The City of Beacon NY (May 15, 1913). LbNA #68295
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Add Location| Owner: | Racoon in the Baloon
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| Plant date: | Apr 11, 2015 |
| Location: | Beacon Mountain |
| City: | Beacon |
| County: | Dutchess |
| State: | New York |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Found by: | Nairon |
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| Last found: | Sep 1, 2018 |
| Status: | FF |
| Last edited: | Jan 11, 2025 |
THIS BOX A NEW SET OF CLUES NOW. Please read this carefully. I wrote a new set of clues for this box, now that I am 35 years old.
Please do not worry, however. The old set of clues is still valid. Let me explain.
When I was 25 years old, I wrote the old set of clues. If you want to use the old set of clues, then please use the old set of clues. If you want to use the new set of clues, then please use the new set of clues. If you want to use both sets of clues, then please use both sets of clues.
It is my suggestion that you carefully read both sets of clues before deciding which set of clues to follow.
I wrote the new set of clues, because I am older and wiser than I was when I was 25.
Here is the new set of clues.
1) I suggest that you read the old set of clues, in order to help yourself to be able to find the picnic area, an area which exists where the white trail intersects itself with the dirt road. I say this as a suggestion.
2) At the age of 35, I took a photograph, with a digital camera. In order to see the photograph, please click here: https://i.postimg.cc/25qsctRP/1.jpg
3) Please stand in the spot where I was standing when I took the picture (I was standing on the dirt road). Please also stand in the same position that I stood in. Please search the dirt road until you find the spot.
4) As you look at the picture, you will see that there is a short incline in the picture. Walk down the short incline. There is grass on the incline.
5) When you reach the bottom of the incline, you will find that there is a perfectly level patch of ground. There is no grass on the patch of ground.
6) There is a much longer incline, which you will see right in front of you. The incline is covered with grass. Walk up the incline.
7) I have drawn a diagram, in order to show you the steps that I just explained to you. In order to look at the P.D.F. of the diagram, please click here: https://pdfhost.io/v/z0C8i57sw_Scan
The spot where I stood when I took the picture, is shown by the words, "I stood here."
8) The approximate location of the box is indicated within the handwritten P.D.F. diagram.
9) I stood at the top of the long incline. And then I pointed my camera lens back towards the dirt road. If you want to see the picture, please click here: https://i.postimg.cc/wMRZ5bN2/3.jpg
10) I took a picture of the hiding spot. If you want to see the picture of the hiding spot, then please click here: https://i.postimg.cc/NFhqncBS/2.jpg
11) The box is hidden underneath the rocks. Please re-hide this box as perfectly as possible. I would rather have the box be hidden too well, than have a box which is not hidden well enough. In other words, I do not want a thief to find the box by accident.
12) Also, you may wish to avoid visiting this box during the summer months, because I do not know what kind of snakes (and other dangerous creatures) might decide to build their home among the rocks.
In conclusion, I will state that I did not carve the stamp by hand. I paid a professional person to create a custom rubber stamp with their machine. The rubber stamp will remind you of the city that you are in, and will also remind you of the mountain on which you are standing.
When you visit my box, you will see that I am not the smartest person in the world, but I still try to do the best job possible, when I hide a box. The old set of clues (written when I was only 25 years old) can be found below.
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This is a 50 caliber ammunition box which is hidden (on Beacon Mountain) at the base of a downed tree. A naturally occurring horizontal crevice exists adjacent to the base, and it is inside of this crevice that the box is hidden.
The doorway to the underground chamber is sealed by a wall of rocks, and it is important that the wall of rocks be rebuilt (when your visit is over and done with) as meticulously as possible. The ground above the box serves as the ceiling of the chamber, if that even makes any sense (the placer of this box is freaked out by the prospect of a thief stealing their investment).
Inside of the box, you will find at the very top of the box a log book in which for you to record your visit (you will of course also find a stamp for you to provide yourself with a stamp impression in your personal scrapbook of memories), and deep inside the very bottom of the box, frivolous trade items. The stamp was professionally created specifically for the purpose of this box.
In order to find the box, you will need to utilize three maps. The three maps can be viewed as a single P.D.F. for you to print out. The link to the P.D.F. is included at the bottom of this L.B.N.A. webpage.
The first map (a map that was created on the morning of Saturday, May 26th, 2012) shows the approximate location of the box in relation to the other locations on Beacon Mountain. The box is located in a picnic area, so it is important to search in the early morning when there will not be people having picnics. The picnic area is located along a dirt road. It is illegal to drive an unauthorized vehicle on the dirt road, so if you drive an unauthorized vehicle and you get caught by the cops, then please do not blame me.
The second map is a handwritten map that was created in the afternoon of Saturday, May 26th, 2012. This map was not drawn to scale. The map was created after I walked from the Beaconcrest hotel and then discovered the hiding spot.
The third map (not drawn to scale) was hastily created in the evening of Saturday, April 11th, 2015 (the evening in which the box was finally placed in its hiding spot). The box was carried from Bob's Corner Store, up the red trail staircase, then down the yellow trail, then up the white trail. The map is not meant to be taken as seriously as the two 2012 maps, but if you choose to use the white trail to reach the box, then the map may still prove useful.
