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Post by forgottenhistoryhunt on May 19, 2022 19:46:33 GMT -5
Sorry, but yes, I deleted the map with incorrect information. I had only posted it shortly before I saw the mistake, so wanted to correct it ASAP. I knew some people had already seen it, so I deleted the mistake and replaced it with the corrected one.
Sorry for any confusion. Let me know if you have any other questions.
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Post by stercox on May 19, 2022 22:38:35 GMT -5
Thanks for the clarification!
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Post by Firefly on May 21, 2022 13:25:55 GMT -5
I feel like I have a compelling story on the 3 towns. But even with that I can't find the picture. I'm usually drawn first to the ciphers and am stumped! Felt like the last hint was huge but it just didn't work. Still working on it! The cipher is pretty standard, just camouflaged a little I actually tried the Baconian Cipher, despite the 106 characters, with the idea of numbers and letters being two elements and the “bee” hint. It was nonsense, though.
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Post by forgottenhistoryhunt on May 21, 2022 17:53:05 GMT -5
Congratulations to team susb8383, stercox and forestblight!
They have made a successful trip to the location of the hidden rock and are the winners of the BOTG segment of the hunt!
The cipher remains unsovled, so there is still one more prize to be had...
Don't forget, the hint about my recommendation can help you solve that :-)
Good luck everyone!
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Post by mofinn on May 21, 2022 18:56:46 GMT -5
Congratulations to the successful team! Well Done!
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Post by mike6888 on May 21, 2022 19:19:37 GMT -5
Congrats!
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Post by forgottenhistoryhunt on May 22, 2022 7:48:14 GMT -5
Lucky Seven:
3-4-1-2-4-5-4
5-1-2-4-4-1-1
1-2-1-4-2-3-1
2-1-5-2-2-3-1
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Post by forgottenhistoryhunt on May 23, 2022 8:57:20 GMT -5
The cipher needs to be solved! Another hint tomorrow if it's not solved by then.
In the meantime, a picture of the prizes:
A hand-crafted pen and letter opener, each in a wooden box engraved with a quote (currently blurred out).
The pen will go to the BOTG team - susb8383, stercox and forestblight (unless they prefer the letter opener) and the letter opener will go to the person or team who solves the cipher.
Good luck!
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Post by Firefly on May 23, 2022 23:26:02 GMT -5
My only recommendation? Stay engaged and don't give up - The answer lurks in those numbers and letters! And the bee? He's not just there for decoration... :-)A couple of ideas… Recommendation hint = Morse (my only recommendation stay engaged) Bee = X marks the spot, -… = B = X? (Shift/Rot cipher?) This is our last week of school, so I don’t have time to play much on this one. I hope these ideas are helpful! Love the hunt, as always, FHH! PS: Please delete/let me know if this kind of post is not allowed. Amanda
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Post by forgottenhistoryhunt on May 24, 2022 17:56:36 GMT -5
The cipher remains unsolved, so -
1. Letters = numbers 2. Letters are there for a reason 3. Odd numbers =....?
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Post by forgottenhistoryhunt on May 24, 2022 19:03:17 GMT -5
Well, that was quick!
Congratulations go to team susbe8383, stercox and frostblight for solving the cipher!
Thanks to everyone for your hard work on this hunt!
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Post by mofinn on May 24, 2022 19:07:07 GMT -5
Congratulations to the Solvers - Very Well Done Folks!
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Post by forgottenhistoryhunt on May 24, 2022 19:13:12 GMT -5
Solution to the BOTG location for The Lords of Delftware: Thomas Paine Park, Bordentown, NJ
Thomas Paine, 1737-1809 author of The Rights of Man and The Age of Reason.
A rock was placed just over the fence at the back of the park. It was etched with a code. The winner had to find the rock (shown in the photos) and submit that code to me. ____________________________________________________________________________
The broken pieces of pottery suggest that the Delftware statement is an anagram - The letters need to be put back together in the proper order. "The Lords of Delftware" is an anagram of three British towns associated with Thomas Paine: Thetford, Lewes & Alford. Paine was born in Thetford, and lived in Alford and Lewes.
The white heart is for Thomas Paine's birthplace: 33 White Hart St. in Thetford, and for the White Hart Hotel in Lewes. A plaque there reads: "This Inn is regarded as the cradle of American independence which he (Thomas Paine) helped to found with pen and sword."
The prizes for this hunt are a hand-crafted pen and a letter opener (a sword), each in a wooden box engraved with a quote by Thomas Paine.
The bee is the NJ state insect. (the hint said, "the bee is Not Just for decoration, or the bee is NJ)
There are memorials, statues, and historic markers to Thomas Paine in at least 7 states, so you needed to identify the state and find a picture of the park to make sure you had the right one. The one in Bordentown has a statue of Thomas Paine.
The cipher is Morse Code. All even numbers and the "even" letters B,D,F,H,J,L,N,P,R,T,V,X,Z = dashes All odd numbers and the "odd" letters A,C,E,G,I,K,M,O,Q,S,U,W,Y = dots Each letter in the code indicates the last mark in a Morse Code letter so you can identify the individual letters of the quote.
Steps: 1. Make a break after each letter in the code to separate the Morse Code letters. 2. Once you have the breaks, change each letter to its corresponding number (A=1, B=2, etc) 3. Once you have all numbers, change all even numbers to dashes and all odd numbers to dots 4. Then translate using Morse Code.
The start of the quote: F,11,5,1,G, K,7,6,F,4,20,P,15,2,Q,25,4,13,M,24,11,A =
F/ 11,5,1,G/ K/ 7,6,F/ 4,20,P/ 15,2,Q/ 25,4,13,M/ 24,11,A/ 6 11,5,1,7 11 7,6,6 4,20,16 15,2,17 25,4,13,13 24,11,1 (even = dash; odd = dot) - .... . .-- - - - . - . . - . . - . . T H E W O R L D ...and so on...
The correct quote for the solution: THE WOLRD IS MY COUNTRY TO DO GOOD IS MY RELIGION This is the quote that needed to be submitted to win a prize.
Thomas Paine's full quote is THE WOLRD IS MY COUNTRY, ALL MANKIND IS MY BRETHEREN, AND TO DO GOOD IS MY RELIGION. I used only the beginning and the end of the quote so someone couldn't just decipher the first few words and google the rest :-)
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Post by forgottenhistoryhunt on May 24, 2022 19:19:11 GMT -5
Explanation of hints:
1.Advice given by Elon Musk to contestants in the Hunger Games? Elon Musk quote: “When something is important enough, you do it EVEN if the ODDs are not in your favor.” to direct you to even and odd numbers
2. My Only Recommendation? Stay Engaged and don't give up - = MORSE code (with a dash) The answer lurks in those numbers and letters! And the bee? HE'S Not Just there for decoration... = HE'S NJ (with dots)
3. Lucky Seven:
3412454 5124411 1214231 2152231
Polybius with SEVEN as keyword, = LETTERS END EACH
4. 1. Letters = numbers 2. Letters are there for a reason - to show the end of each Morse code letter 3. Odd numbers =....? (Odd numbers = dots)
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Post by susb8383 on May 24, 2022 19:25:46 GMT -5
So clever! We went totally down the wrong path at first because the wiki entry for English Delftware talks about three British towns as being the main manufacturers. Then we found there are a couple of states in the U.S. that have those towns, such as West Virginia. It wasn't until the hint that we realized those weren't the towns we needed.
This hunt was very clever!
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