I eat red meat every chance get and tomorrow will be filled with delights.
I see your other thoughts on the clues but let me ask you, why are you not in Cherokee Park? Or are you just saying some of these other clues are way markers?

Choice

Can anyone read this? Someone said it looks like “I is M”
It’s at the tip of the shoe thing on top.

Looks like I18 to me. There’s no Interstate 18, and the bingo number seems too general, so I have no clue what it could mean if it isn’t a scan artifact. I actually *don’t* think it is because of how clear it looks and the 3-D effect is too good. The character to the right looks like the Gmail M with some kind of arc on the bottom.

To me it looks like cap. I (eye) then a sideways S like one of those S shaped chairs that you can sit side by side facing each-other, then S or 8 in one chair and T with wavy cross in the other.

MrBackstop

I eat red meat every chance get and tomorrow will be filled with delights.
I see your other thoughts on the clues but let me ask you, why are you not in Cherokee Park? Or are you just saying some of these other clues are way markers?

Grilled salmon baby!
There’s a limit to what one can do with online street map and images without boots on the ground. I’m following the image correlation with the area map specifically the T rod as posted.
The Le Moo area is in my area of interest in my map and has several features like floating wheel with circle within circle sign, animal with similar hooves and blood-red leash, tree-branch and antlers and T post.
However we read that it is hidden away from city and it’s geometric features.

True Sacred Heart Academy is a good distance from the park. So it goes to the basic 4 steps from JM:
Locate the City – Louisville
Find the Park – Cherokee Park
Find the Treasure Grounds – ?
Locate the Dig Spot – ?
I wouldn’t think using square geometry outside of the park would help you at this point. It would have to be used within the Park and even more so once you get to the treasure grounds.

Choice, do you have treasure ground? Meaning have you narrowed down and area so that you can look for the dig spot?
City Identifier
Heigold House
City Park
Cherokee Park
Treasure Grounds ?
Dig Spot?

i do have it narrowed to multiple spots depending on how you interpret image/verse.
Near benches.
Under bridge.
Below T.
I’ve hinted to all of these spots months ago here and on the mysteriouswriting’s site.
I mostly interpret 4 spans as traveling/driving over 4 bridges and not the Big Four Bridge. This bridge is a pedestrian bridge. That means you have to walk for several miles to the next spot. Not likely unless you Uber!

The bottom branch has two offshoots, one with 3 twigs and the other with 2 twigs. MN is the 32nd state…thats one of many reasons that I have this casque buried in MN.
I see the hubcap as the front of an old locomotive ( a tribute to 982 ) and the “T” is a tribute to the “T” in Boston. This led me to the conclusion that the casque is near a train depot, a train track or some other related train area.

MrBackstop

The bottom branch has two offshoots, one with 3 twigs and the other with 2 twigs. MN is the 32nd state…thats one of many reasons that I have this casque buried in MN.
I see the hubcap as the front of an old locomotive ( a tribute to 982 ) and the “T” is a tribute to the “T” in Boston. This led me to the conclusion that the casque is near a train depot, a train track or some other related train area.

First, thanks for getting things back on track. Second, I like the train angle. So a train depot with a familiar park bench.

BINGO

Im not keeping up, and have been banned from the page, so I’m not up to date with whats going on.
This seems really close though. does the place match the verse?

burnstyle

Im not keeping up, and have been banned from the page, so I’m not up to date with whats going on.
This seems really close though. does the place match the verse?

Along with 3 other verses from the original hunt…
I’m not actively searching for this casque and I don’t do snapface, facegram or instachat. I just happened upon it and the foot grabbed my attention enough to take a picture.

I was wondering when someone is going to post that!
viewtopic.php?f=32&t=728&start=1869

Actually I posted that in reply to Doghouse asking if there were any statues with arm stretched in public garden. Wrong again.
My comment was I was wondering who is going to notice that foot and post about it NOT who posted some random image someday.
You must be addicted to Cortisol. Stop stressin’

No stress. I’m addicted to ether at the moment and I have you to thank for that.
It’s pretty basic, your comment implied that you already knew about the foot of the statue and you were waiting for someone else to bring it up.
I challenged that notion because of your posting habits.
Were you or were you not talking about this exact statue in the last few days? If you noticed the foot back then, why didn’t you bring it up?
I only posted the pic to let others discuss and determine its value. (Especially MB) I actually have other pics of similar benches to add as well. I don’t follow this hunt other than casual exposure, so my opinion and translation wouldn’t carry any weight.

