Letter"Bucks" LbNA #27395 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | The Clue Crew  |
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| Plant date: | Nov 24, 2006 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Somersworth |
| County: | Strafford |
| State: | New Hampshire |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Found by: | trtle |
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| Last found: | Jul 1, 2011 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFarr |
| Last edited: | Apr 13, 2023 |
This letterbox has been pulled and is retired.
It was located off of Rt 9 (High St) in Somersworth NH.
Original clues:
Things you’ll need:
-a compass
-a nice new crispy one dollar bill, or at least one very recent and in great shape without lots of folds, tears or frays. We’ll be looking at it pretty closely, so you might want to bring a magnifying glass if you don’t have good eyesight.
The clues to follow will be using these items to navigate and find the letterbox. Also, please provide an inkpad and pen. Thanks!
Clues:
There is a store along route 9 with lots of cheap goodies to buy for just 1 penny more than $0.99. It is also a kind of tree we’d all like to have growing in our back yard. When you find the right store you will be so happy, you’ll shout aloud “BINGO!” There it is!
There is a parking lot behind the building. Go to the middle of the paved portion of the parking lot and take out your compass. Find the South and West most corner of the parking lot and proceed there. You will notice a trail that splits immediately after it starts and proceeds two different directions into the woods.
Which way are you to go?
Put your compass away for now, you will now be navigating via your crispy 1 dollar bill. The one dollar bill as we all know is paper money worth one hundred US cents. It is 2.61 inches wide and 6.14 inches long. It is a mere .0043 inches thick and it weighs almost exactly 1 gram.
They are made from about 25% linen and 75% cotton with red and blue fibers imbedded throughout the paper. Each bill costs about 4.2 cents to produce and is manufactured by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP). They make about 16,650,000 (yes that is 16.65 MILLION) one dollar bills EVERY DAY! Most of these bills are just replacements for the older and/or worn out bills that get shredded at the end of their service life. A one dollar bill has a service life of around 18-22 months before needing replacement. According to the US Treasury, there are BILLIONS of these things floating around at any given moment.
We all know pretty much what they look like. George is on the front (obverse) side… you know… the guy with the hatchet accused of chopping down his dad’s cherry tree? That story is in dispute by the way, but that’s another discussion.
The back (reverse) side of the one dollar bill is printed all in green. This is why the dollar bill is sometimes called a greenback. It pictures the word "ONE" flanked by two circles, picturing the front (obverse) and back (reverse) of the Great Seal of the United States of America.
The circle on the left of the bill pictures an unfinished pyramid. There is an eye within a triangle above the pyramid; light radiates from the eye. The circle on the right pictures the front (obverse) of the Great Seal of the United States of America. It shows a bald eagle holding olive branches and arrows in its talons. There is a banner in the eagle's bill reading, "E PLURIBUS UNUM" (which means, "Out of many, one," refering to the union of the states). Stars are above the eagle and a shield with stripes is in front of the eagle.
There is amazing detail to be seen in this bill you are holding if you only take a few moments to examine it. You need to examine it now because it is the key to finding LetterBucks!
Now… Back to finding the treasure!
Facing the fork in the trail, hold the REVERSE side of the one dollar bill out in front of you, face up and level to the ground. The reverse side of the 1 dollar bill shows the front and back of The Great Seal of the United States. The right circle is the front of the seal, the left circle is the back of the seal.
The left trail or the right trail? The Eagle is facing the direction of the correct trail to take.
Travel down the trail a short distance until you see a cluster of 6 birch trees. Go to them.
Now, again look at the front and back of The Great Seal of the United States located on the reverse side of your 1 dollar bill. There is a number that consistently occurs several times in the symbolism of the seal. What is that number? That number is the number of paces you need to take from your current location of the birch tree cluster.
Ok… now what? I know the distance, but what direction do I go?
Face yourself towards the parking lot from where came with your back to the birch tree cluster. Use your dollar bill to find the direction to count off your paces. Hold it as you did before, out in front of you, level to the ground, and the reverse side facing up. The arrows on the seal point toward the treasure.
Count off the number of paces you figured out a minute ago and then stop. Now, look around you for the symbol on the back side of the The Great Seal of the United States. Your treasure is within that symbol.
