A dowsing tool is simply a read-out, interface, or communication device. It’s being said that it is either being controlled by your subconscious, or in a more scientific way, by magnetic fields; as all objects have magnetic fields as a result of their elementary particles spinning. Briefly explained, here are some of the most common uses of dowsing or divining rods: Water witching and divining, ghost hunting, energy healing, finding lost objects, dowsing for gold and yes or no questions.