Which One is More Accurate: Dowsing vs. Locator | How it Works

In today’s video, we’re here to find out who would win between the dowsing method and modern technology. But what is Dowsing?
Dowsing is a form of divination that uses sound waves to find hidden objects. This method is used to locate ground water, gemstones, buried metals, oil, and claimed radiations. Some people believe that dowsing can help them find gravesites or even find 'earth vibrations' that are malignant. Nowadays we have a simpler solution for finding things hidden down deep.
Today our Jim’s Diggers experts, name and name, are here to demonstrate how each method works. You’ll get to see which method works best and how holes are made to uncover what they have found.
So who do you think will win today’s challenge? Comment your thoughts in the comments below.
If you would like to see more content like this where we try out different techniques, then let us know in the comments below! See you next week!

[@bradnotbread]

I came here for the dowsing but was most impressed by the hydro vacuum excavation.

[@Jesusifer]

You can diy your own with a pressure washer and shop vac.

[@PunkIAm]

rip shopvac

[@sunriseboy4837]

Yeah, I thought it was pretty good, too.

[@BrennanVisniar]

That's a bitch hydrovac. Look up tornado hydrovacs

[@TrickyNekro]

​@@PunkIAmno plan survives initial contact with the enemy 😂

[@XRAY3424]

In high school we did a dowsing rod experiment to see if we could tell which cups had water in. We put water in some opaque cups and left some empty. All cups were covered. Then we had one person mix them up and the other try to find which had water in. No idea why but one guy in my class could get it right every time. We made him do the experiment over and over again for just over an hour with different configurations and amounts of cups, he had 100% accuracy. Baffled the rest of us including the teacher.

[@Wellactually123]

He knew somehow or you're making it up. These things work when you guess and make them cross.

[@AnotherAnonymousMan]

It's simple, really. He quite obviously was a wizard.

[@XRAY3424]

@@Wellactually123 or it was just a coincidence, not saying it is real but it was a fun lesson edit: by real I mean dowsing

[@jwayneair]

@@Wellactually123 tell that to the 400ft deep 12 gpm water well that a waterwitcher found at my house growing up. Which he found after professional well surveyors failed to find water based on surveys.

[@Wellactually123]

@@jwayneair Tell that to the families of all the people who died because of governments believing in this BS and buying dowsing bomb detectors. Look up the ADE-651. Water witching, dowsing, devining, has all been debunked thousands of times. Anyone who actually understands how science actually works, takes this about as seriously as the flat earth theory because the only way it makes sense is if you completely disregard reality.

[@melissapriddy3739]

So was the spot with the rocks maybe a septic line? Or underground stream? I would have been curious to dig further to find out. There’s more than just water pipes under the ground

[@bigpumper643]

Exactly. Wells and moving underground water have been found using dowsing rods for centuries. It does work.

[@zionmcenerney8218]

I assume it they found tocks they were on a water way small maybe but a leak that made its way into a small stream idk

[@janduplessis5190]

It's a gift. I believe it to be something to do with electro magnetic fields. We find water in the desert with this method.

[@mikemikemikemikemikemeup]

If you randomly dig for a wheel, you will have just as high as a success rate as those rods. Just look into the studies on the thing, and you will realize that this is not real. Anyone that tells you it can only give you their personal experience. But if you really look into it, there are scientific studies that have proven this already. This video gives an indication that they don’t really work. if you’re a response is that it found an aquifer then you’ll never be convinced. These do not work.

[@mikemikemikemikemikemeup]

@@zionmcenerney8218yeah that “i dont know” at the end was right you don’t know. Look into the studies of this. It’s been long disproven. The success rate of these rods is about the same as the success rate of a randomly guessing.

[@vannigiovannigio8861]

Good thing they had their reflective vests on someone might have gotten hurt while in the fenced yard while conducting this experiment.

[@nr8813]

Reflective workwear is worn widely in Australia, some worksites and employers require it be worn. I can only imagine you're a seppo with a comment like that.

[@vannigiovannigio8861]

@@nr8813 Would you care to explain "seppo"? Name calling? I'm clearly not from where you are from and don't speak your language nor slang.

[@blakebethel3757]

Imagine trying to mock someone for wearing a fkin work uniform. lmao. Get a job

[@vannigiovannigio8861]

@@blakebethel3757 First off if you knew me and my lifestyle the last thing you would tell me is to get a job. Second I'm not mocking anybody third some things are asinine like playing with sticks finding water on a private fence yard with you and one other person why would you need a reflective vest let's use common sense I'm not talking s*** I'm talking man to Whatever you are because I personally don't know you. If you and yourBuddy we're digging a hole looking for water with sticks and a Electronic device you're telling me you would wear a reflective vest also right? Judging by your comment that's a yes.

[@blakebethel3757]

@@vannigiovannigio8861 id wear a reflective vest to sleep now what? Its a work uniform and i work this uniform, the grind never stops

[@spec24]

"I don't know what it is but there's something there." Wow. What are the odds.

