THE DIVINING ROD.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17784, 18 May 1921, Page 10

THE DIVINING ROD.

Sir.—l am rather in doubt :<s to whether your correspondent, Mr. Ames, is as single-minded as his letter on thu divining rod appears on tho turfacc. He that, hp is prepared to wager £50 if " Water Diviner" should discover a half-crown in a half-acre section in an hour and a-ha.lt, the winner to iahe tho money, of couise. Is this not betting on a certainty'/ It is a well-known fact that an inch or two makes all the difference in the world. It would he quite possible for the diviner to "o over the half-acre for an hour and a haif, and not locate the half-crown. To cover that, area completely he would require to travel at the r;;te of 30 miles an hour, and as this is rather beyond the average man's powers, I would suggest that J. W. Ames he a little less anxious to " collar the stakes " and accept the following proposition :—That he marks out a line as long as ho likes within reason, say wiili a tennis-court marker, plant his halfcrown on that line, or rather some silver, as the present day coinage is very doubtful in quality, and then make his bet. It must be remembered that locating a long line of water is much more simple than locating an isolated coin. T. D. Hamilton.