i invented this game 'Treasure Island', but it's not the usual Robert Louis Stevenson treasure hunt - this time we are going after the Lost Dutchman's Mine - i found it using the Arizona Circlestone as my guiding marker. i have shown this to reputable colleagues and they agree it's a winner, although somewhat complex in its design. 'Can't eat gold when you need water'. Today we find a treasure map absolutely saturated with clues and we go ferreting out the 'blinds' from the 'blind'. None so blind as he who cannot see. Yes, it's a Phi-eyed view of the Superstitions, aptly named. You could be very wealthy - just ask any of the Phoenicians of Phoenix - or very dead like many before you. Shortly, the maps - under Pic 1 and Pic 2. Every treasure hunt begins with a map or maps - just ask the inventors of Google Earth.
Have fun... James Blunt's 'All the Lost Souls' is the best music for this one. 'As time goes by i'll always be in a club with you in 1973. Here we go again'. The clues of the day will be found in this gallery.
'Tell us!''
'Alright', said Deep Thought. 'The answer to the Great Question...'
'Yes...!'
'Of Life, the Universe and Everything...' said Deep Thought.
'Is...' said Deep Thought, and paused.
'Yes...!'
'Is...'
'Yes... !!!...?'
'Forty-two,' said Deep Thought, with infinite majesty and calm'.
[Douglas Adams, 'The Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy', Pan Books, London, 1979.]
'The union of the mathematician with the poet, fervor with measure, passion with correctness, this is surely the idea'. - William James (1842-1910, American psi-chologist and phi-losopher).
inanga
Have fun... James Blunt's 'All the Lost Souls' is the best music for this one. 'As time goes by i'll always be in a club with you in 1973. Here we go again'. The clues of the day will be found in this gallery.
'Tell us!''
'Alright', said Deep Thought. 'The answer to the Great Question...'
'Yes...!'
'Of Life, the Universe and Everything...' said Deep Thought.
'Is...' said Deep Thought, and paused.
'Yes...!'
'Is...'
'Yes... !!!...?'
'Forty-two,' said Deep Thought, with infinite majesty and calm'.
[Douglas Adams, 'The Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy', Pan Books, London, 1979.]
'The union of the mathematician with the poet, fervor with measure, passion with correctness, this is surely the idea'. - William James (1842-1910, American psi-chologist and phi-losopher).
inanga
![inanga > Pic 1: The Treasure Map
i have not asked RAM's area map of the LOST DUTCHMAN MINE on Treasure Island (as decribed in Estee Conatser's book 'The Sterling Legend') for permission to use his excellent map. It led me to the Mine and beyond. But if this on-line Treasure Hunt amounts to anything he can have a slice of the 'treasure' - if no one beats us to it. Obviously i am in Aotearoa writing this now, otherwise we would have our pockets full already. Sometimes the telling of the story outstrips the actual events. You don't even need a SmugMug account - but if you are into sharing and communities i've found nothing better. As you will see from the following detail there are lots of clues.
- original in black with blue pen clues
Copyright of Robert A Morehead [in Phoenix or nearby i dare presume]
inanga](http://www.hogproductions.com/Street-Scenes/Roadside-Arizona/SANY0938/653640243_7xqUX-Ti-2.jpg "inanga > Pic 1: The Treasure Map
i have not asked RAM's area map of the LOST DUTCHMAN MINE on Treasure Island (as decribed in Estee Conatser's book 'The Sterling Legend') for permission to use his excellent map. It led me to the Mine and beyond. But if this on-line Treasure Hunt amounts to anything he can have a slice of the 'treasure' - if no one beats us to it. Obviously i am in Aotearoa writing this now, otherwise we would have our pockets full already. Sometimes the telling of the story outstrips the actual events. You don't even need a SmugMug account - but if you are into sharing and communities i've found nothing better. As you will see from the following detail there are lots of clues.
- original in black with blue pen clues
Copyright of Robert A Morehead [in Phoenix or nearby i dare presume]
inanga")
![inanga > ...how does an outsider get into a little of this action?
