ST. HELENA, Calif. – With California in the grips of drought, farmers throughout the state are using a mysterious and some say foolhardy tool for locating underground water: dowsers, or water witches.

WATER WITCHING: Have you heard of dowsing? Maybe you've heard it called water witching, divining, or doodlebugging? Whatever the term, this practice is the ancient "gift" of finding water, metal, or ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill.—Well driller Randy Gebke usually uses a geology database and other high-tech tools to figure out where to sink new water wells for clients. But if asked, he’ll grab two wires, walk ...

Practitioners of dowsing use rudimentary tools - usually copper sticks or wooden "divining rods" that resemble large wishbones - and what they describe as a natural energy to find water or minerals ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this photo taken Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014, proprietor Marc Mondavi demonstrates dowsing with "diving rods" to locate water at ...

What Mondavi was concentrating on is the ancient practice used for finding groundwater known as water witching, or dowsing. Witching is believed to have been in use for centuries, and involves using ...

Dowsers do more than find water. Dowsing, also called water witching or divining, is an ancient art used to find the unknown, including the location of water or minerals, or unresolved health ...

Thames Water is still using the ancient dowsing method to hunt for leaks, despite scientists saying it doesn’t work. The company, which services nearly 15million homes, has admitted some of their ...

IPSWICH — When Elizabeth Green found herself in dire need of a new well-water source to sustain her 5-acre hillside plot this summer, the 40-year-old farmer did not turn to scientists or surveyors.

ST. HELENA, Calif.—With California in the grips of drought, farmers throughout the state are using a mysterious and some say foolhardy tool for locating underground water: dowsers, or water witches.