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Post by Jenny on Jun 25, 2018 7:36:04 GMT -5
Page 7:
Border Phrases:
Sceptre in Hand Deep Down I Rule the Sea A Mystery
Neptune holds sceptre under the sea
Red Letter Word: Neptune (blue P)
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Post by whatdoiknow on Jun 25, 2018 7:41:20 GMT -5
Funny, I have read and tried to figure out the riddles and have come up with some things but have no clue. We are camping in Acadia the last week of July, not much hope of stumbling on the key
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Post by ana on Sept 11, 2018 19:25:49 GMT -5
So back to staring at Fandango once again. Has anyone ever noticed that the emerald cross in the chest looks exactly like ‘Tucker’s cross’ which was found off of Bermuda. Jenny wrote about it earlier. Just something I noticed - not a clue to the riddle.
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Post by ILLUMINATINPS on Sept 12, 2018 11:14:58 GMT -5
I wouldn't be surprised if that's the actual treasure. For a little bit, i thought it had something to do with the T in C*XT, using the cross to draw lines, but it amounted to nothing.
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Post by rarbowen on Jan 15, 2019 20:28:09 GMT -5
X + C keyboard commands for CUT and COPY.
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Post by henrycarnauba on Feb 23, 2019 8:19:52 GMT -5
X star cross c (sea)?
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Post by catherwood on Mar 2, 2019 16:49:00 GMT -5
The lock on the treasure chest has 4 sections and a key in the sand nearby. What if the 4 symbols { X + * c } indicate four types of puzzles or sets of data to be gathered and solved? These could be: letters, numbers, stars, and colors?
The X is larger than a multiplication sign, so I'm using it for the letters category; the 'c' is smaller, which is why I think it could stand for something else, maybe colors? The cross is not perfectly symmetric as it should be for a plus, but it is the least ambiguous of the arthematic operation symbols. The star on the chest lock has 7 or 8 points, but would it have been too obvious if it were a 5-pointed star?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2019 17:17:20 GMT -5
The lock on the treasure chest has 4 sections and a key in the sand nearby. What if the 4 symbols { X + * c } indicate four types of puzzles or sets of data to be gathered and solved? These could be: letters, numbers, stars, and colors? The X is larger than a multiplication sign, so I'm using it for the letters category; the 'c' is smaller, which is why I think it could stand for something else, maybe colors? The cross is not perfectly symmetric as it should be for a plus, but it is the least ambiguous of the arthematic operation symbols. The star on the chest lock has 7 or 8 points, but would it have been too obvious if it were a 5-pointed star? I never felt quite right about how I looked at this. Your approach and your logic look just right to me.
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Post by morpheus221 on Mar 2, 2019 21:29:59 GMT -5
Excellent observation.
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Post by catherwood on Mar 3, 2019 18:46:02 GMT -5
i'll need to revise my observation, because the star on the chest lock has 8 points and looks very much like the 8-point black star on the face of the compass on page 30.
also, the more I think about it, the numerical operations set would be better served by the traditional sign for division (a horizontal line with dots above and below) which is less ambiguous than a plus sign. For the set of letters, a more obvious one (such as Q) would be less ambiguous, too. I dislike clues that aren't as clear and precise as they could be.
I still feel this lock is a hint at combining 4 sets of data, whatever they may be, and is not a single sub-puzzle to be solved on its own.
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Post by henrycarnauba on Mar 3, 2019 20:26:54 GMT -5
I absolutely agree...it's either a confirmer or confirmer to a method, but not a method in and of itself.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2019 20:40:05 GMT -5
i'll need to revise my observation, because the star on the chest lock has 8 points and looks very much like the 8-point black star on the face of the compass on page 30. also, the more I think about it, the numerical operations set would be better served by the traditional sign for division (a horizontal line with dots above and below) which is less ambiguous than a plus sign. For the set of letters, a more obvious one (such as Q) would be less ambiguous, too. I dislike clues that aren't as clear and precise as they could be. I still feel this lock is a hint at combining 4 sets of data, whatever they may be, and is not a single sub-puzzle to be solved on its own. I had not noticed the resemblance of the star on the chest to the compass on page 30 and I think you might very well be right. This would make sense for two other reasons. First, none of us need a hint that the corner stars are important. Secondly, it may indeed be providing a real hint: that the working out of compass directions in some context is important. Regarding the use of a division sign as a generic symbol of a numerical operation, I think that the designers, if that was their goal, would have run the risk of leading puzzlers to believe that an actual division step is required somewhere; there would be no way to know that it was generic. I believe that the plus sign is NOT generic and does provide a specific hint that an "adding" step is needed somewhere (e.g. adding two colors together to get one). Regarding the X, I think that your initial take was correct. X is often used as an alphabetical placeholder, and consequently is a good choice for a generic letter of the alphabet. It's unlikely to represent multiplication because two of the four symbols would then be representing numerical operations, which would look odd. Regarding ambiguity, I suppose one could argue that the beauty of a great clue is that it has just the right amount of ambiguity! I still think your interpretation of the small c is correct. Finally, the Stockwells may have just wanted to have a little bit of rebus fun: The plus sign is clearly vertically asymmetrical, and might also be construed as a t, yielding X T C (read out loud quickly).
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Post by astree on Mar 3, 2019 21:36:18 GMT -5
. In the text near the image neptune talks about his chest overflowing with ex ta c
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Post by goldhunter on Mar 25, 2019 20:11:35 GMT -5
it looks like possible letters or numbers in the green area between the middle and left dolphin. Look near the eye of the middle dolphin
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Post by astree on Mar 26, 2019 18:33:50 GMT -5
I dont see it.
I will correlate letters that i do see.
The braided cord in Neptunes ‘hand’, form letters C I S. These letters are confirmed by th3 dolphinis ‘following their nose’. Th3 central dolphin is pointing to the ‘I’ component of the broken M. The I is indicated in ‘deep down (bottom of page), I rule the sea)
Note S I C is an alternate form, meaning spelled incorr3ctly (scepter, if youre a non-Brit. But this isnt the main meaning that i see).
ralph, note the numeric value of SIC=31. 3 serving 1 rider. 3 prongs, 1 sceptre. 3 cross planks, 1 center board. 1 phrase, 13 letters ( SECRET I HAD , if white letters only )
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