Is there anything that reliably finds wooden studs in walls? I've tried a whole range of different stud finders and all of them are at a level of reliability roughly on par with the Psychic Friends Network: "I think there may be something there... or is it over there? No, perhaps there".
In the end the most reliable way of locating studs I found was going outside, measuring the distance between the nails in the exterior cladding, and then using those measurements on the corresponding inside wall.
In the end the most reliable way of locating studs I found was going outside, measuring the distance between the nails in the exterior cladding, and then using those measurements on the corresponding inside wall.