[@bh2908]

Yeah the old man was not lying, there was something - rocks

[@Wellactually123]

The dowsing rods work better if you have an idea where something is since you are the one making them cross. So if the locator went first, the dowser would have 100% accuracy.

[@tonnyespeset]

Yes, exactly, even if the dowser did not observe it, he could pick up some hints from the subtle body language of an observer who knew the location. Like a subtle twitching in the eye when he pass the right spot or whatever.

[@Wellactually123]

@@tonnyespeset It's sad how many people believe in this garbage. It's actually gotten a lot of people killed. Check out the ADE-651

[@Wellactually123]

@cguima3 LMAO 🤣 Yeah, my grandpa pulled a quarter out of my ear one time too. I was just as amazed as you are. I was 4 years old at the time, so I'm not sure what your excuse is. 🤭

[@anaygautam5356]

😂

[@johnchandler1687]

You are full of it. I'm not even a "dowser" but after being shown once how to do it using coathanger wire, Iit works like a charm. Recently found a neighbor's clogged up drain pipe for him. He was skeptical, too. When he saw me do it and I taught him how he now believes. His house was built in 1954 and no one knew where that line ran. And no; the downer doesn't move the rod. You hold it so loosely that they almost fall out of your hands. Won't work if you grip them tight. Don't even need two as I only used one.

[@nanums650]

I love how this video is the top result. There so many videos with misleading information

[@Bomsanchu]

yea and this still has some misleading information, these dowsing rods do nothing and do not work, if you do it 20 times and you find something once then it's just luck. if I make 20 random markings in a place where I know that there is a pipe somewhere then one out of 20 times I will find a spot where the pipe runs through.

[@lil6419]

@@Bomsanchudislike

[@rockyhighwayroad7365]

In Europe do you have to wear safety vests even if there's just two guys and a big field?

[@JohnnyRep-u4e]

(Australia)

[@Solvinplat]

Most utility locating companies require a class 2 or class 3 vest no matter what in the US.

[@randomcomment3865]

​@@Solvinplatgoing to and from their work truck will often involve walking in the street and, particularly when the pump is running, they may not hear a car coming. Like eye protection, safety glasses, hard hats, seat belts etc. it's about encouraging the habit, so safe behavior becomes automatic.

[@Solvinplat]

@@randomcomment3865 I was speaking mainly on locating, not the pump runs

[@jamesfitzgerald4419]

And a permit

[@Sparky_D]

You guys didn't show us how far off the divining guy was.... I've always been very sceptical of that method but I have heard some pretty convincing / crazy accurate stories... I know of an old water bore driller that used nothing but the divining method to pick bore locations, very accurately. Myself as an electrician use that same same electronic locator.

[@JimsGroup]

Hi Dave, sorry we didn't mention how far off the divining guy was, it was not far away, around 8 - 10 meters away from locator's point.

[@Sparky_D]

@@JimsGroup hahaha, so miles off the mark! Cheers

[@afflccup9043]

​@@JimsGroup what was the locator name and haw match biggest deep can it reach

[@JimsGroup]

@@afflccup9043 We aren't the experts in this. You would have to speak directly with a digger franchisee about the tool they use on 131 546

[@Wellactually123]

That's because groundwater is stored in aquifers. You'd have the same luck finding water if you were in a boat in the middle of a lake. It's more impressive if you find a spot without water.

[@Suesco]

im pretty sure where the water pipes were dug, causes a concaving of the ground, because the dirt isnt fully packed down when they bury the pipe. this causes a change in elevation from down to up, and thats what causes them to shift. This also works for finding water because water falls to the lowest spot. when you finally start going back uphill, the rods tilt back to you and the concave pipe line is behind you, on your back heel.

[@Lysande1337]

During my first year as a road construction worker at 15 I was taught how to use dowsing rods by an older man who was just about to retire. I honesly didn't know there was a debate whether "dowsing rods" work or not as I have always known from experience that they do. Although nowadays we use these fancy "cablefinders" that can tell depth/what type of cable too.

[@spec24]

Quick. Call up the James Randi foundation and go claim your million dollars. You people are so full of it.

[@ThatThing1675]

There's not an honest debate, its a bot and media headed debate, designed to artificially crush anything that goes against the materialist narrative.This knowledge about dowsing has been known for millenia, its only now in recent times that they have made it "controversial"

[@johnnyreb280]

This statement sir is inaccurate, because water moving over quartz or rocks does not create a magnetic electrical charge significant enough to be detected by dowsing rods. Dowsing rods, also known as divining rods, are typically believed to respond to subconscious cues from the dowser rather than any physical property of the water underground. Numerous scientific studies have failed to provide empirical evidence supporting the efficacy of dowsing as a means of locating water or other substances underground. Therefore, the claim lacks scientific validity and is not supported by empirical evidence.

