Crusso
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Hey! We haven't seen it yet. No spoilers! It's only six here.
Well then, the winner was....... nah!
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If you are really "set" on using the plastic resin you can go to a trophy store and they will imbed the "keepsake" for you. It might be kind of pricey though.
For probably less than the cost of the resin you could go to an engraving place and have the clue engraved on a piece of flat metal stock (like a door name plate). And it'll sink!
Better yet, engrave the clue into the side of an ammo can, fill it with waterproof goodies, sink it and see how many people realize the clue IS the box, not INSIDE it!
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Please do not turn this into a flame war.
Sure seems to me like that's what you're trying to start. I think it's time to let it go.
Here, Here!
Besides... there are public places and events which specifically exclude kids......oh yeah... cellphone users...
...and SMOKERS!! Don't forget the horrible discrimination against smokers out there! Terrible, just terrible.
...Can I have a no kids, no cellphone users, no smokers event cach... never mind
I'll go, I'll go!!
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Stunod,
Hmmm, I see what u mean. Didn't realize it sorted the finds by category. It's been a long time since I used that particular search. Thanks.
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How about an "Events by State" (or region) link. Maybe under the "Search for a cache" links. This way we wouldn't have to page through the calendar to find upcoming events. I could get all events listed for NY let's say. In a list form by date. THis would enable people to get a better handle on planning in advance and save alot of time flipping through a month at a time.
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What a rip! That's a dimestore carabiner and a $3 cell phone clip.
Add shipping to the $19.99 on top of that!
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Wooo Hoooo!!!!
I fixed it!!! YAY! (I know, small victory.... but sometimes you take the little ones!)
Turns out (after clicking rather randomlly I think)
I went to "Control Panel" - "Internet Options" - "programs" tab
Then click on 'Reset Web Settings' button
Seems like AOL had changed some settings that had to be restored to Internet Explorer after I dumped AOL.
Posting this for reference for anyone else and I appreciate all the help above. Helped set me on the right track.
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If you scroll down more there is URL and I have that set to Shell Doc Object and Cotnrol Library
Mine too. Now what?
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I did the above. Both file types are already associated with Internet Explorer which is the browser I use. Any other ideas?
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When I paste it into the actual "Start/Run" box I get an error box that says "This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Create an association in the Folder Options control panel."
I went to the Folder Options control panel. There are several tabs. They are labeled "General, View, File Types & Offline Files". I assume it has something to do with "File Types".
What do I do now?
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Because it's a border crossing?
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We have a public park here where the exact same thing happens. When you walk in they ask you if you have a camera. There is a cache in there and I didn't know anything about the place when I went to hunt it. So the woman says "Is that a camera?" I say "No, it's a GPS". She says "Does it take pictures?" I say "No, it's a GPS." (still not quite comprehending what she's asking). She says "Does it take movies?" I say (you guessed it...) "No, it's a GPS".
FInally, I guess she couldn't tell if I was being a wise a** or not so she says "well, go on in. Just don't take any pictures." Turns out that even though this is a public place, the city charges a permit fee if you want to take wedding, prom group, etc., pictures here. Someone ought to tell the employees that this doesn't apply to individuals taking snapshots of the architecture. Of course the place is in such disrepair that they ought to take some of that money and put it into preserving all the marble and tile.
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Looks like we edited our posts to reflect the same thing at the same time!
Great minds......., etc.
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I don't have a pic of the 10 to post. For info on the individual knife just go to the Victorinox (Swiss Army) website.
Click on "Pocket Knives" then on "Classic"
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guess no one is interested in the $830,000 I mentioned above.
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Did you try the test I posted above via the Start / Run? Is that what your reply was referencing?
Yup... see below
If you copy what's in your MapSource waypoint link and paste it into the address field of your browser, and your browser gives an error, then it's your address formatting. -MY browser opens to the page when I paste what's in mapsource.If you copy what's in your MapSource waypoint link and paste it into the address field of your browser, and your browser goes to the desired Web page, then you've got a problem. I would start with trying re-installing the MapSource upgrade.
This is exactly my problem. Address is typed correctly and opens when I paste it. MapSource seems to have a problem opening my browser.
