Wave propagation in an austenitic stainless steel specimen with a slit open to the lower surface is modeled using finite element method, with consideration of the effects of scattering at grain boundaries. The distribution of energy of a diffracted longitudinal wave shows that this wave has the strongest energy directly above the slit. As a consequence of this result, a new testing method is proposed. The new method is verified using austenitic stainless steel specimens. Experimental results show that the new method is applicable to austenitic stainless steel with high accuracy, to which the time of flight diffraction method (TOFD) is not applicable.