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                           “I mean, really stupid … ”
                                        
> The theory of LRL (Long Range Location) operation is to transmit a signal
> into the ground that will excite the distant buried target. A “signal line”
> is established between the transmitter and the target, and the dowsing rods
> are used to detect and track the signal line. Because the receiving half of
> the VR-800 is just a pair of simple dowsing rods, it stands to reason that
> the transmitter half somehow justifies the suggested retail price of $1995.
> Let's start with a look at the transmit box.
> 

“Geotech— LRLs—Reports—VR-800 [1]”

I forgot to link to this page [2] detailing the inner workings of some
questionable devices I mentioned on Saturday [3]. I got so sidetracked on the
audiophile scams that I totally neglected the whole long range location
devices.

What's neat about that site is it goes into quite a bit of detail of just how
shady these things are, and how they work (or rather, don't).

It's just amazing that people fall for this type of stuff.

[1] http://geotech.thunting.com/cgi-
[2] http://geotech.thunting.com/cgi-
[3] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2006/11/18.1

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