If you have difficulty downloading the PDF then please click on the link that says "contact the placer" and I will be willing to send them to you as an attachment (due to my busy schedule there is no guarantee that I will be able to read your message the same day that you send me the message).
Link to the P.D.F.: https://docdro.id/D6Xs2k3
Please do not worry, however. The old set of clues is still valid. Let me explain.
When I was 25 years old, I wrote the old set of clues. If you want to use the old set of clues, then please use the old set of clues. If you want to use the new set of clues, then please use the new set of clues. If you want to use both sets of clues, then please use both sets of clues.
It is my suggestion that you carefully read both sets of clues before deciding which set of clues to follow.
I wrote the new set of clues, because I am older and wiser than I was when I was 25.
Here is the new set of clues.
1) I suggest that you read the old set of clues, in order to help yourself to be able to find the picnic area, an area which exists where the white trail intersects itself with the dirt road. I say this as a suggestion.
2) At the age of 35, I took a photograph, with a digital camera. In order to see the photograph, please click here: https://i.postimg.cc/25qsctRP/1.jpg
3) Please stand in the spot where I was standing when I took the picture (I was standing on the dirt road). Please also stand in the same position that I stood in. Please search the dirt road until you find the spot.
4) As you look at the picture, you will see that there is a short incline in the picture. Walk down the short incline. There is grass on the incline.
5) When you reach the bottom of the incline, you will find that there is a perfectly level patch of ground. There is no grass on the patch of ground.
6) There is a much longer incline, which you will see right in front of you. The incline is covered with grass. Walk up the incline.
7) I have drawn a diagram, in order to show you the steps that I just explained to you. In order to look at the P.D.F. of the diagram, please click here: https://pdfhost.io/v/z0C8i57sw_Scan
The spot where I stood when I took the picture, is shown by the words, "I stood here."
8) The approximate location of the box is indicated within the handwritten P.D.F. diagram.
9) I stood at the top of the long incline. And then I pointed my camera lens back towards the dirt road. If you want to see the picture, please click here: https://i.postimg.cc/wMRZ5bN2/3.jpg
10) I took a picture of the hiding spot. If you want to see the picture of the hiding spot, then please click here: https://i.postimg.cc/NFhqncBS/2.jpg
11) The box is hidden underneath the rocks. Please re-hide this box as perfectly as possible. I would rather have the box be hidden too well, than have a box which is not hidden well enough. In other words, I do not want a thief to find the box by accident.
12) Also, you may wish to avoid visiting this box during the summer months, because I do not know what kind of snakes (and other dangerous creatures) might decide to build their home among the rocks.
In conclusion, I will state that I did not carve the stamp by hand. I paid a professional person to create a custom rubber stamp with their machine. The rubber stamp will remind you of the city that you are in, and will also remind you of the mountain on which you are standing.
When you visit my box, you will see that I am not the smartest person in the world, but I still try to do the best job possible, when I hide a box. The old set of clues (written when I was only 25 years old) can be found below.
____________________________________________________________________
This is a 50 caliber ammunition box which is hidden (on Beacon Mountain) at the base of a downed tree. A naturally occurring horizontal crevice exists adjacent to the base, and it is inside of this crevice that the box is hidden.
The doorway to the underground chamber is sealed by a wall of rocks, and it is important that the wall of rocks be rebuilt (when your visit is over and done with) as meticulously as possible. The ground above the box serves as the ceiling of the chamber, if that even makes any sense (the placer of this box is freaked out by the prospect of a thief stealing their investment).
Inside of the box, you will find at the very top of the box a log book in which for you to record your visit (you will of course also find a stamp for you to provide yourself with a stamp impression in your personal scrapbook of memories), and deep inside the very bottom of the box, frivolous trade items. The stamp was professionally created specifically for the purpose of this box.
In order to find the box, you will need to utilize three maps. The three maps can be viewed as a single P.D.F. for you to print out. The link to the P.D.F. is included at the bottom of this L.B.N.A. webpage.
The first map (a map that was created on the morning of Saturday, May 26th, 2012) shows the approximate location of the box in relation to the other locations on Beacon Mountain. The box is located in a picnic area, so it is important to search in the early morning when there will not be people having picnics. The picnic area is located along a dirt road. It is illegal to drive an unauthorized vehicle on the dirt road, so if you drive an unauthorized vehicle and you get caught by the cops, then please do not blame me.
The second map is a handwritten map that was created in the afternoon of Saturday, May 26th, 2012. This map was not drawn to scale. The map was created after I walked from the Beaconcrest hotel and then discovered the hiding spot.
The third map (not drawn to scale) was hastily created in the evening of Saturday, April 11th, 2015 (the evening in which the box was finally placed in its hiding spot). The box was carried from Bob's Corner Store, up the red trail staircase, then down the yellow trail, then up the white trail. The map is not meant to be taken as seriously as the two 2012 maps, but if you choose to use the white trail to reach the box, then the map may still prove useful.
If you have difficulty downloading the PDF then please click on the link that says "contact the placer" and I will be willing to send them to you as an attachment (due to my busy schedule there is no guarantee that I will be able to read your message the same day that you send me the message).
Link to the P.D.F.: https://docdro.id/D6Xs2k3