I did notice that foot while doing the Google walkthrough and didn’t think it’s relevance to anything and frankly I was concerned my trolls would bark at me for even posting an irrelevant “random” post. How else would I’ve known where that statue was?

burnstyle

Im not keeping up, and have been banned from the page…

Who burned you?

Choice

I did notice that foot while doing the Google walkthrough and didn’t think it’s relevance to anything and frankly I was concerned my trolls would bark at me for even posting an irrelevant “random” post. How else would I’ve known where that statue was?

Ok sure.
If you had posted the picture of that foot, it would have been the closest thing to an image match that you have ever offered.
Doesn’t the Zodiac killer still have some unsolved ciphers? Maybe your talents would be better used on something more important.

BINGO

Ok sure.
If you had posted the picture of that foot, it would have been the closest thing to an image match the you have ever offered.
Doesn’t the Zodiac killer still have some unsolved ciphers? Maybe your talents would be better used on something more important.

Don’t worry ’bout it

Choice

Who burned you?

JM. its a long strange story.

Choice

I was wondering when someone is going to post that!
http://quest4treasure.co.uk/phpbb3/view … start=1869

Or, you took the information that I mentioned in earlier posts about where I was looking yesterday. Then searched the area looking for the statue.
I find it very difficult to believe that a chronic poster of random crap and loose connections like you would have the ability to NOT post this if you knew about it. Especially since it was an item you were talking about just a day or two ago. If you had noticed this, you would have posted it. You missed it, no big deal. It happens.
Were you also wondering when someone would post a picture of the benches that are very similar to the ones being talked about? I’ll hold off and let you do that.
EDIT: I posted this picture because I read a post by Merlot Brougham (elsewhere) that mentioned Boston (and other cities) as a potential site. When I saw the foot, I posted it for him. He seems to be taking this hunt seriously. Whether it helps or is off track is for others to decide. I have no skin in the game. Hope it helps.

b_sketchy

I have been trying to use the basic basic formula for The Secret: i.e. image leads you to city, verse leads you to the spot, image contains visual confirmations along the way. Are you suggesting that methodology doesn’t necessarily apply?

There was something said at the beginning which implied that the entire verse needs to be used. This, to me, sounds more like a puzzle and less like a scavenger hunt. Even if you have some visual clues and symbology which seems to fit a location but have skipped a few lines of the verse, it most certainly will be wrong, because you can’t just leave out a few bolts and expect the engine to run correctly.

catherwood

There was something said at the beginning which implied that the entire verse needs to be used. This, to me, sounds more like a puzzle and less like a scavenger hunt. Even if you have some visual clues and symbology which seems to fit a location but have skipped a few lines of the verse, it most certainly will be wrong, because you can’t just leave out a few bolts and expect the engine to run correctly.

What I’m saying is, I don’t understand how one would know where to begin without first trying to find a visual match. The Chicago Water Tower, Cleveland’s Terminal Tower, Milwaukee City Hall, shapes of Florida, Ohio, Roanoke, etc. These all give you some kind of starting point. I’m still trying to figure out where we’re supposed to start. Is that scavenger hunting?

b_sketchy

What I’m saying is, I don’t understand how one would know where to begin without first trying to find a visual match. The Chicago Water Tower, Cleveland’s Terminal Tower, Milwaukee City Hall, shapes of Florida, Ohio, Roanoke, etc. These all give you some kind of starting point. I’m still trying to figure out where we’re supposed to start. Is that scavenger hunting?

I just began with something that was a visual match to a map, but not a landmark. Someone posted a photo of the Monarch Highway while researching the Butterfly in the Image and what I realized was that the “red leash” the man is holding is a visual match to the map that was posted. The Monarch Highway runs from Laredo TX to Duluth MN.
With one of my criteria for solving this puzzle being that the casque is probably buried in a port city on a Great Lake, an Ocean or the Gulf, …I concentrated my search in Duluth. I believe the Rose Garden in Leif Erikson Park is just above the location of the dig spot. I’m still working on an exact area.

Looks like things are moving fast with the Tribute. I studied the Tribute for a couple weeks.
The only lead I thought I found was a wall mural of a train in Alamogadro, NM.

