Dowsers will tell you the origins of their art are lost in antiquity. Some say there is archaeological evidence that ancient Egyptians, Etruscans, Hittites and Sumerians used various forms of dowsing ...

Updated 7 a.m. Wednesday Most of the major water companies in the United Kingdom use dowsing rods — a folk magic practice discredited by science — to find underwater pipes, according to an Oxford Ph.D ...

Divining rods are still being used by water companies to locate underground pipes in the UK despite there being no scientific evidence that this archaic method works, an Oxford University scientist ...

The practice of using a branched wooden stick (a dowsing rod) to locate underground water or buried minerals is known as dowsing or divining. In some areas of the United States, this practice may be ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Two L-shaped metal rods slowly spin in Greg Storozuk’s clenched fists as he gently steps through the grass near Sloan’s Lake. “The answer is already known,” ...

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Ten out of 12 water utilities in the United Kingdom admitted that their technicians use divining rods to find underground leaks or water pipes, according to an investigation by science blogger Sally ...

What exactly are they? Dowsing rods are said to pick up vibrations in the air,in energy waves etc. Like locating water in a desert for example, buried 15 to 20 feet below ground. Native Americans in ...