water diviner

British  

noun

1. US name: waterfinder.  a person able to locate the presence of water, esp underground, with a divining rod

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Example Sentences

When these young sweethearts consult a local water diviner, she warns them to stay far away from the slightly hysterical Mrs. Knowles and enigmatic Mr. Miller, both obsessed with a local legend about King John: His lost treasure supposedly lies sunken in the river’s mud but somehow guarded from discovery.

From Washington Post

Instead he painted a water diviner, a practice still used in parts of Australia where proponents believe they can find ground water with two metal rods or, as pictured in the mural, sticks.

From Reuters

“I think he looks like Prince Harry, I think he’s wonderful,” Skinner said of the water diviner.

From Reuters

His family clashed with Sgt Taylor, whose book the Life of a Scilly Sergeant was published in June 2016, over his failure to secure Mr Clayton's room and his use of a water diviner in the search.

From BBC

Related: The Water Diviner review – Crowe on a quest Can this blundering naif, this tormented whistleblower, be Russell Crowe?

From The Guardian