Dowsers

All the dowsers signed a statement agreeing this was a fair test of their abilities and that they expected a 100 percent success rate.

A Y- or L-shaped twig or rod, called a dowsing rod, divining rod (Latin: virgula divina or baculus divinatorius), a "vining rod" or witching rod is sometimes used during dowsing, although some dowsers use other equipment or no equipment at all.

He believed the experiments provided "the most convincing disproof imaginable that dowsers can do what they claim", citation stating that the data analysis was "special, unconventional and customized".

Over two years the dowsers performed 843 such tests.

Some dowsers prefer branches from particular trees, and some prefer the branches to be freshly cut.

The dowsers had to tell whether water was running through each pipe.

The three-day test of some 30 dowsers involved plastic pipes through which water flow could be controlled and directed.

Two L-shaped metal wire rods Many dowsers today use a pair of simple L-shaped metal rods.