I’ve been looking everywhere and I can’t find contact information. I was thinking it might be in reprint of the book… but I don’t have a new copy.
Does anyone know?

I believe the publisher:
http://www.ibooksinc.com/pages/contact.php
Regards,
Mac

Yeah, I was hoping one of us had a direct email address of the person we need to contact.

I recall James Renner saying something at one point about being a contact with the Preiss family for making the key/jewel exchange.
There was some discussion on the boards where some people were unconcerned with getting a jewel reward. Finding a casque and keeping the key is perhaps much cooler.

erexere

I recall James Renner saying something at one point about being a contact with the Preiss family for making the key/jewel exchange.
There was some discussion on the boards where some people were unconcerned with getting a jewel reward. Finding a casque and keeping the key is perhaps much cooler.

I agree, The jewel is not a concern. But final confirmation/acknowledgement may be. I’m not sure. We need a definite way to contact someone in either case.

erexere

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It would also be nice, if one is found, to have a concrete answer of whether jewels are available and if they are the original jewels.

I dont think any city cares at all about this endeavor. Doubtful any museum would care. Might make a nice display at a local library next to the card catalogue and microfeesh…how is that spelled…sheesh.

I wonder if the diamond was natural or cubic zirconium…

https://flic.kr/p/EeL1wP
This is from a recently published iBook. Funny that they still claim that they will retrieve the casque if you can prove the you have located the proper location. How is this possible if the solutions no longer exist?

Unknown

Unknown:
Does anyone know?

I contacted John Colby, the publisher of I books when the reprint came out a few years ago. A synopsis of our exchange can be found in the thread I started titled “The Secret-back in print”. If I had a
casque in hand
, and wanted to get the corresponding jewel, that’s where I would start. I don’t think he has them, but my guess is that he can put you in touch with the person who will honor the contract.

Euhirudinea

I contacted John Colby, the publisher of I books when the reprint came out a few years ago. A synopsis of our exchange can be found in the thread I started titled “The Secret-back in print”. If I had a
casque in hand
, and wanted to get the corresponding jewel, that’s where I would start. I don’t think he has them, but my guess is that he can put you in touch with the person who will honor the contract.

+1. I got in touch with John Colby through the AOL email address contained in the link above. I got the same info as Renovator this month, Mr. Colby stated that he’s the correct POC for found casques.
Just my opinion, but I got the impression that there was no real “established procedure” at this point, more like a gentleman’s agreement. It seems kind of odd to me that iBooks never updated their legal terms & conditions for submitting claims when they re-released the book, though.

True that so many years in the ground could damage the plexiglass. All the “frost heave” year after year could break those apart but I’m curious as to how strong the casques themselves are, they look really solid.

Josh Gates just did a show on this on “Expedition Unknown”. He confirmed that Preiss’ estate will indeed honor the treasure hunt by giving a jewel if you send in the key.
I highly recommend watching this one hour show if you are interested in the Secret.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertain … story.html
– Jen Ren

gManTexas

I’m not sure. This brings me back to whether the casques were inscribed, “If found, you are winner! Contact Byron.”

Neither casque that was found carried any kind of instructions or inscriptions.
Given the state of the Cleveland casque (shattered into pieces) despite the fact that it was in a relatively sheltered location, I can only imagine what 14 additional years in the ground has done.

Unknown

Unknown:
I can only imagine what 14 additional years in the ground has done.

Probably more of the same. But for the most part, 35 years is not long enough to remove all traces of their existence if you are counting on nature alone to do the job. I routinely find smaller, more fragile things that have been buried twice as long, intact. Intact may be more than we can hope for, especially in the northern cities, but right now I’d settle for enough plexiglass and ceramic bits to convince me that we are digging in the correct spots.

Considering the fact that many (if not all) the casques have been lost to time, erosion, construction, etc. I don’t know that making a big media push is the way to go. Publicizing a treasure hunt where the treasure might not exist any longer get you more negative publicity than anything.

Unknown

Unknown:
I got the impression that there was no real “established procedure” at this point, more like a gentleman’s agreement.

I agree. Which brings us back to where we were before. If you want to find out what happens next, the first step is to dig up a casque. Or invent a time-machine and travel back to 1982. That might be easier, actually.

You know, if it were me as the owner of the publishing rights and/or the intellectual property (and gems), I would be milking this. Put out a media blitz and republish the book. Do a social media campaign to get people interested, and sell a bunch of books. Has too much time passed to make this whole thing a viable endeavor?

Unknown

Unknown:
Considering the fact that many (if not all) the casques have been lost…

Not a fact. More like a convenient excuse people have been known to use when they can’t find a casque where they are SURE it should be. I don’t know how many of these are still where Preiss left them any more than mindydaile does, but my opinion is it’s over half. Enough anyway that I’ll keep looking.

Euhirudinea

Not a fact. More like a convenient excuse people have been known to use when they can’t find a casque where they are SURE it should be. I don’t know how many of these are still where Preiss left them any more than mindydaile does, but my opinion is it’s over half. Enough anyway that I’ll keep looking.

I agree, they may be broken… but most of them are still there.

burnstyle

I agree, they may be broken… but most of them are still there.

I’m not sure. This brings me back to whether the casques were inscribed, “If found, you are winner! Contact Byron.”
Let’s say you were a maintenance guy and unearthed one. What do you do with it? If you have no knowledge of the book, it is a curiosity, but not identifiable.
If you are a backhoe operator and crushed it while digging up some area, it’s lost to time.