A bunch in Arizona too but not with the hooves but better match for head.
https://c8.alamy.com/comp/RBKCD0/tradit … RBKCD0.jpg

If you end up going to Shawnee Park, make sure it is in the daylight….not a safe part of town. Our HS baseball team played many games in that park and when we were done, we got the hell out. Be safe people.

BINGO

There are lamps like that all over the place. I know of 3 different locations in Boston. A set at the BPL, a set on Commonwealth Ave and another set along the Charles River. The clawed foot is the big difference. Find one with a hoof and you’ve got something special.

There are a few in Manhattan as well.
From what I understand they are the mass produced version of the legeater.

MrBackstop

If you end up going to Shawnee Park, make sure it is in the daylight….not a safe part of town. Our HS baseball team played many games in that park and when we were done, we got the hell out. Be safe people.

I like the south-west tip of the Cherokee park the best. It matches the branding iron map perfectly.
Google street map goes to 2015 so not very accurate. Google earth has Feb 2018 with all the leaves gone so better view from above but still can’t locate any bench. Need boots on the ground.

erexere

I’m not suggesting they used a five-sided shape specifically. Seeming as they have that tree branch with the droplet shaped jewel hanging from it in the painting, I wonder if that might suggest an ornament of some kind is attached to a limb somewhere as a possible indication of a dig spot below. It’s a thought.

Since this is supposed to be a tribute puzzle I’m sure they’ll stick to the tradition of the book puzzles and remain faithful to Preiss’ established format. The hanging jewel, other stuff hanging off of tree branch and braced stick with things hanging off of a sting is not unique to this image. Castle-head (Img. 5) had many of these features.

I wonder if they resorted to a method similar to TCWAF where a
five sided figure
, also the shape of the book itself, was nailed to a tree in a rest area.

Choice

Maybe in Ft. Sumter

I’m not suggesting they used a five-sided shape specifically. Seeming as they have that tree branch with the droplet shaped jewel hanging from it in the painting, I wonder if that might suggest an ornament of some kind is attached to a limb somewhere as a possible indication of a dig spot below. It’s a thought.
It’s amazing that just back in 2010, TWCAF had people digging holes in rest areas all over the place and nobody cared. Getting permission to dig anywhere nowadays is getting to be much more difficult it seems.

erexere

I wonder if they resorted to a method similar to TCWAF where a
five sided figure
, also the shape of the book itself, was nailed to a tree in a rest area.

Maybe in Ft. Sumter

So do you guys think the so called foot-stone is a match for the Big Rock or Gen. Clark? Gabby?
https://tinyurl.com/y2vo7rsq
https://tinyurl.com/yyptdxcy

I don’t “get” cyphers: Isn’t it always solved by brute force, in that you keep trying known encryption methods until you find one that works?

Yes…the smarter move would have been to do a similar style puzzle to the verse and release the lore when solved….or have the solve access a page with the lore. Unfortunately, some idiot thought he would whip up a puzzle quickly that’s answer would be the method to decrypting the cipher. All while hoping the cipher heads would be annoyed by the double encryption, call foul, and not play the game.

My guess after looking at it for about 15 minutes in somewhere in the Nag’s Head, Kill Devil Hills region in North Carolina.
The tree branch looks like it makes out the state outline. The sheep looks like “Goatman” who is supposed to reside in Kill Devil Hills. A few other things…
just a quick guess though. Fun to see something new.
Regards,
Mac

Lyndale Park Rose Garden
Heffelfinger Fountain
4124 Roseway Rd, Minneapolis, MN 55409

I like the probe/branding iron combo.
The recessed part of the platform, the one with 2 curves and shadow may be one of those perspective puzzles.
Best viewed upside down. It would look convex like a vase or a post.

