image 1

[maltedfalcon]

This is the wierd shape over the shoulder of the woman in pix 1
it sort of matches the lower half of north lake...




and this is the image of lincoln in the hills.

[johann]

Could the profile be JFK?

[maltedfalcon]

you could be right.
JFK drive runs right through the park and parallels lincoln.
maybe its both...

[DocLove]

me and my dad have decided that its both, if you put your finger over the chin then it looks like JFK and when you take your finger off then it looks like Lincoln.....so we think its both

[maltedfalcon]

Well, Image 1 still has some mysteries about it,
the most notable being what does the barred window mean

and then there is the shape under the table. is it a bldg like in the Cleveland picture or is it something else. just kind of eyeballing the shape I see it can either be square or round,
maybe its a combination of both. it could be more square then rectangular but , does anyone familiar with SF recognize this shape?  and it doesn't match SF fire boxes or Police boxes

[intrigued]

Maltedfalcon,

  How has the digging gone in GGP?  

[maltedfalcon]

isn't where I thought it was....
I think the key is the object of twains attention, without knowing exactly what that is it just stabbing in the 'park'
"and its a very big park"
Ive tried the obvious directions,  but your talking a huge area it you tried all of them.
need to narrow it down a bit before going back - thats why I am re-looking at all the clues especially the ones I'm not sure about.

[abqram]

Hi folks!  

A friend of mine (who chats here often) brought me into the game.  Looks like alot of fun.  I've been concentrating on image 1 coupled with verse 7.  I used to live in SF and much of what was posted was what I was thinking as well.  

Let's get down to it:  Fulton st equals the object of Twain's attention (steamboat).  Picture one reveals Lincon's head, Lincoln Way.  These streets are on either side of GG park.  The lady's cover (dragon) is of the GG park.  The bars in the mountain is Alcatraz prison (the rock).  And the air smelling sweet is Ghiradelli Square, corresponding to the G and h on the lady's cover.  Also, there are 11 moons in the background, which to me equals Appllo 11 and the USS Hornet, which was used to retrieve the capsule, is docked accross the bay.  

Now I believe that the treasure is hidden in Golden Gate Park, below route 1 (near ace is high, running north) which cuts through the park, but above north lake, which is shown in the picture.  So we've cut the look in half.  

Ok, let's get more specific:  I believe that the place to look between these two landmarks is 32nd and 34th street or 43rd street.  I say this because the lady in the picture is pointing to either 34 or 43 and if you look at her cover, the roman numerals correspond until you get to 3 and 2.

Could one of those people located in the Bay area look in the park between these streets and see if there is any kind of pole or giant step?  

Thanks.

ABQRAM

[maltedfalcon]

Hi, welcome to the hunt
Looked all around fulton and 34/43
North Lake - found neither a giant pole or a giant step.

Matt Sparks

[abqram]

Well shoot, that's demoralizing!

I was just talking to my friend and I know there's a totem pole in the park.  Is that located in this area?  Also, within the Japanese garden there is a buddist temple, could that be construed as a pole?

ABQRAM

[maltedfalcon]

There was a totem pole
it is no longer there-
and I have dug entirerly around it from 0-5 feet (
a giant step.
I had to get permission from the park service  but they were really helpful

The one place I really thought it would be was  toward fulton avenue in front of the totem pole base -
unfortunately at some time in the past a larger trencher was used in the area and an irrigation pipe (pvc) so not too many years ago -  The trencher wouldve run right through were I thought the casque would be.

I was quite depressed to find this, but you cant imagine the excitement when the shovel blade hit something plastic....

Also very heavy equipment was used in the area in 1986 when they took down the totem pole.

The japanese garden is an avenue worth exploring. haven't gone over there at all.

[abqram]

Sorry,

I'm reading all the work you did and just catching up.  Could the Giant Step be tied in with Apollo 11?  (One small step for man, on giant leap for mankind).  And the discoverer of the North pole is by the Great Highway.  These are markers.  The key is the .  I don't think its Fulton.  I'll throw out something in a bit, after some research.

ABQRAM  

[maltedfalcon]

dug by the admunsen (north Pole) monument-
very hard dirt - nothing to find.
The hornet wasn't in Alameda in 1981/82

Always good to hear new ideas.
just in general - though the picture gets you to an area-
the verse takes you in to the casque

People are making good progress with V7 and New Orleans-
it seems to match there just as well-
so I am trying other verses with SF to see if anything else fits.
Any ideas?

[wilhouse]

Hey, I really like the giant step being related to Apollo 11, Neil Armstrong.

Is there anything that would relate to Armstrong, or Apollo or 11?
wilhouse

[abqram]

Ok,

Here's a giant leap, but maybe we were focused in on the main part of GG park!  I really think the link is "an object of Twain's attention"  I did a search and Mark Twain lived in San Francisco for awhile.  He wrote about many things (events), one that made me think was  THE CLIFF HOUSE.  Well, after much difficulty looking on the web for current pictures, I found this site:  http://www.virtuar.com/ysf2/ap-ocean-beach.htm  (I think that's the address).  

Right in front of the main restaurant of the cliff house (there are numerous things there now)  IS A TOTEM POLE!  And, if you take a step, there is a drop of around 5 feet.  I'd say that was a giant step.  And here's the key:  That whole area is considered GG park now.  

Can someone there check to see if there is any validity to my search/reasoning? Thanks.

ABQRAM