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I'm selling off my collection of used basic S/A knives that I have been collecting for several years. These are genuine Victorinox, not knock-offs. These are the small ones usually found on keychains, approx 2 1/4" long (called "Classic"). Include 1 blade, scissor, nail file/cleaner, toothpick, tweezer. Retailing new for about $15 each. Selling 10 for $25 plus couple of dollars shipping. I have assorted colors. All in really good shape. Make good cache prizes for really good trades or FTFs. (Not getting into the whole knives in caches discussion - u decide if appropriate or not) Couple of sets. Email me seperately.
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How about $830,000 in each of 12 stashes? And no, I am not kidding. This is a real deal designed to promote a book. All the clues are published and no one has found any since Nov 04. They are all still out there.
I propose a group hunt. I mean think of what the combined intellect of a whole bunch of people already experienced in finding caches from clues could do.......
Interested? See this thread...... ( I get a 10 per cent finders fee )
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Found this on CNN as I was trying to verify the story....
$1 million treasure hunt hidden in pages of fairy tale
Saturday, January 22, 2005 Posted: 7:57 AM EST (1257 GMT)
NEW YORK (AP) -- There's an unclaimed $1 million out there -- somewhere.
The jackpot is actually 12 jewels hidden in very public places around the United States. Think diamonds, think rubies, think the rarest, most perfect Kashmir sapphire.
All you need to do to get any or all the gems is to decipher clues in the book "A Treasure's Trove." The clues lead to a dozen 18-karat gold tokens. Author Michael Stadther, who hid each of the tokens himself, promises that they are all in public places where they can be easily accessed without digging, moving or disturbing objects or structures.
Once a token is in hand, it can be redeemed for one of the jewels.
And Stadther is releasing a clue not contained in the book for the first time this week: "Hint: Tackle repositories."
"A Treasure's Trove: A Fairy Tale About Real Treasure for Parents and Children of All Ages" is the realization of the author's 25-year-old dream to create a puzzle sandwiched between the pages of a classic, timeless fairy tale. He was inspired by 1979's "Masquerade," for which author Kit Williams hid a necklace made of rare gems and gold that was found in the English countryside three years later.
"I studied fine arts and had a B.S. in math -- I thought I could do this. But for me, one treasure wasn't enough. And the story had to outlast the treasure hunt," Stadther says. "Hopefully, 100 years from now, people will be looking for the 'jewels' in the story."
So far, no one has claimed the real treasure.
Stadther has received hundreds of e-mails since his self-published book was released in November. The messages come from everyone -- 6-year-olds to an 88-year-old woman who says her mother is working on the puzzle. There are chat rooms on the Internet devoted to "A Treasure's Trove" and the book might get translated into Chinese.
When he does readings at schools, the 52-year-old Stadther is treated like a rock star with scores of kids charging at him, hoping to snare a clue.
"The kids go right for the puzzle and the treasure," he says. "I thought the treasure was for the parents and the story was for the kids, but the opposite happened. I hear from parents that they're so happy that there's a story the family can read together that's not dumbed down."
The story centers on 12 forest creatures who employ a pragmatic woodcarver, his half-elf, half-human wife and their winged pet, Pook, to save their mates who disappear after being crystallized by a falling dust. Woodcarver Zac can't see the fairies because he won't free his mind, but Ana can, and she helps guide him; Pook, who bears an uncanny resemblance to Stadther's American bull terrier, Misty, shows the value of loyalty and love.
"It's a family book, it's a family project. ... It's a love story as well. It's a novelette for kids," says Stadther.
In its first two months, nearly 100,000 copies of the hardcover and paperback versions, and the companion "100 Puzzles, Clues, Maps, Tantalizing Tales and Stories of Real Treasure" have been sold. Before early orders for the new "Harry Potter" book started to come in, "A Treasure's Trove" was ranked No. 2 on Amazon.com, and it debuted this week at No. 3 on The New York Times' list of best selling children's paperbacks.
It's rare, but not unheard of, for self-published works to become big successes, said Amazon.com's Kristin Schaefer Mariani. "A New Kind of Science," by Stephen Wolfram, immediately shot to the online retailer's top spot in 2002 and the same thing happened with "Ask and You Will Succeed," by Ken Foster, in 2003.
"We do think that it is the 'treasure hunt' theme that's selling this book," Barnes & Noble Booksellers' buyer Pat Brigandi said. "The jeweled pieces look incredible. Who wouldn't want to find a 6.36 Kashmir blue sapphire -- even if it is the head of a spider?"
