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[Trailhead] The Blackhollow Project
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Distraction
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Tenshi Akui wrote:
So our buddy on tumbler posted something new...

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It looks like luggage tags from the ship with "If Found 946 620" stamped on it.


No clue on my end.


Luggage tags usually contain contact information. My initial thought was a phone number without the las four digits missing. However, I can't find the location for a 946 area code..
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Tenshi Akui
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That was my first thought as well Distraction.

Only thing I could find was 94 is the country code for Sri Lanka so I figure that's not it.

I'm trying to figure out if maybe it could have something with the ship. You know maybe a room or deck reference. But I can't figure out what, I'm hoping it's like half the clue and we'll get more soon.

For those keeping count we have 6 days till the first anomaly.

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Tenshi Akui wrote:
notgordian: Quick question. Was looking over the flicker of the box, and saw the picture frame. Was it empty and glassless or was there some glass in there, it's hard to tell from the photo.


Sorry, didn't check UF for a while -- the glass, picture, and frame were all present but separate, stacked on top of each other. The 'what is the blackhollow project' slip of paper was between layers.

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owleyed
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Tenshi Akui wrote:
I'm trying to figure out if maybe it could have something with the ship. You know maybe a room or deck reference. But I can't figure out what, I'm hoping it's like half the clue and we'll get more soon.


I'm leaning in this direction as well. However, like you and Distraction, my first thought was phone number. Interestingly, NYC was already on 7-digit dialing by 1940 (five digits plus the first two letters of the exchange converted to numbers); with us providing an area code, a phone number could be both period accurate and callable today.

1940 NYC telephone directories: http://directme.nypl.org/

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Could the six digits 946 620 be a UK phone number? Southampton maybe?

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Tenshi Akui
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While poking at the photo I realized I haven't played with Tumbler enough to know if maybe the file name is a code.

Does anyone know if tumbler changes the name of the file when it's uploaded? I know some places do but not sure about tumbler.

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owleyed
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Tumblr does rename images when they are uploaded.

London was on 7-digit dialing at this time (4-digit subscriber number plus the first three letters of the exchange), but Southampton was too small.

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Could it be a telegraph address? I can't seem to find a definitive answer online as to the format. It seems to me that it is likely someone traveling abroad would supply that kind of address since it was a more international way of communicating at the time.

A couple of years ago I briefly played a game that taught me that the entire UK is on a grid system. Using South Hampton and the luggage numbers as a the grid code however put the dot far from the city of South Hampton and closer to London.
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Tenshi Akui
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Not sure about the telegraph thing. I know most telegraphs were sent to a particular business like Western Union and none of the old telegraphs I've seen show any "address" as it were.

I'm hoping we get something soon we've only have 5 days left till drop day.

Wait maybe it's something at the convention? A room number or something?

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There may be some action.
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Need some help here… See, there's this briefcase, see, and it's locked, see. Contents unknown! http://twitpic.com/d45u0h


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Anyone have any clue what the combo is? It's from Hart & Cornwall Steamship Co., for the RMS Galatia. "If lost find the Blackhollow Project"


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Briefcase numbers on arrival: 947 and 520. It's #BlackhollowProject #ARGs http://twitpic.com/d45uib


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vidstudent
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Yeah, I just tweeted back at thebruce to try those luggage tag numbers as the briefcase combination. We'll see what happens.
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MrToasty
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Heh, me too! With any luck maybe we'll get our first code for the site.

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sinewave89
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Sent him a message with 946 620 as a possibility

EDIT: looks like I'm not alone.

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MrToasty
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BINGO! RT @vidstudent: Actually, SCRATCH THAT - try 946 620. / & thx also to @thetrainjumper @KylePower89 @MrToasty http://twitpic.com/d466bk


ETA jumping the gun but already seeing TM 11-380 leads to this kind of info:
http://maritime.org/tech/csp1500inst.htm

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MrToasty wrote:
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BINGO! RT @vidstudent: Actually, SCRATCH THAT - try 946 620. / & thx also to @thetrainjumper @KylePower89 @MrToasty http://twitpic.com/d466bk


Awesome, hopefully we don't have to wait too long for him to upload some pictures!

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