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Post by xmarksdspot on Feb 21, 2020 16:00:45 GMT -5
Since you asked, I'll answer and then let it go. There is a difference between tricky and misleading. IF the clue had been "look for the harp" then I could accept the ambiguity and look for several things (a harp, a lyre, harmonica, a harpoon). BUT, when a clue says "look for a harpsichord" I do believe that rules out the wordplay, because the clue is now more specific. Have fun. I will mention one more thing. There is a reason why it is called a harpsichord. It is basically a harp because the strings are plucked like a harp. They just happen to be plucked mechanically when you press the keys. A piano is totally different because the strings are hammered rather than plucked.
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Post by xmarksdspot on Feb 21, 2020 16:50:57 GMT -5
This was my only other lead. It was an advertisement/publicity photo from Milwaukee in 1973. It could have still have been around in the early 80's. If anyone knows it was posted somewhere in Milwaukee, Let us know.
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Post by canuck on Feb 21, 2020 18:55:59 GMT -5
Just as an FYI, the Sky Glider at the Wisconsin State Fairground across town has 160 seats...no idea if they are the same dimensions, just giving you an idea. Along with that this park and some of those festivals were very new when The Secret was published. There would have been 1, maybe 2 Germanfest events prior to the book being published, honestly can't see Byron use something that new and not established as a clue.
Personally I've got it buried at or near the Wolcott statue in Lake Park based on the clues in the book. Until they replace or tear up those paver stones in front of the statue though there is no real way to prove/disprove this theory. Would ground penetrating radar read through the pavers? I've heard of people using GPR in Lake Park, just not sure if they used it in this particular spot. Heard the rear of the statue has been dug up like crazy, but its the front of the statue that I'm interested in.
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Post by xmarksdspot on Feb 21, 2020 20:58:30 GMT -5
Hi Canuck, Yeah I wish someone close by could verify the seat count. I know it's around 90-100 but don't know exactly. Personally I thought the fact that Germanfest was new was the very reason Priess went there. It probably had lots of advertising at the time. He actually din't use it as a clue, I just made the connection because it's thought the puzzle represents German immigration.
Hey, we are trying to figure this out. Chase the dream!
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Post by xmarksdspot on Feb 24, 2020 10:51:10 GMT -5
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Post by xmarksdspot on Apr 24, 2020 15:51:40 GMT -5
i'll follow up tomorow, but let's start with the first clue. View the 3 stories of Mitchell. The Mitchell building in Milwaulkee has 5 stories, but from Henry Maier Park, if you can get a view of it, you'll only see the top three stories. As you walk the beating of the world, the Summerfest held at Henry Maier Park is known as the largest music festival in the world. Oh, if you wonder why this image doesn't have a clock, it doesn't need one. The symbol of the cicada is the clock, they emerge every June in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, that's your clock/month. The flower is a rose, and the jewel is an alexandrite. I need to make a correction on my statement above. I do not wish to mislead anyone. For some reason I had the idea that the month represented by the image matched the month that Preiss traveled to bury that particular casque. I now do not believe that to be the case. I believe he could have been in Milwaukee in June and the image still represent February. With that said, the jewel and flower for this image is and always has been Purple Amethyst and primrose. I ignorantly steered off course and I apologize. After all, Preiss tells us that in the book.
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Post by choice on Apr 27, 2020 13:28:16 GMT -5
Now that's the greatest introduction. People have suggested the Oak Leaf Trail that was called 76 trail as grand 200 (1976 bicentennial). Her outline looks like a wild turkey. That and the fifth reference, was there a Kentucky Bourbon sign somewhere near?
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Post by xmarksdspot on Apr 27, 2020 14:59:31 GMT -5
Welcome kjbglobal, It's great to get all that information from a local, especially one who was around back in the day. The birch bridge supports sounds very interesting.
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Post by kjbglobal on Apr 27, 2020 19:34:00 GMT -5
Let me ponder the wild turkey comment. Nothing comes to mind immediately, unfortunately. As for signs, I doubt there was anything memorable or remarkable. Milwaukee was still very much a beer town then. But you've given me something to think about.
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Post by canuck on Apr 27, 2020 20:05:15 GMT -5
Welcome kjbglobal, always good to get a different perspective, particularly from someone familiar with 1970s/1980s Milwaukee.
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Post by choice on Apr 27, 2020 20:20:51 GMT -5
I wonder if Milwaukee turkey trot goes that far back.
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Post by kjbglobal on Apr 29, 2020 17:33:54 GMT -5
I can't seem to make images work. These are URLs to three Google Streetview images of sites in downtown Milwaukee that I wanted your thoughts on. They are all within about three blocks of each other. The block pattern wall and the "birches" are across the street from one another. URL of Google Streetview for blue area on hood? www.google.com/maps/@43.0415704,-87.9043466,3a,15y,45.14h,129.4t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1st3QRPByPaKdYAffNhLEsJA!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo1.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3Dt3QRPByPaKdYAffNhLEsJA%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D116.63245%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en URL of Google Streetview of strange block pattern in cloak cowl www.google.com/maps/@43.0411967,-87.9070432,3a,15.4y,201.8h,95.2t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1skKCrAZ6JiNuBRlzn0zTJnQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en URL of Google Streetview of interesting shapes that mimic the "birches" in the photo www.google.com/maps/@43.0411967,-87.9070432,3a,15y,62.03h,99.28t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1skKCrAZ6JiNuBRlzn0zTJnQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en
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Post by choice on Apr 29, 2020 18:13:47 GMT -5
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Post by SluggoZim on Jun 10, 2020 2:23:44 GMT -5
just messing around with a new approach and something popped out bottom left by the candle. rotate 90 deg counter for interesting orientation.
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Post by xmarksdspot on Jul 14, 2020 15:22:54 GMT -5
Could this be the latitude?
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