bigscoop
Gold Member
- Jun 4, 2010
- 13,535
- 9,072
- Detector(s) used
- Older blue Excal with full mods, Equinox 800.
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
Once upon a time there was a fabulous narration detailing a massive hidden treasure that had yet to be recovered. So fine were the details of this story's narration that many a promising treasure hunter set out to crack the mysterious ciphers so they could recover the promised wealth. But is this alleged treasure the real deal, and if so, is it as large as they might believe?
“Cipher”....by definition this word can imply, “calculation” or in its plural form, “calculations.” Hold this thought.....
We know beyond a shadow of a doubt that the party could not have mined the amount of alleged silver and gold from the region in question in the comparatively short time detailed, a very strong documented history of mining in the region clearly concluding this. So now then, what would you say if I told you that even in the face of these cold hard historical facts that it was still possible? Question is, how?
The DOI is a document composed of letters and numbers but no symbols. The value of the jewels is offered in dollars, however, the value of the gold and silver is offered in pounds. Given that there is no symbol in the DOI for “sterling” then perhaps the author listed the “value” in British Pounds instead of the “assumed weights”, this then requiring further calculation so that this value can be figured in US dollars? Think this not possible?
Once one does the required “calculations” in order to turn British Pounds into US dollars then one also arrives at physical weights and amounts that “could have been mined from the described region and in the amount of time detailed.” Of course, this would also “drastically reduce” the actual value of the alleged treasure. In fact it would reduce this value so much that it is doubtful if one would even recover the cost of recovery and the ensuing legal expenses. However, it does make the mining of gold and silver in the region as detailed “plausible.”
So there you go, just another little tid-bit from Bigscoop's long forgotten R&I Beale vault full of Beale mystery stuff.
“Pound symbol £ is a currency sign used in UK. It derives from a capital "L", representing libra, the basic unit of weight in the Roman Empire, which in turn is derived from the Latin name for scales or a balance.”
“Cipher”....by definition this word can imply, “calculation” or in its plural form, “calculations.” Hold this thought.....
We know beyond a shadow of a doubt that the party could not have mined the amount of alleged silver and gold from the region in question in the comparatively short time detailed, a very strong documented history of mining in the region clearly concluding this. So now then, what would you say if I told you that even in the face of these cold hard historical facts that it was still possible? Question is, how?
The DOI is a document composed of letters and numbers but no symbols. The value of the jewels is offered in dollars, however, the value of the gold and silver is offered in pounds. Given that there is no symbol in the DOI for “sterling” then perhaps the author listed the “value” in British Pounds instead of the “assumed weights”, this then requiring further calculation so that this value can be figured in US dollars? Think this not possible?
Once one does the required “calculations” in order to turn British Pounds into US dollars then one also arrives at physical weights and amounts that “could have been mined from the described region and in the amount of time detailed.” Of course, this would also “drastically reduce” the actual value of the alleged treasure. In fact it would reduce this value so much that it is doubtful if one would even recover the cost of recovery and the ensuing legal expenses. However, it does make the mining of gold and silver in the region as detailed “plausible.”
So there you go, just another little tid-bit from Bigscoop's long forgotten R&I Beale vault full of Beale mystery stuff.
“Pound symbol £ is a currency sign used in UK. It derives from a capital "L", representing libra, the basic unit of weight in the Roman Empire, which in turn is derived from the Latin name for scales or a balance.”
