Show has ha no scientific basis basil there la Is no known scientific basis tor for the popular belief that underground water oil mineral dep deposits 0 sits or bild lild hidden 1 en treasures can be I 1 located ted by baor bied means of a forked twig carried over tile surface in a certain manner says Lath pathfinder finder magazine but the falth faith of 0 certain people Is not diminished TI th belief Is probably a relic ot of an dent clent methods of divination early eaily in the fifteenth century miners in the ilare mountains of germany prospect ed cd with hazel twigs and this practice which was introduced among the cornwall miners in the time of queen elzabeth elizabeth later inter was adopted ns a m means can for finding aaa of underground wat ater |