Dowsing, Divining water, metals & other things Options

I am naive in this field but I have seen some diviners dowsing to a breath-taking accuracy. For example, there are persons who would dowse on a map with a pendulum and the pendulum would vibrate at the exact spot-point below which water or the treasure is there and they will tell at what exact depth the desired thing can be found.

Hi, and thanks for the replies, and the methods of testing the effectiveness.
I'm not sure if your question was rhetorical in some way Esoterica, but I didn't think of anything in particular when I tried it.
The first time when it worked, I was just intrigued and obtained the desired result.
The subsequent times I tried, I wanted a specific thing, like finding the underfloor source of a leaky pipe, and a boomerang lost in some grass (Yes, my boomerang wouldn't come back, ....still haven't found it).
Maybe there is a certain amount of bliss in ignorance. As soon as I thought I'd cracked it and did it for a specific purpose it stopped working for me, and sent me on a merry old chase. I must have looked a sight walking round a field waving two bits of wire about, seething with frustration.
I reckon some Fairies must have nicked it for a laugh, as the grass was quite short, and I saw exactly where it fell and kept my eyes on the spot, but when I got there, it had vanished.
I kept going back for days after, and even got some friends involved.
I was the butt of many a boomerang joke after that.
Ah well, I suppose that's probably my purpose in life. To bring mirth and joy into the lives of others.

There's a new topic to ponder on : Which clever individual invented the boomerang anyway. And how the hell did they manage it?

This post has been edited by Sicksicksicks: Mar 30 2006, 09:21 PM