Dowsing | Does it really work? | Divining Rods

Today I tried my hand at Dowsing. I was skeptical but went at it with an open mind. The best way to see if something works is to put it to the test. In this video I do just that. The results may shock you.

[@ThePasturedHomestead]

With the overwhelming amount of people that have commented that it works, you have sparked my interest again... There will be a round 2 of dowsing in the near future for this guy! Thank you all for your comments :)

[@CimberMatic]

Hey you should pin this comment to people see it.

[@andytopley314]

Dowsing was tested 'blind' in the 70s and it was found that it works for approximately 50% of people, maybe get a few other random people to try.

[@dawnbasquez9399]

Did you ever find it?

[@johnkrigin1535]

What's more scary is our boss in the cable installation industry, who would use rods like that would stop where they crossed and then start stomping one foot, counting his stomps. However many stomps it would take for the rods to go straight again, would be the number of feet below ground that the pipe would be.

[@kotabenade4206]

Nothing magical about it, generally works with 1 in three people. Something to do with electromagnetic fields.

[@cynthiamaniscalco6972]

Years ago , my step dad had someone come out 2x and drill down for water. It was dry each time and cost some big bucks. Then he had a dowser come out that used a branch that was in a Y shape and it pulled downward where the water was. When he had the people come back out and drill down it hit water. It was always very cold and came out clean and good when tested.

[@dandingess8267]

It does work. I have done it for all electric, water and especially sewer lines.

[@fullers1966]

Go talk to your neighbors the Amish do it a lot to find Wells

[@Kristian_Hudson]

Damn dude! 3.2k already. That happened quickly. People are clearly loving the stuff. Keep it up :)

[@ThePasturedHomestead]

Thank you! Feeling very blessed

[@CimberMatic]

6 hours later it's 3.3k lol

[@Kristian_Hudson]

@@ThePasturedHomestead We're all loving it! :)

[@sharonothefae]

Your not crazzy, maybe its a good place for a bore. water is a conduit, If you want to test the power of water meditate in the bath.

[@johnpark-jones4285]

Believe it or not but our local water company use this method.

[@ThePasturedHomestead]

They must teach me their ways

[@nataleekelly2496]

The fact that you are willing to give something a go like this shows that you are an open-minded person willing to learn at any stage of life-a life-long learner! You will definitely succeed in life!! I have a son the same age as you with the same good head on his shoulders. Thank God for young men (and women) like you out there influencing and inspiring our world! Be proud! ⭐

[@fullers1966]

I've done that in the past and Wells and drilled and found the best water you could ever drink taught it by someone that used to do it for years I was skeptic first too but it does work

[@randolphsfarm]

We had to do it on the farm and it worked to find a natural spring and also water lines next to our barns. We also just used coat hangers.

[@ThePasturedHomestead]

I wonder what I did wrong!

[@randolphsfarm]

@@ThePasturedHomestead ours was a foot or so away from the spot it crossed but also ours was much deeper. One line we replaced was 4 ft down when we dug it

[@mikegriffin6345]

Guaranteed to work 9 out of nine times. Don't hold the rods tight, hold them loosely and they will cross over the water and a quicker cross over deep water

[@kouturechef3884]

People have been using this for years. That is how the found water to dig wells. There's nothing supernatural about it.

[@martinmoolenschot5099]

here a reaction from Holland about Dowsing. I've seen it work. I tried it too. With me it didn't work so I think not everybody has that "power". I know I don't :(

[@marciannaprice1882]

Dowsing has been around for hundreds of years.

[@jamessparks2691]

The old timers used small peach limbs, long before they had wire

[@davejenson4924]

I think that its the earths pull, like a magnet. I don't believe that it is supernatural.

[@mikelemaster4315]

My father-in-law has found hundreds of streams of water for wells. I’ve heard him say that if the water is pressurized that “witching “ will not work. He would always use a fresh cut willow fork or a peach fork. This also works when trying to find unmarked graves. Great channel and fellow eastern ky resident. Good luck

[@Mrdestiny17]

Dig deep enough anywhere and you'll find water

[@shadowmil]

I think your subconscious mind is a powerful element. Even if you don't think about moving it and aren't doing it intentionally, your subconscious mind is affecting the outcomes.

