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In article ,
(Doug Miller) wrote:

In article , Steve Barker
wrote:

my father in law certainly did NOT know where the 1" iron line a quarter
mile long from the spring up ontop the hill was when he had that old man
come out and 'witch' it for him. dug down to the line the first time.

There are multiple plausible explanations for that:
a) the old man who 'witched' the line is the same guy that *installed* the
line forty years before
b) dumb luck
c) get anywhere close and dig a big enough hole, and you're bound to hit it
d) somebody's lying

Or my own supposition on that story,

e) looking at the contours of the hill and other geographic clues, the
guy chose the most logical route for a water line, correctly assuming
that the installer had done the same.