Greetings! That's a wonderful story, Gill
Distance dowsing intrigues me also. It's interesting to see the different techniques of map dowsing. I know when I first started doing this, I would use my pendulum over the map & wait to get a response from the pend. when I was over a certain area...
wronggg! I learned the best way for me was to hold the pend. stationary & use the index finger of my
other hand over the map to get a quicker, more accurate response. This served me better... Blessings, NightLighter