[@tristanwalker7522]

Yes it does work, I actually do it a lot for my line of work for utility locating and copper works the best or willow branches for water and not everyone can do it, it depends on your energy and if you are grounded correctly to the earth

[@anteskojo5087]

Can you find lost objects?

[@lanceromance6793]

A sensitive dowser will have great sucess. Some folks don't. Depth can be found, as well. If I douse with bent coat hangers, the rods will react to larger electric wire and voids, also.

[@fullers1966]

You might have found water under your ground for digging a well

[@Dawn-di1qs]

give the dowsing rods to someone who does NOT know where the water/electrical lines are .... then you watch them.... this is how my i learned it was real. my uncle had me do it.... he did NOT tell me where the water lines were until after.

[@ThePasturedHomestead]

Im going to give them to Ashlyn this weekend!

[@imatnnael3202]

Everything is energy, and has its own electrical frequency. What’s happening, is your body is like a jumper cable between the ground and the dowsing rods. When there is a strong connection, that’s when you get the rods crossing. It’s all science, not weird stuff!

[@north40lady98]

My Uncle water dowsed for people everywhere in upstate New York. Always found the water for them. It's not supernatural by any means.

[@ThePasturedHomestead]

I have been convinced by the masses. Its time for a round 2 of dowsing!

[@kevjo13]

I learned in school it has to basicly to due with the energy below ground. So I tried it when I got home and my dad and I had no clue where the city water went thru our yard and sure did work for me.

[@thomaswalter6230]

This does work a thirty year ground crew plumber thought me this technique he called it the witchy wands but when I worked at the plumbing company we would use this technique to find water and sewer all the time the only problem with it is it will pick up any little piece of trash in the ground as well

[@stevegreen2432]

Just a hint---Best to map out the whole area before you start digging---unless you KNOW what you have found---the rods locate ALL things underground, so you could have water, telephone, gas, electrisity etc. If you map the area, it becomes very obvious what you have located.

[@ruadhscottygirl2480]

It works. We use it all the time to find old foundations on historical sites for archaeological purposes. But interestingly, not everyone can do it. Not sure why-possibly some people have a more magnetic aura than others that interacts with the magnetic aura of the item? Dunno.

[@redwemette5942]

I'm 75 years old, I learned how to find water by my Grandfather using the two rods with tubes on the handles. It worked just fine for me in Florida. I found water at 22 feet deep and an other at 30 feet deep.

[@coldspring624]

Sorry you could not pull it off. If I was a few hundred miles closer I would be all in on showing you.

[@ThePasturedHomestead]

It’s okay, it was fun messing around with it. Sounds like it works great for others and for some not so well

[@coldspring624]

@@ThePasturedHomestead An entertaining one at that hey

[@randolphsfarm]

Our water lines are at 36-38 inches deep. You cant use the metal straws. Its all about the electrical interference. Everything has electrical

[@stevegreen2432]

The rods will cross with any pipe, wire, cable, water or metal. But they also pick up on OVERHEAD wires--so always look up!. An underground "cave will register at the edges, but probably nothing in the center. Same with walking over a wjde stream--they only signal the edge. I cannot tell what I have found, or how deep, but in most cases I can work it out. I have never (in 50 years) met a person for whom this does not work!

[@imatnnael3202]

If you understand that your body is more than 70% water, and water, conducts, electricity, and you’re dealing with a piezoelectric phenomenon, if you are dehydrated, it won’t work as well, and if your feet are more insulated from the ground, you may not get as strong of a reaction.

[@Sunshine1776]

Watched your video. First off not everyone is blessed with the ability to do it. In Canada we call it Witching or divining. My husband can witch anything in the ground. Water, waterlines hydro lines, gas lines. I on the other hand can’t do it. However if I hold the rods and my husband holds my wrists then it will work for me. Also you can’t put a sleeve on the rod because you have now lost the direct connection from your body (hand) to the rod. My husband says if you send him a plane ticket he would be happy to come and witch your water lines Lol

[@samfisk3282]

My grandpa did the dowsing back in the 1930s but he used wood. He found water 17'down...

