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Divining Rod
- Material
- METAL-STEEL; TAPE/ELECTRICAL
- Description
- Tow long gray wands (material unknown) bound together on one end with metal rod and electrical tape. Donated by Maureen Hudyman after her father, Anton Jacob Good, had passed away. Donated to the Museum along with a hand written letter explaining that this divining rod was special to her father and…
- Original Owner
- Anton Jacob Good
- Category
- TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
- Sub-Category
- MINING & MINERAL HARVESTING TOOLS & EQUIPMENT
- Description
- Tow long gray wands (material unknown) bound together on one end with metal rod and electrical tape. Donated by Maureen Hudyman after her father, Anton Jacob Good, had passed away. Donated to the Museum along with a hand written letter explaining that this divining rod was special to her father and that it should now be laid to rest and never used by anyone again.
- History Of Use
- Divining rod or dousing rod, commonly used by drillers years ago for locating formations bearing water, oil or minerals. Most were wooden wands or twigs, this one is made of a unknown material, and bound together on one end with a short metal rod and electrical tape.
- Material
- METAL-STEEL; TAPE/ELECTRICAL
- Length
- 62
- Units Of Measurement
- Centimeters
- Accession No.
- 1983.61.1
- Type of Record
- Museum Artifact
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