then, having followed all the priming and preparation instructions, and armed with your Divining Tool, walk over this area with the tool in the Number 1 position. (Click here for more information about adjusting the dial on your Divining Tool).

Start with the Dial in the Number 1 position as you walk around, then after a while move the dial slightly to position 1.1, then 1.2, and progressively to position 1.5 and so on. The dial is not marked in tenths, so you need to estimate these small shifts. Minimal movements of the dial between Number 1 and Number 2 positions are crucial, otherwise you’ll be divining too deep too quickly, and you’re more likely to find salt water at greater depths.

For water divining you’ll need to use small increments when rotating the barrel and adjusting the dial around Number 1 and 2 positions only.

Keep walking around the area until you feel the tool pull left or right. Your Divining Tool will swivel left or right when it comes across a feeder stream, so take note which way your tool points.

Adjust the dial on your tool by rotating the barrel on the head of the tool to achieve the maximum pull. Pull is felt by how hard the Divining Tool swivels and turns left or right. Only rotate the barrel small amounts each time so you can better feel the changes in the pull.

With your Divining Tool in the same setting (i.e., the same number on the dial), find other feeder streams.

Each feeder stream should point towards a common location  lower down the slope. Call this common location Point A, and this is where a stream commences.

Then divine outwards from Point A to check whether there is a circular pool of underground water. For example, circular pools of underground water can be up to 50m across.

Point A is the best place to drill for underground water because lower areas down the slope are more likely to involve salty water. In George’s experience, he found that more shallow sources of water produced the best quality fresh water.

Please Note:

• The Number 1 setting on the dial indicates the shallowest underground water.
• Divine for fresh water using depths indicated by Numbers 1-2 on the dial.
• Larger numbers (3-8) on the dial indicate deeper depths and more often lead to salt water sources.

Need more practice and tuition?? George is hosting a Field Day for Water Diviners. Click here for more information.

Preparation and Priming

An important part of the Divining Method is Priming the Mouth, Body and Divining Tool. Priming improves accuracy of the Divining Tool and helps you find underground water more easily.

Priming Your Mouth

When divining for fresh water, to prime the mouth , your mouth must hold a small amount of steam-distilled water for the entire time while you divine for water. To do this you’ll need to make a Sipping System at home. The Sipping System is just an empty glass or plastic bottle with a long straw and lightweight rope, and for instructions for making the Sipping System with diagrams click here. You’ll need to purchase some steam-distilled water for the Sipping System. Tap water or filtered water is NOT suitable.

Priming Your Body

To prime your body, essentially your clothing and footwear must be metal free to minimise any interference from metal fixtures with the pull of the Divining Tool. Before divining, follow the instructions listed in the link “Suitable Clothing for Divining”  to optimise your chances of finding water.

Priming Your Divining Tool

When divining for fresh water its important to prime your Divining Tool and also prime the preferred hand which will be holding the tool. To prime your tool and hand just rinse both in some steam-distilled water that you’ve poured into a plastic container for this purpose. Read more about priming your Divining Tool and preferred hand.

Continue on with the Divining Method Part 2.

Using steam-distilled water in the  manner described in the Sipping System is crucial for divining fresh water. (Please note the Sipping System can be home-made from an empty bottle, lightweight rope and a long straw.)

George prefers to buy 20 litre containers of steam-distilled water. You need a large amount because the steam-distilled water has a dual purpose –

1. For priming the Divining Tool and your preferred divining hand, and
2. For holding a small amount of the water in your mouth while divining for water.

If you contact George by emailing diviningtool@gmail.com he can advise the best place to buy the steam-distilled water from a place in Malaga, Perth, Western Australia.

For a quick overview of How to Use the Divining Tool please click here.

Before divining in the field, take time to learn and practice divining on a known underground water pipe (or garden hose) filled with running water by following these steps:

1. First please follow preparation and priming instructions indicating clothing choices and priming routine.
2. Put on your home made Sipping System and take a sip of steam-distilled water, holding the liquid in your mouth.
3. Adjust the rotating barrel fully clockwise on the Divining Tool to Position #1, i.e., when the number #1 lines up with the notch on top of the body. Rotate the barrel clockwise until the barrel resists rotating. Do not over-rotate or tighten barrel.

   

4. Hold the tool using the correct grip and arm positioning.
5. Then slowly walk across a known underground pipe or garden hose. Note: The pipe should have water running through it, so find one with a water tap you can turn on. Both the pipe and hose need running water while you are practicing.

   

6. The head of the tool should signal that water is below by turning left or right as you step over the underground pipe.
7. After stepping across the pipe, turnaround, re-position the head of the tool into the starting position with the head pointing forward, and repeat this process of walking across the pipe several times. Each time you cross over the pipe adjust your grip until you discover the appropriate grip strength that allows the tool to signal water by turning in your palm.
8. Always have steam-distilled water in your mouth during practice.
9. Adjust the rotating barrel of the tool on subsequent cross-overs, until you feel maximum pull. The pull is described as the amount the tool turns toward the water.
10. The numbers on the barrel indicate water (pipe) depth: 1 = shallowest; 8 = deepest.