[@Lysande1337]

Lol. Do you really think READING "numerous scientific studies" are gonna convince me when I've being successfully DOING "field-tests" a good part of my life? I'm not gonna pretend I know how it works but I know that it does, without fail. Your statement dummy is inaccurate, because I know. @@johnnyreb280

[@ThatThing1675]

@@johnnyreb280 Nice try chatgpt, attemps like these by bot campaigns to rewrite human history will always be unsuccesfull. This is not about electrical or magnetic fields, but higher order fields, as in faster then light. The religiion/church of science can fail to provide for all eternity, but who cares about what a religion thinks. Businesses and corporations on the other hand are another thing, if something works, they use it. Dowsing was a must for any excavation mining plumbing telegraphy and electrical company before the 1940s. Corporation still use it today, although small to mid sizesd companies, dut to the materialist takeover of large corps

[@numa2k147]

Non destructive diggung is so sick. I'm amazed

[@jasonpatterson8091]

"The rods worked better than I thought, to be honest." ??? He didn't find the pipe. You can't just say, "I found something, I don't know what." Anything down such a hole counts as a win.

[@Oggohoko]

He was just trying not to be rude to the guy standing next to him

[@BrendaKlahn]

Brenda Klahn How do you tell difference if it is just a buried water pipe, or a field line, or a septic tank or a deep underground water source?

[@MyDyerMaker]

The EM locator is more accurate as long as there aren't nearby metal lines to distort the signal sent from the transmitter. If it's a congested area, a witching rod may be more accurate.

[@hedgewitch59]

I picked up a set of rods and found all our water pipes in a flash. Two houses...two successful finds. They're amazing.

[@nikgaffron]

nope.

[@ThanksForAllMyToes]

​@@nikgaffron What's the big deal if they work for some people and not for you? Are you jealous? When I was a kid, my grandpa showed me how to use dowsing rods. It worked right away for me and it felt so bizarre - as if it was magnetized. But no one else that was there could do it, and I thought they were all joking. There's definitely some reason why it works, but people like you and most of the science community are too childishly stubborn to even study it. They just say "this is stupid, the millions of people who can do it are just 'pretending'."

[@LunaticWithALicense]

I am a utility locater. I didn't belive in this shit. Today a farmer located his electric cable with some dowsing rods right in front of me before I marked, or hooked up my locator. I located the line and it blew me away his rods were 0.4 inches from the actual line. I didn't believe it so I tried it for myself and it worked perfectly. I came toward the cable from both directions to make sure. They even pointed TOWARDS me when I crossed over the cable. I do not know how this works but I swear on my damn life I witnessed it work with remarkably accurate results which is legitimately bothering me as I have no idea how the hell it works.

[@spec24]

@@LunaticWithALicense Reality: he already knew where they were, and when you did it, so did you. Your unconscious body movements is what made the rods work - this is a known phenomenon. Nothing you've said is convincing.

[@michaelmurray8538]

I work on a golf course and use them to find irrigation lines in the ground. I swear by divining rods

[@unlimitedbandwidth]

Of course the locator is going to be more accurate because you have a stronger field, but the rods can definitely be used as a DIY way to locate an approximate water pipe crossing. You usually have to dig more than a 6" hole, but I've used metal coat hangars fashioned into "L" shapes with success. FYI, it's electromagnetic fields that cause the metal wires to react and not "sound waves" as written in the video summary. The principle is the same for the expensive locator. The difference is you're injecting radio waves to create the field versus relying on the natural field interactions between the water/pipe, earth, and/or human body.

[@bobocaterpillar3697]

used the rods this week to find 4 broken field tiles in field. IT WORKS! no fancy equipment needed!

[@GrooveBuilders]

I use dosing rods daily at work. If you think of the "utility" or what ever you are looking for you can find it. You can also tell how deep something is by stomping your feet until they uncross. 5 stomps 5 ft. I do this daily. maybe a live is in order lol

[@stripeybeast]

Lol you’ve been smoking that crack. I don’t doubt that you believe it. But confirmation bias is a tough thing for the human mind to identify

[@GrooveBuilders]

@@stripeybeast lol wrong guy to say that to. I will make a TikTok series using dowsing rods, using the scientific method. Maybe I will get the answers..

[@joelbadger9661]

If this is commonplace, why aren't there more videos? It should be a simple experiment, but the locator always fails without previous knowledge

[@GrooveBuilders]

@@joelbadger9661 great question! And I have a few others as well. I filmed a locate today. It's a simple video with some controles but I will be doing a series exploring the effect? Or force? That makes this work. I'm not saying that I will get to the bottom of this but at the very least I will have a some data and you guys can peer review / replicate / tell me what to do and I will do it to the best of my ability.

