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BigBadSteve posted:The main thing holding me back is the high cost of a plane fare from Australia. If goons shout me the fare, I promise to dig in at least two suggested places. Reputable, safe airlines only, thanks. I'd chip in, on the reasonable condition you be kept caged until fulfilling your end of the deal. A reputable, safe cage of course.
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BigBadSteve posted:The main thing holding me back is the high cost of a plane fare from Australia. If goons shout me the fare, I promise to dig in at least two suggested places. Reputable, safe airlines only, thanks. Buy the tickets on a credit card and pay the balance by hocking the gem you'll get for finding the casque. It's worth at least $1000, or so they say.
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Sep 10, 2016 22:38
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Or maybe you're Xie in disguise... All talk, no wrist
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Sep 10, 2016 22:39
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Merlot Brougham posted:Cask 9, Montreal Yo whats up? I'm actually mostly interested in whats up in nyc nowadays but spill about Montreal??!?
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Viruswithshoes posted:Buy the tickets on a credit card and pay the balance by hocking the gem you'll get for finding the casque. It's worth at least $1000, or so they say. The gems the casque correspond to are long gone.
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Sep 11, 2016 08:35
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SilvergunSuperman posted:I'd chip in, on the reasonable condition you be kept caged until fulfilling your end of the deal. Done, priv me for my Paypal account details. 
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Sep 13, 2016 04:19
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CrashCat posted:really, let's just change it to "Nobody can solve a 31 year old treasure hunt" cause that's the reality *34 year old
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Sep 13, 2016 04:28
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Haven't checked on this in a couple years. Did this goon project actually turn up something?
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Unguided posted:Haven't checked on this in a couple years. Did this goon project actually turn up something? I might go dig this weekend
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Unguided posted:Haven't checked on this in a couple years. Did this goon project actually turn up something? I found blackbeards treasure.
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Sep 15, 2016 09:01
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Obviously nothing to report at the moment. Going with my brother this coming weekend to do some digging
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Sep 21, 2016 02:12
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MG3 posted:Obviously nothing to report at the moment. Going with my brother this coming weekend to do some digging
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Sep 21, 2016 02:50
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This thread and the OSHA thread have got some looong legs for fun stuff. Like a hidey hole for GBS 1.0 posters to revel in their smugness. I'm going to QCS to request cleansing. There are no jems, just hate I get it
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Sep 21, 2016 03:09
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Champenema posted:I'm going to QCS to request cleansing. There are no jems, just hate I get it 
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Sep 21, 2016 03:18
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CrashCat posted:Great, then we'll never know if he dug anywhere. We're not here to have fun
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Sep 21, 2016 03:25
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gbs sent us this for safekeeping. it's an entertaining read if you have a lot of time to kill. i'm bumping it for now so it doesn't get lost
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Sep 22, 2016 01:59
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bring you're own shovel
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Sep 22, 2016 02:30
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spoiler: it's still unsolved
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Sep 22, 2016 06:02
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My solve is that all of the casques are located (1) in the ground or (2) not in the ground anymore
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Sep 22, 2016 17:38
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I did some digging in my nose this morning. Didn't find the treasure but I made some friends along the way.
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Champenema posted:I'm going to QCS to request cleansing. There are no jems, just hate I get it 
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Sep 22, 2016 17:51
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I am still interested in treasure.
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Merlot Brougham posted:I am still interested in treasure. We all are, dammit. Go and find it, some of us aren't on the same continent! SASS-AA268
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Sep 26, 2016 17:41
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i live in washington dc and i dont think preiss buried jack loving poo poo around here, that asshead
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Sep 27, 2016 07:30
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Might be cool to apply each poem to each of our backyards, via ultra-specific gardening or cat or other references.
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Sep 27, 2016 09:24
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then dig
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Sep 27, 2016 09:25
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I've been really busy, but I'll probably get out this weekend to do some digging
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tacodaemon posted:i live in washington dc and i dont think preiss buried jack loving poo poo around here, that asshead
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So the picture corresponds to the park and the verse corresponds to the location within the park? Also, who was the artist for all the pictures?
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MrSlam posted:So the picture corresponds to the park and the verse corresponds to the location within the park? No, there is a picture and a verse for each location, however, in the book they are not even matched up with each other. So while the verse and picture matchings are generally accepted, they're not for sure. Also, there's nothing that says the casques will be in a park. It seems like each picture and verse refers to a city generally, and then usually the verse drills down a bit more with specifics on a location. That's all we know, really. John Palencar did all the pictures, but I believe he's not helping anyone with anything.
