So we were talking at lunch today about supernatural stuff, and my colleague was saying that when he was in Australia, in the desert, he was told that the only way that they (whoever they are), could find water was with one of those twig/y-shaped sticks that points towards water underground.

i said,"well that's crazy! surely there's some kind of sonar that can detect water underground". he insisted that was untrue and no such device existed. So!

does anyone know of such a device?

I don't know, it just reminds me I'll never get there.

Milty said:

The aboriginal use it ...can't find a pic sorry

a Divining Rod

CynthiasSocks said:

dowsing rods

but there are likely other ways to find water

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The ones I think they use here look more like (just a stick shaped like this)

di·vin·ing rod (d-vnng) n. A forked branch or stick that is believed to indicate subterranean water or minerals by bending downward when held over a source.

XxAxX said:

n : forked stick that is said to dip down to indicate underground water or oil [syn: divining rod, dowser, waterfinder, water finder]

Don't tell GeorgeW that!




If there were a rod that found gold and jewels, I'd have it!

I'd call it a Bling Rod!

i hear crystals can do that too it was on 'charmed'

XxAxX said:

Don't speak of Witchcraft!

we used a water witch at the farm

it's kinda freaky when it happens. i remember the guy showing me that there was a definate "pulling down" that could not be coming from him at all.

emm said:

it's exactly what they used here before they drilled our tap into spring water ...worked well 8 gallons a minutes 24/7/365