[matt1234]

FYI, the method was taught to me by a professional underground locator. He had modern equipment for locating undergound power/tel lines. I told him I wanted to locate water lines. He did not have equipment for that, so he showed me the witching method.

Are you more knowledgable about locating underground lines than someone who does it professionally every day? If so, please state your credentials. We're all eager to hear them.

[DesertRhino]

Superstition like that amazes me, and not in the way you wish. Maybe instead, you could explain to me why that method is not in widespread use by most power companies and underground locators?

[Brookhaven]

FYI, the method was taught to me by a professional underground locator. He had modern equipment for locating undergound power/tel lines. I told him I wanted to locate water lines. He did not have equipment for that, so he showed me the witching method.

Think about what you just said.

There has got to be a huge (as in HUGE) market for equipment that locates water underground. Anyone that put a device on the market that could do that would make a fortune.

Yet, you just said no such commercial device exists.

What that tells me is that the dowsing "technology" doesn't work. Because if it did, someone would have put it in a box and started selling it commercially for big-bucks.