The Ore Dowsing mod provides items called Dowsing Rods which can help find ores and other blocks. When you right-click with a Dowsing Rod it highlights ores which it finds in a cube around you (sized from 9x9x9 to 17x17x17 depending on the tier). Which ores it highlights is also dependent on the tier.

The highest-tier rod (diamond) can also be set to target a specific ore of your choice, or even non-ores. This can be used for various cheaty and non-cheaty tasks, such as finding chests in a mine or stronghold, or highlighting a pipe system in your base.

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There are 4 different Dowsing Rods:

• Wood Dowsing Rod
  • made with 5 sticks, 1 coal
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  • finds iron
  • searches 9x9 cube
  • 50 uses
• Iron Dowsing Rod
  • made with 5 iron ingots, 1 redstone
  • 
  • finds gold
  • searches 13x13 cube
  • 100 uses
• Gold Dowsing Rod
  • made with 5 gold ingots, 1 lapis lazuli
  • 
  • finds diamonds
  • searches 17x17 cube
  • 100 uses
• Diamond Dowsing Rod
  • made with 5 diamonds, 1 emerald
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  • shift-right-click on a block to find that type of block
  • shift-right-click on air to find any ore
  • searches 17x17 cube
  • expand range by combining with 4 more diamonds in a crafting grid
  • 1000 uses
  • repair damage by recharging with RF