When I built my house in Montana the first step was drilling a well. If you ain’t got water you ain’t got anything. I had staked out where I was going to put the house and walked about 250 feet away and told the well driller this is where I want the well.
350 feet later at $28 a foot I had nothing but muck. Driller said to pick another spot, this one was a bust. Neighbor walked over with two pieces of welding rod, bent 90 degrees 1/3 of the way down. Walked around for about 10 minutes until we found a place where they crossed. I tried it ... they crossed.
Spray painted an X on the ground and told the driller to drill there. Hit water at 45 feet!
bingo! exact same story. Neighbor got an old geezer who could dowse and could take a shower by his well. My cabin was 7 miles outside of Red Lodge Mt.