The divining rod is an unlikely candidate for disruption or reinvention. For a half-millenia, the mystical, y-shaped stick has been used by those attempting to locate everything from water to gold.

The practice of using a branched wooden stick (a dowsing rod) to locate underground water or buried minerals is known as dowsing or divining. In some areas of the United States, this practice may be ...

PORTSMOUTH — Glen Johnson said he once used his dowsing rod to communicate with a lost cat. The cat came back the very next day, he said. Welcome to dowsing in the 21st century. The 73-year-old North ...