Treasure Clue, can you help?

[smiler]

Hey i think the clues are really hard in this book. I am not a puzzle solver though. Does anyone think there done with the clues?

 

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[jewels1301]

Whisper,

Look for the "code of numbers" on page 59.

 

[julie1000]

I can't see the "A Hill In NJ" on the tree branch on P. 19 above Zac and Pook. Is it in Morse code?

 

[HandGems]

"A HILL IN NH" is in light green (kinda fat and fuzzy) lettering on the darker green tree.

Did anyone notice that the arrangement of tools at the bottom of page 19 is the same (well almost the same) arrangement of tools on the left side but they are rotated by degrees clockwise.

 

[julie1000]

OK, now I see "A hill in NH." Great eye you have! Thanks.

Has the tree with arms and a face to the left of Zac, also on P. 19, already been discussed?
Its left eye looks like an "A," his nose like a "J" and his right eye is difficult to make out.

 

[Boo]

I scanned the puzzle into my computer, printed it out, and assembled it. There is no numbers to be found there. It is all letters. I found that one piece is duplicated. It was already in the assembed puzzle and it was seperate. I also see there is one missing.

 

[MunyTree5]

So now wondering if the missing piece of the puzzle is pertaining to the part of the rhyme that said "for the one that is missing you did not see"?

 

[Gaines]

Back to page 19. I finally found "A Hill In NH" and immediately looked onto a similiar fat tree branch in the lower left hand corner and saw what I think is "AD" in the same puffy lettering. The "D" is questionable, though. What does everyone else see?

 

[attvisitor]

Looks like they might make a movie about the book soon. Sounds cool. Perhaps the official solutions will be dramatized and explained.

See http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,7049.0.html for a new discussion thread.

 

[kathvann]

Hi,
In reference to the hill in NH clue. I do not see it above Zac and Pook's heads, I see something like it to the left of Zac and Pook on a similar green branch,what do you see on that branch? (I can make out "A hill" and some squiggles). Actually, I think that the message continues around the page on those green branches. Could the loations of the branches be directions on a compass point? For instance if you start wher eyou think the message starts (on that green branch), you might go North East from a certain point (I do not know where that point might be, other clues might help with that), then you go to the next branch where the message continues and if it is the one to the left of Pook and Zac, you might go West (assuming that Zac and Pook are the center of the compass and the branches are the arms of the compass). Just a shot in the dark!!!! Also, there is something on the bottom of the blade of the axe above Zac and Pook's heads, it almost looks like the silhoutte of a frog and another animal. It is a little darker than the brown on the bottom of the axe blade. What do you see? I have a mgnifying glass, but it doesn't seem to help. My magnifying glass only magnifies 4 times the size of the image. Doe sanyone have a stronger magnifying glass and does it help?
Let me know what you think. Perhaps you can see things that I am not seeing. If we all continue to help each other, maybe we can solve this...

 

[Zimer]

This is my first post here, and I've really enjoyed and have gained much from all the posts.

Anyhow, I was just wondering if anyone has ever wondered why MS gave us the 4 extra photos and Why THOSE photos? And also on pg39 is a very evident picture of florida but its inverted near the top right hand corner between the R and E. Anyone else notice this?

 

[Zimer]

Me again. Something else that I thought was strange is how OFTEN MS uses horizontal lines (not sure what they're called) to seperate text? I read lots of books and hardly ever see this done. Why did he not just use a comma (,) to serperate the text? Could he want us to focus on the text that is seperated with the lines? HMMMMMMM

 

[safire]

I think you may have made a mistake
about the secound ant on pg 77
Im not certain but I believe that there is
an ant in the bottom of pg44 right hand
side near the bottom two leaves right at
the stem of mushroom in dark shading
tell me what you think...thankx handgem
for the comment...

 

[HandGems]

Saphire,

I think you may be correct about an ANT being at the bottom of page-44.

I would like to get your opinion about the LEAVES on various pages. I have noticed the same identical OAK leaf as well as the same identical ELM leaf on various pages. Is this coincidence? Or does MS want us to know those pages are related somehow? Also the Fairies are identical too on various pages.

 

[HandGems]

Saphire,

I'm sorry but I just realized something. The DRAGONFLY is on page-44 and I do not think that MS puts 2 bugs on the same page. This is merely my humble opinion. But he didn't for any other bug so I am suddenly skeptical that page-44 has an ANT on it. Sorry saphire. But you may be correct. We are all guessing at this point so who am I to say you are wrong?

