Need help identifying old gold dowsing rod

[toys2win]

I've been referred to this group as a place to help identify an old divining rod we have. I have a couple pictures of it and a old magazine article, see post.

If you think you could help, possibly email me and I'll send you the information directly.

Thanks - John

[toys2win]

One post so I can add attachment

[toys2win]

Okay here are the attachments.

[Qiaozhi]

Originally Posted by toys2win

Okay here are the attachments.

It looks like a Spanish dip needle from the 1920s to 1930s.

[toys2win]

Does it have any significant value? Also it's apparently filled with gold flakes. Think the gold is real?

[Dedevil]

Yes they are both divining tools. That is as much as i can say as i'm not an antique dealer in diving rods. And yes as crazy as dowsing may seem they both work. Both use electrificaticion as their detection method. Forked one is a basic divining rod with a gold filter. NOTE: I am not sure why but apparently the gold has to be local gold which may have to do with impurities of other gold from other areas. Basically, you use it by holding the two forks with your arms stretched out and hands tight around the two ends with fingers pointing up and in towards your body. Over a gold ore body which is the same as the one in the rod the electrostatic force held in you body will find a path of least resistance to the gold beneath. Crazy but very simple science.

Now the spinning tool would be used and when held out the electostatic charge of your body will cause a spin in the cyilinder and the amount of spin will either tell the depth or the amount of gold beneath you, but ther is no way of telling which one it is signalling to you as a shallow small piece would give the same signal as a deep large piece.

This is where you would use a spring rod to show distance to target.

Would you like to sell the rods?

rgds