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Aveena

Gold Treasure Hunt

**Posted:** Wed Oct 09, 2002 9:22 pm

Guest · Guest

Looks neat....but being new to this I haven't a clue what I'm supposed to look for in those pics.

**Posted:** Thu Oct 10, 2002 5:37 pm

kxmom11x

I believe the rules state that the clues within the 5 pictures will identify the Country, City and Exact location of the gold.

So, with that information in hand I've noticed repeat occurrences of: the dagger, feather, butterflies, Paris/Eifle Tower references, and the coin.

FrankenPaula has identified the stamps and coins as being from New Zealand...

The numbers on the tag, sort of look like a phone number... but that really doesn't make much sense.

That's where I am so far. Anyone else?

**Posted:** Thu Oct 10, 2002 5:55 pm

Tien_Le

Can y'all post these images somewhere...I don't want to register to see them.

**Posted:** Thu Oct 10, 2002 6:46 pm

Gupfee

http://www.coffeecup.com/treasure/clues.swf

**Posted:** Thu Oct 10, 2002 10:49 pm

FrankenPaula · Boot Joined: 25 Sep 2002 Posts: 15

Small, correction, Gupfee identified the stamps, I identified the coin. They are both from New Zealand. My current thinking is that the lizard that appears twice is a Green Tree Gecko which can be found on the North Island of New Zealand.

I'm having the hardest time identifying the picture of the city, it kind of looks like the eiffel tower, but it's probably not. I haven't been able to find any city in New Zealand that has a landmark like that. [/u]

**Posted:** Fri Oct 11, 2002 10:24 am

catherwood

It looks like the Eiffel Tower to me. If it is the front of the postcard, and the postcard is being *sent* to New Zealand, maybe the person writing it is in/from France? I'll look for a match on the other spires in the picture later today.

**Posted:** Fri Oct 11, 2002 10:32 am

Aveena

Also, the poem on the last clue page is "XX" by Pablo Neruda. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1971.

A biography on him and translation of XX can be found here (beware of the pop-ups)

**Posted:** Fri Oct 11, 2002 12:37 pm

Guest · Guest

If the tag is a phone number of sorts the first two numbers are Belgium's country code, what about a zip code instead, maybe a Paris zip code? Paris would be a nice spot as a getaway for two.

**Posted:** Fri Oct 11, 2002 10:29 pm

FrankenPaula · Boot Joined: 25 Sep 2002 Posts: 15

If it's a phone number, it would be for Antwerp, Belgium (country code 32, city code 3). However, I tried calling it and it's not a real number.

**Posted:** Fri Oct 11, 2002 10:38 pm

vpisteve

The game is over:

**Posted:** Thu Oct 17, 2002 2:19 am

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clrodrick · Boot Joined: 26 Sep 2002 Posts: 36

Cool! I wonder which of you won it?!? Very Happy

**Posted:** Thu Oct 17, 2002 7:04 pm

Aveena

The solve and the winner has been posted in the treasure hunt

http://www.coffeecup.com/treasure/

Congrats Drew!

**Posted:** Mon Oct 21, 2002 2:42 pm