Tools and Tracks
Dowsing Rods I have no idea what impact, if any, the shape and material of the tools has on results. I personally have only used metal rods bent into an L shape. Material wise, they have until recently always been copper due to the that being what I was introduced to. More recently, I have experimented with welding rods. These rods consist of a carbon steel wire coated with a Rutile shell which is used during the welding process to assist with extraction of impurities and control of the melted metal pool. Rutile is a mix of compounds including titanium oxide; However, I don't think the coating is relevant, indeed as the rod is bent the coating breaks off and increasingly falls away in damp atmosphere. Assuming the coating is not involved in the dowsing what is left is a steel rod. My experiments with the welding rods thus far suggest that steel performs the same as copper and, though I haven't as yet tried, I have heard people say that coat-hanger wire works. All thes...