Is there a such thing as a devining rod and can it really be used to locate water?

Answer 1

"A divining rod (also known as dowsing rod) is an apparatus used in dowsing. There are many types of divining rods:

two brass "L" shaped wire rods (commonly made of brazing or welding rod) that are to be held one in each hand. When something is found they cross over one another making an "X" over the found object. Brass is used to prevent interference due to the Earth's magnetic field.
A forked (or "Y" shaped) willow branch. The two ends on the forked side are to be held one in each hand with the third pointing straight ahead. Often the branches are grasped palms down. The pointing end turns up or down when water is found. This method is sometimes known as 'Willow Witching'. Hazel tree branches were also used for this purpose; these were called virgula divina. [1]
Divining rods are used in dowsing, a type of divination that claims to be able to find underground water, oil, and other mineral resources by means not traditionally accepted by science. As per the french term "sourcier", a person that dowses for water is a sorcer. Expert dowsers are alegdly capable of dowsing exact debt measurements of water veins, electromagnetism, currents and telluric phenomenons. They are also capable of detecting other materials such as measuring blood toxicity, white cells, sugar levels, human illness and health. Expert dowsers are not limited to any specific time and space. Some have the ability to dowse any material at any given time from any location."

Answer 2

Yes, but not only water - - - it can be used to find anything that you are looking for, even the answers to questions.

The easiest way to begin practising and discovering for yourself how well it works is to get 2 metal shirt hangers, cut out the straight part, and bend each straight part into an "L" at the 2/3rds point (they should be the same size). Grasp the short part loosely in your hand when 'looking', and the long part should sway back and forth.
Go outside onto a yard of grass or whatever, close your eyes, throw a quarter over your shoulder, turn around, pull out your "L"-s, focus on finding the quarter, and wander around the yard.
When the 2 "L"-s both move inward at the same time or outward at the same time, you have found something.

Like any skill it takes a bit of practise, have fun!

Answer 3

Well, it was used to find wells around where my mom grew up. They called them "dowsers" or "water witches." They'd use a forked branch off...some kind of tree. Not willows, since they didn't grow around there much. I'm not sure what kind they used.

In the Vietnam War, sometimes soldiers would use divining rods made of bent wire coathangers (bent into an "L" shape") to find booby traps.

I read somewhere that dowsing had some sort of government sanction, like some agency used dowsers or they studied them or something. Check gov't sites to see if they mention it.

Answer 4

Yes and Yes.My daddy was able to find water and was often called when a new house was being built to show the owners where to drill the well.He was never wrong.

Answer 5

Yes and yes. A forked branch, a metal object balanced across your finger, a pair of right angle bent coat hangers, a pendulum, gut feeling. You can use any tool you choose. I have used various methods to locate water, pipes, cable and buried objects.

Answer 6

Most often a divining rod is just a Y shaped stick. You can find water equally well with or without one. Dig and you will either hit water or not.

Answer 7

Yes! My brother made one and everyone laughed until it worked!!!! It is really something!

Answer 8

Yes & yes.We don't hear about it like they did years ago. But, I have seen it work..

Answer 9

Well that fact has been proven to be true time and time again...............................................................