[@GrooveBuilders]

@@joelbadger9661 my comments keep getting deleted with the link to my experiment… just look for my name and you should be able to find it on TikTok

[@brettmoore3194]

Bought to you by the digging company.😂🎉

[@seanbishop2843]

Might want to get a couple of trucks up to Canberra for the new light rail

[@incognito5986]

It’s NOT at the back of the foot, it’s directly under where they cross. Test at home inside where the carpet meets tile or linoleum like at the kitchen. Right where the dividing strip/cover is that’s where the wires will cross….in front of you directly under the wires. You were literally a foot off the line, and missed by a foot.

[@jussikolehmainen6310]

I have seen that one that is dowsing says what they are searching for like water or energy lines or graves. I have never seen it shown anything particular from the ground tho like power lines.

[@Wellactually123]

You can find anything you can imagine as long as you know when to make the wires cross.

[@Chrischris491]

Hey Jim - would you please share the name of the locator the gentleman was using in this video? Thank you!

[@HunterGeophysicsAustralia]

It's a Radiodetection RD7100 PLM.

[@Chrischris491]

@@HunterGeophysicsAustralia Thank you so much my friend!! So that worked out perfectly, and I was just wondering is there a device that you can purchase for under $500 that you find reliable? The 7100plm is $2000 used. Even if it's a model of basic features from the 1970's - if it's something reliable and proven and can somehow be purchased for less than $500 is there anything you recommend? Sorry that was so long winded hah. I'm going to fabricate my own device to drill. Wells cost 35,000-75,000 or even more here. Hell I can get a used well rig truck for around 15-20k so why would I pay so much to have someone put a hole in the ground that they can't and won't guarantee and will charge me the same price to try again? Hah it's insane so I'm either going to buy a full rig that I can repair and remanufacture or build something comparable with water and hydraulics and a diesel engine. I'm going to put a few holes actually just to be safe (may as well since I'm saving myself so much money) but either way I'm trying to keep this less than 10k. This Radioelectric 7100plm would automatically add 2000.00 to the overall cost of my wells instantly though it would add a much higher degree of certainty that I will accomplish my goal. Confirming the location of the water is literally step one in this whole process. I sincerely appreciate you getting back to me on this - I'm going to keep researching different makes and models and prices because all of these add more certainty than dowsing though I am pretty convinced it works in limited situations. I'm going to shadow a few certified drillers and be their hand for a few days to get all of my final questions answered, and gain some hands on experience beforehand but I definitely intend to mess around with dousing, and with whatever device I decide to buy while I'm "on the job" so to speak. I guess I'm stupid and I never realized what an important skill being able to produce your own water was to survival or this would've been a teenage years checklist thing. Things are getting pretty hairy everywhere now. Putting a hole deep enough into the ground on target on top of accurately locating groundwater all with multiple methods and unconventional means may be the single most important skill a human being can learn!

[@HunterGeophysicsAustralia]

@@Chrischris491 It sounds like you're trying to locate groundwater for drinking purposes. 1. This equipment is not for locating groundwater. It is for locating buried pipes and cables. In this video, they are locating a buried pipe. 2. If you need to locate groundwater, you'd better learn about hydrogeology. And then geophysics. With a good understanding of local geology and topography, you can narrow down the search areas (which you would then apply geophysical methods to). 3. Except with karst geology, don't expect large caverns/tunnels underground in which water flows. In the majority of cases, groundwater is stored inside tiny (sub-one-millimetre) holes/pores within the rock. You need to find areas/geology where there is connectivity between those tiny pores (this is known as "effective porosity") as this allows the water to flow between pores and through rocks. This comes back to step 2, above, "learn about hydrogeology". 4. Dowsing is pseudoscience, despite what others may be saying. Don't waste your time with it. 5. Even if you do find groundwater in a manner that is accessible, you'll then need to test it for contaminants (and filter it if necessary). Really, what you're proposing to do requires a great deal of understanding of geology, physics, and chemistry if you wish to do it reliably. Best of luck. 🙂

[@Ericocan]

@@Chrischris491Did you end up doing any of this?

[@jonathoningles2703]

It works I use it all the time to locate pipes, it finds any pipe or tube, or electric wire though so it's not always the one your looking for

[@Wellactually123]

My grandpa pulled a quarter out of my ear when I was a kid.

[@ThatThing1675]

@@Wellactually123 Thats amazing, i didnt know ai's have grandpas and that they are capable of physical movements. You guys sure keep advancning fast...

[@Bundysvideos]

@@Wellactually123dude, you can test this yourself, you just need a clothes hanger, I suggest you do

[@frankiefernandez5252]

Dowsing is for detecting moving ground water...or underground rivers. As water moves over the quartz or rocks, it creates a magnetic electrical charge. This was used on my 10-acre property to install a well 150 ft. deep. It worked. I was very skeptical when the old guy brought out the rods.

[@TimothyMcVay]

Did you know the ground water was in an area of your property, or did the guy just search for awhile.

