Hi Folks -
I just ran across what I think is the most interesting thing.
An author named Michael Stadther has written a book called The
A Treasure’s Trove, about “…about twelve forest creatures whose
mates disappear after being crystallized by a dark dust that falls
every evening.”
According to his Web site, www.atreasurestrove.com, “Concealed in
the pages of this wonderful, classically-written story are the clues
to twelve very real and very valuable treasures that are hidden
around the continental USA – treasures similar to the crystallized
forest creatures in the story – beautiful jewels worth over
$1,000,000!”
Master jeweler Robert Underhill was commissioned to make the jeweled
creatures, pictures of which can be found here:
http://atreasurestrove.com/Public/TheTreasureHunt/TheJewels/index.cfm
The jewels will be on display in Tucson from February 10-13 at the
Tucson Gem and Mineral Society Show. The Web site shows other dates
and locations.
According to the Web site: “To find one of these fabulous jewels,
decipher the clues in A Treasure’s Trove and go to an exact location
to find a gold token. The gold token will give you the information
you need to get your jewel. Twelve gold tokens, each one redeemable
for one of the 12 jewels, are hidden in 12 separate locations across
the continental USA. The tokens are located so that at least one is
within a days’s drive of anyone in the continental USA. The tokens
are not hidden on private property, or in dangerous places, but in
places accessible to everyone. The tokens are not buried. Nothing
has to be moved or lifted to find them.” This sure sounds like fun to
me. Have any other Orchidians heard about this? Is anybody
participating?
Linda