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Line 1: {{trope}} An object, such as a forked branch or wooden stick, used to locate hidden objects by consulting supernatural or magical forces. The [['''Dowsing Device]]''' itself is not necessarily magical, but it functions as a focus at least. Another variation is to use a pendulum, either by carrying it and following the direction of its movement or by holding it over a map. Line 18: == [[Film]] == * In ''[[The Princess Bride (film)\|The Princess Bride]]'', Inigo prays to his late father to guide his ~~sword -- then~~sword—then successfully divines the entrance to the Pit Of Despair. * ''[[Coraline (animation)\|Coraline]]'' (at least in the movie version) uses one that turns out to be made of poison oak. * ''[[The Thing That Couldn't Die]]'' (a horror film which would have languished in well-deserved obscurity had [[Mystery Science Theater 3000\|Mike and the Bots]] not discovered it) centers around a young girl who can 'water-witch' and consequently discovers the body of a man (justly) condemned to a [[Fate Worse Than Death]]. Line 47: == [[Real Life]] == * Dowsing is [[Older Than Steam]], as seen [[wikipedia:Dowsing\|here]]. * Still in use, as seen [https://web.archive.org/web/20131013083951/http://www.alleghenycandles.com/dowsing.html in this ad] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W95J85E7DNU this video]. * [[Fridge Brilliance\|There is a theory behind dowsing]] based on [[wikipedia:~~Earthchr(27)~~Earth's gravity#Local topography and geology\|the change in gravity over large underground gaps or caves]] (like a subterranean water pocket compared to surrounding rock), which could be felt in the pendulum (either fork, rod, [[Shaped Like Itself\|or actual pendulum]], the important thing is it moves in a pendulum like fashion) by a highly trained and very sensitive operator. However, he or she should be [[Precision F-Strike\|sensitive as hell]] to feel such an infinitesimal change in oscillation by hands only. {{reflist}} Line 54: [[Category:Speculative Fiction Tropes]] [[Category:Dowsing Device]] [[Category:Alliterative Trope Titles]]