The Beale Buried Treasure Code Broken
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The Beale Papers
Claims to have discovered the location of $ millions worth of buried treasure in Bedford County, Virginia, have appeared at regular intervals since the Beale Papers were published in 1885.
The Beale ciphers, are a set of three cipher-texts, one of which allegedly states the location of a buried treasure of gold, silver and jewels estimated to be worth over US$43 million as of January 2018. Comprising three ciphertexts, the first (unsolved) text describes the location, the second (solved) ciphertext the content of the treasure, and the third (unsolved) lists the names of the treasure's owners and their next of kin. (Wikipedia)
Although many have suggested it was a hoax, none, until recently have seriously set out to prove that. The evidence that confirms it was a very clever encrypted tale and the name of the person who performed this feat, is set out in this document.
COMPETITION RULES for the Main £10,000 Prize.
Decipher these 4 strings of letters.
SZKNVILIWOXDAMHSMERDUTRCUARTRSNRETECEGPNCAIEVA
TZORVSAIESXNYMANMPHDUERRWAAARTRRIUEEMGFECYTEFB
TKANHISLSCROGWSPWETPRSBENMANMMSXEAISSICMIUOINN
EZFMIQTOOZLZMRYTEAXBEALWTLOEAFXTUIUPXBATNFDUQN
Any number of participants can co-operate and use artificial aids, but any submission must be in one name only and made by e-mail to the Samos Books website or (preferably) by letter to Samos Books, Broadford, Skye, Scotland IV49 9AQ. The claim must include the claimant’s name and address.
Only the winning solution will be replied to. Silence = Wrong
All claims will be vetted by the author personally as no one else is aware of the solution that is in a sealed envelope held in a safe deposit box. If and when the two-part correct solution is received, the contest is closed, the prize-winner’s name will be announced and a cheque despatched.
If no winner, and in the event of my death, the sealed envelope containing the solution will be opened and my beneficiaries will decide on whether or not to continue the competition.
The above four strings, each containing 46 encrypted letters, were originally presented in the printed version of “The Cuckoo Paradox” in 2015 and professional ornithologists were challenged to decode them. No prize was offered at the time and no one came forward with a solution. Only by using the knowledge gained from studying the text of the free download version of “The Cuckoo Paradox” can a layman win the £10,000 prize.
HELPFUL HINTS for the Main £10,000 Prize.
General. The main (ornithologically based) prize of £10,000 is naturally enough very difficult to solve so in order to be in a position to succeed, the Sir Christopher Wren smaller prize has been introduced. Solve the latter and you should have less difficulty in decoding the first 2 strings of the main prize. Note that the Christopher Wren prize relates to events of 17th and 18th Century, and main prize to events occurring in the 20th and 21st Century.
Once these first 2 strings have been solved, the experience can be put to good use when tackling the 3rd and 4th strings. Even if the 3rd cannot be decoded, it is still just possible to solve the 4th.
This 4th string provides precise details of a location somewhere within the mainland of the UK. This excludes islands, (even those connected to the mainland by bridges (Isle of Skye or Anglesey for example).
The location is less than 500 metres above sea level. It has a main (A class) road due west and within one mile; it is not over water and is on land accessible to the public. There is no requirement to actually visit the site.
This location, somewhere between the sea boundaries of 49.57.18.48N and 58.40.10.55N latitude and (0)6.13.40.33W and (0)1.45.45.40E longitude will be represented by an eight number latitude and longitude, either in conventional degrees, minutes and seconds, as above or possibly in decimal degrees (whole degrees + six numbers). Both bracketed 0’s will be represented by 7’s - (7)1.45.45.40E for example. There may be several alternative locations but the prize-winning one must include how the position was extracted from String 4 and the reason as to why that location was selected by the author.
The Christopher Wren Prize
The Sir Christopher Wren prize, consists of £500 in cash plus 2 silver coins – a sixpenny 1697 stuck at the temporary Chester Mint, overseen at the time by Edmond Halley, and one of the first shilling “Vigo” coins to be struck at the London Mint in 1702 whilst Isaac Newton was Master and made from silver looted from the Spanish at Vigo by Sir Cloudesley Shovell.
The Competition. Solve all 4 of the following ‘tasks’.
The first task. Translate and explain the dual links.
2, 7, 17, 22, 17, 4, 13. and 5, 10, 1, 19, 16, 11, 10.
The second task. A two-part brilliant encryption. What was it?
1, 8, 9, 10, 21, 23. and 12, 35, 14, 21.
The third task. A two-part answer is required.
Match C H R W R E N to all seven of the Roman numerals in the capitalised English alphabet so as to total 76.
The final task.
Explain fully the significance of these 3 sets.
MIKHLQKIV GOLDACORN SSSXVZSUP
COMPETITION RULES for the Christopher Wren Prize.
Any number of participants can co-operate and use artificial aids, but any submission must be in one name only and made by e-mail to the Samos Books website or (preferably) by letter to Samos Books, Broadford Skye, Scotland IV49 9AQ. The claim must include the claimant’s name and address.
Only the winning submission that must include full decrypts of all four ‘tasks’, will be replied to. Silence = Incorrect or incomplete.
All claims will be vetted by the author personally as no one else is aware of the solution that is in a sealed envelope held in a safe deposit box. If and when the solution is received, the contest is closed, the prize-winner’s name will be announced and a cheque plus the 2 silver coins despatched.
HELPFUL HINTS for The Christopher Wren Prize.
First. Chapter 26 of the free version of “Astronomical Minds” must be studied carefully.
Hint. The first task. This is not really a two-part code but a bizarre alpha-numeric coincidence that was almost certainly put to good use by Sir Christopher Wren in his dealings with Isaac Newton.
Hint. The second task. Pay special attention to your solution of Task One and of the three strings of capital letters (bi-coloured in chapter 26 of the free version of “Astronomical Minds”) sent by Wren to Newton by way of an apparent claim on the Queen Anne longitude prize. Bearing in mind that Wren’s underlying aim was actually a blackmail threat, this diversion could have delayed Newton. However it pointed the way for Newton to unravel the blackmail message although with Halley’s help he might have bypassed it.
Hint. The third task. What is so special about those 7 numerals and why 76?
Hint. The fourth and final task. Only careful research can solve this.
OTHER HELPFUL INFORMATION FOR BOTH PRIZES
The 4 PDF’s each contain (different) pieces of information that will be helpful, especially chapter 26 of “Astronomical Minds”, page 210 of “The Boffin Bird”, page 19 of “The Cuckoo Paradox”, and all of “The Beale Treasure Code Broken”.
Trying to win eirher prize without using a modern computer and colour coding as illustrated in “The Beale Treasure Code Broken” might just be possible – if you are a modern Alan Turing.
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