Mention the word dowsing and most people will think of a chap in muddy wellies trudging around a farm with a stick, looking for a good place to sink a borehole, or a fey type in a tie-dye T-shirt ...

People who don't believe in the supernatural probably don't believe in dowsing also known as the ancient art of water witching, divining, rhabdomancy and doodlebugging. But those who do believe in the ...

can be used to identify the best locations to drill.

Dowser Peter Taylor has gone digital, using Google Maps to track down water and other treasures (Picture: PA Real Life) A fisherman who became a dowser to save his local river has since forged a ...