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Coat HangersFinding water or metal objects in the ground can be very useful in the backwoods. Here is the procedure:
| 1. | Equipment: two steel coat hangers |
| 2. | Cut of the rack hook and one shoulder from each anger leaving 18 inches from the straight bottom and one shoulder of the hanger. |
| 3. | Take each 18 inch section and bend it L-shaped with one segment six inches long and the other 12 inches long. |
| 4. | Cup each into a fist with the hole in the center about pencil size and place the six inch portion of each hanger through the hole in the fist with the 12 inch portion of the hanger resting lightly on top of the fist. Do not squeeze or grip the wire. Your hands should both be positioned as if you were holding two pistols. Remember the western gunfighter! |
| 5. | Tilt your fists slightly forward so the wires point straight in front of you. |
| 6. | Now walk very slowly across a known buried wire, cable, or pipe and as you cross it, the two wires (hanger) should turn inwards, and if one fists is slightly high than the other, cross each other when you pass over your target. |
