FULL OF ELECTRICITY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20384, 12 October 1929, Page 3 (Supplement)

FULL OF ELECTRICITY.

A DIVINER OF GOLD.

USE OF INSULATED BOOTS,

11. is said of Mr. Frederick Stone, of Rrandis Corner, Holsworthy, North Devon, that because-lie is heavily charged with electricty Mr. Stone cannot use a telephone or \year wireless headphones without receiving a shock, and he can earn his living as a chauffeur only by wearing a vulcanite insulation pad in his boot, which enables him to place his foot on the brake and change gears without experiencing a choking sensation. This electric- man has spent 20 of his 49 years in hospitals puz/Jing doctors. He can now walk about in comfort by wearing .boots fitted-with-soles an inch thick, made of old motor'tyres as insulators. Mr. Stone lias had some success as a water diviner, and about, three months ago was astonished to discover that ho also possessed uncanny powers.in the divination of metals. • In.the garden of Mrs. 11. M. Jeff cry. of Tcnibani, Brandis Corner, by whom ho is employed;as chauffeur, Mr. Stone has " divined " a gold watch, gold rings, gold bracelets, . and silver spoons buried in various places, some of (hem 6ft. deep. A public test of his powers has been made at Plymouth ' Municipal Museum, under the critical supervision of the curator, Mr. A. J. Caddie. Here the electric man located without difficulty nuggets of gold, gold-bearing quartz, and gold jewellery, which had been hidden in the grounds by the curat or and his assistant. Water diviners generally use a hazel twig in their work, but. Mr. Stone finds gold, silver, and copper by means of a wand, consisting of an ordinary steel clock spring: This wriggles and writhes in his hand like a serpent when lie is near the:buried metal, and (lie number of wriggles .denotes • the number of feet ho is distant from tho object of his search.

.Divining " puts a great strain upon Mr. Stone," and' is followed by much lasisfude.and exhaustion. " The only way in which I can got relief from tho electric currents when 1• am (hus overdone," he slates, "is to touch a tree: I enjoy listening to wireless by loud speaker, butas soon afc I put or a pair of headphones, I feel physical helplessness, as if I had received a blow on tho head. I cannot even use a telephone without intolerable discomfort. 1 once wore one.- of my wife's wristlet watches, and it came all to pieces. I must be supercharged with electricity."