Also by the way Dowsing is bunkem, practicioners are just drifting to the lowest parts of the property then making their best guesses, or in the case of using metal dowsing rods they’re allowing the idiomotor effect (aka the trembling of their hands) to trigger the rods into forming an X shape.

That said, if ritualizing a skill set works for them, then it works for them. I’m just saying the beliefs attached to it aren’t explainatory. Having dug wells before (experience), and having your subconscious processes and feet involved in the process (physical and mental feedback) is what’s actually pulling the trick off.