[@frankiefernandez5252]

@GarthBroox The property had a slight downhill angle next to a lake, so he surmised that there were underground rivers or streams that emptied into the lake. The rods registered 2 streams running underneath towards the lake. One stream was 5 ft. wide, the other about 15ft. wide. He simply marked the ground where the rods crossed. He used wooden sticks for initial reading, then used the metal rods to verify. We struck 6-8 gpm. This was in 1999 and costed around $4,000.

[@dangeary2134]

I taught my boss to do this (long story, let’s not go there). We dug a nice, big hole to join up to a water main that didn’t exist. Got out the OUIJA Sticks, and he found it in a few minutes. I went over a small rise to see if there was any other places, and found the water box that connected to exactly where he was. I’ll be damned if it wasn’t there. We made the connection, and the rest is history.

[@smolapril]

people need to learn about confirmation bias. when you actually find water, you credit the dowsing and when you get it wrong, you'll just shrug it off. just think about it. why would professionals spend thousands of dollars on these EMI locators when they can just use dollar store dowsing rods? you can have fun in your home/farm but when there's money on the line, you start getting serious.

[@xionix4]

I was on a job site and had a guy come from the water company and use dowsing rods as the official way to locate their force main. Worked like a charm.

[@larrybe2900]

And saved the company a lot of time and money.

[@xionix4]

@@larrybe2900 talk about cheap. I use two bent pin flags straight from the site to check for uncaught utilities now

[@larrywilliams3854]

My wife gets a kick out of my Doodlebugging. She didn't believe me when I said the well driller I worked for used coat hangers only to find water, old wells , septic tanks. As a kid id find little treasures with coat hangers the rich kids in my neighborhood had fancy metal detectors but I'd do better with 2 Dempsey metal hangers.

[@Zripas]

Then your Nobel prize is around the corner... Go get it!

[@Oldfashionedmawmaw]

I watched dousing be done many times when I was a kid. Only difference is the man used a limb from a peach tree that forked. He held one side of the forked limb in his left hand, the other in his right and the main beam limb was sticking out front. When he passed over water, the end of the limb went straight down pointing to the spot.

[@larrybe2900]

I have often heard of this method but never experienced myself. I used two braising rods that crossed each other.

[@johnnymac6242]

Dowsing is real, i've seen linemen use it to locate buries power lines. I wouldnt believe it if i didnt see it myself. The only problem they told me is it doesnt show depth like a locator can. I've never seen someone dowsing for water tho, only electrical lines

[@realAmericanConvict]

We regularly find water mains, and we use this method, once we're on top of it, we stomp our foot, counting the stomps until the rod straightens back out, 1 stomp=1'...roughly

[@LunaticWithALicense]

After witnessing it I have fallen down the rabbit hole of is this real? What do you mean scientific community I just freaking saw it work. It worked when I tried it! How is it fake or pseudo science if it's real and works this is making me feel crazy.

[@webmastersof]

My grandfather used dowsing rods on both of his farm houses to find water. The technique was 100% reliable.

[@michaelfercik3691]

He has to read my book for correctly dowsing the water pipe. What he was dowsing was ground water with being proven by the bore hole bottoming out in rocks that collect and hold ground water.

[@sunriseboy4837]

It's on my list to get, Michael!

[@jwayneair]

Funny how they “don’t” work.. when I was a kid, my dad had professional well drillers come out and drilled for a well based on geological surveys and got nothing. Then he had a waterwitcher come out with his dowsing rods, marked a spot, drilled there and got water at 4 gpm at a shallower depth than the first hole was drilled to. Later drilled deeper and the well had 12 gpm. Multiple people tried it, and no matter how tight the rods were held, they still turned at the same place, all while not knowing for certain if there was water there. But yeah, somehow it didn’t work. 🤷‍♂️

[@Grimwriggler]

i bought some rods last year and am amazed at their accuracy i even made some from a metan coat hanger and the y work too

[@thomassmith8550]

Coat hangers work perfectly well

[@sirlemdipi616]

My name is Salem from Nigeria. Pls where can I get the dowsing rod?

[@munirh44]

Results would have been clearer if they labeled the dowsing hole versus the locator and confirmed if they were searching in different spots. Looks like they were looking at the same spots.

[@rotsen2023]

Dowsing rod still the best locator, but the user should be familiar with the basic principles of using it. Not all users knows how to surely use it. Constant correct practice makes perfect.

[@dascenti]

Problem is dowsing rods also depend heavily on the person using them. You will get completely different results with a different person. Some people have incredible accuracy.

[@D4rkrays]

Wouldnt it work due to how hyrdogen and oxygen attact to anodes and cathodes? And would work because of the EMF field?

[@D4rkrays]

Water has to be running tho?

[@joereedsmith1531]

Doswing works as a result of the Faraday principle where any fluid flowing gives off an electrical current which the rods detect. Its how magflow water meters work same deal.

[@chadly805]

Thank you for posting, I knew there was some science behind this and I was hoping to find it so I could learn more!

