Key 2

[JFletcher]

Obviously she doesn't know. Let's assume susb8383 is right with the chest. The clues to the chest are spread over several stanzas! So all three stanzas lead to key 2.

[TheCoyWonder]

I'm finding Key 2 to be just as difficult as Key 1, but that's the fun of it. Happy hunting!

[susb8383]

Well now we know a little more about how Lukas thinks with 2 mini hunts to go on.

[speelnik]

Hey there. I’m brand new to this forum (first post) and came by because I’ve hit a dead end.

I managed to find key one, and struggled with the chest until it finally popped out at me one day. I think I have part(s) of key 2 figured out, but like previous key 1 ideas, it may be a dead end. I’ve tried options in the key 2 tester but I’m coming up short. Anyone else stuck at this point? I feel like I’m close to the finish line.

Based on the confirmation clue from key 1, I feel like the location of the next two stanzas are crystal clear, but my options for what the key could be seem numberous unless there is a way to verbalize exactly what we should be pulling out of it.

Anyway, would love to talk about it or process ideas to keep moving forward.

[goldenchild]

Another chest finder! Welcome to the forum! To become a full fledge member you need to give up one hint to us all...preferably relating to the location of the chest. Jk. Congrats on making it this far without any help from the blog. That’s impressive.

[speelnik]

Thank you. To be honest I struggled where to start for awhile as I just discovered “armchair treasures” and recently (embarrassingly) I found his website and all the clue videos. That’s when things fell into place.

I feel that the balance and symmetry in the stanzas helped with the first key. Especially the word play and the links of those hints from stanza 2 to s3, s4, and s5.

The clever use of things like “call” and the relative consistent use of 10 (x).

Now with the confirmation clue, s6 points to a source that also feels consistent, but s7 seems inconsistent but clever like the 3rd part of key 1.

If key 2 is numerical, I’m a few digits short which brings me here for consultation. I do not feel that s8 adds any key 2 digits (even though I want it to out of stanza balance) with the first key.

If alpha or alpha-numeric, I can’t see how to nail this one down with so many options.

My gut tells me numeric but as I type this I’m not so sure. Lol

[speelnik]

Accidental double post

[efanton]

Can any of our american members help me out here
I'm a bit confused as to how the naming system works for roads and highways in the US

I get the interstates.
But does each state duplicate road names? For instance would there be a state road or highway in Texas with the same name as a state road or highway in California. Would both have a state highway 5 for instance.

In the UK motorways are M1 M2 M£ etc, that's the same in Ireland
Next level would be national roads (I assume the US equivalent of a state highway). In the UK it would by A1 A2 A3 etc, in Ireland it would be N1 N2 N3 etc
then local roads in UK would be B1 B2 B3 etc. In Ireland it would be R1, R2, R3

There is one particular road I am trying to find in California and I simply cant find it.
I find it incredible to believe that the particular road I am looking for doesn't exist. Surely California has more roads than Ireland does

Can anyone give me brief rundown of the naming convention used in the US.

[keladry12]

We have: Interstate Highways (crosses multiple states, things like I95 or I80), US Highways (crosses multiple states, often lower speeds/fewer lanes/etc than interstates, older system called US-66 or US-101, also can be called route 101 or route 66), State Highways (changes names/numbers at state borders or is entirely within one state, named by the Postal abbreviation of the state, so California's would be CA 77, etc). There are of course other systems of roads within each state too, like scenic routes, which are highways that go along a farther distance out of the way, but it is very pretty. It seems that wikipedia has an entry on the California State Highways: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_highways_in_California

[efanton]

Feb 29, 2020 4:06:59 GMT -5 keladry12 said:

We have: Interstate Highways (crosses multiple states, things like I95 or I80), US Highways (crosses multiple states, often lower speeds/fewer lanes/etc than interstates, older system called US-66 or US-101, also can be called route 101 or route 66), State Highways (changes names/numbers at state borders or is entirely within one state, named by the Postal abbreviation of the state, so California's would be CA 77, etc). There are of course other systems of roads within each state too, like scenic routes, which are highways that go along a farther distance out of the way, but it is very pretty. It seems that wikipedia has an entry on the California State Highways: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_highways_in_California

THanks Keladry12.

I saw that already but it only talks about US routes and interstates. Not like here in Europe where we have Motorways, national roads, regional roads and local roads all clearly distinguishable by their naming convention  although I'm sure the US system makes just as much sense if you are used to it.
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But I just noticed the US Route I was searching for was deleted.  There is a little link at the bottom that I didnt notice first time round.

How do you delete a road?  Must be the all the UFO's sighted in that part of the world doing  target practice  

[mrpoirot]

Feb 28, 2020 23:22:34 GMT -5 speelnik said:

Hey there. I’m brand new to this forum (first post) and came by because I’ve hit a dead end.

I managed to find key one, and struggled with the chest until it finally popped out at me one day.

Popped out? Could you give us a hint... Has anyone here been close to finding it? Does it have something to do with Mr Marshall and/or Coloma, CA?

[speelnik]

Sorry. Meant nothing by popped. Just that after struggling, it occurred to me out of the blue.

I certainly used the poem to find it.


Since you mentioned it. The gold rush is one of my thoughts for S6. But after verifying Key1 I have yet to link the clue to the gold rush possibility.

[chipveres]

More ideas on the US road numbers: In general odd numbers go north and south, even numbers go east and west. Each state can and does number its own roads. A four-digit number is likely to be a county road. The bigger a road is, the more likely it is to be numbered within the conventions. For named roads, all bets are off.

[speelnik]

Okay, I'm going to post a find I have for the sake of moving this forward. Let me know if it was already discovered, but a cursory glance in here did not yield anything.

www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100035254278385

Look at the date of the only image...


For those that got the clue to Key 1, I know this could be argued as in conflict, but a find I made regarding stanza7 still fits with the clue and is too perfect to be coincidental. I'm hoping by sharing we could confirm or eliminate this cypher option I'm now hearing about. I personally don't buy it, but I would love to have a go/no go to be able to move on.

Subie, it was recommended to me to confirm if I found the chest with you. If you don't mind a pm, i can dance around the topic a bit to see if we both may have found the same thing.

[efanton]

Feb 29, 2020 13:34:26 GMT -5 chipveres said:

More ideas on the US road numbers: In general odd numbers go north and south, even numbers go east and west. Each state can and does number its own roads. A four-digit number is likely to be a county road. The bigger a road is, the more likely it is to be numbered within the conventions. For named roads, all bets are off.

Thanks for that,  that is really useful for those of us that have never visited the USA.