I was considering using stainless steel thin rods (spokes of bicycles) for making my dowsing rods.
Is steel OK for this ?

~R

R, I'm not expert on dowsing instruments, but I'll tell you what I've seen, and hopefully other dowsers will add their suggestions. I was given a pair by my water supplier that looked like thin silver/grey metal. They worked fine. Then I was give a pair of brass/copper looking ones with old tea pot wooden handles and they work well. I like the last pair best because they're comfortable to hold and rotate very easily. A metal cylinder or tube just wide enough to slide over the rod at the holding end might work well for yours. Just bend the ends so the cylinders(handles) don't slide off. Use whatever you have and go from there. What type of projects are you dowsing if you don't mind my asking. Have fun. 61154

To be honest nothing in specific but there a few lost/misplaced objects that I would like to dig out.

~R

Have fun and Good Luck! 61154

Anything really should be fine as long as you get unrestricted movement. Welding rods work well, you've probably heard about wire coat hangers - they are not that great, but will work in a pinch. I've seen people use drinking straws for the sleeves. Any relatively stiff wire will work fine. It's really your intent that counts the most. Of course well balanced rods will add to your accuracy