So after crossing the London Bridge you get to a boot shaped island. Looking at the Beachcomber BLVD you notice that it forms the shape of a woman with head, arms, body, smallest leg and foot. Her foot is practically standing on the marina.
Now a couple of observations in the painting:
• She’s wearing a slip and it is touching the water on the platform.
• Her unusual foot and toes is in the shape of a duck’s head and bill, also touching water.
• I take these clues as dock/slip in the marina. 7th slip is a good guess. Spot of interest is in the sand infront of 7th slip.
• The painting may show the spot in the sand next to where dog lays with an iron probe in the corner
I know the battle axe and the Valkyrie line is sending people to Minnesota but it doesn’t fit the imagery.
Axe is connection to Native Americans and the line ‘Valkyrie’s window with seven’ may only be a simple word puzzle.
Something like VALuable KeY RISE WIN Doe with 7
https://tinyurl.com/y6dcp2dq

Face, foot, robe, hair (Minnehaha Regional Park Statue Pieces):
Justin (mm)

13th cask should be plastered all over the 12treasures’ front page. Why the shhh…?
I don’t even see the tribute thing.

I think it was inappropriate to post the decrypted lore without a *spoiler* leader.
I have loads of practice with cryptography and sat down with pen and paper for a good couple hours and I’m not making any progress. Until I get the Prelude figured out, I’m not too concerned with when the release date of the primary puzzle.

The deciphered text is a mile long. Couldn’t you stop yourself before reading it in entirety?

Choice

13th cask should be plastered all over the 12treasures’ front page. Why the shhh…?
I don’t even see the tribute thing.

because I purposefully took myself out of the tribute hunt very early on.
I am not involved in any way shape or form, and I don’t want to give anyone the impression that I am.

Is it possible to just let JM finish what he is doing on HIS schedule? Why the urgent need to dissect everything before all of the information is ready and available?
This type of building frenzy is most likely why Preiss shut down communications with hunters in the past. Patience and respect never hurts anything. The instant gratification mentality is simply childish.

Choice

Maybe it’s in that red planter!
https://tinyurl.com/y5du4t62

That’s an interesting burger joint if you get a chance to go.

MrBackstop

That’s an interesting burger joint if you get a chance to go.

I don’t eat red meat and kind of disturbed by their signs. An additional connection I’ve posted before to this location:
I know Kit is into Airsoft gun design and perhaps “GAMEing”.
Rota is the 7th Valkyrie in the game “God of War 2018”
http://www.ign.com/wikis/god-of-war-201 … _Valkyries
7th Valkyrie has the same deer-like antler as the tree-branch in the image and likeness to the Le Moo statue.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pogCbaxlSaI

Choice

Can anyone read this?

Majority opinion on the FB page is that it says, “I SIT.” Interestingly, some say is says the same if you flip it upside down.
(Not an endorsement on either, just trying to be helpful).

Maybe it’s in that red planter!
https://tinyurl.com/y5du4t62

Can anyone read this? Someone said it looks like “I is M”
It’s at the tip of the shoe thing on top.

Quick question, I’ve read something about it being difficult to solve with just google maps ?
what was exactly said about this ? I can’t find it anymore… anyone remember where this was mentioned…
Just wondering if the digspot is or isn’t visible from google maps (streetview)

The reason I’m asking:
I actually have a spot in Minneapolis, and John’s facebook post hint just confirmed my theory ! (I’m going crazy right now ! ! ! ! ! ! )
There’s 2 possibilties though :
1 is my original spot (visible from streetview) (I seriously think this should be it)
2. There’s might be an exact duplicate outside of google streetview sight, that would need boots on the ground
That brings me to a second question
ANYONE WANNA DIG ? ? ? ?
I’m not able to dig myself, plane tickets would be like a $1000 so that’s a bit much…
So it would be really cool if there’s someone I can trust to dig for me.

GoldenMartyr

I will bet my house that this is not in
Minnesota
. Any gamblers out there?

I’m not sure what makes MN any more significant than any other place.

GoldenMartyr

I will bet my house that this is not in Minnesota. Any gamblers out there?

I’m not sure what makes MN any more significant than any other place.

mariska

John’s facebook post hint just confirmed my theory ! (I’m going crazy right now ! ! ! ! ! ! )

Which of his facebook hints are you specifically referring to?

Merlot Brougham

Which of his facebook hints are you specifically referring to?

