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Treasure Clue, can you help?

Hi, what are you reading? I want to get one!This clue stuff sounds really interesting!
 

Somehting has really been bugging me since I picked up the book: the fence on page 54. It looks like a chunk of a dollar. While it's probably been brought up before, I haven't quite finished reading through the mountain of posts on here and I was hoping this would be a bit faster.

Also, I think we are all reading WAY too far into this. He said all you need to do is be able to read. I noticed his hint (hint" tackle repositorys) was intriguing that it was an anagram for 'cipher key start in tools' and the word tackle can mean tools. I think that the page with all the tools is very important and contains the key we need. I also noticed the 3 2 2 in roman numerals on that page (in the one oak leaf) and I noticed taht that is the prime factorization of 12. I may just be rambling but who knows? Any feedback you guys have would be greatly appreciated. thanks.
 

Just a suggestion...... maybe we can set up a new subject page for all the newcomers . we can put in it everything up to speed so far. it is difficult to read through all these posts before joining the forum. plus we wouldnt have to keep posting the poem and all. also would be nice to have a subject page for photos or where we could post some pics with details circled or highlighted etc etc. . i only ask because i think it would help the newcomers. plus a photo gallery so maybe we didnt have to make such long posts on details to point out a spot in the pictures.
 

Pancho, perhaps it is not necessary to look for clues on ALL the pages between and including where we find the pair of concealed critters. My theory is that the clues are there somewhere, perhaps only in the full page illustrations. This narrows down the field.
 

TO ALL, I am trying to find the post that gives the name of the tool with the star in the middle. someone here posted the name of that tool but for the life of me i cannoy find the post. thanks.
 

CMSCHUT,
Why will you discontinue posting the alternate insects? This is good work and may lead somewhere. Yes, there are the "accepted" pages, but remember that Stadther himself explains what the paired mates are for on page 12. He does not equate them with the actual treasure hunt (for the jewels) at all, but rather for those who wish to have an experience with their child. In fact, he says in 2) You can find the jeweled creatures and their mates hidden within the pages of this book, and while you CANNOT claim the real treasures if you find them here (in the book), etc. Pancho is right in reminding us that we must question many of the things that have been assumed from the beginning. We must at least be open to the possibility that the paired insects on the various pages may have NOTHING or something or all to do with the actual location. I am leaning toward "something", but definately not "all". So, let us continue to be open-minded.
Pancho, good work with the chapter sections listing which insect is featured. Now, that makes sense to me!
 

GAINES, For obvious reasons. my ideas were not well recieved yesterday . i do not wish to make this forum an argument i enjoy it thoroughly. i want to keep ideas positive . i decided to stop my hidden creatures posts for this reason. if anyone out there with an open mind and believes there is more to this hunt than what we have uncovered so far let me know. i want to stay positive in this hunt and on this forum. MAY THE LUCK OF THE IRISH BE WITH US ALL TODAY. CAROL
 

If each of the 5 x 5 boxes has a single number in it, then there will be twelve zip codes: 5 across, 5 down, and 2 diagonal.
 

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I forgot to add the importance of the 12 (zip or otherwise) codes is explained on page 11, last sentence of first paragraph, as it is related to page 87 last two paragraphs.
 

LitDoc, I don't have my book with me, can you let me/us know what those two pages represent?
 

LitDoc:

I'm not disputing the possibility that zip codes help pinpoint-- I am VERY intrigued by the idea that five zip codes stacked on top of each other results in 12 (number of tokens minus Pook) zip codes total (5 across, 5 up and down and 2 diagonal).

However, the poem says:

A code of numbers five to a side
Reveals the NAME where the treasures abide.

Many zip codes cover more than one town. Take 66205 for example in the Kansas City area. That zip code is used by about 5 or 6 small suburbs of Kansas City on the Kansas side of the river.

If the code is supposed to give us A NAME (not a generalized location), can we depend upon a zip code to do that? And it says NAME not NAMES. So I am not sure the code of numbers is meant to direct us to 12 different locations.

It is my belief (perhaps misguided) that the code of numbers five to a side somehow reveals a name/word that conistently applies to the whereabouts of all 12 (13?) tokens (city park, golf course, arboretum, etc.). We then, with that name in hand, must rely on the fairies to show us exactly where within that type of place to go.

Gemini
 

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Page 11 quote from Stadther: "Anyone who can read can discover the exact location of each treasure--just the way one of the characters does in the story."

Page 87: "Before him [Zac] lay an open box that was as long as it was wide and inside the box were smaller boxes arranged in rows, five to a side. Suddenly the sky shone as bright as day, and Zac could see the Great Forest more clearly than he had ever seen it before and he looked at the Forest in a new way. He could see things that he had never seen before AND HE TOOK THOSE THINGS AND FILLED THE SMALL BOXES WITH THEM [caps mine]. He now knew what to do to get Ana back. He knew where the jewels were hidden. . . . "
 

Gemini, good points (as always). MS said that the tokens were not hidden in remote areas, so I'm thinking large cities, perhaps in historic districts. In large cities, there can be numerous zip codes. I don't think MS has used any pattern to the santuaries (such as all golf courses), or that would make it too easy for one person to find them all, and he said that was not his intent. Pancho's theory that there are three levels to each location (perhaps zip code being the first) makes sense. Whatever goes in those 25 boxes--letters or numbers--must be a major clue.
 

I feel that the zip codes are a big clue, but one must be careful how one attains them. There are so many pages with sets of 5 numbers and in, some cases, more than one set on a page. Also, it is hard to know which way to read them. I am actually working with one zip code that I feel fairly confident about as it was given in a clearer manner. So, my next step has been to familiarize myself with the area that the zip code points me to. Now, I am able to look at the pictures and text and see what comes up. It may be backwards, but is working so far! No "precise" location yet, but at least I feel as if I'm making some progress. Now, I am completely open to a different system, but this is just what I am working with at present.
 

Missing letters?

Way to go Gaines! ;D

How about the point that Pancho brought up earlier about those missing letters in the poem (e.g., the "e" in one)?

How do these tie in to the extra "e" that appears in 3-4 places in the poem/text/table of contents?

AND, is there a "y" in you on page 20 or not? (It's a NOT in the paperback, but who with a hardcover--especially first print edition--can tell us?
 

Sorry i've been absent but work's been a real beach lately...Anyhoo i needed to say

FOITH UND BEGORAH, HIP HIP HOORAY, I WEESH YA A BLARNEY SOINT PAWTRICKS DOY! ;)

Ron...

:-* Me I'm IRISH!
 

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