JackBruno,
Swindler is offering incentives, not prize. In reality, as a good dowser, it should have been proven by themselves and should have had results in terms of treasure recovery. If not, still, we can consider it in the stage of experimenttation, which will be detrimental, pocket wise, to those who will go along with that dowser.
But I want to make it clear, not because a dowser is not succesful in one of his project, it does not mean that what he knows is not true.
The reasons:
1. Even sophisticated state of the art electronics equipment can't assure 100% of recovery.
2. Even a person have all the document, still he can't assure 100% recovery.
2. Even combinations of skills, detectors, dowsing can't promise 100% recovery, thus singling out dowsing as not effective will be a bias conclusion, and can be compared to the latest detector who can't provide 100% result..... will fall to the same category.
In my honest opinion, to have a succesful recovery, it must be a collective effort by the group, collective instruments (electronics/dowsing alike), good decisions, technical know how, objectivity, planning, physical and mental constraint, positive attitude and most of all let it rest to the hands of God, while they are doing the hard works. We look and seek, and God will provide......