Oh this is so difficult, I don’t want everyone running around digging illegal holes everywhere (and ruin everything, not allowing us to dig anywhere anymore, since that’s what happened in the other cities after expedition unknown) so I don’t want to give away too much until someone’s checked out this spot I have in mind….
But well you can all check facebook yourselves, so I guess I gave away too much already
He said this (You’ll probably think what does that have to do with it, but it makes complete sense in the end) :
The Tribute Casque makes it’s TV debut. Remember kids, this isn’t a replica, there is no key for a safety deposit box inside the original 12, and Midian is where the monsters live!

mariska

Oh this is so difficult, I don’t want everyone running around digging illegal holes everywhere (and ruin everything, not allowing us to dig anywhere anymore, since that’s what happened in the other cities after expedition unknown) so I don’t want to give away too much until someone’s checked out this spot I have in mind….
But well you can all check facebook yourselves, so I guess I gave away too much already
He said this (You’ll probably think what does that have to do with it, but it makes complete sense in the end) :
The Tribute Casque makes it’s TV debut. Remember kids, this isn’t a replica, there is no key for a safety deposit box inside the original 12, and Midian is where the monsters live!

You’re right. I’m thinking what does this have to do with anything.

The metal rod on the left side of the image is a match for a 1939 World’s Fair style park bench. These benches were designed for the 1939 NYC World’s Fair, but now can be found in parks all over.

MrBackstop

Here is my first half solve of the 13th Casque.
Your way has a twin
– Twin Ports, Duluth Minnesota
A man of adventure stands
– Leif Erikson Park, statue
At the beginning and end
Cross four spans
– 4 Pedestrian bridges over the train tracks along Lakewalk boardwalk and bike trail, after passing four bridges you will be at the Leif Erikson Park Rose garden
An emblem of B
– Aerial Lift Bridge, which is the emblem of Duluth, Minnesota

Have you managed to get any further around Duluth? Had a quick look there after reading your post. I see a good match for the Valkyrie and the seven windows, which I guess you have.

Yes, I’ve narrowed down the Park and the area but not the actual dig spot. Remember JM did not necessarily want this one solve thru Google Earth. Because of the area I believed it’s buried, I cannot get a close look thru GE. I’ve been searching thru photos and videos with some success in the video world on Youtube.
Oh, as for the Valkyrie’s window….it doesn’t say windowS, so I don’t see that clue as having anything to do with 7 windows.

It’s down below
Valkyrie’s window with seven
Here is the key to my solve…the start and end in the same photo.
The casque is in this area but not right next to the gazebo. I’m trying to find a dig spot between the tracks and the rocks. Remember the clue towards the end
In marsh, hillside, and valley deep

Just listened to the latest podcast and it sounds like two individuals may have the correct location. Which may make my solve void, anyway, thought I’d share what I’ve got have enjoyed putting it together:
drive.google.com/file/d/1oDOMGhL6mN7oE4j7tWQaOQNmGKkKthgP/view?usp=sharing

bbi

Just listened to the latest podcast and it sounds like two individuals may have the correct location. Which may make my solve void, anyway, thought I’d share what I’ve got have enjoyed putting it together:
drive.google.com/file/d/1oDOMGhL6mN7oE4j7tWQaOQNmGKkKthgP/view?usp=sharing

I have listened to the podcast also. Not sure if that is true. Does Bret know for sure where the location of the casque? Did JM and Kit give him the location? It even seems George tried to stop him. George asked him if he knew the location and he said no. I don’t think that is what JM wanted. I still believe that the location is only between the two of them not anyone else until it is found. Why broadcast it for all to hear? I was not happy on how the podcast ended. Even if Bret knows the location it should not have been broadcasted. If JM said it then I would believe the statements. Don’t let what was stated by an individual decide whether your theory is valid or not. Until found all theories are valid.

Harley Quinn

I have listened to the podcast also. Not sure if that is true. Does Bret know for sure where the location of the casque? Did JM and Kit give him the location? It even seems George tried to stop him. George asked him if he knew the location and he said no. I don’t think that is what JM wanted. I still believe that the location is only between the two of them not anyone else until it is found. Why broadcast it for all to hear? I was not happy on how the podcast ended. Even if Bret knows the location it should not have been broadcasted. If JM said it then I would believe the statements. Don’t let what was stated by an individual decide whether your theory is valid or not. Until found all theories are valid.