This letterbox now has a new box and re-carved stamp! :)
Please enjoy and rehide well. Happy Letterboxing!
It was located off of Rt 9 (High St) in Somersworth NH.
Original clues:
Things you’ll need:
-a compass
-a nice new crispy one dollar bill, or at least one very recent and in great shape without lots of folds, tears or frays. We’ll be looking at it pretty closely, so you might want to bring a magnifying glass if you don’t have good eyesight.
The clues to follow will be using these items to navigate and find the letterbox. Also, please provide an inkpad and pen. Thanks!
Clues:
There is a store along route 9 with lots of cheap goodies to buy for just 1 penny more than $0.99. It is also a kind of tree we’d all like to have growing in our back yard. When you find the right store you will be so happy, you’ll shout aloud “BINGO!” There it is!
There is a parking lot behind the building. Go to the middle of the paved portion of the parking lot and take out your compass. Find the South and West most corner of the parking lot and proceed there. You will notice a trail that splits immediately after it starts and proceeds two different directions into the woods.
Which way are you to go?
Put your compass away for now, you will now be navigating via your crispy 1 dollar bill. The one dollar bill as we all know is paper money worth one hundred US cents. It is 2.61 inches wide and 6.14 inches long. It is a mere .0043 inches thick and it weighs almost exactly 1 gram.
They are made from about 25% linen and 75% cotton with red and blue fibers imbedded throughout the paper. Each bill costs about 4.2 cents to produce and is manufactured by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP). They make about 16,650,000 (yes that is 16.65 MILLION) one dollar bills EVERY DAY! Most of these bills are just replacements for the older and/or worn out bills that get shredded at the end of their service life. A one dollar bill has a service life of around 18-22 months before needing replacement. According to the US Treasury, there are BILLIONS of these things floating around at any given moment.
We all know pretty much what they look like. George is on the front (obverse) side… you know… the guy with the hatchet accused of chopping down his dad’s cherry tree? That story is in dispute by the way, but that’s another discussion.
The back (reverse) side of the one dollar bill is printed all in green. This is why the dollar bill is sometimes called a greenback. It pictures the word "ONE" flanked by two circles, picturing the front (obverse) and back (reverse) of the Great Seal of the United States of America.
The circle on the left of the bill pictures an unfinished pyramid. There is an eye within a triangle above the pyramid; light radiates from the eye. The circle on the right pictures the front (obverse) of the Great Seal of the United States of America. It shows a bald eagle holding olive branches and arrows in its talons. There is a banner in the eagle's bill reading, "E PLURIBUS UNUM" (which means, "Out of many, one," refering to the union of the states). Stars are above the eagle and a shield with stripes is in front of the eagle.
There is amazing detail to be seen in this bill you are holding if you only take a few moments to examine it. You need to examine it now because it is the key to finding LetterBucks!
Now… Back to finding the treasure!
Facing the fork in the trail, hold the REVERSE side of the one dollar bill out in front of you, face up and level to the ground. The reverse side of the 1 dollar bill shows the front and back of The Great Seal of the United States. The right circle is the front of the seal, the left circle is the back of the seal.
The left trail or the right trail? The Eagle is facing the direction of the correct trail to take.
Travel down the trail a short distance until you see a cluster of 6 birch trees. Go to them.
Now, again look at the front and back of The Great Seal of the United States located on the reverse side of your 1 dollar bill. There is a number that consistently occurs several times in the symbolism of the seal. What is that number? That number is the number of paces you need to take from your current location of the birch tree cluster.
Ok… now what? I know the distance, but what direction do I go?
Face yourself towards the parking lot from where came with your back to the birch tree cluster. Use your dollar bill to find the direction to count off your paces. Hold it as you did before, out in front of you, level to the ground, and the reverse side facing up. The arrows on the seal point toward the treasure.
Count off the number of paces you figured out a minute ago and then stop. Now, look around you for the symbol on the back side of the The Great Seal of the United States. Your treasure is within that symbol.
This letterbox now has a new box and re-carved stamp! :)
Please enjoy and rehide well. Happy Letterboxing!