Scottrocks
Greenie
- Mar 22, 2016
- 10
- 8
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
In 1982 a book entitled "The Secret a Treasure Hunt" was published. About a year or so earlier the author Byron Preiss went to 12 cities in the U.S. or Canada and buried a ceramic casque worth about $500.00 in a park or other public area. The casques were put in a Plexiglas box before burial.
To find the casque one first had to figure out the city by finding clues in one of 12 paintings in the book. The paintings had landmarks hidden in them that would ID the city and general area within the city to search. The paintings also had numbers hidden in them that if correctly arranged would spell out the latitude and longitude of the city.
Once the correct city and general area had been found the picture had to be matched with one of 12 poetic verses. If the correct city and general area was ID from the picture and the correct poetic verse was selected the clues in the verse would lead you to the correct site to dig up the casque.
Inside each casque was a key that could be returned to the author in exchange for a jewel worth about $1000.00.
To date only 2 of the 12 casques have been unearthed. Byron Preiss was killed in a car accident in 2005 and it is believed he took the location to the remaining casques to his grave.
This is important: a man named John Jude Palencar did the paintings that contained the clues. Several people over the years have asked Palencar for information about the pictures and he has repeatedly said he can not help anyone. Please DO NOT try to make contact with Mr. Palencar regarding these paintings.
A website thesecret.pbworks.com has all the images and verses and how it is believed they fit together. Please look at this website to get up to speed.
In a few days I will make a second post outlining my theory as to how it all fits together. I am generally in agreement with the wikki but there are a few areas I do not agree with.
I will tell you now I do not think there is one in Boston. I will go into all of this in detail in my next post.
I will also in the near future make a post about why I think Mr. Palencar will not discuss the pictures and what we might be able to do get him to discuss them. But for now once again please do not make contact with Mr. Palencar.
Look at the website and post any comments on this thread. Any help any of you can give will be appreciated.
To find the casque one first had to figure out the city by finding clues in one of 12 paintings in the book. The paintings had landmarks hidden in them that would ID the city and general area within the city to search. The paintings also had numbers hidden in them that if correctly arranged would spell out the latitude and longitude of the city.
Once the correct city and general area had been found the picture had to be matched with one of 12 poetic verses. If the correct city and general area was ID from the picture and the correct poetic verse was selected the clues in the verse would lead you to the correct site to dig up the casque.
Inside each casque was a key that could be returned to the author in exchange for a jewel worth about $1000.00.
To date only 2 of the 12 casques have been unearthed. Byron Preiss was killed in a car accident in 2005 and it is believed he took the location to the remaining casques to his grave.
This is important: a man named John Jude Palencar did the paintings that contained the clues. Several people over the years have asked Palencar for information about the pictures and he has repeatedly said he can not help anyone. Please DO NOT try to make contact with Mr. Palencar regarding these paintings.
A website thesecret.pbworks.com has all the images and verses and how it is believed they fit together. Please look at this website to get up to speed.
In a few days I will make a second post outlining my theory as to how it all fits together. I am generally in agreement with the wikki but there are a few areas I do not agree with.
I will tell you now I do not think there is one in Boston. I will go into all of this in detail in my next post.
I will also in the near future make a post about why I think Mr. Palencar will not discuss the pictures and what we might be able to do get him to discuss them. But for now once again please do not make contact with Mr. Palencar.
Look at the website and post any comments on this thread. Any help any of you can give will be appreciated.