Great answer. I too was a little put off by how the pod ended. No, Brett doesn’t KNOW where it is buried. He’s just 100% on board with the solutions he is privy to. If someone’s got it solved, good for them. I know for me hearing that discussion took some wind out of the hunt’s sails. But that’s just me.

bbi

Just listened to the latest podcast and it sounds like two individuals may have the correct location. Which may make my solve void, anyway, thought I’d share what I’ve got have enjoyed putting it together:
drive.google.com/file/d/1oDOMGhL6mN7oE4j7tWQaOQNmGKkKthgP/view?usp=sharing

Sorry the link was incomplete:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oDOMGh … sp=sharing

MrBackstop

Let me add something new I believe to be relevant. Cavehill Cemetery is next to Cherokee Park.
It’s down below (to the South)
Valkyrie’s window (Cavehill Cemetery) with seven (Nicola Marschall is buried in Cavehill, supporter of the Confederacy and designed the first Stars and Bars Flag)

I like the thought, but it would seem no-go rule #3 would say that’s ruled out – as far as dig spot. (Not entirely sure that’s what you’re advocating)
Ditto for some folks on FB interested in the Seminary.
(Interestingly – the ‘or church property’ was not in BP’s original rules and was added by JM – and the only no-go added. I believe because of the Seminary next to Cherokee Park – would make sense for why he added that to the rules).
Now if you can roll that line of thought into a hint as to dig spot – thematically, but not in the cemetery…now that would be a different matter. You’d sure have something there.
PS – Muhammad Ali is also interred there. Float like a…..??
(second use – city clue)?

Emblem of B…..could B refer to president Buchanan?

Choice

Could’ve never guessed Louisville Kentucky

I’m just as surprised as you Choice. I’m originally from Louisville and it definitely did not fit my criteria for a place to hide a Tribute casque. As you and many others know, I love the Duluth MN area because of so many matches in the Image and Verse. But one of my main thoughts was that it had to be in port city since we know that the two that were found were, and, the other 10 are believed to be in port cities.
Once I saw Carolines’ Crew put up the photo of the Heigold House and showed it was in Louisville, I left MN and now am back in my hometown. I now realize that the connection to the tribute was Frederick Law Olmstead and that the connection from the Heigold Facade to Cherokee Park is Beargrass Creek (Tribute-ary of the Ohio River).
On with the hunt.

As I posted on Facebook, I’m willing to bet JM was in Louisville at the end of October to bury the casque and stayed for the first weekend in November. That was Breeders’ Cup weekend at Churchill Downs (Your way has a twin)

Let me add something new I believe to be relevant. Cavehill Cemetery is next to Cherokee Park.
It’s down below (to the South)
Valkyrie’s window (Cavehill Cemetery) with seven (Nicola Marschall is buried in Cavehill, supporter of the Confederacy and designed the first Stars and Bars Flag)

BINGO

There are lamps like that all over the place… The clawed foot is the big difference. Find one with a hoof and you’ve got something special.

Gotcha – hoof, not claw. Thanks for the clarification BINGO.

Here’s a note from JM on Mysteriouswritings forum:

Did anyone ever find the tribute?

drunknerds

I don’t “get” cyphers: Isn’t it always solved by brute force, in that you keep trying known encryption methods until you find one that works?

Not for experts. There are usually recurring patterns that can tip off the encryption method. If you don’t know them, or you can’t find them, then yes, brute force is required.

Guardian

Not for experts. There are usually recurring patterns that can tip off the encryption method. If you don’t know them, or you can’t find them, then yes, brute force is required.

Oh, okay, cool. Glad there are some solving skills involved that a lot of people find fun.
It always struck me as super weird how little ciphers speak to me. You know me, I’ve solved and sold hundreds of puzzles, almost every kind I either find interesting or can see why others like them. I even like basic cryptography: One time I had the pleasure of solving na cryptogram that was both backwards and in Spanish (so a double L counted as one letter). But Ciphers always felt like either you crack it based on experience or you just blindly paste it in different solvers. Sharp learning curve in the beginning.

Here’s where I’m currently at:
Lyndale Park Rose Garden
Minneapolis, MN
Potential Casqu Location: 44.926300 -93.296392
What do we think? Do I have the right spot? Quite a bit is adding up at this point.

So what is the address for this random house near the park please?