The Mexicans
Whenever you hear that phrase: 'Never trust a Mexican' go in a direction 180 degrees to the person who uttered it. Mexicans, and their ilk, are the treasure hunters of just about every millennium we have endured on Earth Prime.
My treasure-hunter mates and i went down to the Gila River Casino for dinner and a bit of gambling on the Pokies. Because we couldn't rig them we left broke!
i asked the one who had taken me to the Arizona State Penitentiary in Tuscon earlier that day: 'What do i have to do to get into the Superstitions to find the Lost Dutchman's Mine'.
He looked admiringly at the four pounamu pendants i had been showing him earlier. [Cup of coffee break in progress.]
His reply was swift.
'That pendant goes to the top of Papago Hill, you know what to do.' He paused. 'That one goes back to... later, later, and that one... give it to Senora Stevie Nick's Mother. The last to Senora Nicks, i think...though she is Hawaii right now' You like her music. i listen to your Walkman, Good, good.
My reaction was 'come again', but treasure is treasure. You probably don't want to know the rest of this story because you have gold fever by now. We are talking mega-bucks of gold that many have sought in vain.
i showed him how Aussies (and i carry an Aussie passport - another long story) play two up. i was using Cook Islands coins that feature Tangaroa, god of the sea, and a curious observer will find that they have three heads. With the statistical probabilities in my favor he ended up paying for the meals out of his money.
[i have decided to use American spellings for the rest of this treasure hunt.]
i did what i was told - listened to Mexican treasure hunters from Phoenix tell me how to find treasure. i suppose a good name for the process would be called 'Mexicam'.
If you go to Martin Doutre's website http://www.celticnz.co.nz you will see a section called Articles. There is one in particular that reveals all the dimensions and measurements of The Circlestone of Arizona. Read it thoroughly, skipping the hard math if you get bogged down in it; if you slip up contact Martin by gmail for advice. He is a Canadian-Kiwi who combines the roguish elements of both those tribes. Martin knows more about archaeo-astronomy than any living dude i have ever met. i only wish Dan Brown had consulted him before he produced a set of peculiar 'blinds' in Leonardo da Vinci's Code. But blinds are always the name of the game in treasure hunting.
'And Senor jeff...trust the birds. Follow them when you are in the Superstitions. We did not find the Lost Dutchman but we found plenty of gold in other mines. My bother-in-law, he in jail as you know'. But he follows the birds everywhere, even from his cell. Let's go back to the caravan for tortillas. The food is warm here, my tortillas are hot'.](http://www.hogproductions.com/Street-Scenes/Roadside-Arizona/DSCF0792/653991127_wuNPy-Ti.jpg "inanga > ...how does an outsider get into a little of this action?
The Mexicans
Whenever you hear that phrase: 'Never trust a Mexican' go in a direction 180 degrees to the person who uttered it. Mexicans, and their ilk, are the treasure hunters of just about every millennium we have endured on Earth Prime.
My treasure-hunter mates and i went down to the Gila River Casino for dinner and a bit of gambling on the Pokies. Because we couldn't rig them we left broke!
i asked the one who had taken me to the Arizona State Penitentiary in Tuscon earlier that day: 'What do i have to do to get into the Superstitions to find the Lost Dutchman's Mine'.
He looked admiringly at the four pounamu pendants i had been showing him earlier. [Cup of coffee break in progress.]
His reply was swift.
'That pendant goes to the top of Papago Hill, you know what to do.' He paused. 'That one goes back to... later, later, and that one... give it to Senora Stevie Nick's Mother. The last to Senora Nicks, i think...though she is Hawaii right now' You like her music. i listen to your Walkman, Good, good.
My reaction was 'come again', but treasure is treasure. You probably don't want to know the rest of this story because you have gold fever by now. We are talking mega-bucks of gold that many have sought in vain.
i showed him how Aussies (and i carry an Aussie passport - another long story) play two up. i was using Cook Islands coins that feature Tangaroa, god of the sea, and a curious observer will find that they have three heads. With the statistical probabilities in my favor he ended up paying for the meals out of his money.
