Dousing rod

Sarah opened the drawer and grabbed the first thing her fingers curled around, and pulled out a forked stick. She examined it. It was about an inch thick, and rounded at the ends. the longer end looked almost phallic, but Sarah assured herself that it was simply her imagination, and nothing more.

"A dousing rod!" Mackenzie said, "Let's use it to find, uhh... weren't they used to find things like water and gold? Why would your aunt need that?"

"Maybe it's just a stupid stick." Rebecca offered, and Mackenzie looked as though she had been personally insulted.

"We've got to try to find something with it!" she declared, not wanting to discount it like Rebecca had, and glared at her while Rebecca rolled her eyes.