This has been shown on this site many times being in the FAQ for some
years. It is again reiterated following some questions from users and the
sole argument in one metal detector 'expert's' (CM) misguided
campaign i.e.the claim that it is not user-independent
and is hence dowsing.
Q.
What is the ideomotor
and why is there so much controversy about it? How can I prove it's not ideomotor, in other words just me?
A.
The ideomotor is that anatomical force that moves your
foot out quickly when a baseball player you back
hits a home run on television. It's an unconscious
sympathy you exhibit physically when you want something to happen or enjoy it happening.
The ideomotor response is held by some to be the reason
the rod turns towards the target.You are subconsciously twisting your wrist unbeknownst to your conscious
mind say the proponents. I suspect this is emanating from one or two
sources. The reason may be ignorance or business agendas.
It is very easy to prove it isn't the answer.
1.
Place a sample of your target on a revolving chair and
looking away spin the chair. Once you orientate yourself so you cannot see
where the sample is you will see the Ranger-Tell Examiner antenna
turning towards it if you check the chair every now and
then.
You will realise
it cannot possibly be the ideomotor response
or your imagination since the antenna is pointing to the sample. Note that the back of the chair may present
an obstacle in relation to the swing which will prove
the above again.
2. This is the Tell Color
Test. It also proves it is not
ideomotor or any number of other deceptions proposed by the sad skeptics.
Set your Ranger-Tell Examiner to any of these frequencies then press the
key you usually do (see instructions). Turning around you will notice
that the antenna is indicating an object the color of the
frequency entered in the unit. The positions of these colors are of course not known to you.
This is because it is a serious frequency resonant machine which is not dowsing
per se.
Hertz
RED
700
ORANGE 597 YELLOW 580 GREEN 527 BLUE 473 INDIGO 438 VIOLET 405
3. Walk over the target you've set to and keep walking. You will
notice that the Examiner antenna turns back a certain number of paces past the target. Walking back over the target count the number of
paces before the antenna turns again. It is always the
same number of paces on either side of the target. It's just not
possible for you to coincidentally do this when you consider it works
for any number of steps (or measured distance) on either side.
It is therefore not dowsing or intutive self-deception at all.
Ranger
& Tell