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.

The clothes and footwear you choose to wear while divining are very important and the wrong outfit can adversely affect your divining accuracy and effectiveness. Likewise wearing jewellery or a watch can affect the proper functioning of the Divining Tool. Mobile phones must stay in your vehicle and NOT in your pocket. Following these specific instructions will significantly improve your accuracy while divining.

Before your leave home, follow these steps:

1. Remove all jewellery, metal piercings and don’t wear a watch.
2. Shower to remove dirt, deodorant, and any body lotions.
3. Dress in clean, natural fibre clothing. Cotton is best.
4. All clothing and headwear must have NO metal features of any kind, including NO metal zips or metal buttons.
5. Wear a cotton, metal-free, wide brimmed hat, also for protection against the sun while divining.

   

6. Footwear must have NO metal features. Check that footwear doesn’t have metal reinforcements hidden in the sole or metal eyelets for the laces. NO steel-cap boots!
7. If you wear a removable dental appliance that has metal parts, please remove the dental appliance while divining.
8. Spectacles with metal frames that are required for vision are acceptable.
9. Leave your mobile phone in your vehicle and NOT in your pocket.
10. Apply sunscreen for sun protection but wash your hands with mild soap after applying sunscreen to remove residue grease from sunscreen.

REMEMBER  –  BE METAL FREE!

The rational for being completely metal free is to reduce any possible interference from the metal during operation of your Divining Tool.

When you’re ready – Grab your divining tool with correct grip and off you go!

Need to check out the Divining Tool more closely – Click HERE!

Please use the correct finger-tip grip and arm position to operate your Divining Tool:

1. Using your preferred hand, grab the narrow handle of the Divining Tool with the fingertips of your four fingertips, pressing the handle of the tool into the palm of your hand.

   

2. Your thumb should rest gently on your fingers. Keep the thumb away from the Divining Tool. The thumb position is for balance only and it doesn’t contact the handle.

   

3. Use firm enough grip to ensure the narrow handle of the tool remains in perfectly upright position, but a loose enough grip that the head of the tool can turn side-to-side and swivel left to right.
4. Hold the tool with the elbow of your divining arm bent at approximately 90 degrees. Find a position that is comfortable for your arm so you can focus on the activity in the tool.

   

5. Your elbow should just hang in a relaxed position below your shoulder.
6. Position the head of the tool pointing straight out and facing forward ahead of you, with the handle completely upright. This is called the Starting Position.

   

   

DO NOT grab the handle by wrapping your fingers around the handle.

Use your fingertips and palm only.

Next – Learn the Basics of Water Divining

Or  – Inspect the Divining Tool more closely.

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.

FIELD DAY – DIVINER’S DAY OUT

Friday, 9th March 2018

8am – 4pm

George Jakovich invites all interested water diviners to join together in a day of learning and sharing skills and divining experience in the very first “Diviner’s Day Out” Field Day. Regardless of whether you are a total beginner or more established water diviner, come and meet like-minded fans of water divining!

• Enjoy a hands-on water divining experience!
• Suitable for anyone interested in water divining!
• From beginners to more experienced diviners.
• Learn how to divine or share your knowledge with others.
• Meet “The Wheatbelt Water Diviner” with 50 years experience divining.

Day’s Activities

• Explanation of the water Divining Method.
• Water divining field demonstrations.
• Instructions how to use the Divining Tool.
• Demonstration of specialised sipping system.
• Specialised advice on seeking water of different depths.
• Training and practise opportunities.
• Divining for suitable drilling sites.
• Drilling demonstration and talk by professional driller.

Special Guest Appearance

John Flockart from Flockart Drilling  

Please Bring

• Divining rods or purchase Divining Tool on the day (*cash sales only).
• Picnic lunch, chair, drinks and enough snacks for whole day.
• Hat and sunscreen.

*Wear COTTON clothing and closed-in shoes.

*Clothes, hat, and shoes all need to be METAL FREE.

*Unique sipping system supplied on the day free of charge.

Some Divining Tools available for use on the day.

Location  – Directions to farm location in the Wheatbelt  provided after registration.

All Enquiries Please Email George  –  diviningtool@gmail.com

Register Interest By  –  March 5th, 2018

By Sending your Name and Number to  –  diviningtool@gmail.com

This is a Free Event!

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.