Dowsing

Dowsing [for substance]   Mystic  Proficiency (Awareness)  800 hours

Each specific substance or object is a separate instance of this skill. Using something as a focus, you can follow the sensations given off by water, gold, poker chips, things coloured blue, or just about any other specific substance or item you are trained to find. Overly broad categories just don't work with dowsing. You could feel vibrations through a Y-shaped stick, watch the way a heavy charm sways on its chain, or hear a voice saying 'dig here' as your copper rods cross. Unlike many other divinatory magics, dowsing is designed for use in the field. In fact, it's almost worthless unless you are physically present (some claim to be able to dowse over a map, but for whatever reason are unable to repeat this successfully when tested). You can also dowse while moving--in fact, that's exactly how it works. You walk along, and the magic focus tells you what direction to travel. The amount of a substance does not matter, and distance cannot be determined via dowsing. In other words, the sticks crossing may mean that there is gold right underfoot, but it is a single gold flake burried two miles down. [Note: divinatory spell magic--not psionic]