For almost 40 years, The Secret: A Treasure Hunt, has taunted searchers. We need people to investigate the spot and map out the birch stumps along East Ravine Road. By the way are you near to San Francisco? no i am not in Florida, im in California. [1] The book contains 12 images and 12 verses; an image must be linked to a verse, with the information they contain used to locate a buried "treasure casque". The site has no aesthetic or historical value, so it should be easy to get approval. And Ive not tried holding it up to the light, but doubt that shows anything. http://thesecret.pbworks.com/w/file/125344901/Img3_Signature_Comparison.jpg BOOK HERE! The shapes of Fort Sumter and the Charleston peninsula send us to the correct area (from the image). Image 11 captures not only the top of that box but also the edge of the ramp and a pipe or piece of conduit running along the wall. The site appears to have remained relatively undisturbed over the past 30 years, and the casque may be recoverable. Unlike the originals, which sometimes contain parks and landscapes that cannot be viewed from Google Maps and Goolge Street View, this puzzle is a true arm-chair treasure hunt. The "legeater" lamp was originally thought to be the image for this one, but no one has identified a possible dig site nearby. Only 3 of them (at the time of writing) have ever been dug up and found. The painting seems to involve parallels doesn't it? Status: Destroyed in the construction of Place St. Charles. Ok I am One of the casques had no wires and was reinforced with burlap. An image of a bowman and a reference to "L" (Lincoln) get us to Grant Park. The most startling connection is probably the tabletop in the lower left corner, which corresponds to a white utility box that was once at the site. He sent the negatives off to be restored and rescanned, and now he is releasing the highest quality prints I have ever seen. I think you would have a lot of visuals if you got yourself there. The icon here was some feature of the Greek Cultural Gardens. moment" - to confirm that the searcher is in the right place and ready to dig. PBworks / Help Preiss was killed in an auto accident in the summer of 2005, but the hunt for his casques continues. Aug 27, 2018 Patricia Grimshaw. :) From there we can follow either of two paths as shown by the arrows around the clock face. Perhaps a plus and minus sign somewhere. Nevertheless, there appear to be certain common themes or approaches that are common to all of the puzzles. I am from India and now obsessed to crack this treasure hunt.. Seen first time on expedition unknown.. Gud luck everyone.. The green spiral at the base of the rose is a match for an unusual spiral at the end of a handrail in Golden Gate Park. The real casque likely still awaits discovery. A concrete cap to a utility tunnel at the base of the Locust Street Trail has a very similar appearance. We're creating a (hopefully) official site for all things The Secret: A Treasure Hunt to pull together all information and give a platform for people to equally share their thoughts about the treasure locations. There is nothing in White Point Garden in Charleston that explains the naming of the twins Edwin and Edwina. Byron Preiss was a businessman and was aware of liability risks. Head down the stairs and defeat the enemies inside the room. In the 1982 book The Secret, author Byron Preiss gives 12 clues that lead to the discovery of buried treasures. Behind that, a fountain, which used to have a taller, urn-shaped top (see inset photos from current day (bottom right) and 1978 (top right). Detailed steps (from the verse) take us from the Outer Banks of North Carolina over a bridge to Roanoke Island. John seemed to have more memory or stories to tell on them. In particular, the "legeaster dog" seems like a very specific detail to confirm the neighborhood. For anyone interested in some new potential clues including the recent "Nudge": https://youtu.be/tmQmIuSczuo, SF has opened DIG PERMITS but rules have changed and only 1 free dig, its costs alot to dig after the first..i guess they think we are rich or this is a way to stop us from searching. Hippogriff torch puzzle. I think its a bit archaic but when it comes to dark images that we are working with it may pay off to see some clues, from images that are dark. As far as we know, there is no public monument in New Orleans that includes the quotation about the St. Charles hotel. The "Aha!" [6][7][8], With the passage of time, some of the cached casques may have been destroyed, or been built over, as was happening with the Boston casque, which was buried in Langone Park, in Bostons North End which was undergoing renovation, resulting in the casque being dug up in an excavator. The box with a light coming from below sends us into the subway and an obscure reference to a letter by Horace Walpole sends us west five stops on the Green Line. The name of Owls Head was given to the point, because the strip of land with the coves on each side actually resembled an owls head with spreading wings. we are trying to set up a floating candle vigil for Tues April 13 2021. Icons for the 12 images. Where did this information come from? . Phrases like "natives still speak of him of Hard word in 3 Vols" requires both some serious research and a willingness to make some jumps. The woman's dress is a map of Golden Gate Park, rotated 90 degrees so the western edge is at the top. And that's what makes the solution finally clear. The most subtle and obscure clues - that is, the ones that would never appear in any history book - are the ones that should tell us we are finally on the exact spot for the casque. In 1982, children's book author Byron Preiss published The Secret, about a mythical treasure and its guardiansmagical creatures hidden from human view. for those who dont know JM, He and Kit Palencar did the Tribute 13th casque. Status: The search for Casque 5 has been completed! If anyone has any questions about the original book itself, let me know and Ill try to answer them :), I have a "Q" ?? Several of the clues that would presumably get us to Cleveland are still unsolved, but the visual references to the Greek Cultural Garden are very clear and unambiguous. For years now people have been saying that the backwards Gh at the top of the map must mean that the map itself is flipped, and the response has always been to point out that the flare in the bottom right corner where Fulton bends is in the right place. Clues for where the treasures were buried are provided in a puzzle book named The Secret produced by Byron Preiss and first published by Bantam in 1982. In 1982, Preiss published The Secret: A Treasure Hunt, a book that paired 12 cryptic paintings with 12 Nostradamus-like verses to give clues to the locations of the keys. No purchase necessary, void where prohibited, yadda yadda yadda, party on! Maybe you can help fill in the blanks. This treasure is one of them, along with the William Wilson Treasure. John Jude Palencar did say about the reprints of the books that the images were HORRIBLE! Visual references to gardens and monuments tell us to proceed through the Back Bay Fens. Cast Levioso on the cube to open the door. Searchers were meant to line up the water jets of a fountain with the white dome of a building ("like moonlight in teardrops") and follow that line down to "the base of a tall tree." A line about "May 1913" (verse) sends us to the capstan from the USS Maine. Publishing houses and authors are always looking for interesting and exciting ways to launch their newest books, but Byron Preiss, author of The Secret: A Treasure Hunt!, went beyond what was expected. But clues in Verse 5 seem to steer us more toward Saint Helen Island or Notre Dame Island in the Saint Lawrence river beside Montreal. listeners: [], I am not sure I want to continue my dig? This is the image associated with immigration from China. Sounds like a very gracious fella in sharing a few of his memories with you. Let's follow that thread. On the back of each image is the next image, nothing else. The map gets us to the right area and then the verse takes us on a stroll through some of the local landmarks. Various Mardi Gras clues get us to downtown New Orleans. Authors purpose is to get you out in the parks of 12 major Cities around the United States. But both of those were obstacles added later on top of the soil. There are so many matches betwee Image 11 and the Two-Circles site in Boston that it's hard to settle on just one. In 1979, the book 'Masquerade' became an international best-seller. Treasure Hunt - The Unsolved Clues from a 1982 Book. Way over my head. Only two have been found. But in other cases (San Francisco, St. Augustine, and Houston) there still seems to be a good chance of recovery, if a dig is done the right way with the full permission and cooperation of the relevant property owners. The Hunt for Outlaw Jesse James' Treasure. Apparently He does know were some of them are buried. Though it is likely he may have been working on the puzzle for a while before that. The casques are thought to have been buried on Florida and Roanoke Island, but their location has become increasingly difficult to locate. Dig Status: This is a long process that requires multiple fees and permissions, each process is unique to the park in question. I got a lot of information. Page views on the site are back down to under 10,000/day and hopefully property owners are feeling less besieged by requests to dig. Your solution shouldn't require you to tear up a lawn or disturb a natural area. Read all Stars Josh Gates Since the time of its release, only 2 3 casques have ever been found, leaving the remaining 10 9 yet to be discovered. thanks for any input. [3], As of 2023[update], three of the treasure boxes have been recovered. It linked the Liberty Bell and the arches to Philadelphias many other bell-shaped icons, and he was certain that it referred to Philadelphia. Discussions about the search are hosted at: All of these sites attempted to solve The Secret using discussions and all ran into the same problem. forms: { Ordinary digging tools aren't going to get through the path, so you might have to rent something like a concrete saw or even a Bobcat mini loader to clear the surface. No scanner invented that. The Secret A Treasure Hunt. The casques are protected by lustrous transparent boxes, and are