The Secret – A Treasure Hunt
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The basics about the hunt can be found below. For more in depth questions check out the individual image pages.
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Questions & Answers
Question – Are there rules?
Answer – From page 219 of the book.
“The jewels collectively are worth over ten thousand dollars. The treasure casques themselves are of incalculable value, never having been owned by man or woman.”
“Every treasure casque is buried underground, at a depth of no more than three to three and one-half feet. The casques are protected by lustrous transparent boxes, and are sealed.”
“The following places do not hold any treasure:
(a) any life-threatening location, such as a dangerous highway embankment, a contaminated area or active railway track
(b) any cemetery
(c) any public or private flower bed
(d) any property owned by the contributors to the book, their families or friends.”
Here is a picture I took of the Cleveland location. I would question this line a little.
“(c) any public or private flower bed”
The treasure here in Cleveland was found in the “Cultural Gardens” which sounds like a public flower bed to me. It was also buried in a planter box which I would consider a flower bed after being a landscaper for the majority of my life. I know someone out there could go around and around debating my thoughts on this. That is not the point I’m trying to make so lets save the time for chatting about something more productive. I’m not pointing this out saying go tearing up flower beds across North America. (so don’t send me negative comments lol)
I’m just saying if your research is pointing you to a “garden” complex of some kind don’t check it off the list until you consult and investigate it some more.
It is obvious that Byron had a great love for nature and as searchers of his treasure we must respect the environment as one of our entrusted duties.
Question – How many have been found?
Answer – 3 out of 12
Chicago 1983
Cleveland 2004
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Boston 2019
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Question – What size are they?
Answer – The Plexiglass box is roughly 5 x 5.5 x 7 inches.
That is assuming all of them where made the same.
Pictured is the Chicago caques.
Question – How deep are they buried?
Answer – The Chicago and Cleveland boxes where buried about 18 inches down.
The book states “Every treasure caques is buried underground, at a depth of no more than three to three and one-half feet.”
Here is a picture taken of the Chicago box before it was removed from the hole.
Question – Can they be found with a metal detector?
Answer – This is debatable. But most experts would say no.
They were purposely made not to be found by using a metal detector. This is why ceramic was used and the protective box made from Plexiglass.
The debatable part – Yes a small amount of metal has been found in some of the recovered pieces. As shown here in the Cleveland key and figurine.
With that being said technically a metal detector could get a signal from it.
But not all have been proven to be made the exact same way. So traces of metal may not be in all of the caques.
Also from what I have seen and being a metal detector user myself, I would think it a waste to trodishinally scan as a method of finding a box. I would how ever out of curiosity scan a spot where probing has confirmed a possible target. I would do this to get a better idea of what could possibly be there and at what depth.
Solving the puzzle has been the only way caques have been found to date. Even with other methods such as ground penetrating radar no one has been able to find any thing yet.
Some of the questions I still have and thoughts that may never be answered.
What are the chances of the caques still being there? A lot has changed since 1982. Development of buildings, parking lots and utilities. The constant renovations going on in our public parks. Massive storms that have come and gone over the past decades that have changed the landscapes of several of these suspected cities. And the list could go on and on. I’m not saying this to be negative or discourage I honestly think all of them could still be out there. No one really knows if we are even looking in the rights spots 100% for sure or they would be holding a box, key and gem.
Another factor that now comes in to play is access. I’ll say this over and over again “Since no one is 100% sure of the locations” we don’t know exactly what access is needed to recover the treasures. But one thing we do know for sure is that many of the suspected spots are becoming more secure and limited for digging. Once again this shouldn’t discourage us, it is just one more of the factors that makes solving these riddles extremely challenging. I honestly believe if when the right answers become known responsible excavation will be granted.