With many retailers sold out, Stadther is shipping directly to customers and is using the sun room at his suburban New York home as his warehouse.
Stadther never intended to self-publish his book, though he now says all the publishers that rejected him, some rather unkindly, did him a favor. By doing it all himself -- from the writing and illustrating (each picture took about 300 hours), to learning Adobe Photoshop and buying the rights to the photographs featured in the puzzle workbook -- Stadther not only had creative control, he is now making a lot more money.
The initial $2 million investment for his book project came from his banking software company, which he sold five years ago. His biggest cost was creating the pricey jewels based on the 12 forest creatures. The gems mostly came from Jewelry Designs in Danbury, Connecticut, a partnership that happened by coincidence.
The author was shopping one day in Jewelry Designs for a gift for his wife and noticed a hummingbird brooch. He went to the back office to talk to owner Robert Underhill, who was intrigued by Stadther's book idea but didn't sign on at first.
"I wasn't certain it was all for real, but once I saw how much time and effort he put into it, you could see it was real," Underhill said. "I went ahead and made an ant."
That "ant" has 4 1/2 carats of pave diamonds for legs.
"A Treasure's Trove" has been a dream job for the company's artisans, Underhill said. "It's the most fantastic thing we've been involved in. It's maybe the most fantastic project in jewelry."
The most challenging jewel was the beetle because it was "a grotesque character" that Underhill and his staff needed to somehow make beautiful, he said. They used black diamonds to encrust its head, a canary diamond for they eye and more diamonds on the insect's belly. Then there are the moveable parts: The jaws depress and the wings open to show a 10-carat blue tanzanite with surrounding diamonds and latticework.
But will readers ever find it?
Stadther, who acknowledges that he's not great at word puzzles, thinks so: "It's not rocket science. It's all in front of you."
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See the story below.
I figured this was right up our Cacher's ally.....
Can you say "Major Puzzle Cache"?
SCI FI WIRE
12:00 AM, 09-FEBRUARY-05
Paramount Digs Into Treasure
Paramount has bought the movie rights to A Treasure's Trove, Michael Stadther's best-selling children's book that has caused a sensation over the clues in the book that lead to a dozen gold tokens hidden in public places in the U.S., redeemable for jewels worth a total of $1 million, Variety reported. Tom Cruise's Cruise/Wagner production company will develop the film.
Stadther self-published Trove in November and hid the tokens himself. (No one has yet found a token.) Stadther's book, whose full title is A Treasure's Trove: A Fairy Tale About Real Treasure for Parents and Children of All Ages, revolves around 12 forest creatures who employ a woodcarver, his half-elf wife and their winged pet to save their friends who disappear after being crystallized by falling dust, the trade paper reported.
Nearly all of the 140,000 copies of the first two printings of Trove and its companion, 100 Puzzles, Clues, Maps, Tantalizing Tales and Stories of Real Treasure, have been sold. A third printing of 250,000 copies will hit stores on Feb. 21, the trade paper reported.
By my reckoning thats about $83,000 per token....
Surely a bunch of Geocachers can outsmart a bunch of rug rats!
Group hunt anyone? (Seriously!)
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Not to sound to dumb but what is a "supported browser"?
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Tried cutting/pasting. It will not launch my browser. Any suggestions?
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I understand. Keep me in mind. Thanks
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I just saw that the new version of Mapsource (6.5) has a section to insert a link associated with a waypoint (click "more details" from the new waypoint box).
I tried to insert the link for a cache page and when I click on it I get "The link .......... could not be opened" Anyone know what I am doing wrong?
I thought I may have copied it or pasted it wrong but when I copy the link FROM the Mapsource box and then paste it TO IE it does go to the cache page. It just doesn't work when I click on the goto arrow.
This feature would be a great help in the field on my laptop if I could link directly to the cache page.
This is all the Help(less) file says:
Link – This feature allows you to include a link to a file or URL containing information related to the waypoint. For example, you could link to an electronic document containing a description of your waypoint, a digital photo you took while at the waypoint, a web site devoted to the area around the waypoint, etc. You can enter the desired file name/URL or click Browse to select the desired file. Click the Open Link button to activate the link.
FInally, I guess she couldn't tell if I was being a wise a** or not so she says "well, go on in. Just don't take any pictures."
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I 2nd (or 3rd, not sure) that!
What he said!