09/05/08

This page is intended to provide any news that comes out of a continuing effort to understand the phenomenon of dowsing and the ongoing tests that are expected to be conducted in the future.  Selected new inputs from the visitors to this site will also be published here.

On August 14, 2008, we were on the Log College site concerning the condition of the monument.  While there, it was suggested that I should do a more thorough search for the walkway leaving the outline of door to the College.  I scanned and found that there were lines that are similar to other walkways.  There were two sets of lines leaving the doorway at an angle.  One set crossed over the old road bed to the south side of the old cart-way that leads on to the Tennent property (now Christ's Home), and follows on the side of the cart-way.  The other set of lines lead directly to the northeast corner of the Tennent house and then follows along the north side of the house where it turns and goes to the kitchen window,  You can assume that the window was once a doorway.

On May 1, 2008, we were surveying a site where a we are planning to do archaeology.  This site is adjacent to a structure that was added to the Moland House in the 1940's.  We have been screening soil that was dug up by a contractor and finding 18th and early 19th century artifacts.  Among these artifacts was a 1792 United States penny (the first year they were produced).  We also found an 1863 silver 3-cent piece.  When disposing of the screened soil in a depression, I noticed that it seemed a bit rectangular.  Scanning with the dowsing rod showed that it was indeed a rectangle and there is a pair of lines with about a 30 inch spacing (walkway) that lead from it and across the lawn, over a hundred feet, to another "walkway" that was found earlier.  We will record this finding for those with interest in the future.

On April 11, 2008, we returned to the site, that was visited on the 7th, to look at a possible mill race.  We found nothing that could be a mill race, however the indentation, that took us back to the site, looks like what may be the remains of a cellar under an large extension of the structure found on the 7th.  We also outlined another possible structure nearby that appears as two sections with a walk-through connector.  All of these outlines are connected together and with the "cart-way" by double lines that are about 30 inches apart.  An associate thinks the second outline could be a colonial brewery, as it would have stood very near the Neshaminy Creek.

On April 7, 2008, while performing archaeology at Moland House, some of the team members went to the lower lot to identify the location where an Native American artifact had been found.  While there a pile of rubble stone was examined and an array of stones forming a corner was found.  I was asked to survey the site with my dowsing rod and an outline of a rectangle was found with the approximate dimensions of 16 feet by 26 feet.  There were also several stones within the outline that were thought to be a possible fireplace.  The dowsing rod outlined a  near square of 42 by 42 inches.  Due the quantity of wild rose in the immediate area, it was decided that any further surveying would be done at another time.  I did, however, survey a pair of lines about 30 inches apart that led from the large rectangle to four lines that had previously been surveyed, and were thought to be a possible "cart-way".  In a clear area, nearby, another rectangle was found that also had two lines leading from it, about 30 inches apart that also led to the "cart-way".  We left the measurement of this other rectangle for another day.

Whenever upcoming events are scheduled that are expected to broaden the knowledge of those interested in the use of dowsing in research of any kind, when known by the author, those events will be published here.