There is an important thing for dowsers being attacked by skeptics to understand. A dowsing skeptic might try to trip you up on the quality of your find. It's clear, what I have found while dowsing and posted in this forum has caused them to sleep less at night.
The first cardinal rule in treasure hunting is to go where treasure is. Example, if you go where there is no gold, you will not find gold, it's just not there to be found by any technique. To find gold, go where gold is.

To find silver, go where silver is.
I live in Northern Arizona where there is little or no gold to be found. The nearest famous Gold mine I know about, that operated in the past is several hundred miles south of here called the TIP TOP MINE. North, there is a gold mine up in the Utah Mountains and it is gated and closely guarded. You can't get in there unless you work there. The only thing that was mined around here where I live to any extent in the past was pumice stone.
So, am I going to find GOLD in pumice stone mines? No. Is tinpan going to find pumice stone in those Chinese diggings he talked about? No. Are there Chinese diggings for gold where I live, No. Are there pumice stone mines that have gold in them where tinpan lives? Probably not but only he knows.
When they try to trip you up by saying the quality of your find does not measure up and that’s proof that dowsing doesn’t work, you will know right then and there, they are in trouble with their theories and are being deceptive with you. What really grinds on them is if a dowser is in an area where gold is, that dowser will not only find gold, but will find it many times faster than just using a Metal Detector. In the areas I have dowsed, depending on the size of the area, I calculated my time to targets is no less than 25 times faster than it would have been by sweeping my coil from side to side while overlapping to make sure the entire area is scanned.
To repeat myself. My post (#176) of the rusty rod that was down fairly deep, was about 30 yards (90’) from the edge of the field from where I started. If I had swung my 10.25" metal detector coil to cover the same distance on the same path I walked WHILE DOWSING to where my rods crossed, I would have had to swing it no less than 105 times, and that's not overlapping the coil, but full 10.25" diameter of the coil. Additionally, my dowsing time to rod-cross was right at 1 minute. Further more, that field is in the hills where people rarely go. It is private property and posted "NO TRESSPASING.” But, I had permission to go on it.
QUESTION: HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO SWING A METAL DETECTOR 105 TIMES TO MAKE SURE EVERY INCH OF THE ENTIRE 30 YARDS IS SCANNED? HMM??
So why is tinpan finding and showing gold? Here is why. REFER TO POST #305. He must live in Bendigo Australia. This is taken from the Wikipedia Web Site. “Until overtaken in the 1880s by the Western Australia goldfields, Bendigo was the most productive Australian gold area, with a total production of over 20 million ounces (622 t).
There is a large amount of gold still in the Bendigo goldfields, estimated to be at least as much again as what has been removed. The decline in mining was partly due to the depth of mines and the presence of water in the deep mines. With modern technology, Bendigo Mining NL has resumed mining and is currently winning gold at approximately 40,000 ounces (1 tonne) a year.”
Let’s all move to Bendigo Australia where tinpan lives and see how the conversation about dowsing will change and change it will. The bottom line is this: That which is in your area is what you are going to find.
So until then, remember the quality of the find says absolutely nothing about whether or not dowsing works or doesn't work. The quality of the find is irrelevant.