"Some water exists under the Earth's surface almost everywhere. (bold not in original) This explains why many dowsers are successful," a statement from the U.S. Geological Survey says.
Otherwise there is no way that dowsing for water is any better than simply pointing to the ground anywhere, and drilling - that ultimately finds water.
I've also seen the dowsing process done by many others, and saw it fail, repeatedly.
You are a much faster poster than I!
He would use bent wires and he never made me did a hole where there was not a water line - and, as a teen, I really wanted him to fail.
Smug SOB!
“Otherwise there is no way that dowsing for water is any better than simply pointing to the ground anywhere, and drilling”
I’ve run a public water supply for 30 years, and I have seen this done by two people. And it wasn’t for digging wells,, it was for finding lost water lines. I couldn’t find the lines, as my detector only does ferrous metals, and the lost lines were copper. One guy was 82, the other was 22. The old guy used willow branches, and had been in the well-drilling business for over 50 years. The young guy was a carpenter, and was just able to do it. He said his Dad and Grandfather could do it too. I think it might just be a “man thing.” Whenever a man over 40 visits my water plant, with all the water stored, and running through pipes, they always excuse themselves to go behind the shed and pee! Maybe it’s because we all have a sensitive short “pipe?”