At stone wall’s door
The air smells sweet
Not far away
High posts are three
Education and Justice
For all to see
Sounds from the sky
Near ace is high
Running north, but first across
In jewel’s direction
Is an object
Of Twain’s attention
Giant pole
Giant step
To the place
The casque is kept.
Fortress north
Cold as glass
Friendship south
Take your task
To the number
Nine eight two
Through the wood
No lion fears
In the sky the water veers
Small of scale
Step across
Perspective should not be lost
In the center of four alike
Small, split,
Three winged and slight
What we take to be
Our strongest tower of delight
Falls gently
In December night
Looking back from treasure ground
There’s the spout!
A whistle sounds.
At the place where jewels abound
Fifteen rows down to the ground
In the middle of twenty-one
From end to end
Only three stand watch
As the sound of friends
Fills the afternoon hours
Here is a sovereign people
Who build palaces to shelter
Their heads for a night!
Gnomes admire
Fays delight
The namesakes meeting
Near this site.
Beneath two countries
As the road curves
In a rectangular plot
Beneath the tenth stone
From right to left
Beneath the ninth row from the top
Of the wall including small bricks
Seven steps up you can hop
From the bottom level
Socrates, Pindar, Apelles
Free speech, couplet, birch
To find casques destination
Seek the columns
For the search.
If Thucydides is
North of Xenophon
Take five steps
In the area of his direction
A green tower of lights
In the middle section
Near those
Who pass the coliseum
With metal walls
Face the water
Your back to the stairs
Feel at home
All the letters
Are here to see
Eighteenth day
Twelfth hour
Lit by lamplight
In truth, be free.
American Page / Japanese Page
Acrostic: ITALIAN FENWAY
Lane
Two twenty two
You’ll see an arc of lights
Weight and roots extended
Together saved the site
Of granite walls
Wind swept halls
Citadel in the night
A wingless bird ascended
Born of ancient dreams of flight
Beneath the only standing member
Of a forest
To the south
White stone closest
At twelve paces
From the west side
Get permission
To dig out.
Acrostic: ABBOT/CABBOT
American Page / Japanese Page
Of all the romance retold
Men of tales and tunes
Cruel and bold
Seen here
By eyes of old
Stand and listen to the birds
Hear the cool, clear song of water
Harken to the words:
Freedom at the birth of a century
Or May 1913
Edwin and Edwina named after him
Or on the eighth a scene
Where law defended
Between two arms extended
Below the bar that binds
Beside the long palm’s shadow
Embedded in the sand
Waits the Fair remuneration
White house close at hand.
View the three stories of Mitchell
As you walk the beating of the world
At a distance in time
From three who lived there
At a distance in space
From woman, with harpsichord
Silently playing
Step on nature
Cast in copper
Ascend the 92 steps
After climbing the grand 200
Pass the compass and reach
The foot of the culvert
Below the bridge
Walk 100 paces
Southeast over rock and soil
To the first young birch
Pass three, staying west
You’ll see a letter from the country
Of wonderstone’s hearth
On a proud, tall fifth
At its southern foot
The treasure waits.
The first chapter
Written in water
Near men
With wind rose
Behind bending branches
And a green picket fence
At the base of a tall tree
You can still hear the honking
Shell, limestone, silver, salt
Stars move by day
Sails pass by night
Even in darkness
Like moonlight in teardrops
Over the tall grass
Years pass, rain falls.
Acrostic: SELOY
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In the shadow
Of the grey giant
Find the arm that
Extends over the slender path
In summer
You’ll often hear a whirring sound
Cars abound
Although the sign
Nearby
Speaks of Indies native
The natives still speak
Of him of Hard word in 3 Vols.
Take twice as many east steps as the hour
Or more
From the middle of one branch
Of the v
Look down
And see simple roots
In rhapsodic mans soil
Or gaze north
Toward the isle of B.
Pass two friends of octave
In December
Ride the man of oz
To the land near the window
There’s a road that leads to
Dark forest
Where white is in color
With two maps
After circle and square
In July and August
A path beckons
To mica and driftwood
Under that
Which may be last touched
Or first seen standing
Look north at the wing
And dig
To achieve
By dauntless and inconquerable
Determination
Your goal.
Where M and B are set in stone
And to Congress, R is known
L sits and left
Beyond his shoulder
Is the Fair Folks’
Treasure holder
The end of ten by thirteen Is your clue
Fence and fixture
Central too
For finding jewel casque
Seek the sounds
Of rumble
Brush and music
Hush.
Image 1 / Verse 7: San Francisco
Painting Name: Souls of Clouds
Painting Inspired by: Hun and Po
Painting Order: Started first but was finished later. Arch was painted and added later.
Additional facts: JJP initials painted on clock as an exercise in brush control. It has no bearing on the puzzle.
Latitude Longitude 37/38 – 122/123 – Map
Month: June
Birthstone: Pearl
Time: 6 o’clock
Flower: Rose
Nation: China
Line tying verse to image: None
Litany quote: “From far Cathay, the dragon’s Pearl: Chaste, perfect as the silver moon.”
Parks Department: San Francisco Parks and Rec
Official Contact: Submit Secret Treasure Dig Request
Dig Status: Fill out a permit and wait for your time slot
Additional facts:
#1. JJP initials painted on clock as an exercise in brush control. It has no bearing on the puzzle.
#2. Byron’s wife Sandi lived in San Francisco during the creation of the Secret and he visited her often.
#3. the painting is far darker than appears in the book. Photos of the painting show artifacts that are not actually visible due to glare.
#4 The gold/brass colors in the painting are actual gold, it is very reflective.
#5. the colors are more muted and blend together in more pleasing way on the painting as opposed to the book, or photos. Almost as if sharpness and contrast was increased.
#6. This painting is very damaged.
#7. For years there has been a rumor that this casque was buried while Byron and Sandi were on a date in Nobb Hill. Byron left the date for a few minutes to bury the casque.
San Francisco 1977 1 of 2 – 23Mb
San Francisco 1977 2 of 2 – 23Mb
San Francisco 1978 1of 2 – 15Mb
San Francisco 1978 2 of 2 – 14Mb
San Francisco 1979 1 of 2 – 26Mb
San Francisco 1979 2 of 2 – 16Mb
San Francisco 1982 (bike) 1 of 2 – 7Mb
San Francisco 1982 (bike) 2 of 2 – 10Mb
San Francisco 1982 (GGP) 1 of 1 – 5Mb
San Francisco 1983 (transit) 1 of 2 – 16Mb
San Francisco 1983 (transit) 2 of 2 – 18Mb
San Francisco 1984 1 of 2 – 13Mb
San Francisco 1984 2 of 2 – 13Mb
Japanese HInts:
Line 2: sweet
Generally means sweet as in taste but you shouldn’t be concentrating on the taste. For example, The air can be sweet without being tasty sweet. It can smell sweet or feel sweet. Think about how the air could be sweet.
Line 4: High posts
This post is made out of wood
Line 5: Education and Justice
It’s very difficult to understand what education and justice is referring to however after education and justice can be seen not far, the editor said If you think of the can be seen not far and you add something on to it and think hard about it then it becomes easier to understand. Education and justice can be seen from a place not too far away from here. In regards to that sentence, what place is this…….?
Line 7: Sounds from the sky
What is it referring to? There are a lot of sounds that are heard from the sky,. For instances, the sound of a bird the sound of a plane, the sound of the wind. There are also sounds that are not registered by human ears and cannot be heard without a special machine.
Line 8: ace
Line 12: Twain
It’s not splitting rope, it’s a phonetically sounded out name.
Line 13: Giant pole