History Main / DowsingDevice

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* In ''Film/ThePrincessBride'', Inigo prays to his late father to guide his sword -- then successfully divines the entrance to the Pit Of Despair.

* ''Film/TheThingThatCouldntDie'' (a horror film which would have languished in well-deserved obscurity had [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 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 FateWorseThanDeath.
* In ''Film/TheWaterDiviner'', Creator/RussellCrowe plays a character whose near-supernatural ability to find water sources is a recurring motif.

* ''TheMunsters'': Grandpa Munster had a transistorized one with multiple settings.

* Gilligan used a divining rod in an episode of ''GilligansIsland''.

* In the first ''BrokenSword'' game, George briefly uses a divining rod to find an ancient well (he finds nothing but an extremely old tin can, but when he tosses it aside...).

* Numata of ''Manga/TheKurosagiCorpseDeliveryService'' normally uses a pendulum to dowse for corpses. In one story, however, he uses the more traditional bent sticks [[spoiler: to honor the man who taught him the technique, who's been murdered himself]].

* Eila uses one in ''StrikeWitches 2'', episode seven, to track down the Neuroi that's been invading the girls' pants.
* Kurapika in ''HunterXHunter'' uses one of his nen chains to locate people among others.

An object, such as a forked branch or wooden stick, used to locate hidden objects by consulting supernatural or magical forces. The DowsingDevice itself is not necessarily magical, but it functions as a focus at least.

* Numata of ''KurosagiCorpseDeliveryService'' normally uses a pendulum to dowse for corpses. In one story, however, he uses the more traditional bent sticks [[spoiler: to honor the man who taught him the technique, who's been murdered himself]].

* ''TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'' has this as a main mechanic, to search for keys, pick-ups and [[DistressedDamsel Zelda]].

* JK's IconicItem in ''SeikimatsuOccultGakuin''. He can also use them as weapons, lockpicks and pretty much anything else.

* ''Film/TheThingThatCouldntDie'' (a horror film which would have languished in well-deserved obscurity had [[{{MST3K}} 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 FateWorseThanDeath.

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* James uses one in an episode of ''{{Anime/Pokemon}}''.

* In ''TheVisionOfEscaflowne'' Hitomi uses a pendant and a map to locate the missing Von Fanel.

* Dowsing is OlderThanSteam, as seen [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dowsing here]].
* Still in use, as seen [[http://www.alleghenycandles.com/dowsing.html in this ad]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W95J85E7DNU this video]].

* ''TheThingThatCouldntDie'' (a horror film which would have languished in well-deserved obscurity had [[{{MST3K}} 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 FateWorseThanDeath.

* Caesar in ''Anime/GirlsUndPanzer'' uses a falling stick to determine a direction to search in while looking for new tanks and, later, a team of missing freshmen. Coincidentally, the school offers magic as an elective and Roman generals and magistrates were responsible for certain forms of official divination.

* In ''{{Tintin}}'', Professor Calculus occasionally attempts dowsing with a pendulum. Its success varies, but it generally finds [[GoneHorriblyRight something he's looking for but doesn't know he's looking for]].

* She uses no rods herself, but [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Rarity]] knows a spell that serves as this for gems. In "Cutie Mark Chronicles", filly Rarity's horn acted up on its own and ''dragged'' her across the landscape to a huge rock with a huge gem inside it.

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* She uses no rods herself, but [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Rarity]] knows a spell that serves as this for gems.

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* In ''VideoGame/{{Shadow of the Colossus}}'', has this as a main mechanic, where Wander's sword is used to locate the next enemy, as well as its weak points.