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Neo
01-24-2005, 11:43 AM
http://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/01/22/treasure.hunt.ap/index.html


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.
DimHalo
01-24-2005, 12:54 PM
You know, my room mate said that her teacher informed her that diamonds really aren't that precious. Apparently there are plenty of them...


Although, if you've got a really big one with few imperfections...i'm sure its worth a lot.


Sounds interesting. It'd be neat to be one of the people to find one based on the clues.
GameMaster
01-24-2005, 01:03 PM
I read that. It's cool because some of the jewels or maybe all of them are designed in the form of different animals like a spider and beetle. I'd rather accidently find one than attempt to search for them. He claims the the clue are 'right in front of you' which translates to 'they're so well hidden that no one will ever find them'.
Crash
01-24-2005, 01:30 PM
And Stadther is releasing a clue not contained in the book for the first time this week: "Hint: Tackle repositories

hmm... now all I gotta do is check all the bait and tackle shops i the us, as well as the football locker rooms just to be sure...
jeepnut
01-24-2005, 04:00 PM
You know, my room mate said that her teacher informed her that diamonds really aren't that precious. Apparently there are plenty of them...


Saw blades used to cut through concrete are tipped with diamonds.
dropCGCF
01-24-2005, 04:15 PM
Saw blades used to cut through concrete are tipped with diamonds.

Those diamonds are considered to be flawed in some way.

It's a good diamond that's expensive.
Dyne
01-24-2005, 04:23 PM
Saw blades used to cut through concrete are tipped with diamonds.

If I'm not mistaken, dentist tools are diamond-tipped as well.
DimHalo
01-24-2005, 04:30 PM
All of this... I already knew.
Dyne
01-24-2005, 05:21 PM
All of this... I already knew.

Curses! :(
Blackmane
01-25-2005, 12:19 AM
You know, my room mate said that her teacher informed her that diamonds really aren't that precious. Apparently there are plenty of them...

Yes, diamonds are not rare. The only reason they cost so much is because only 1 or 2 foreign companies or something own almost all the diamond mines in the world. That way they can control the flow of diamonds into the marker.

Diamonds are not rare at all. In fact, you could almost call them common. They are rare because of control of demand.
Yugi Starwind
01-25-2005, 01:15 PM
"tackle repositories" could mean something along the lines of (just a guess here) looking near landfills. "tackling" could just mean taking care of something. so in ohter words, sift through trash to find treasure? or maybe i'm taking it a bit too far....
Neo
01-25-2005, 02:08 PM
You don't have to sift through anything, the tokens are in plain sight.
dropCGCF
01-25-2005, 02:27 PM
I think I picked one up thinking it was a Sacagawea dollar. I used it to get Squirt.

It was worth it.
DimHalo
01-25-2005, 04:03 PM
"tackle repositories" could mean something along the lines of (just a guess here) looking near landfills. "tackling" could just mean taking care of something. so in ohter words, sift through trash to find treasure? or maybe i'm taking it a bit too far....


That was what I originally thought when I read the clue.
fingersman
01-26-2005, 12:03 PM
Yes, diamonds are not rare. The only reason they cost so much is because only 1 or 2 foreign companies or something own almost all the diamond mines in the world. That way they can control the flow of diamonds into the marker.

Diamonds are not rare at all. In fact, you could almost call them common. They are rare because of control of demand.


Shucks you beat me to it.
Although Blackmane is correct, I sure wouldn't mind having a diamond or two.