[@barnardb01]

You gave it a fare shot. Just for the hell of it, I walked miles using various objects. copper-, iron-, and aluminum rods, forked branches, balancing a rifle, water bottle you name it. No movement let alone crossing of any kind. Seen a guy with fresh cut willow fork. The force was strong enough to tear the bark of the branches. I walked the same spot and no magic for me. I was told you have to be able to find the same spot blindfolded. Did you consider walking blindfolded to get rid of any subconscious manipulation of the rods. Have another person spin you around and make sure you don't trip. If you get the same result blind folded, maybe there is some truth.

[@javadj4328]

One of the principles of dowsing is that the expectation determines the result

[@mirabilis]

Sounds like religion.

[@pennynewell3459]

It definitely works when searching for ground water, for well sites. Never known anyone to use to locate water lines.

[@georgehutcheson9679]

I worked for water distribution company 12 yrs and we had top of the line electronic locators. But for the most part we used what we called The Wand. It's just a plastic handle with a telescopic antenna that ya can bend out on a 90° or more.

[@EthanPDobbins]

I can find water lines, drain fields, and other water. Flowing or pressurized water shows up better. And the more shallow the better but I can find shallow water veins like 40-100 foot deep. But the less material between you and the water the better i5 works. If it's got enough pressure or speed you can tell the direction of flow by holding them out to the side in both directions I always prefer to use the rods in a tube so they aren't touching my skin so I can't affect them as much

[@steffaniepickering596]

There has been to many videos that have someone to come out and find water and thats where they drilled for water and there was water and thats where they put the well

[@brendahaire8824]

I know a lady in NC that did that and every time she would find water. Everyone would call her when purchasing property to have her find the water. I never knew you could do it to find electrical lines underground. New to your channel. Trying to binge watch all of your videos.

[@ThePasturedHomestead]

Ive given it two tries and still no luck! So many people say it works! Welcome to the channel!

[@RequieSanPablo]

Remember the ground has electricity, when theres a hollow ground somewhere, its greats multiple electricity wave , and thats what your dowsing rid is getting..!!!!!

[@JuanDelaCruz-xp4bq]

is dowsing for water and metal same metallic rod to be use?

[@stretchsmith5232]

Saw a friend of my Dad's do this with a peach tree fork, 60 years ago. It doesn't work for everyone though.

[@muratunsal5491]

Dostum.(YALCIN ASLAN)ALAN TARAMA THANKS

[@Sapphirez100]

it has do do with magnetic fields that everything gives off, dowsing has also been used to find gold, and other metals, 200 or more years this has been done, and way before modern tech. My grandfather used dowsing to find where to put new water wells and was right every time.

[@yorotirb3941]

Ha Ha! Me n a guy at work got on this subject once and he got a coupla welding rods looked like brass maybe and he told me how they were supposed to work. I was in a warehouse and i was playing with them and all of a sudden they both turned and pointed the same. I looked and they pointed at the water faucet. For real, Ha Ha! Know anyone with a metal detector?

[@TheDidjidude]

I've done it and it does work. My mom tried it and it worked for her but my dad couldn't get any results.

[@ThePasturedHomestead]

That is interesting. Bad karma?

[@TyDaGeek]

Suggestion: Get 2 drinking straws. Cut them a little longer than the width of your hand. Dip the ends of the rods into them while you are holding the rods during your dowsing. That way they can freely flow and you wont be paranoid with them being in your bare hands.

[@fullers1966]

Have to understand people are made of electricity the Earth has electricity it's hard to explain but when you get to the water source it connects that's when the wires twist it's a connection between your body and the water source

[@sinamartv3276]

DIG IT UP. THAT IS the only way to find out

[@lucymorgan8859]

Water has magnet properties, its also why the tides are affected by the moon.

[@Cayled174]

Wrong example, it's the gravity that does that. And the Sun has in fact half as much the effect on the tide that the Moon has. The tide is mostly a consequence of the superposition of these two sinusoïdal forces creating water bulges around the earth. However, water molecules do have a polarity. hence the fact you can bend water flowing from a faucet with a comb charged with static electricity.

