The forces aren't figured out yet. Yes, when rod tips get close to each other their is a magnetic attraction. Does that mean dowsing and magnetism are somehow connected, I dont know. Their is no explained fundamental force. I call a dowsable connection line, molecular connection. All Elements in a Magnetic field create their own specific frequency, But I'm not sure that only a magnetic field can trigger a specific frequency of an element.
It's pretty cool that you're able to find gold by dowsing. I wish I could do that. It would make things a whole lot easier.
If I'm following you here, what you're saying is that you don't really have any idea what causes the dowsing effect. Based on what you've written all you actually know is that you're only able to dowse with any degree of certainty while the solar activity is really, high such as during a geomagnetic storm. That's pretty interesting.
You mentioned the specific frequency of an element. Is there a reason that you mentioned that? You also mentioned molecular connection and resonance. What kind of frequency are you referring to? Frequency of vibration? Perhaps interaction with the electromagnetic field of the elements? Or are these just wild guesses as to what's taking place?
It is known that different elements will emit light of specific wavelengths when transitioning from an induced high energy state to a lower energy state. That's actually what causes the light that we see from the northern lights. It's also the same effect measured with X-ray fluorescence (XRF) guns.
Elements that are magnetically susceptible can respond to an electromagnetic field and transmit a response field when they are charged up, that's how metal detectors work.
Magnetometers work by measuring the local changes in Earth's magnetic field influenced by the rock facies below.
The above techniques were only discovered and explained in the last century. It's possible that there is something happening that we don't yet understand regarding dowsing.
In the case of dowsing rods, you literally have two metal rods in your hands so it's different from geophysical techniques where a field is introduced. It's a passive technique that makes rods physically move. It seems that the human body is part of the instrument which is very unusual and points at some kind of psychic energy perhaps.
I've heard of people "tuning" the rods by attaching a pure sample of the element that they seek to the rod. Do you tune your rods in this way?