[i have decided to use American spellings for the rest of this treasure hunt.]
i did what i was told - listened to Mexican treasure hunters from Phoenix tell me how to find treasure. i suppose a good name for the process would be called 'Mexicam'.
If you go to Martin Doutre's website http://www.celticnz.co.nz you will see a section called Articles. There is one in particular that reveals all the dimensions and measurements of The Circlestone of Arizona. Read it thoroughly, skipping the hard math if you get bogged down in it; if you slip up contact Martin by gmail for advice. He is a Canadian-Kiwi who combines the roguish elements of both those tribes. Martin knows more about archaeo-astronomy than any living dude i have ever met. i only wish Dan Brown had consulted him before he produced a set of peculiar 'blinds' in Leonardo da Vinci's Code. But blinds are always the name of the game in treasure hunting.
'And Senor jeff...trust the birds. Follow them when you are in the Superstitions. We did not find the Lost Dutchman but we found plenty of gold in other mines. My bother-in-law, he in jail as you know'. But he follows the birds everywhere, even from his cell. Let's go back to the caravan for tortillas. The food is warm here, my tortillas are hot'.")
![inanga > Wizard
Harry Potter's business card - not the real Harry Potter (JKR's) but the Kiwi Harry Potter. The Harry Potter who put the R into Bendon when he did the photo shoot for that Kiwi bra company.
i know business cards are probably a contravention of the dharma but the Mexican advised me that you have to have a business card if you are going to succeed in the treasuring hunting business. And that's what i'm on about right here - bonafide treasure hunting in the Superstitions with an omnipresent sense of danger. You could lose your bloody life in them thar hills. Look what happened in Humphrey Bogart's movie 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre' - think that was what it was called. The first clue today - the first - is watch that movie. Any good video shop should have it in their arcana section.
wiki says: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Riding high in 1947 with a new contract which provided some script refusal rights and the right to form his own separate production company, Bogart reunited with John Huston for 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre', a stark tale of greed involving three gold prospectors played out in the dusty back country of Mexico. Absent any love story or a happy ending, it was deemed a risky project.[85] Bogart later said of co-star (and John Huston's father) Walter Huston, "He's probably the only performer in Hollywood to whom I’d gladly lost a scene".[86]
The film was grueling to make, and was done in summer for greater realism and atmosphere.[87] James Agee wrote, "Bogart does a wonderful job with this character…miles ahead of the very good work he has done before”. John Huston won the Academy Award for direction and screenplay and his father won Best Supporting Actor, but the film had mediocre box office results. Bogart complained, “An intelligent script, beautifully directed—something different—and the public turned a cold shoulder on it".[88]'
The second clue is - get a business card. If the Mexican says get a business card you go and right now and get one. Design your own logo - a gold bar, the eye of Ra, whatever. This is our Harry Potter's business card above. He has satisfied the second clue clue of the day. He watched the movie a long time ago... i hope!
The third clue - have a copy of Bruce Chatwin's 'The Songlines' in your day bag. Thomas Keneally said in The Observer: 'Extraordinary... a remarkable and satisfying book'. High praise indeed, so it's an essential item in the day pack. We won't be using it until we are well into the treasure hunt. Those who want to cheat a little can read it in advance. But you will have forgotten most of its secrets by the time you come to remove from your day pack. About 200 clues down the trail that leads into the Superstitions and the treasure that has taken thousands of lives from the Spanish conquistadors to the present day.
The fourth tip The Mexican gave me was this - and this is crucial. You will need Sacred Syrian Rue in your medicine bag Latin: Pergama harmala. You are going to need these to activate your third 'treasure-hunting' eye, midway between your eyebrows and at the top of the bridge of your nose. Mexican's call this the 'golden eye' - enough said. You are going to need the properties of Pergama (named after Pergamum in Turkey where the great Hippocrates studied and he invented the Hippocratic Oath and one of the seven cities you must know about later! No the other six cities are not in the Mediterranean region. Part of this treasure hunt involves lessons in geography. The other six cities are on different continents.)