 

[HandGems]

For New Puzzle Hunters,
Here is a summary of what we have so far:
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Page_2 = 6 5 14 4 13 7 8 2 3 15 9 10 1 12 11
Title of Book has 15 letters "A Treasure's Trove"
becomes = Save Our Tree's Art

Page_10 = HIDDEN WELL NO EYE CAN SEE

Page_16 (Hidden Ladybug) = BELOW SKYS AND ABOVE EARTH BE

Page_19 = in Roman Numerals on oak leaf is 322 => ZIPCODE 03220 = Belmont, NH
Also on tree branch above Zac's head in fuzzy light green "A HILL IN NH"

Page_20-1 = tReasuRes tweleve foR you to keep

Page_22 (Hidden Caterpillar) = AROUND THe STATeS TWeLeVe PLACeS TO SeeK

Page_25 (Hidden Dragonfly) = not on private property nor in anyone's hands

Page_28 (Hidden Firefly)

Page_31 (Hidden Ladybug) = NOTHING TO BE DISTURBED THRU THE LANDS
and morse code sub-puzzle = NEAR THE OVERLOOK

Page_33 (Hidden Firefly) = Each is outside for you to find

Page_36 = Picture of Lots of Fairies

Page_37 (Hidden Bumblebee)

Page_38-9 (Hidden Caterpillar p.39) = NO DIGGING OR PRYING JUST REACH INSIDE
top p.38 has Roman Numerals XVII could be ZIPCODE 10511=Buchanan, NY

Page_41 (Hidden Hummingbird) = AN EVEN CODE WITH ONE PIECE NARY

Page_44 (Hidden Dragonfly) = Picture of Pook, Fairies, and Mushrooms

Page_45 (Hidden Ant)

Page_46 = WILL SPELL OUT THE SANCTUARY

Page_48 = WITHIN THE TEXT YOU HAVE THE KEY

Page_52 (2 Hidden Butterflys) = FOR THE ONE THAT IS MISSING YOU DID NOT SEE

Page_55 (Hidden Hummingbird) = Picture of Army of Monsters

Page_59 (Hidden Grasshopper) = A CODE OF NUMBERS FIVE TO A SIDE

Page_63 (Hidden Beetle) = REVEALS THE NAME WHERE THE TREASURES ABIDE
and color coded sub-puzzle = FIND THE TREES HOLE

Page_65 (Hidden Slug)

Page_66 (2 Hidden Snails) With name in Hand the FAiRies Know

Page_68 = Picture of Darklings

Page_69 (Hidden Beetle) = AND THEY WILL SHOW YOU WHERE TO GO

Page_77 = (Hidden Ant at bottom in scibbled lines look for his dotted eye)
there are thirteen (fully seen when picture is folded just right)
and on Ana's scarf on forearm Roman Numerals = 27234 which is ZIPCODE to COLUMBUS,OHIO

Page_78 = Seize your token and reach your goal

Page_80 = Picture of Rusful in Grotto

Page_83 = The Secret is not half, but it is not whole (maybe says KNOTHOLE at end?)

Page_86 (Hidden Grasshopper) THE DREAM has poem:
"moon like moon like, Dreamer one on ending. I cause your puzzling"
is an ANAgram for
"look in me, look in me. Under rizing moon, a goulden prize yu can see"

page_88 (Hidden Bumblebee)

Page_93 = Picture of Crystal Pook

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Hint: Tackle Repositorys
Anagram = Crystal Pook is Thirteen
or
Anagram = Cipher Key Start in Tools

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2 spiders not found
(not convinced they are on Page 20-1)

a Larch tree is called a Tamarack
Larch/Tamarack = ? lurking tam-o-jack

doth = ? dog
-----------------------------------------

 

[Gaines]

Page 36 appears to have letters hidden amongst the fairies. In the upper left corner, the fairy below the green tree branch has her knees folded up under her and if you turn the book, her knees are the letter "B". Below that,you will see the three fairies with the brown hair. The two bottom fairies have a lower case "r" wedged between their hair. There are more, but I am still looking!

 

[Noadawn]

The instructions say, "The simple clues
don't need any special knowledge to decipher. Anyone
who can read can discover the exact location of each
treasure..."

Are we making this more difficult than it really is?

Also, is there a difference in a First Print and a Second Print book? Because I am NOT seeing the caterpillar on page 39 at all, or the ant on page 77. On page 39 I see at the bottom of the page at the center of the book where it is bound something that starts to look like a caterpillar but then the image is cut by the binding. I have also heard that the leaves on that page are part of the caterpillar, but I don't see how.

Anyway, just wondering... hope others are doing better!

 

[Gaines]

On page 39, that is the caterpillar that you are seeing. His head is almost going into the binding and is hard to see, but his little feet are right there, as is the shape of his body and head. It completely matches the mate on page 22. Now, the ant is very difficult to see, but if you look at the ant jewel in the back of the book, it has 3 segments, the head, and two body parts. On page 77, if you turn the book upside down, you can see the only solid white dot in the middle of all of the "squiggles". That is his eye. His antennae curl up and over into the squiggles. The body sections are there, too. A very abstract ant, but agreed upon on all of the web sites I have followed related to this book. Also, there does not seem to be any differences between the books printed at first and subsequent printings.

 

[chillijilli]

I am also wondering about the possibility that different editions have slightly different messages (or clues). For example, my book is a First Edition, SECOND printing. On pages 20-21, the CLEAR message along the bottom is: TReASURes Tweleve foR ou To Keep. (There is absolutely NO chance there is a "Y" or "y" in the word "You", as seen by others...NO downward stroke is/was there at all!) There have been other small differences in messages that I have noticed as I have read this and other forums. Does anyone else have the same edition I do, and if so, can you comment? If there truly is a difference, my guess is that these clues are not significant or at least not imperative to the solving of the puzzle; after having met MS I doubt he would knowingly do anything unethical.