How to use my dowsing machine in pearl?
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To use the Dowsing Machine:
1 - Select it on the Pokétch.2 - There will be some crosshairs; the center point is where you are standing.3 - Tap anywhere on the screen.4 - Keep tapping until a little circle appears.5 - Walk in the direction of the circle while tapping. Make sure the circle is getting closer to the center.6 - Once the circle is dead-center on the screen, that means you are standing on top of the item.7 - Take one step forwards, then press A on where you were previously standing.8 - If done correctly, this will yield a hidden item!
Source: Experience
You know, I’d hate to be that guy who blindly copy-pastes stuff, but to answer your answer, and because I can’t word it better my self, here:
DOWSING MACHINE
The Dowsing Machine is a Poketch application that can be used anywhere withinthe game. It allows the player to locate hidden items. These items can bealmost anything, from types of Poke Balls, to health items like Potions, toother useful items like Honey.
The Dowsing Machine will locate only items that are “on-screen” (within thewindow of your game). If you are scouring a location to look for items, youwill need to move your player around and use the Dowsing Machine often in orderto check an area completely.
You obtain the item by directly facing the hidden item and pressing the “A"button. You can’t get the item if you are standing on the exact spot where thehidden item is located.
You get the Dowsing Machine from Dawn, Professor Rowan’s assistant. She willgreet you when you enter Route 207 from Route 206 and give you the DowsingMachine and the Vs. Seeker.
USING THE DOWSING MACHINE
When you have the Dowsing Machine Poketch application ready, the touch screendisplays a cross that looks something like targeting axes or X- and Y- axesfrom geometry. The lines are “hatched” with cross marks indicating distance insteps away from where your player is currently standing.
When you tap the touch screen, concentric circles expand from the point whereyou touched, to a size roughly equal to one-fourth of the screen.
If there is no item to be found, nothing will happen after the circle reachesit’s largest diameter.
If there is an item in the direction of the point tapped, relative to themiddle of the screen (where your player is standing), the Dowsing Machine willrepeat the expanding concentric circles.
If there is an item to be found within the range of the circles, it will appearas a flashing dot on your touch screen. Use the “hatched” marks to get an ideaof the direction and how many steps your player must move to reach the item.
Look carefully for the dot. If the dot appears on the cross lines, it may bedifficult to see.
You don’t have to use the Dowsing Machine to obtain the hidden items. As longas you know the exact location of an item, you can face the spot and press the"A” button to get the item.
Source :This wonderfully detailed Walkthrough on GameFAQs
Additional
It looks like a graph with out anything graphed on it with both axis drawn and it goes right down the middle (its on your Poketch obviously) and you click it and circles will appear. after that it will then make a little blurb if there is a item near by.
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