Enough said in about ten minutes' time i will introduce the last clue of today.](http://www.hogproductions.com/Street-Scenes/Roadside-Arizona/DSCF1583/654562372_inSKj-Ti.jpg "inanga > Wizard
Harry Potter's business card - not the real Harry Potter (JKR's) but the Kiwi Harry Potter. The Harry Potter who put the R into Bendon when he did the photo shoot for that Kiwi bra company.
i know business cards are probably a contravention of the dharma but the Mexican advised me that you have to have a business card if you are going to succeed in the treasuring hunting business. And that's what i'm on about right here - bonafide treasure hunting in the Superstitions with an omnipresent sense of danger. You could lose your bloody life in them thar hills. Look what happened in Humphrey Bogart's movie 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre' - think that was what it was called. The first clue today - the first - is watch that movie. Any good video shop should have it in their arcana section.
wiki says: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Riding high in 1947 with a new contract which provided some script refusal rights and the right to form his own separate production company, Bogart reunited with John Huston for 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre', a stark tale of greed involving three gold prospectors played out in the dusty back country of Mexico. Absent any love story or a happy ending, it was deemed a risky project.[85] Bogart later said of co-star (and John Huston's father) Walter Huston, \"He's probably the only performer in Hollywood to whom I’d gladly lost a scene\".[86]
The film was grueling to make, and was done in summer for greater realism and atmosphere.[87] James Agee wrote, \"Bogart does a wonderful job with this character…miles ahead of the very good work he has done before”. John Huston won the Academy Award for direction and screenplay and his father won Best Supporting Actor, but the film had mediocre box office results. Bogart complained, “An intelligent script, beautifully directed—something different—and the public turned a cold shoulder on it\".[88]'
The second clue is - get a business card. If the Mexican says get a business card you go and right now and get one. Design your own logo - a gold bar, the eye of Ra, whatever. This is our Harry Potter's business card above. He has satisfied the second clue clue of the day. He watched the movie a long time ago... i hope!
The third clue - have a copy of Bruce Chatwin's 'The Songlines' in your day bag. Thomas Keneally said in The Observer: 'Extraordinary... a remarkable and satisfying book'. High praise indeed, so it's an essential item in the day pack. We won't be using it until we are well into the treasure hunt. Those who want to cheat a little can read it in advance. But you will have forgotten most of its secrets by the time you come to remove from your day pack. About 200 clues down the trail that leads into the Superstitions and the treasure that has taken thousands of lives from the Spanish conquistadors to the present day.
The fourth tip The Mexican gave me was this - and this is crucial. You will need Sacred Syrian Rue in your medicine bag Latin: Pergama harmala. You are going to need these to activate your third 'treasure-hunting' eye, midway between your eyebrows and at the top of the bridge of your nose. Mexican's call this the 'golden eye' - enough said. You are going to need the properties of Pergama (named after Pergamum in Turkey where the great Hippocrates studied and he invented the Hippocratic Oath and one of the seven cities you must know about later! No the other six cities are not in the Mediterranean region. Part of this treasure hunt involves lessons in geography. The other six cities are on different continents.)
Enough said in about ten minutes' time i will introduce the last clue of today.")
This treasure hunt starts in Downtown Phoenix
Learn all about this captivating metropolis on this feed:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix,_Arizona
You will find the feed for the city after the explanation of the Phoenix bird. Below in Sport Teams you can learn about Wellington's own Phoenix Soccer Team (and Melbourne's netball team) and there is a feed there direct to their website. Yes, we do play men and women's soccer downunder as well as rugby and rugby league. i even believe we have gridiron (on a small scale) and Aussie Rules in Australia.
