"The plane went down at approximately 173 degree longitude and 55 degree latitude. It started down from approximately 21,500 ft and is resting on the bottom at 580 ft., 161.5 miles west of St. George Island."

I asked Bob how he does this, and here's his response:

" It isn't very complicated to do but does take time, especially on the maps. Dowsing for water is a rather simple task but for map dowsing it is very tiring after about one hour. I am sure there are a lot of dowsers out there but I don't know of too many that are able to map dowse. The local chapter here in Fresno doesn't seem to have any, but then they are not very active either. For water I use a V rod and for map dowsing I use a pendulum and a single rod along with a couple of rulers to mark the angles from reference points. Want to find GOLD or how about a underground cavern. It works for just about anything that it can be applied to. At any rate it is a lot of fun to do, it also works for underground wires or pipes [with or without water in them] or how about finding a break in a buried wire!"

"OH YEAH -sometimes we do miss--depth or g.p.m. or the quality of the water but in the long run I would have to say that success rates are about the 90% level."

You can get in touch with Bob at:

bleavitt@postoffice.pacbell.net