[@artistdigital]

In our village, a guy came to the people and said that i have found something but its under a huge rock that needs to be moved! People went with him and he used rods to prove his point! When people moved rock, a spring of water gushed! It's still running!

[@Livinglife595]

I live in France. We decided to dig a well in our garden. We heard about a dowser and contacted him. He spent about an hour with his wish bone thing and….. he found where water was. So we got a person to come dig the well and lo and behold it was directly under where the dowser said. I think there are surely some charlatans but not all.

[@sjg3890]

Dig a hole where he said not to and you will also find water. Undertand the whole craft is a sham. There has been a huge sum of money available to anyone that can prove it and no one ever has. Look it up if you don't believe me.

[@sunriseboy4837]

I don't think they are charlatans. Just a lack of good skills.

[@damara2268]

You know that if you dug anywhere in the garden you'd reach underground water, right? It's always there..

[@sunriseboy4837]

@@damara2268 No, wise arse, it's not always there. In Western Australia, one of the driest parts on the planet, a dowser regularly finds water for farmers and graziers. And they pay 'serious' money for him to be effective.

[@ollie4022]

@@sunriseboy4837 There are aquifers basically all over Australia. It’s hard to find a part of Australia that won’t be on top of a large aquifer. In fact Australia is home to the largest aquifer on the planet, by area and volume.

[@finchzee]

Chances are there is gold right above where the rods crossed. I tried it myself and it always works.

[@sandrateres]

What rod is used here??

[@KevW-z7z]

A dowsing rod

[@JargoHogies]

How come they don't work above the ground?

[@StonedustandStardust]

What I want to know is, What is that machine ? How deep down can it get?

[@prayanam0990]

Hie may i know what is the device name and its company....can somebody help

[@claudekim7876]

Ive tried them with eyes closed. It does work weirdly. Its not horribly accurate but it shows somethings near by

[@erinshoemaker3877]

Why did the other guy flick the rod lightly and slowly??? When it really works anyway what was the purpose ?????

[@ChipsChallenge95]

Professional well diggers in the NE US use dowsing rods. They work. Idk how but I’ve seen it

[@haleem_dev]

Do I have to hold it tight or just lightly

[@haleem_dev]

And also how about the effectiveness of locating groundwater in the basement

[@RaveMasterr]

But that isn't really a good check? That dowsing spot might have indicated several meters water underground.

[@clarkjbunch]

My 8th grade science teacher told us that divining works but there is mysticism and folklore to it as well. He claimed it only worked if you were the first son of a first son, so that knocks out a majority of the population right there. Even those that swear by it admit it works for some but not others.

[@bradsherwin4568]

That's interesting. I'm the only son of an only male child, and I can witch water no problem. Maybe a new career for me...

[@randyaivaz3356]

Was A Rock Over The Pipe, Could of Happened With Locator?

[@Doy-e]

Hello, what are those rods made of?

[@miladydewinter7770]

Aluminium

[@geraldwegener8376]

I specialize in searching for oil in Kentucky & Tennessee with many years experience and available to search private land.

[@viking670]

Which works better for finding water, the rods or the stick?

[@geraldwegener8376]

@@viking670 I usually don't search for water mostly oil.

[@viking670]

@@geraldwegener8376 Do you use rods or a stick because I have someone who wants me to find them a well?

[@geraldwegener8376]

@@viking670 Finding water isn't my specialty and it's always best to find someone who has a ton of experience and excellent track record finding good water wells. Drilling a water well is very costly and not a good idea for a beginner to do.

[@ziggypiosicki]

Guys.....this is like Big Jims advertising clip. Of course technology will win. I can locate anything with rods and tell you direction they are going ( cables, pipes, buried logs etc.)Only thing I cannot tell You it is depth. It work on disturbance of electromagnetic field of Earth. That mean that any object buried under will disturb it more or less, and this can be detected by rods held by human being. Ps. it don't work on just anyone but some were surprised that they are able to do it.🤫

[@sunriseboy4837]

Oh dear...the penny just dropped with me!!!👍👍

[@robertchilders8698]

My grandfather could find the depth by triangulation. When first noticed, he would measure the distance until the final "pull" from that he could determine the depths!

[@mautuber]

Is it our body or the rod ?

[@Peoe500]

Something to do with magnetism, conductivity of a human, electrons moving in the pipe, or static electricity from the pipe’s material travelling through the earth.

[@allenstyer2690]

crazy how their hands always leaning in towards each other after the rods are pointing in. Almost like they tilt there hands so the rods will sway in when they loosen their grip on it...

[@Momo-xs8mo]

Look up the reviews for these products on Amazon. People say that it really works. There are countless stories of people recieveing an unknown response to dowsing equipment You should try it yourself.

[@arandomlemon6707]

Yeah it's some sort of 6th sense that guides the hands to point in a direction, the rods just exagerate the movement.

[@Wellactually123]

It's called idiomotor effect. You're actually guessing and your brain let's your fine motor skills take over without your active knowledge. Kinda like highway hypnosis. It's a parlor trick and should never be taken seriously.

