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Title: REAL Hidden Treasure to be found!!!
Post by: juslight on January 26, 2005, 12:43:49 PM
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/01/22/treasure.hunt.ap/index.html (http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/01/22/treasure.hunt.ap/index.html)

This guy has hidden $1 million worth of Jewels to be found by solving clues in his fairy tale book.

It makes me want to buy the book and get cracking.
Title: REAL Hidden Treasure to be found!!!
Post by: THX on January 26, 2005, 12:49:53 PM
lol that\'s cool.  Knowing how greedy people are I\'m sure he\'ll get more money than $1M from book sales.  Great idea!
Title: REAL Hidden Treasure to be found!!!
Post by: Evi on January 26, 2005, 01:22:23 PM
I bet the book is painful to read through ;)
Title: REAL Hidden Treasure to be found!!!
Post by: Kurt Angle on January 26, 2005, 01:34:38 PM
There was something very similar to this in the UK about 20 years ago to find a golden rabbit buried somewhere in the country. I had the book but the riddles and clues were mind boggling.
Title: REAL Hidden Treasure to be found!!!
Post by: DeAnna on January 26, 2005, 01:41:01 PM
:eek: I wanna read it!!!
Title: REAL Hidden Treasure to be found!!!
Post by: Deadly Hamster on January 26, 2005, 01:59:12 PM
Yeah wtf, there probley arn\'t any jewels.

It is a genius scam though!
Title: REAL Hidden Treasure to be found!!!
Post by: juslight on January 26, 2005, 02:22:10 PM
I don\'t think it\'s a scam, just an expensive publicity gimmick.
Title: REAL Hidden Treasure to be found!!!
Post by: Samwise on January 26, 2005, 02:33:14 PM
A nice gimmick as well... he\'ll probably get it back 10 fold. And in a couple of years he could always take the stones back himself, and say someone else found them. :D
Title: REAL Hidden Treasure to be found!!!
Post by: cloud345 on January 26, 2005, 04:10:19 PM
Well......if their hidden in places that you don\'t have to move anything and theyre in public areas, than isn\'t there a good chance of some randomn person who never heard of the book finding them?
Title: REAL Hidden Treasure to be found!!!
Post by: L i L K u B B s on January 26, 2005, 04:25:37 PM
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Originally posted by cloud345
Well......if their hidden in places that you don\'t have to move anything and theyre in public areas, than isn\'t there a good chance of some randomn person who never heard of the book finding them?


That\'s the first thing that came to my mind too. They\'re either extremely obvious or the clues and riddles are just that tough to understand.
Title: REAL Hidden Treasure to be found!!!
Post by: Titan on January 28, 2005, 05:06:34 AM
That is a pretty interesting idea. It does make me want to buy the book.
Title: REAL Hidden Treasure to be found!!!
Post by: fre4d4 on February 06, 2005, 02:22:00 PM
Whats the name of the book
Title: REAL Hidden Treasure to be found!!!
Post by: Samwise on February 06, 2005, 02:33:07 PM
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Originally posted by fre4d4
Whats the name of the book

"A Treasure\'s Trove"
Title: REAL Hidden Treasure to be found!!!
Post by: Hawke on February 06, 2005, 02:33:50 PM
He gives a tip in the article.

"Tackle repositories"

OMFGI\'MRICHBBQWTF!

*rummages pants vehemently*

Damn, I thought I cracked that one. I think I cracked a nut instead. I need go lie down, uhh...