For a closer look at The Divining Tool and its components please click HERE.

For divining fresh water, you’ll need a system that allows you to frequently sip on the steam-distilled water. You can use a fancy bladder system available from most outdoor adventure stores. But there must be NO metal fixtures on the bladder system or straps.

George uses a much simpler system – hanging a plastic or glass bottle filled with steam-distilled water around his neck and uses a long plastic tube for a straw. You can easily make this at home with any plastic or glass bottle, plastic tubing, and a piece of lightweight rope. Leave the rope and tubing at an adjustable length until you decide the most comfortable position for you. If you have neck problems, you’ll need to hang the bottle so the rope goes across the chest rather than around your neck, as you’ll need to be comfortable to focus on the Divining Method.

An important part of the Divining Method is priming your ‘mouth’!

The key is to take a sip of the steam-distilled water, and without swallowing, hold the steam distilled water in your mouth. Holding the water in your mouth helps guide the Divining Tool and improve accuracy of the Divining Method. Take small sips only so it’s more comfortable to hold in your mouth. Hold each sip in your mouth for approximately 5 minutes maximum, possibly starting with smaller time intervals and building up to the 5-minute mark. The time frame is not important, only the quality and ‘freshness’ of the steam distilled water. Change the water in your mouth at regular intervals to maintain freshness.

Swallowing the water each time helps to maintain hydration so you don’t get thirsty while divining for water!

1.    Caring for your Divining Tool

1. Keep tool protected from dust and sand. Store tool in cloth bag.
2. Never immerse tool in tap water. Never use tool during rainstorms.

2.    Be Metal Free!

Wear cotton clothing, wide-brim hat, and closed-in shoes. Clothes, hat, and shoes all need to be metal free! For example: no metal zips, eyelets, or buttons. Mobile phone pstays in your vehicle. Spectacles allowed.

3.    Assemble and Use Specialised Sipping System when Divining.

You need a system that allows frequent sipping on steam-distilled water. Easily made at home, get a plastic or glass bottle filled with steam-distilled water, attach some lightweight rope, and hang bottle around your neck. Use long plastic tubing for a straw. When divining, regularly take small sips of steam-distilled water, and without swallowing, hold steam-distilled water in your mouth. Holding water in your mouth helps improve accuracy of Divining Tool.

4.    Preparation and Priming for Divining for Fresh Water

On location follow these steps:

1. Prime the Divining Tool by immersing tool in steam-distilled water. Let air-dry.
2. Rinse your hands in steam-distilled water.

5.    Correct Grip and Divining Position

Please ensure correct grip for proper operation:

1. Using preferred hand, grab the narrow handle of Divining Tool with your four fingertips, pressing handle of tool into palm of your hand. *DO NOT grab handle by wrapping your fingers around handle.
2. Thumb rests gently on your top of fingers.
3. Use firm enough grip to ensure narrow handle of tool remains upright, but loose enough grip that head of tool can turn side-to-side (left or right).
4. Hold tool with elbow of your divining arm bent at approximately 90 degrees. Find a comfortable position.
5. Position head of tool pointing straight ahead, with handle upright.

6.    Learning Basic Divining Method

Learn and practice divining on known underground water pipe (or garden hose) filled with running water by following these steps:

1. Follow preparation and priming instructions, and use sipping system.
2. Adjust rotating barrel of tool fully clockwise so Position #1 meets notch.
3. Hold tool with correct grip and arm positioning described above.
4. Slowly walk across underground pipe. (Repeat several times)
5. Head of tool should signal water by turning left or right as you step over pipe.
6. Re-position head of tool in forward starting position each time you cross over pipe. Adjust grip to allow tool to turn.
7. Adjust rotating barrel of tool on subsequent crossovers, until you feel maximum pull. The pull is described as amount tool turns toward water.
8. Numbers on barrel indicate water depth (1 = shallowest; 8 = deepest).

See the components of the Divining Tool HERE.

See why you need STEAM-DISTILLED WATER HERE and HERE.

The Divining Tool can find underground water at different depths.

George designed the Divining Tool after more than 50 years of water divining experience on his own farm and other farming properties throughout Western Australia.

He developed the design and shape of the Divining Tool over many years of trial and error testing. Simultaneously refining his unique Divining Method (Part1 and Part 2) and confirming the accuracy of both with dozens of water boring holes.

The current models of the Divining Tool were engineered and manufactured lovingly by hand in George’s work-shop.

Check out the two models of the Divining Tool by clicking HERE!

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