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Crusty Nutsack posted:John Palencar did all the pictures, but I believe he's not helping anyone with anything. This is correct. It's also debatable about what he knew (if anything) about the specifics of each location in the first place. He is said to have been the idea man behind the Cleveland location but was otherwise drawing what Preiss provided him.
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MG3 posted:So is the problem with the Roanoke island one just that no one has gone to Roanoke island and looked around yet? This was a month ago but that's not the problem, the problem is that the Roanoke Island treasure has probably been removed/destroyed during a remodel. It's either in a garden that has been extensively worked on and suffers from massive erosion, or an ampi-theater area near the garden that has been remodeled, or Urban Smurf's theory - near a pole on a beach that has been remodeled. So it's lost. Here's my post about it: Megaman's Jockstrap posted:Also, here's a little content and I say this as someone who walked nearly every bit of walkable Roanoke beach from east/south part of the fort to the north/west part of the Elizabethan Gardens (which I enjoyed, btw): Cask 3 is out of play. There's nothing that looks like or matches Preiss's image. Whatever was "last touched or first seen standing" on those beaches and can be found hidden in that image was remodeled, demolished, or eroded. You can match every verse line [in the poem] starting at Kill Devil Hills and ending up on a beach on Fort Raleigh. And I walked it all, and there's nothing there to find anymore. edit: found my favorite post from this thread, check the date: ExtraNoise posted:I think we're now closer than at any other point in this thread to actually finding something. Megaman's Jockstrap fucked around with this message at 22:46 on Oct 3, 2016 |
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I've been looking into the cost of an approved dig. That means paying an archaeologist for his time, permit fees and incidentals. I have just three sites (in three cities) that I'd be willing to spend money on. Its probably the least risky and fastest way to get results given how long its taken people to come up with nothing in the shadows. I recall the multiple night digs that alwys seemed to fall short of being thorough. Digging deep enough or wide enough and shining a spotlight around a muddy hole for a glimpse of dirty plexiglas while in haste and fear of someone rolling up on me during an early morning jog or dog walk just hasnt been fruitful. The adventurousness of it all has lost its draw. I'm not going to ask anyone to throw in with me, I'm sure I can afford it, but I'm curious to know if anyone else here has developed their solve(s) to the point that a precise dig spot justifies the legitimate procedure that would grant a proper and thorough treatment of their site. Anyone?
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Urban Smurf posted:I've been looking into the cost of an approved dig. That means paying an archaeologist for his time, permit fees and incidentals. I have just three sites (in three cities) that I'd be willing to spend money on. Its probably the least risky and fastest way to get results given how long its taken people to come up with nothing in the shadows. I recall the multiple night digs that alwys seemed to fall short of being thorough. Digging deep enough or wide enough and shining a spotlight around a muddy hole for a glimpse of dirty plexiglas while in haste and fear of someone rolling up on me during an early morning jog or dog walk just hasnt been fruitful. The adventurousness of it all has lost its draw. I've followed this thread from the beginning and while I don't have a theory, I really want somebody to post pics of a dig. I remember some goon dug a hole and posted some pictures of a rock he found but I'm intrigued to see actually where it is people go to dig.
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The Adama did a hell of a good job taking day-ninja photos. I didn't attempt to take any pictures of my night digs.
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Urban Smurf posted:The Adama did a hell of a good job taking day-ninja photos. I didn't attempt to take any pictures of my night digs. Take a friend next time as a watchman/photographer
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All my friends moved to Canada... In the interest of discussion, I wanted to bring up some new Houston thoughts: This image is subject to distortions from the fisheye of the google camera but I found it interesting to compare the relative size of the Sam Houston statue at a place that is a similar distance from the planetarium which I've had to estimate in size given it's obscured by trees. I think these two objects help to indicate a frame of reference at another point in the park, several points actually, given that we might be up against flip-flop of North/South or East/West perspectives.  Based on the relative size of the planetarium, we might consider any of these blue circles as options, but adding in the size of the Sam Houston statue at a distance, and perhaps those closest to the tilted stones of the Miller Outdoor Theater. It all depends on what we choose to take into account as we decide on the correct paradigm used for this puzzle location. 
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I found a reasonably good looking confirmation clue of something by holding a mirror along the left edge of image8 in Houston, thus completing the other half of what typifies a clear case of the vanishing point perspective. Its still somewhat subtle, but much larger than what would be considered a small coincidence. I'm curious to see if anyone can find it before I post the visual comparison to a photograph of the landmark.
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 Its not a great match, but it might qualify as an "I sort of see it". I would think it would be more exact and not morphed if it were seriously intended to be a not-too-difficult puzzle.
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It's a nice idea but a bit obtuse. Something that distinctive would surely be better replicated in the drawing
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