[@BrandonMurphy-rl5vv]

The sun and the moon have gravitational pull on the water in the oceans. There's a bulge on either side if the planet both caused by the sun and the moon. And as the Earth rotates, the tides go in and out of those buldges creating high and low tides. The Moon doesn't pull the water high for high tides and pull it the other way for low tides. The earth moves in and out of the tides. Hard to explain without a picture to show you.

[@wooddog52]

Dowsing does work!!!!I used to work locating phone cables...I've found clay sewer pipe also...There needs to be flowing water as the water has a "charge" it emits....The best material for your rods are copper or steel wires...yours appeared to be aluminum by looks...I'm in Michigan and water lines must be lower than the frost line which up here it's 36-38 inches deep...I'm almost positive that your water pipe is plastic....there is nothing to generate a charge just a piece of plastic....The best dowsing rods I found are the old wire locating flags the power,gas etc. used to use...It's not witch craft or paranormal....but you do have to believe...lol

[@janetgifford743]

I have seen folks put the handles in straws like drinking straws to help keep the wire loose in your hands.

[@johnnymack9600]

I found water on my place when a water well man told me there was no water. I had him drill a well and had the best water in the community. I had all the best water that i could use.

[@alwardsgarage9614]

In my area thes a older guy that digs wells and sand points and thats what he uses mainly he uses twigs off a tree and i watched him for 2 days. I am a brick layer and where he found water with the rods there was water so i does water i believe it to fi d water in the ground not water lines

[@fullers1966]

If I was closer I'd help you I've done it many times and it works blows your mind every time also as much work as you saying going to be doing around there I know it's expensive but you need to buy a backhoe for your tractor it's going to come in extremely handy

[@summerbendfarm8373]

Just recently found your channel. Really enjoying it so far! Keep them coming!

[@ThePasturedHomestead]

We sure will! Welcome to the channel:)

[@LeeKirkman88]

I think the rods help focus your own energy you know what you are looking for in your mind and the rods focus that energy being used.

[@alanknight7526]

My guess is that putting the straws on the rods insulated the rods from your hand and you actually needed a ground connection through your feet to your hands to the rod. When I have done it the rods signal the finding but it's actually my feet that specify the location.

[@IanComish-un4ey]

If you need any help in dowsing give me a shout i have years of using l rods from Ian comish

[@LeeKirkman88]

They always worked for me my parents would hide money around the house and garden and if i found it with my rods i could keep it. And i always found it. They really do work for me at least.

[@joetrudeau9033]

Dowsing is to find water not empty lines!

[@jonathanosborne1596]

Yes it is science the Earth and things in the ground that move with current and water create a magnetism that we can't feel but the steel rods or whatever copper rods work the same way as long as you're walking slow enough it'll pick him up in the ground it's pretty much no-brainer that's how they dig Wells down here in Florida they walk around with divining rods and pick a spot to drill

[@oksureright]

They always worked for me. Used them professionally to locate electrical feeders many times.

[@brendablake8264]

We bury water lines 3-4 ft deep

[@georgehutcheson9679]

I worked 12 yrs for a water distribution company and we used what we called a Wand. It was a plastic handle with an telescopic antenna that pivots out to 90°or more. I relied on it and believed it more than all the high tech electronic locators we had. Ya should have started at your main line and found it and then walk that line on the side towards your barn its there and that does work. If your in colder climate your frost line is probably more than 3 ft.

[@raquelapicella3]

Hi neighbor….dry ridge! 😊

[@ThePasturedHomestead]

Hello! Welcome to the channel!

[@leonmurphey3968]

I did that back in the 70s looking for copper cables buried 5-7 feet deep I marked 10 locations I was exactly on spot 9 times and within a foot the tenths time

[@ThePasturedHomestead]

I think i need to use copper rods next time and put water in the line.

[@Dawn-di1qs]

it does work. dowsing.

