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Post by astree on Mar 21, 2017 12:25:28 GMT -5
I know some folks have been using anagrams (and just as sure there's conclusive reasons to believe anagrams are used), so will skip that code for now.
So, will proceed to a skip-code example, as a possibility. I have found numerous examples where a code can be employed to produce a result that has confirmation, not in the specific result, but in the code use itself.
In the book, the word "agog" is used in at least one place, possibly two. As well, Skip_Bo (Skip-2) is used.
Taking the code phrase that ends in "Georgia", starting at the end and working backwards with a skip-2, "agog" is produced.
Thought I'd start with something fairly innocent and see where the thread leads.
Good luck, astree
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Post by astree on Mar 21, 2017 12:27:35 GMT -5
( and realizing that "a 'gog'" could refer to something like a synagogue, but no strong confirmation found yet.
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Post by minotaurmoreno on Mar 21, 2017 21:37:36 GMT -5
IMO, it seems from previous hunts he's done (like he talks about in the video below), pb likes to give two-tier clues: Example on What He Did in Previous Hunt in This Video (6:00 mins. in) Meaning, you need to find the clue in the book, figure out what it makes you reference, reference the correct part of what he's given you, and then you get what you are supposed to find. I feel he likely again does this w/ four or five different "pathways" throughout the book, so you can solve it multiple ways as long as you follow the "pathway" all the way through. Also note the word, "clever." Oh, and definitely buy the digital copy to search, as I made that mistake already and wish I wouldn't have. mm
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Post by astree on Mar 22, 2017 6:19:44 GMT -5
Thanks, mm. Do you have any examples from Breakfast Tea and Bourbon? Not sure what you mean by "pathway"; any examples?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2017 12:55:16 GMT -5
IMO, it seems from previous hunts he's done (like he talks about in the video below), pb likes to give two-tier clues: Example on What He Did in Previous Hunt in This Video (6:00 mins. in) Meaning, you need to find the clue in the book, figure out what it makes you reference, reference the correct part of what he's given you, and then you get what you are supposed to find. I feel he likely again does this w/ four or five different "pathways" throughout the book, so you can solve it multiple ways as long as you follow the "pathway" all the way through. Also note the word, "clever." Oh, and definitely buy the digital copy to search, as I made that mistake already and wish I wouldn't have. mm I think Forrest Fenn did that too although many will disagree. I think some of the clues in the poem will give you information needed to be figured out from that clue. For example, lets say a clue in the poem leads you to a monument. When you look down on the monument (or just about anything including artwork) there will be an inscription for example, when the other clues in the poem are used along with the inscription on the monument, it reveals the true location of where that clue intended to send you. Another example of this is what Jesse James did, he inscribed a map on a rock then hid the rock in a tree. Well imagine if Jesse wrote a poem or book that gives clues to the tree where the rock is, once you get to the tree you then need to decode the inscribed map, perhaps part of the story or poem (in FF's case) is to be used on something similar to the rocks Jesse Used.
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Post by astree on Apr 14, 2017 7:37:51 GMT -5
Marie says there are these things called "spiritual" CODES that help you understand what you have been up to ... (p. 81)
SPIRITUAL <anagram> IS UP TRAIL
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Post by minotaurmoreno on Apr 14, 2017 8:37:53 GMT -5
Marie says there are these things called "spiritual" CODES that help you understand what you have been up to ... (p. 81) SPIRITUAL <anagram> IS UP TRAIL I like that! I've always thought there was something there to find and that just might be it.
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Post by zaphod73491 on Apr 14, 2017 14:08:16 GMT -5
One possible (probable?) code that no one has mentioned here is the title to Chapter 23: %@&$$!*# This sure looks like a disguised numeric key since all those symbols are on the 0-9 top row of the keyboard. So translate the symbols into the corresponding numeric key: 52744183. Possibly a skip count key to be used against a string of text in the book. For example, if you apply it to "Hodaddy tsktsk prettify introfly South Georgia" you get DYPTINOH -- one letter off from an anagram of HYPNOTIC. ;-) (And no, this isn't what Pete did, but you get the idea).
I have a good theory about what's going on with the nadatrace, nadasoda, nadacurl, etc. cipher, so I suspect something similar was done with the Hodaddy string. So if a key is to be applied to either or both of these, I think they will have to be solved first.
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Post by thetictocman on Apr 14, 2017 15:57:24 GMT -5
One possible (probable?) code that no one has mentioned here is the title to Chapter 23: %@&$$!*# This sure looks like a disguised numeric key since all those symbols are on the 0-9 top row of the keyboard. So translate the symbols into the corresponding numeric key: 52744183. I've been playing with this since I started the book. I can't get it to work with anything yet though!
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Post by brambler on Apr 14, 2017 16:10:57 GMT -5
One possible (probable?) code that no one has mentioned here is the title to Chapter 23: %@&$$!*# This sure looks like a disguised numeric key since all those symbols are on the 0-9 top row of the keyboard. So translate the symbols into the corresponding numeric key: 52744183. I've been playing with this since I started the book. I can't get it to work with anything yet though! Same. Was hoping it might be a key to one of the given phrases. No luck, though.
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Post by minotaurmoreno on Apr 14, 2017 16:47:27 GMT -5
I've been playing with this since I started the book. I can't get it to work with anything yet though! Same. Was hoping it might be a key to one of the given phrases. No luck, though. I'm pretty sure that I've had this one figured out since the first couple of weeks. Unfortunately, it's been driving me crazy ever since. A couple weeks ago, I was convinced we had it all finally figured out and it was over; however, when we got there, it didn't have any of the final pieces needed. That was very humbling because I was so sure we were right and I never get like that on these type of hunts.
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Post by zaphod73491 on Apr 14, 2017 16:56:20 GMT -5
Minotaurmoreno: so I assume you solved the alphanumeric cipher, then (pgs. 145-146)? I figured I couldn't be the only one. Oddly, that was one of the first things I figured out, yet I did *not* make the connection between the appraisal value of Sue's rubies and the central New Orleans P.O. box zip code -- that was a nice pickup by thetictocman!
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Post by tpm on Apr 14, 2017 17:14:41 GMT -5
I had toyed with that #@&$$!*# chapter. In the audiobook, he reads it as "holy sh..." then cuts off before he finishes the word. So might just be an expletive, but could also be hiding something. When you say you have the cipher figured out, which one are you referring to, the ebook or hardcover one? I'm assuming you all have seen the thread about the discrepancy.
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Post by zaphod73491 on Apr 14, 2017 17:25:28 GMT -5
tpm: it's the same answer for either. Actually, the fact that the strings are different is a bit of a clue in itself. Notice that only the digits are different; the letters are unchanged and in the same order in the Kindle version as in the hardcover.
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Post by tpm on Apr 14, 2017 17:28:11 GMT -5
Yes I did catch that. I'm a newbie to treasure hunts and codes, so it didn't help me much lol. But thanks for pointing that out
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