[@realAmericanConvict]

Tell us you've never done any witching without telling us 😂

[@Wellactually123]

@@realAmericanConvict Tell us you believe in magic sticks and disregard the entire scientific community without telling us.

[@chriswilkinson2548]

Have to do it more than one past. Dose not prove it. I beat a locator on a work site. They dug up the wrong hole with there Locator

[@benjaminzedrine]

I can only use iron rods to find live twisted copper. But it's dead on every time.

[@tsutomaspacheco7451]

I just water dowsed with 2 metal L shaped rods on my dad's land in Mexico and they crossed in an X right where we have a well. They moved by themselves I thought it was kittywompass

[@KevonDash]

Where can I get that machine to buy?

[@4doorsmorewhors]

You don't need the machine, only two sticks.

[@Jet_Lover]

Why not hold the rods in some holder so hand muscle movement won't be a factor 😢

[@florigjona5390]

Locator name ?

[@joshuablack3646]

People may not understand but there is actually electricity in the air & underground. Pretty sure that’s why these rods react that way. Just because you don’t understand doesn’t mean it’s magic or demonic .

[@moskwitoe]

Doesn't sound like you understand either.

[@titaa56]

It’s called negative ions. And earths meridian lines as well

[@annedavis6090]

Daddy called it water witch.. i wonder what he would think of my copper set.

[@sansdents7559]

Where can i buy such a locator?

[@robertchilders8698]

There are many detectors on the internet, that use the phenomen of dosing ! They can cost very little to thousands of dollars! A lot of them are scam

[@robertchilders8698]

P.S. Stay away from the high priced ones!

[@4doorsmorewhors]

You don't need that fancy locator, only sticks.

[@cosmicinsane516]

Are there places where you don’t hit water but move the well 50 feet and you do? That doesn’t make much sense. No one bothers doing this when they put in wells near me. You just drill wherever it’s convenient for the house. You always hit water.

[@depotdan4654]

I just watched a guy use the rods and then GPR to verify. He then did a “STOMP DEPTH”. When the rods crossed, he would stop, then using one foot would stomp the ground at one second intervals. When the rods quickly moved each 180 degrees, he knew the depth. It was 1 imperial foot per stomp/second. Did this on high volt electric, low volt electric, water, sewer and gas lines. Both on dirt and concrete. Mind blown…

[@l.o.gfauzan1877]

People always saying it works, but gave no explanation or at least a theory on how it works

[@illumthenaughty]

It's not about water, it's about disturbed earth. If you think earths magnetism and witching sticks are legit, you should definitely look into grounding.

[@TheFornesto]

Yo, I want that vac and pressure washer for my mobile detailing.

[@temesgenfekadie519]

The L road is metal or copper , zink or what else ?? what is the L roads element

[@MyDyerMaker]

Doesn't matter. A simple pin flag works for me and that's made of steel.

[@4doorsmorewhors]

It's made out of Idiotom, very common nowadays.

[@1974pieter]

Dowsing is not for waterleaks...it is to find underground water for well drilling...

[@tao6775]

Dowsing does work, try the copper rods and a log. ❤

[@CRogers]

I like how finding some rocks was somehow a success.

[@MRblazedBEANS]

If the sticks worked so well, the ground rader for finding water would have never been made. Why spend millions on making something that doesnt work better then 2 sticks.

[@RaspyBootLegger]

was he within 18'' or 45cm?

[@larrybe2900]

The video starts out with the premise that all sorts of things can be located using dowsing rods. Then when the "experiment does not match the electronic device it was a failure. I contend there could be a sizable water vein under the point of crossing. i have used this method to locate water and could trace the vein to a spring exiting he ground. I don't claim to know how or why but it afforded me 30 gal./min well so much so I had to cap it. This endeavor proved little other tryhing to discrecit dowsing. A gentleman I have known is regularly called by a local town to locate old non-mapped pipes and is successful when called upon. I can't speak for the nuances of knowing what one is finding but I will say it works for water. Finally, the gentleman using the rods said to hold the rods tightly. Right then I was suspect to the reason for this adventure into proving nothing.

[@obubadouglas5506]

The name of the locator please.

[@malcolmtuck9000]

The locator says its a RD7100.

[@createa.googleaccount713]

Probably the dowsing rods found Water 💧 or Gold dig Deeper!

[@temesgenfekadie519]

what is the element of the L road ??

[@tyturner9759]

Copper

[@loganbrown3565]

I thought it only found currents

[@mutetinyam3596]

A certain guy has just told me he uses this method to dig underground water. Tomorrow he'll be at home to ascertain the exact place where he'll dig the borehole. Guys, stay tuned, if it succeeds or not, I'll be here to update you.

[@maxiepads]

How'd you go mate?

