douser

Definitions

noun One whose business or occupation it is to search for metalliferous deposits or water by the use of the dousing- or divining-rod. Also dowser.

douse +‎ -er

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Still waters may run deep, but any competent douser can find them, and though the truth of the matter may not have been spoken of openly, it was known to most thinking citizens.

In The Shadow of The Cypress Thomas Steinbeck 2010
Still waters may run deep, but any competent douser can find them, and though the truth of the matter may not have been spoken of openly, it was known to most thinking citizens.

In The Shadow of The Cypress Thomas Steinbeck 2010
I hate to be a douser of flames when it comes to getting our own anger on the table but there is no place for this kind of discourse and if we allow the Republicans to hijack the kind of discourse we can and cannot use then it makes no difference if the Democrats or the Green Party or anyone else wins for now.

The Challenge We Face in This Election 2008
BETTY HIGGINS. U.S. FORES. S.RVICE: Can't get a douser in this, so mostly it's hand-lined, and that's hard work on our firefighters.

CNN Transcript Aug 20, 2001 2001
Baker was a great douser of fires, particularly in an election year.

'The Lion King': An Exchange Hill, Charles 1998
One thing that is usually absent from the story, that I have seen in the previews of the Carrey one, is in the GoC past section his hat is actually a douser for his light and and one point Scrooge throws it down over him.

McCovey Chronicles 2009