[@frankcarr233]

Great vid! It works for me, but not for everyone. Used to find drains on the golf course, my work colleagues were sceptical, but it worked. They said i was turning the wires. I said how? , my knuckles are white with gripping the wire. My theory is that it's something to do with the physics of the human body . I have loads of energy, i believe this is the key? .... My first vid, im gonna watch more...love your bib n brace overalls by the way 😜

[@barbaraalton5837]

Our former home and neighborhood's wells were spotted by this guy from Everett who water witched 15 wells including ours and we never went dry, even during a few dry summers we had!! He made a believer out of me for I was really a skeptic!! A friend from afar!! D

[@Zripas]

Just FYI there is water basically EVERYWHERE underground, including sahara desert, as long as you dig deep enough...

[@fiendeng]

It's all about electrical current baby! You're holding two cathodes and those water lines or electrical lines are anodes sending out a signal faint enough to be received by those tiny rods. Everything has electricity 👈 Excited you can move forward with this search

[@ThePasturedHomestead]

Such a fascinating idea!

[@lucymorgan8859]

It could be that the water line is deeper than you dug, or it might be signally natural underground water... When the water company here replaced the main on my street, it was about 4-5 down. It does work, have seen it many, many times... Many times people are looking fir natural water, where to dig a well, and it works for them...anyway, call the water company and have them come out and mark the lines for you. They will usually dig it up and turn it on for you at no cost.

[@ThePasturedHomestead]

This water line is about 600ft off the road, I’m not sure if they would do that. It must have been signaling something else then!

[@gloadv]

Hey Bro, as i understand it has something to do with magnetic field what is build when water is running, i dont know why. This is what the russian People is telling uns here in Siberia. Interesting is, that everybody using this here to find water or Source (Spring) for the so called Datcha (Weekend-Houses) her in Russia. As you see, there are many factors, that can be also a bigger and deeper waterline, or another magnetic field from energy lines overhead... 😂 regards from our Homestead in Siberia

[@Dawn-di1qs]

iam curious why the amish/mennonites sold their property?

[@ThePasturedHomestead]

They moved a few counties over. They wanted to be in a smaller church

[@nicopunk1]

The reason why it will work even when water is not running through, is because your body's natural energy is picking up the void/or unnatural element from what you are grounded to. Hint: precious metals, and other elements can be found if you are barefoot while hunting. You just have to know what you're looking for.

[@طلالالعنزي-د5خ]

And how is the way I have antiquities sites? How are they detected?

[@darlene6670]

We put our water lines deeper than 36" here.

[@ThePasturedHomestead]

The water lines here on our property are only 2 ft at most.

[@ronaldlucas5360]

Nice video

[@kimberlyhansen5301]

Dowsing rods only works if there is water in the lines or tubes.

[@matthewharrison333]

Try spinning them before bring them up. I’ve seen someone do it that way. Idk why but it seems to help.

[@inglis7086]

when it is a natural spring underground or looking for a place for a well the dowsing rods spin around in your hand so fast at the closet point to the source of water you think they are going to fly out of your hands - with an underground water pipe the rods just cross

[@ThePasturedHomestead]

Wow, I couldn't Imagine that!

[@carter2671]

Well, you at-least tried it out! Bummer it didn’t work. Researching it, I came to your same conclusion (that it more relies on prior knowledge or other inputs rather than solid science) but trying it out didn’t hurt. Looking forward to the next videos!

[@26dwilson]

Experiment with Dowsing back in the 80 when my daughter was in grade school. We tried the normal stuff, where she walked across our yard with coat hangers in her hands, she was about 8 at the time. The coat hangers would cross at a certain spot. Later we tried having her sitting in a little red wagon, while I pulled her across the same area with her eyes closed, the coat hangers crossed at the same spot. When I told some of my coworkers about the experiment, someone pulled out a couple bend coat hangers and they had me walk across the floor. They knew where the rods would cross but I didn't, the rods crossed for me. You didn't find the water line you were looking for, but is there something buried deeper at the location where your rods crossed?

[@Lucy-ie8qw]

The aboriginal people of Australia use this method with a Y shape branch. It works. You can hire an electrical one to give you exact readings and depth.

