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Post by TheCoyWonder on Jun 30, 2017 1:05:51 GMT -5
Hey hunters, I've been a lurker here this week, so this is my first post to the forums. Cowlazars put me onto this hunt and it's been a fun one. After reading, some Google Map work, and reviewing all of PB's past interviews and articles, I took the family out on our first hunt to --REDACTED-- . - We arrived after a local lunch at the parking spot I believed the book lead me to, and we struck off looking for that tree-eating rock, and sure enough, after a serious hike, we found it.
- 840 paces later we hit a crossroads and selected what we believed to be the "Yellow Brick Road".
I'm 5'10" and I feel my stride might match Pete's. - Later we hit the "wide rock formation clearly in our path" marker. We were pretty excited at this point.
- Then, 190 paces to an area just off from a landmark.
- We approached and scoured it. Over, under, all adjacent.
- Nada
- But then my daughter found "something" and it blew our minds. Very clever of PB, if it is the "treasure."
- We hiked out. Photo documented our process and the object. We sent in the official submission this evening.
If it turns out we we're right, I'll let you guys know. We feel very good about the find, but you know how it goes, we could be fooling ourselves, too.
If it's not, I'll let you know, too, so we can all keep searching.
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Post by astree on Jun 30, 2017 6:33:25 GMT -5
Hey hunters, I've been a lurker here this week, so this is my first post to the forums. Cowlazars put my onto this hunt and it's been a fun one. After reading, some Google Map work, and reviewing all of PB's past interviews and articles, I took the family out on our first hunt to --REDACTED-- . - We arrived after a local lunch at the parking spot I believed the book lead me to, and we struck off looking for that tree-eating rock, and sure enough, after a serious hike, we found it.
- 840 paces later we hit a crossroads and selected what we believed to be the "Yellow Brick Road".
I'm 5'10" and I feel my stride might match Pete's. - Later we hit the "wide rock formation clearly in our path" marker. We were pretty excited at this point.
- Then, 190 paces to an area just off from a popular rocky landmark.
- We approached and scoured it. Over, under, all adjacent.
- Nada
- But then my daughter found "something" and it blew our minds. Very clever of PB, if it is the "treasure."
- We hiked out. Photo documented our process and the object. We sent in the official submission this evening.
If it turns out we we're right, I'll let you guys know. We feel very good about the find, but you know how it goes, we could be fooling ourselves, too.
If it's not, I'll let you know, too, so we can all keep searching.
Welcome to the forum, and congratulations. This sounds like too much match-up to be coincidental. Was the object a very small animal ? ( That's what I've deciphered, but does not agree with Pete saying that it will be blatantly obvious, therefore still leaning toward the flute. )
Good luck, I am not able to make a go of it yet. Will keep eyes open for news from you.
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Post by GeneticBlend on Jun 30, 2017 9:44:54 GMT -5
Very interesting. It sounds exactly like the place I visited. However, I didn't find the treasure.
Did your treasure have anything written on it?
If Pete tells you that your submission is incorrect, will you tell us what it is that your daughter found? I am very curious as to what that object might be. Like astree, I too am leaning toward the object being a flute.
I am glad that you joined the hunt. I hope you won't lurk anymore, and that you will join in on our discussions.
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Post by zaphod73491 on Jun 30, 2017 14:26:03 GMT -5
I know a lot of people think that Pete's object is a flute, but in my opinion Pete has ruled that out because he said ~some~ people had guessed what the object is, but MOST had not. Certainly "most" must have thought flute from the get-go.
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Post by TheCoyWonder on Jun 30, 2017 23:07:27 GMT -5
All can rejoice. I was unsuccessful in my find, says PB with his official response.
Happy hunting.
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Post by TheCoyWonder on Jul 1, 2017 0:27:36 GMT -5
I'm somewhat reluctant to share this now that a couple of you chose to be rather uncivil about things, but here is the slimmed down version. We found a numbered metal tag in Persian blue. The number on it was 536. We associated the 508 (starting time) + 28 chapters = 536 a numeric ending. There were other reasons why we believed this to be the item - additional elements in the environment that directed us to this, and we thought the numbers game was pretty indicative of PB's style. We thought we had it. He'd used medallions in the past, and what non-hunter would suspect an out of place tree tag nailed into the earth and mess up the hunt? It all seemed to align and how clever and unexpected. Alas, it wasn't to be. It's still out there, fellas. Happy Hunting.
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Post by GeneticBlend on Jul 1, 2017 7:29:30 GMT -5
Sorry that your find did not turn out to be the treasure. Thanks for sharing what it was that you found.
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Post by toppop on Jul 1, 2017 11:13:00 GMT -5
OMG, in the lower left hand corner,isn't that a tip of a flute.....
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Post by minotaurmoreno on Jul 11, 2017 15:26:33 GMT -5
I'm somewhat reluctant to share this now that a couple of you chose to be rather uncivil about things, but here is the slimmed down version. We found a numbered metal tag in Persian blue. The number on it was 536. We associated the 508 (starting time) + 28 chapters = 536 a numeric ending. There were other reasons why we believed this to be the item - additional elements in the environment that directed us to this, and we thought the numbers game was pretty indicative of PB's style. We thought we had it. He'd used medallions in the past, and what non-hunter would suspect an out of place tree tag nailed into the earth and mess up the hunt? It all seemed to align and how clever and unexpected. Alas, it wasn't to be. It's still out there, fellas. Happy Hunting. TheCoyWonder, want to hear something really crazy! When my kids and I went in late April/early May, my daughter also found those same four tags! One even had the number 508 on it! Crazy that your daughter found them too there because my daughter said she hid them just in case!
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