Your field tiles must be (either) ceramic (or plastic), Brettski. Metal wires only work to find water in metal pipes or water with lots of iron in it.

My In-Laws witch with No.9 steel wire bent in the elongated "L" pattern. My FIL witched four spots on my farm, three of which produced water. Drilling a line of fence post holes on the property the same year resulted in about 3 out of 4 filling with water overnight. Evidently you can witch water with an auger on the back of a tractor.

I need to add that to the "tractor uses" thread.

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