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Originally Posted by Mike(Mont)
J_P, I suggest you practice outdoors away from electrical lines. One of the problems learning to use a locator is it is easy to fixate on the rod when you should be using a soft focus and putting your awareness on the search area. Some people who think they are so intelligent cannot understand this. They want to be in control. When you stare at the rod and use intense concentration, you are overpowering it. Like I said, there is a fine line between gold fever and skepticism. You have to learn to let the rod work without trying to interfere with your mind or your body. Some people might do better with two hands or stabilizing the elbow or forearm with the opposite hand so your arm is somewhat relaxed. Or maybe just support your elbow with you hip. And remember to keep your arm and upper body all as one unit, don't try to freehand it. Go slow, some say move the rod tip three inches per second, no more. Be smooth, don't let the rod bounce more than about a quarter inch. This isn't easy to do and still stay relaxed and not fixate on it.
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Hi Mike(Mont),
I don't know where you get the idea it will be easy to fixate on the rod or put my awareness on the search area. Maybe you are thinking of your habits from your skeptic days?
I have never fixated on the rod or any other thoughts while holding the Examiner in my hand. If it helps you understand, I start by placing a target in an area where I will try a test. Then I look at the area and determine some good places to walk that will take me past the target. Then I put the Examiner in my right hand and hold it steady so it is not swinging, and I walk in the areas I had in mind to walk. During the walking stage, I am not fixating or thinking about anything in particular. Not the rod or the target or the area where I am walking. There is nothing intelligent or controlling in this process. The part of a person's mind that calculates things and controls things is not in use while walking in an area and noticing if a rod swings.
After walking awhile, if I don't notice the Examiner swinging in a manner that makes me feel like it is connecting with the target, I stop walking and start thinking about what to do next. I then think of things like turn the tuning dial a little. Or try a different gold calculator code, or read some more instructions to see if I missed something important. After making adjustments, I stop thinking and go back to walking in the area where the target is.
If you recall, I told you in a previous post there is nothing difficult about this as long as I don't have to remember a lot of stuff while I am operating the Examiner. If I try to do all the stuff you mentioned in your post, then I would be thinking and trying to control the test, just as you cautioned not to do. It makes me wonder how you can find any targets when you are doing all these things. Doesn't it take a lot of precision and a conscious effort to control a rod in the manner you described while you are walking? On top of that you must consciously control your thoughts as you described while making the ground survey. I doubt I could do all that without exercising control instead of just walking and observing without thinking. I wouldn't want to introduce some un-needed controls when trying the Examiner. The kind of control you are suggesting might cause me to unwittingly fixate on things that seem un-natural to me... maybe even fixate on all the stuff I should be doing and not doing, which could be distracting enough to make it hard to do the field testing in an un-biased manner.
The instructions say nothing about taking the measures you suggested. But if all else fails, I will try the things you say I should keep in mind when using the examiner. In fact, I will try all your suggestions at the end of the test program regardless, even if I find success without them.
Because of the recent rains, most of my preliminary testing was indoors. I doubt this is the best condition, considering it is claimed your body acts to complete a ground circuit. Completing a ground circuit can be difficult when you are walking on a wood framed floor raised from the ground. But the ground will be dry enough soon to do some outdoor tests, which I will be doing away from electrical lines.
Best wishes,
J_P