Macfos

My guess after looking at it for about 15 minutes in somewhere in the Nag’s Head, Kill Devil Hills region in North Carolina.
The tree branch looks like it makes out the state outline. The sheep looks like “Goatman” who is supposed to reside in Kill Devil Hills. A few other things…
just a quick guess though. Fun to see something new.
Regards,
Mac

Are you taking the approach that “Your way has a twin” means the 13th Cask is going to be buried within a very short distance of where we know one of the original casques was also buried?
I’m not sure that feels right to me.
Here – Have a pure verse solve that has no reference whatsoever in the image, but deals with twins:
Cooperstown, NY. The Baseball hall of fame has Twins. Seven of them to be exact. A twin is also a double, like Abner Doubleday. A four seam fastball crosses four spans and is an emblem of Base Ball (as originally spelled and capitalized).
The above makes as much sense to me as “Your way has a Twin = Minneapolis”. That’s 1960’s Adam West Batman Riddler Episode level stuff.

I will bet my house that this is not in
Minnesota
. Any gamblers out there?

I will bet my house that this is not in Minnesota. Any gamblers out there?

Minotaur_moreno

Here’s where I’m currently at:
Lyndale Park Rose Garden
Minneapolis, MN
Potential Casqu Location: 44.926300 -93.296392
What do we think? Do I have the right spot? Quite a bit is adding up at this point.

I like what you have so far and some of it does seem to fit… Good for you if it does and you get to dig.
Two notes though from what I saw on Google Earth.
The round (hubcap) shape might be the ring structure on the other side of the park in the Peace Garden… Maybe this is why it is outside the main structure in the 13th image, on the other side of the edge meaning across the street.
The path in that area also (if flipped horizontal) has almost the same shape as the leash to the sheep if you look at it from the south.

erexere

I’m not sure what makes MN any more significant than any other place.

For starters:
– There’s a Rubin Vase (Edgar Rubin, was a Danish psychologist, which is a nice match for the Scandinavian theme) in the window which matches the outline of
Minnesota
.
See the pointy part on the left, and the face on the right, if you put those two on top of each-other you have the shape in the window.
I know people will say it’s not an exact match, but there’s a reason for that…
– It’s the REBUS everyone’s looking for
The Rubin vase works like this :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubin_vase
You’ll see two images, an optical illusion – a Vase and a Face
So we have both sides matching
Minnesota
– and the middle is a queen piece in chess.
Like the original 12 verses / images , we can confirm we have the correct state , by it’s state flower.
–
Minnesota
‘s state flower is the Queen’s Lady’s Slipper.
which gives us the rebus and explains the weird shoe
– Also the state butterfly is the Monarch, which everyone knows by now, confirming the state.
And there’s a lot more tying it to St-Paul/Minneapolis

erexere

I’m not sure what makes MN any more significant than any other place.

For starters:
– There’s a Rubin Vase (Edgar Rubin, was a Danish psychologist, which is a nice match for the Scandinavian theme) in the window which matches the outline of Minnesota.
See the pointy part on the left, and the face on the right, if you put those two on top of each-other you have the shape in the window.
I know people will say it’s not an exact match, but there’s a reason for that…
– It’s the REBUS everyone’s looking for
The Rubin vase works like this :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubin_vase
You’ll see two images, an optical illusion – a Vase and a Face
So we have both sides matching Minnesota – and the middle is a queen piece in chess.
Like the original 12 verses / images , we can confirm we have the correct state , by it’s state flower.
– Minnesota’s state flower is the Queen’s Lady’s Slipper.
which gives us the rebus and explains the weird shoe
– Also the state butterfly is the Monarch, which everyone knows by now, confirming the state.
And there’s a lot more tying it to St-Paul/Minneapolis

Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the Fandango?

Everybody seems to be getting worked up over the podcast. Sure, the majority of people are in the wrong location and remain overly confident about it but that should not be surprising.
The reality of the situation is this, yes, people seem to have a general location but I would not expect the end game to be easy. Did the creators want this to be simple once you were in the park and deciphered a few clues or were they motivated to keep this hunt running for a while? I choose the latter.

GoldenMartyr

Everybody seems to be getting worked up over the podcast. Sure, the majority of people are in the wrong location and remain overly confident about it but that should not be surprising.
The reality of the situation is this, yes, people seem to have a general location but I would not expect the end game to be easy. Did the creators want this to be simple once you were in the park and deciphered a few clues or were they motivated to keep this hunt running for a while? I choose the latter.

