Dowsing / Pendulums

Dowsing, sometimes called doodlebugging, divining or water witching, is the practice which dowsers say permits them to detect hidden water wells, or buried metals, gemstones, or other such objects as well as currents of earth radiation without the use of scientific apparatus. A Y- or L-shaped twig or rod is used during dowsing, but some dowsers use other equipment or no equipment at all. Dowsing is widely practiced despite scientific evidence disproving its efficacy.