[@julielumsden5184]

When we were kids the man who looked for water used two willow branches, I didn’t think it was very special because we had springs all over the farm,

[@holisticheartstudio]

I think it’s a conductor through your body. I think that the X marks the spot your standing, not where the rods are. Perhaps the straws interrupt the reading because your the ‘conduit’. Idk. Then also makes me wonder if what shoes your wearing matter. lol 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@Lollygagger-k4p]

To lessen the chance of the handler influencing the rods, use thick copper wire (#6), and two short lengths of 1/2" copper water line. Put the L into the 1/2" water pipe and just hold the water pipes, allowing the rods to free float. The rods will react much quicker and sharper.

[@melvance7281]

Can I make it work. Nope. But. I've seen it work many, many, MANY times. I can't explain it, but I know it works for some

[@camerondrew5237]

You weren't holding your face right lol. When I do it it's usually right behind me as if I've passed it. I locate water and it's definitely helped me.

[@rodneygordner865]

In my region of Pennsylvania water companies that I inspected for all wanted the water lines at a minimum of 4 feet deep.

[@davidparker8475]

I have located a clay tile sewage line almost 4' feet deep using dowsing rods. I didn't believe it would work and my father in-law insisted it would work. We dug the hole and to my amazement there it was.

[@rontech1671]

My father-in-law and mother-in-law bought used it. They taught me. And I now believe! Lol but I was skeptical at first!

[@ivaneskic9775]

Dowsing pendulum is most accurate, but only for very few people who knows to use it. They can say exactly how deep it is.

[@spicysweet6115]

You guys have inspired me I want to be mortgage free too☺️

[@HelmiEmma]

it is about the way you are using them, in thi video you are actually searching for voids not Water, in order to detect water you have to wet your hands with water and dip the ends of the rods a little bit in the ground make sure your hands are wet with "WATER" and then try again, it wont cross if you go over "VOID".

[@glengillis7775]

Well you gave it a good try. It made content

[@rogeraak7281]

I KNOW it works. The strange thing is that it does not work for all people. What maybe has happened in your case is that you found a stream of underground water. I think the water in a pipe must be flowing. Charged partickles in the water produce electric current that can be detected. If the pipe is metallic, you can try to connect a battery between the pipe and ground.

[@generaltim494]

where we did dowsing we had to have a drill come in and drill for over 100 feet befor water was acually hit

[@LauraGarwood-p3w]

I have heard of rods made from coat hangers working but aren’t they traditionally made of copper? Also, having an extra tube the handle sits it where you hold them so they can move very freely. ?

[@growinggenerationshomestea516]

If you go to the spigot you can take a thin metal stick and stick it in the ground to follow it. That's what I did to find my pipes. It was just a bit thicker then say two of your coat hangers. I dug lots of he's till I used this method and took my under 20 min to find end to end. You just have to stick them in softly to not bust anything

[@ThePasturedHomestead]

Are you pushing the metal rod into the ground to see if you hit the water line or are you putting it down the pipe?

[@growinggenerationshomestea516]

@@ThePasturedHomestead into the ground

[@growinggenerationshomestea516]

@@ThePasturedHomestead just can't do in the gravel drive cuz of gravel

[@SnarlyWhiplash]

Water lines will be 42 inches or deeper. Below frost line. You probably need a grown man to dig.

[@martyadams3915]

I had to put in two cut off valves on water lines last week for my aunt. The valves were about 80 feet apart one to cut off a line going to the barn and the other to cut off a line going down to the horse arena. I found the waterline for both within a 30 inch circle burried 30 inches deep. I was using my divining rods made of alloy rods with copper grips. My son was like no way! After we finished i told him tofind another water line in a different spot. He hit it within minutes and said lets dig it up and see. I told him we didnt have to because it wasnt a waterline. I put my metal detector on it and registered a perfect 67 meaning copper. I had let him find a copper gas line that was about 10 feet from the water line. Then i pointed him closer to where the pvc water line should be and he crossed on it right away. I asked him if he neededto dig it to be sure and he said heck no. I know where its at why would i dig it. Lol Big thing i noticed was you had high voltage power i huge metal barn and a camper where you were looking. All those interfere with finding that magnetic flux that crosses your rods.