ANT token has been found!

[Leveret]

Official post from the authors:
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Hello Leveret Participants!

We are pleased to announce that the Ant token was found on May 5, 2022 and the associated prizes have been claimed!
The team that found the token was Beefaghetti, Laurel B, Huli, and dog-partner Lexi! We want to congratulate their successful team!

As per the rules on pages 92 and 93 of the book, within 28 days following the token discovery, any other participant who visits the site where the Ant token was found and sends a photograph to the official email address, documenting themselves at that exact spot, will be sent a digital copy of the token and its markings. On June 2nd (28 days after the token was found), a digital copy of the token and its markings will be released to all participants.

Questions to the authors can be addressed here on the Mysterious Writings forum or via the official email address.

We hope you are enjoying the book, the puzzles and the hunt! Good luck!


Pix from the finders are shown below. Note that the token was hidden among the roots of this tree and attached with a thin wire, which the finders pulled out before taking these pictures:

[mike6888]

Congrats!

[susb8383]

Congratulations!

[mofinn]

Congratulations! Well Done!

[itsmentalanguish]

Congrats!

[kityblue]

Congrats

[stercox]

Congrats!!!!!

[Leveret]

Official posting and finder pix just added at the top of the thread.

[samantha73]

woo-hoo! congrats!

[moonchickapowpow]

Yay!!! Congratulations to the finders. Love seeing the art in the puzzle come to life when comparing the pictures of the actual hiding spot. Will the solutions to the puzzles be revealed when a token is found??

[Leveret]

May 6, 2022 15:40:59 GMT -5 moonchickapowpow said:

... Will the solutions to the puzzles be revealed when a token is found??

Snipped from the "Questions for the Creators" thread:
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When a token is found and its associated prizes are claimed, the authors will immediately announce that the token is claimed (e.g., "The grasshopper token has been found and its associated prizes have been claimed."). We may or may not choose to announce the state where the token was claimed. We will not announce the detailed location or the detailed solution at that time. Other solvers who find the very detailed, specific location within the next 28 days can submit their photographs at that location to receive a digital image of the front and back of the token with its corresponding markings.
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28 days after a token has been claimed, the authors will reveal a digital image of the front and back of the token with its corresponding markings.

The authors may or may not choose to release the details of the specific location at that time, or at a later time. The authors may or may not choose to release some or all of the details of how the specific location was hidden/encoded in the book at that time, or at a later time.

We hope to not spoil solves for participants who may still be working on puzzles. But we also hope to not have the hunt get "stuck" with only one person or team making progress in solving the puzzles. We will use our judgment in releasing solution details and/or hints to try to best balance these two competing goals.

[Leveret]

Another team that wishes to remain publicly anonymous has gone BOTG and successfully found the location of the ANT token! Per the rules, the team provided a photo at the site where the token was hidden. They have been given a digital copy of the ANT token and what is imprinted on that token.

Congratulations!

[stercox]

Congrats to the second team!!!

[beefaghetti]

Congratulations!

[susb8383]

Congrats!