Thats where people are getting mixed up. from what I understand of the puzzle (I do not know the location) there are not ‘a few clues’ There is a puzzle.
The puzzle leads you to the locations. Once you have worked out the puzzle enough to know the location, the dig spot should not be that difficult to figure out.
In a scavenger hunt you are looking for a bunch of image matches… in a puzzle all the pieces fit together to show the whole picture. There is a big difference.

bbi

Just listened to the latest podcast and it sounds like two individuals may have the correct location. Which may make my solve void, anyway, thought I’d share what I’ve got have enjoyed putting it together:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oDOMGh … sp=sharing

Nicely done, sir!
So my morning went: Work on my own theory for this casque… Check out any new posts… Throw out own theory… start piggy-backin’ on bbi’s ideas for a while.
Now, that is not to say I won’t ever have another thought of my own, but this is some great stuff to work with. I like the visual confirmers in the images. Some say the verse holds all the clues, but it was your visual confirmers that got my attention. I think in this image, as with the others, there are varying degrees of exactness when it comes to the location markers so as not to be too precise. Undoubtedly, someone will say, “The pedestal water fountain is not an exact match.” and discard the whole thing. But I don’t think it needs to be exact. It is certainly enough to make you think you are on the right track and leaves something for the imagination. That said, it was your comparison of the Ojibwe girl statue that got me. That is pretty darn exact! I’m going to keep looking through this. I also have a thought/question about that ledge under the tracks by the Rose Garden.
-As for the verse, you can get ‘Dragon Seer’ from ‘Rose Garden’ – and there are apparently tales of sea serpents and dragons in Lake Superior.
Thanks bbi!

burnstyle

Thats where people are getting mixed up. from what I understand of the puzzle (I do not know the location) there are not ‘a few clues’ There is a puzzle.
The puzzle leads you to the locations. Once you have worked out the puzzle enough to know the location, the dig spot should not be that difficult to figure out.
In a scavenger hunt you are looking for a bunch of image matches… in a puzzle all the pieces fit together to show the whole picture. There is a big difference.

Completely agree, after I posted my solution I stated to think about the initial prelude and how that was deciphered i.e. the Acrostic/cyphers such as “IIICRI” etc. As I looked again at the Tribute verse I started to see that there are similar things going on such as “cross four spans”, “down below”, “In marsh”. “At the beginning and end” which could all play out as some kind of wordplay. Also the fact it says “Learned now from methods passed” which I’m now treating as the methods learned from the prelude. Basically, I’d gone straight in at it (apart from the DRAgon trigraph wordplay part) and treated most of the verse as visual confirmers i.e. I’m looking for 4 physical spans to walk passed or over. So yes, I believe I treated most part of it as a scavenger hunt.
Anyone really good at crossword puzzles

UnprovenFact

Nicely done, sir!
So my morning went: Work on my own theory for this casque… Check out any new posts… Throw out own theory… start piggy-backin’ on bbi’s ideas for a while.
Now, that is not to say I won’t ever have another thought of my own, but this is some great stuff to work with. I like the visual confirmers in the images. Some say the verse holds all the clues, but it was your visual confirmers that got my attention. I think in this image, as with the others, there are varying degrees of exactness when it comes to the location markers so as not to be too precise. Undoubtedly, someone will say, “The pedestal water fountain is not an exact match.” and discard the whole thing. But I don’t think it needs to be exact. It is certainly enough to make you think you are on the right track and leaves something for the imagination. That said, it was your comparison of the Ojibwe girl statue that got me. That is pretty darn exact! I’m going to keep looking through this. I also have a thought/question about that ledge under the tracks by the Rose Garden.
-As for the verse, you can get ‘Dragon Seer’ from ‘Rose Garden’ – and there are apparently tales of sea serpents and dragons in Lake Superior.
Thanks bbi!

Thank you, glad you liked it.

burnstyle

Thats where people are getting mixed up. from what I understand of the puzzle (I do not know the location) there are not ‘a few clues’ There is a puzzle.
The puzzle leads you to the locations. Once you have worked out the puzzle enough to know the location, the dig spot should not be that difficult to figure out.
In a scavenger hunt you are looking for a bunch of image matches… in a puzzle all the pieces fit together to show the whole picture. There is a big difference.

I have been trying to use the basic basic formula for The Secret: i.e. image leads you to city, verse leads you to the spot, image contains visual confirmations along the way. Are you suggesting that methodology doesn’t necessarily apply?

Castle-hat that is!