[@Dr.Unsteady]

All the drilling companies around my area all have a handful of dowsing rod guys they have on call. I’ve asked all of them I’ve talked too if they think it’s crazy BS. Everyone I’ve talked to have stories about how they can’t explain it but it works, it’s saved them tens of thousands of dollars over hiring a locating services. I have yet to see it in person, however I don’t know why these drilling would lie about it working for them, it doesn’t help their credibility. I would like to see it for myself to know how much is BS

[@MomAsol]

thanks for sharing

[@nickmyrvold1343]

I've found electric and water and sewer lines. I know people that can tell depth. If you can witch for water you are in tune and balanced with the world.

[@deby9881]

The metal pipe looks like a gas pipe. In our area, they would cover water lines with rock. So I say the dowsing rods won.

[@Fuentes683]

Minuto 1.30....Encontró algo y no sabe lo que es, pues porque no siguió preguntando. Si era agua,cruce energético, mineral o lo que sea. En Radiestesia si no lleva la pregunta precisa...nunca sabrá lo que sus varillas detecto!

[@galewinds7696]

I did this on several occasions 50 plus years ago using metal clothes hangers. It works, some people might not get it to work, but it worked for me

[@weside7260]

finding a pex line in the ground is not what dowsing would be used for.

[@Jreaddy]

Open that machine just to find out it has 2 sticks inside and beeps when they cross lmfaoo

[@epelly3]

Underrated comment

[@lunarrn]

Dowsing rods can find anything you want to find. I’ve found water, water pipes, lost coins/jewelry etc. I’ve never tried finding stuff randomly like metal detectors do. Might do that at the beach next time my wife drags me there.

[@moretoliving2236]

For context, you have professionals who charge insane amounts of money to come out there with their fancy gadget, then half a million dollar truck that pressure washes and vacuums the hole. Why in the world would they advertise 2 sticks to work at all? Their income depends on charging you a ton. The only way to have done this experiment was to have unbiased comparison. Person 1 who is a completely impartial party (random person on the street) walking a grid and marking places on that grid. Then Person 2 with a fancy gadget walking same exact grid and locating things and marking them off and then compare person 1 to person 2. When watching this video it was not clear that orange line was 8 meters away from where he found the pipe. If you watch the video and see where person 2 with red hat says "he is skeptical"... that is abouts where his fancy device located the pipe that went perpendicular to fence so he DID locate pipe. Since he started to right of person 1... he kept walking until he found pipe #2.... There is probably pipe #1 crossing where first person found sticks intersecting... just going diagonally or something so he did not find it in same place he started. It is completely not uncommon for underground pipes to go all over the place... I know mine are from well to house to garage shed to previous 3 wells on property so I probably have like 1 kilometer worth of pvc pipe all over my 1 acre lot.

[@caleblagrange7164]

I don't think it's supposed to be a scientific test and they don't claim that it is. It's just content marketing. It follows the same formula that tech companies use to market their 'PC fix' tools. Those companies write articles explaining how to manually fix a problem and then advertise their tool that will fix it automatically. It drives organic traffic by providing something useful or entertaining for the consumer. In this case, it seems like they used dousing as a 'hook.' They provide interesting information about dousing and then go on to provide interesting information about how a similar goal is achieved in the modern day. I think the comparison between dousing and their way of doing it was meant to show how it works; not whether it works.

[@sunriseboy4837]

This was just a 'stitch up' for Jim's pumping. I bought a book about dowsing, The Art of Dowsing by Michael Fercik. It was the worst book I've ever had to endure on the topic. The thing is so pedantic, repetitive, and convoluted as to defy description. I had to throw it in the bin. It was impossible to read. The diagrams and explanation were almost beyond intelligible. The editing was abominable. I tried to contact the author but he is nowhere to be found on the internet. He said he'd been doing this for 35 years. Well, he doesn't appear to have learned much because he still hasn't struck pay dirt with his gold seeking.

[@riptaway]

Anytime i see something like this, i ask "how does it work?". If the answer is "magic", then it doesnt.

[@bodidll6964]

Ive used rods for years to find water lines and always put me real close your walking speed has alot to do with that,what i find amazing is it dont work for some people, so the conclusion ive came to why they work all comes back to the magnetic pull from the underground water just like a compass works and how people have a different magnetic jive to them now i cant wear a watch some reason they quit working within a week and i was told by a watch repairman that its a magnetic charge that messes the watch up ,so i think all of tjis plays into whether someone can use the rods to locate.

[@spec24]

No, it comes from your subconscious bodily movements. Water has no magnetic pull, you dolt.

[@bodidll6964]

@@spec24 the whole earth runs on a magnetic pull,the underground wiring and water block the magnetic path that crosses the rods,you should probly read about the magnetic earth theory.

[@robertchilders8698]

My grandfather could dowse for water! He showed me how it works! He could also find The first depth by triangulation! However it doesn't work for everyone. He could not wear a wristwatch, because of the magnesium in his body! BUT DOWSING DOES WORK!