sealed.". Your contributions can explain a theory, but you should avoid lecturing the readers or putting down other approaches. So if you have a really really good metal detector and you get within an inch or two of the casque and it is one that has wire re-enforcement, you will have no trouble finding it. Text? Whenever you search in PBworks, Dokkio Sidebar (from the makers of PBworks) will run the same search in your Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, Gmail, and Slack. Thank you! There would be too much noise for that to be possible. First look at the bird's head and the park's name. Visual images in this puzzle seem more realistic and true-to-life than in the other 11 images, possibly because the artist saw the spot in person rather than working from photographs. Icon for Houston is a particular view of the train tracks for the miniature train. Find the chest and get the loot inside the opened doors. Inside the pages of the treasure hunt boxes, hidden within their pages would be a series of clues. He did say to me but certainly to all the ones in the group I was calling for Good luck in the hunt. window.mc4wp = window.mc4wp || { (Just don't try to dig without permission.). Latitudes & longitudes get us to Houston (from the image). Are you looking at these paintings correctly? The treasure Krupat sought was the work of a New York publisher named Byron Preiss, who in 1982 released a book titled "The Secret" (no relation to the popular self-help book with the same title). Once you know that general area, the increasingly subtle and obscure clues will narrow down the search area into smaller and smaller places that are off the beaten path. Contact the owner / RSS feed / This workspace is public, Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, Gmail, and Slack. THIS IS AN UPDATED AND STREAMLINED VERSION WITH NEW PHOTOS AND INFO!This is my complete solve video for the New Orleans puzzle from the 1982 book, "The Secre. Try to find an original copy or just read it online and save yourself 30.00. Who knows maybe I will crack a code. Satellite views are fantastic tools for modern searchers attempting to reconstruct what a site looked like in 1980, but those same tools should not have been necessary for solving a puzzle, Move from the famous to the obscure and from the public to the secluded. Its really boring. Only two have been found. Linda are you still in St Augustine? Several people have commented on the intriguing story of the William Wilson Treasure. In the shadow under north wing. The verse to the Kitty Hawk kill Devil hills say under the north wing. Should you remove something from the left? Nice to see some were solved in the intervening decades though. Preiss was also a responsible citizen and he wouldn't have wanted his treasure hunt to cause any harm or do any damage. Has anybody considered this or ruled it out? all I have to say is WOW the work and time you have done Oregonian, is amazing,, thank you so much, hey question, when Bryon gave away the incorrect gem, which one did he give by accident and which one were they supposed to have gotten.. thanks, it is with a heavy heart i am posting this If I were to win the lottery, I would strongly consider writing a book like this! If you're contacting the wiki administrator about access or other issues, be sure to add "pbworks.com" and "gmx.com" to the safe list in your email program, so responses don't end up in your spam folder. When one is standing in the correct spot for the dig, the tracks receding over the train bridge in the distance resemble the lines on the stone plaza in the painting. Signed Ben Asen Prints! I may have a great theory for you to check out next time you are in that area. Adventure Mystery Reality-TV Josh Gates cuts another expedition short to return to his hometown of Boston and pursue the strongest lead in decades for a 40 year old treasure hunt dubbed: The Secret. The names of two ancient Greek historians gets us to Copley Square. To set up the puzzle, Preiss traveled to different locations in North America to secretly bury a dozen ceramic vases, or, as he called them, "casques." Each casque contained a small key that could be redeemed for one of 12 . Each image is also linked to a particular month and contains that month's birth flower and that month's birth stone (which also the jewel for that casque). if anyone is near or in St Augustine, the meet up is this wkend and OMG wait till you see the set up.. sure hope they get the key this wkend. Let us know how it goes! 2. The podcast is now adopting this fund for all future charity events. What area are you from? Is anyone? Unfortunately, tourists don't tend to take pictures of parking lots, so we don't have a good idea of how things looked. Images of lawn bowling and a cicada nymph confirm that we are meant to turn right at the top of the stairs (image). Most of the locomotive was painted black, but the nose was a bright, shiny silver that made it visible from a long ways away. The first was located in Grant Park, Chicago, in 1983 by a group of students. Posting this on the front page as I think it's relevant to multiple (or all) puzzles. 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