Stonehenge 181
Image by Zeb

Skilled people in general may be shy but not all .

If dowsing is a skill how can we even judge it ?

Relative abilities can be evaluated but how do you tell a good dowser from someone who is pretending to dowse “ I’ve found a processionary route over there , and there is a burial right under my feet “ .Who is to say that they are wrong or tell that they are a plant ?
I guarantee you would not be confronted . If someone tried to play even Sunday league football or sing in the local choir and were incapable they would be sussed pretty quickly .

"If someone tried to play even Sunday league football and were incapable they would be sussed pretty quickly"
Ah the Emile Heskey mechanism!

“I’ve found a processionary route over there , and there is a burial right under my feet “ .Who is to say that they are wrong"

I guess the two areas of dowsing that flourish most do so where very particular conditions exist: water dowsers usually find water because there's water everywhere and archaeological dowsers find new archaeology on scheduled sites as you go to prison if you check.

Dowsers finding lost dogs or winning lots of money at Find the Lady.... not so much.