Why would you do it randomly? When you have the rods, you are using your eyes to navigate the environment. If the dowsing rods are just a way to help key you in

Why would you do it randomly? When you have the rods, you are using your eyes to navigate the environment. If the dowsing rods are just a way to help key you into your own senses, like seeing depressions or slight differences in color, or feeling slight downhills while walking, then the control should be trying it without them. If I clamed I had a pair of glasses that improved your driving, the control would not be driving blidfolded.