Verse 03
Solved - Boston, Massachusetts
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
Langone park dig location
The figure on the round stone window feature at roughly the 3 o’clock position is based on the Boston Celtics logo. In the image the left eye is open and left hand has the single finger extended to the ball, while these features are on the right side in the Celtics logo. The legs seem similar in both with the left leg crossed in front of the right with the left knee bent at a 90 degree angle. The left ear in both match closely and both have similar clothing. The figure in the image doesn’t look human or like a leprechaun, looks like maybe it has a beak? It could be a clever nod to Larry Bird? The Celtics won the NBA Championship in 1981 so would be popular right around the time the book came out.
The word “mercy” is in the bottom left corner of the block that is top center of the image above the stone circle. Boston artist J.S. Copley painted Mercy Otis Warren wearing an expensive blue satin dress, trimmed with silk and silver and lace ruffles at the sleeve. The same dress is said to be worn by a couple other women in Copley portraits. This is likely JJP’s inspiration for the woman in the Boston image. The fairy holding the jewel has been suggested to be modeled after another of Copley’s works.
Mercy Otis Warren was also an important figure in the American Revolution, the time period hinted at in Verse 3.
The painting, titled “Mrs. James Warren (Mercy Otis)” is on display at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. It just so happens it is right across the river from the area many believe the casque to be buried.
I am new to this; only six months, can someone explain to me who and how the locations were chosen? Because of the locations; I have found, none of them match the locations all the web sites list. Also, every casque location I have found; it is illegal.
Byron price was the one who placed each box and chose where they went
Anyone know spots that have already been dug or probed in Boston?
I suppose we will find out for sure on Wednesday whether the Boston casque was found, but things look promising!
One match between this site and Image 11 is the Freedom Trail logo, which is inlaid into the street on special markers. The Freedom Trail passes very close to Puopolo Park and its logo has the 2 circles, one larger and one smaller, much like those found in the 2 bubbles in Image 11. I’d say that’s one match if we are going to reverse engineer a solve for Puopolo.
As a general comment on all the casques, this would make it 3 for 3 as far as the jewel in the images go.
Chicago – was found south of the “Loop” in a grassy area…matches what the image shows (jewel below loop earing on green background).
Cleveland – was found inside a cement planter box…matches what the image shows (jewel inside grey square).
Boston – notice the peridot is at a particular angle so as to appear like a baseball diamond….if this solve is true it would match what the image shows.
The jewels weren’t haphazardly placed in the paintings by JJP, the way they are shown is a clue to their burial site.
I like everything your saying. I’m from the north end in Boston. Everything matches up with this neighborhood it’s everywhere the old north church where the lanterns were lit. The Paul revere house the freedom trail how every clue points north the statue. What a lot of people don’t know are some of the specific things in the verse that I only know from sitting with all my uncles at Sunday dinner. The coliseum was a real place directly behind Columbus park where the goddes is. The green tower of lights was the old highway that ran through the whole city it was what the big dig tore down it ran above ground all over pass it was green and the green line ran on it and underneath it is the rose kennedy greenway. I have a theory that fits everything he said and everything you see in the picture. I haven’t really talked about it much because I wanted to do it but after what I saw on the coming attraction and that my cousin saw josh gates at Columbus park Monday I want to share it and see what people think. It clearly all points to the goddess at Columbus park there is the statue then stairs then the water. I think the box is 5 steps away from the wall into the water. The castle in the picture, if u look up high or low tide in Boston it comes up castle island tides always. On the right side of her hair in the picture it is commercial st puopolo park area if u look on google maps it is almost the exact map. If you are in Columbus park there is a circle monument type thing that if you stand in the middle it manipulates sound it fits perfectly to one of the circles or orbs. If you are standing in Columbus park there is the exact match the the stand that’s holding the globe. Whee the wall meets the water there’s a huge chain link and the stands that hold the chains together are exactly the same as the bottom tight of the picture the circle on the post. What I meant to say too about the two half circles. The structure I mentioned about the sound are two half circles because you can walk into it on both sides and the stones are dark then light just how they are in the picture. I could keep going. I hope that josh did find one because I want them to be solved but at the same time I don’t want it to be the Boston one because I WANT IT
Obviously at low tide I don’t think I said that
Oh my god I just read the end of your comment and they are digging up the baseball park right now to put all new turf in. That must be where he was with all the construction workers. At puopolo park
I have a proposed theory pertaining to the new information leading to Puopolo. First maybe the falcon is on a polo stick. Second is following the start of Paul Reveres ride passed Copps Hill Terrace take the 5 sets of stairs to Poupolo. The rest is yet to be theorized I believe its near the 1st base light pole in the home base direction or vice versa. I don’t think someone would purposely dig around home base and jeopardize the integrity of the soil around the batters area. The light post makes more sense if you are trying to preserve the park. But which light post? nearest to people? Player? then the 3rd base would fit…..whaaaaaaa the rabbit hole again. 😉
I was listening to Dustin and Deidre White’s podcast and there was mention of combining the “Near those” with “Who pass” as a hint toward the Copp’s Hill Burying Ground. I actually like that, quite clever.
The last line “In truth, be free”, I’m thinking its a combination of Veritas, the Harvard motto as a hint toward Puopolo who was a Harvard football player and the Freedom Trail, which passes near Puopolo Field and whose logo has the 2 circles (one big and one smaller) as found in the bubbles of Image 11.
That large circular object in the background could very well be the molasses tank. Notice at the top of it there are a “1” and a “9”? The Great Molasses Flood took place in 1919 so I really like that as a match.
The object that most thought was a music note, well that could very well be a hockey stick. Steriti Memorial Rink is right next door to Langone Park and Puopolo Field and is home to the Suffolk Rams Men’s Division III ice hockey team.
The more you look into it, the more the pieces start to fit and it makes sense. I feel the best thing about finding this 3rd casque is being able to use what is learned to find others. I definitely feel the jewel placement in the images is an important clue for the burial site.
It’s also becoming more apparent that the immigration tie is important as all 3 found casques were found in areas tied to particular ethnic groups.
I have been following the Secret since I first saw it on Expedition Unknown about 2 years ago.
I just find the verses and clue with the painting very clever.
Like the guy who found Boston said- I think alot of people are over solving these.
The paintings for all of the sites has a picture where the treasure is buried. Cleveland has the columns with flower bed and tells you specifically where to dig
Chicago has the picture of the fence post right near burial site. Then gives you exact spot where to dig. End of the 10th tree in the central spot of the fence post and electrical fixure on the building.
Boston tells you to “Feel at home” which is another way to say its at home plate. There is also a picture of home plate and a leg touching homeplate on the right sleeve of the painting. Its all thereto see. Referes to the A-Z constition letters you are looking at from home plate in the water.
Also these verses are probably not in order. The 5 steps in the direction of a green tower of lights. Could be to start at home plate and take 5 steps to the first green light tower that was at the park.
The acrostic is huge. Does anyone have a theory as to how to distinguish which letters are used and which aren’t? Is there a pattern that can be applied to other verses to help solve the acrostic? I really think that the Roanoke verse is an acrostic as well.