Scientific Proof
Our expert, for days, searched, in vain, a coherent scientific explanation: going over (magic) scribbles, analyzing the best studies on the subject, consulting manufacturers’ catalogs of such paraphernalia, to finally convince himself that this was nothing but nonsense. The explanations given by some, contradict others. A maze of words of libidinous conjectures and foggy interpretations… ionic perception… telluric waves… body magnetism… transcendental vibrations, to mention only the most “alluring” ones. The great master Salvador Dali did use such artifices, to subjugate his audiences through a flood of incoherent and pseudo-scientific words, to amuse and delight the public.
Having no logical explanation at our disposition, in order not to discard something that could prove to be efficient/beneficial (axiom-like speaking: perhaps not everything can be ultimately demonstrated), we proceeded to the experimental stage in order to find any validity in such devices. To do so, we acquired dowsers, pendulums and magic wand from unscrupulous vendors who, shamelessly in their respective documentation, affirm searches-parameters while ascertaining that a deposit could be found at the depth of 4 to 5 meters (15 ft)!
Tryouts
First, we drew a well marked line 30 meters long (90 ft), on a recently ploughed and raked field (lent to us by our friend Octavio), then we hid, on its trajectory, at 15 cm deep (6in), a big 25 cm diameter (10in) tin can filled with copper washers. A little further, we buried a huge bronze faucet and at the extremity (10 cm deep) a bag of 20 big silver coins. Everything was subsequently well packed down and all traces were eliminated. The experimenter (our crew member Eric Masselin) who had not participated in the burying, arrived on the premises at 10.00 a.m. We, then, asked him to pin-point the 3 targets using the probing “paraphernalia” by just following the traced trajectory. (Nothing difficult, the only thing to do was to mark the targets location on the line).
Eric had, prior, spent many hours practicing during a few days. He started walking on the line, the two needles or twigs moved around at the wind’s whim or according to the chaotic walk of the experimenter. Fifteen minutes later, with much hesitation, Eric marked two targets (alas, far from the actual targets!).
Pendulum
In spite of having followed the “operating instructions” Eric was not able to spot any target. The pendulum oscillated in every direction without us being able to figure out why. Finally, Eric threw it out in anger.
Conclusion
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