The start of the on-line treasure hunt is dedicated to Jimmy Wales and Michael Snow and their incredible on-line resource wikipedia. If i meet you one day i'll show you where the Mexican lived. His favourite feed - corn tortillas:
http://www.google.co.nz/search?hl=en&rlz=1C1CHMI_enNZ332NZ333&q=tortillas wikipedia&btnG=Search&meta=
'Burn Notice' is on in five minutes in Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington) - required viewing for 'burnt' treasure hunters. What do you know - they substituted 'Burn Notice' for Horatio and 'CSI Miami' although the former is advertised. Another of the many viscissitudes of life...
PS The Mexican would like to join this organization:http://www.savethetortillas.com/ He'll send an email address later.
inanga
Learn all about this captivating metropolis on this feed:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix,_Arizona
You will find the feed for the city after the explanation of the Phoenix bird. Below in Sport Teams you can learn about Wellington's own Phoenix Soccer Team (and Melbourne's netball team) and there is a feed there direct to their website. Yes, we do play men and women's soccer downunder as well as rugby and rugby league. i even believe we have gridiron (on a small scale) and Aussie Rules in Australia.
The start of the on-line treasure hunt is dedicated to Jimmy Wales and Michael Snow and their incredible on-line resource wikipedia. If i meet you one day i'll show you where the Mexican lived. His favourite feed - corn tortillas:
http://www.google.co.nz/search?hl=en&rlz=1C1CHMI_enNZ332NZ333&q=tortillas wikipedia&btnG=Search&meta=
'Burn Notice' is on in five minutes in Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington) - required viewing for 'burnt' treasure hunters. What do you know - they substituted 'Burn Notice' for Horatio and 'CSI Miami' although the former is advertised. Another of the many viscissitudes of life...
PS The Mexican would like to join this organization:http://www.savethetortillas.com/ He'll send an email address later.
inanga
This treasure hunt starts in Downtown Phoenix
Learn all about this captivating metropolis on this feed:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix,_Arizona
You will find the feed for the city after the explanation of the Phoenix bird. Below in Sport Teams you can learn about Wellington's own Phoenix Soccer Team (and Melbourne's netball team) and there is a feed there direct to their website. Yes, we do play men and women's soccer downunder as well as rugby and rugby league. i even believe we have gridiron (on a small scale) and Aussie Rules in Australia.
The start of the on-line treasure hunt is dedicated to Jimmy Wales and Michael Snow and their incredible on-line resource wikipedia. If i meet you one day i'll show you where the Mexican lived. His favourite feed - corn tortillas:
http://www.google.co.nz/search?hl=en&rlz=1C1CHMI_enNZ332NZ333&q=tortillas wikipedia&btnG=Search&meta=
'Burn Notice' is on in five minutes in Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington) - required viewing for 'burnt' treasure hunters. What do you know - they substituted 'Burn Notice' for Horatio and 'CSI Miami' although the former is advertised. Another of the many viscissitudes of life...
PS The Mexican would like to join this organization:http://www.savethetortillas.com/ He'll send an email address later.
inanga
Learn all about this captivating metropolis on this feed:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix,_Arizona
You will find the feed for the city after the explanation of the Phoenix bird. Below in Sport Teams you can learn about Wellington's own Phoenix Soccer Team (and Melbourne's netball team) and there is a feed there direct to their website. Yes, we do play men and women's soccer downunder as well as rugby and rugby league. i even believe we have gridiron (on a small scale) and Aussie Rules in Australia.
The start of the on-line treasure hunt is dedicated to Jimmy Wales and Michael Snow and their incredible on-line resource wikipedia. If i meet you one day i'll show you where the Mexican lived. His favourite feed - corn tortillas:
http://www.google.co.nz/search?hl=en&rlz=1C1CHMI_enNZ332NZ333&q=tortillas wikipedia&btnG=Search&meta=
'Burn Notice' is on in five minutes in Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington) - required viewing for 'burnt' treasure hunters. What do you know - they substituted 'Burn Notice' for Horatio and 'CSI Miami' although the former is advertised. Another of the many viscissitudes of life...
PS The Mexican would like to join this organization:http://www.savethetortillas.com/ He'll send an email address later.
inanga
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