Yes, actually I have. I saw a guy do that at a flea market when I lived in western NC, out near Murphy. People are funny about some things.
Some call it Divining and some call it Witching or Whitching. Some do it w/ a "stone", like your guy. Others do it w/ a forked tree branch or even a copper wire bent like a V.
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