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Solution: <spoiler>Enter 'Golden Gate Park'</spoiler><br> Solution: <spoiler>Enter 'Golden Gate Park'</spoiler><br>
Deaddrop location & details: <spoiler>The item must be retrieved on Nov 7 at 11:30 AM PST. Michael L, Lynn S, & David R. should meet the man in the hat at the bandshell in Golden Gate Park. Be prepared to venture throughout San Francisco.</spoiler><br> Deaddrop location & details: <spoiler>The item must be retrieved on Nov 7 at 11:30 AM PST. Michael L, Lynn S, & David R. should meet the man in the hat at the bandshell in Golden Gate Park. Be prepared to venture throughout San Francisco.</spoiler><br>
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-[http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/com/1454058487.html A Craigslist post] also reveals the time and location of this deaddrop. 
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Wax Cylinders

Contents

As Grayson Ozias IV traveled, he recorded his adventures on wax cylinders, which also contain clues about where players in 2009 might find his artifacts.

Intro video

On levis.com/goforth there is a video featuring (presumably) members of Levi's staff embarking on a journey of their own, locating the buried Ozias fortune, documenting it and re-burying it. The vocal track on the video is a letter from Grayson Ozias IV explaining his desire to explore America (see: Travel Diaries, Intro Video)

Clue 1

The wax cylinder recording describes G.O.IV's decision to depart (see: Travel Diaries, Cylinder 1).
Listen: Cylinder1 Audio (transcript)
Hint:
Solution:
Deaddrop location & details:
Clue 1 was collected by Kristin G. It was the postcard mentioned in the diary, with an engraving of the Liberty Torch on one side, and a $100 giftcard to the NY Trapeze School.

Clue 2

G.O. IV informs his father and friends he will be leaving, and says his goodbyes. (see: Travel Diaries, Cylinder 2).
Listen: Cylinder2 Audio (transcript)
Hint:
Solution:
Deaddrop location & details:
Clue 2 was collected by Kristin G. It was 'Leaves of Grass', a collection of Whitman poems, and a letter from Nathan Strauss.
Kristin said: "The hat was brown. No red hat sorry. Guy holding newspaper and wearing a brown hat walked with crowd toward the entrance. I nabbed him before he got as far as the entrance. Then he walked straight off."

Clue 3

G.O. IV's boat docks, and he speaks to a man on shore, learning of a shipwreck 30 years before. (see: Travel Diaries, Cylinder 3).
Listen: Cylinder3 Audio (transcript)
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Solution:
Deaddrop location & details:
Clue 3 was collected by Kyle, who drove four hours from Atlanta, Georgia. He received a black box with two sheets of paper, one of which bore a cipher. Watch a video of the exchange here. His prize was a guided kayak tour for two.

Captures from the camera at College Way and Green Way

Clue 4

G.O. IV travels west, passing through Alabama. He makes money by playing his violin with a group of fiddlers. (see: Travel Diaries, Cylinder 4).
Listen: Cylinder4 Audio (transcript)
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Solution:
Deaddrop location & details:
Clue 4 was collected by Ashley C. She collected the washboard and went to St. Peters and Bourbon, where she sang "When the Saints Go Marching In" with a group of people. (Watch the performance here.) Her prize was a gift certificate to go on an airboat swamp tour for two. She also received the completed Clue 3 Cipher.

Several letters on the washboard were underlined, spelling "A Sir Cages". This is a hint about how to solve the Clue 5 Cipher.

Clue 5

G.O. IV heads up the Mississippi to Davenport with the brass band and travels to a city by the water, where he gets a shave and has a night out in a hotel with a young woman. (see: Travel Diaries, Cylinder 5).
Listen: Cylinder5 Audio (transcript)
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Clue 5 was collected by a woman whose boss told her to go check it out, though she didn't really know about the game herself. She gave the clue to Derek and Nick who were the first players to arrive (out of 5 pairs total). A few minutes after 5, the Man in the Hat appeared by the front desk; Chris T. handed him the note (as specified in the instructions), and received a bag containing his prize, dinner for two at a restaurant within the Palmer House.

The players also received a package containing a flask, suspenders, a belt, a book, a letter and a cipher. The book is The Lives of Celebrated Travellers (1835) by James Augustus St. John.

Clue 6

GOIV is jailed in Missouri by a cousin of the girl from Chicago. While jailed, he plays poker with a mysterious man who has disappeared by the next morning. (see: Travel Diaries, Cylinder 6).
Listen: Cylinder6 Audio (transcript)
Hint: Solution:
Deaddrop location & details:
There is an entrance fee for this location, so the Game Team had a player RSVP to collect it. Chris L. was the first to respond. He received a certificate for a 2 hour trail ride at Big River Ranch in Missouri, and a pack of cards containing a new puzzle. He also received the confirmed solution for the Clue 5 Cipher.

Clue 7

GOIV travels to Wyoming, where he spends some time on a ranch playing horseshoes with its friendly owner (see: Travel Diaries, Cylinder 7).
Listen: Cylinder7 Audio (transcript)
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Deaddrop location & details:

Players who called the phone number heard a recorded message that seems to lead to Horse Creek (and a webcam overlooking that point). Lori played horseshoes in the square, and received two old horseshoes marked with "GO IV".


Clue 8

GOIV leaves the ranch in Never Sweat and rides into the Rocky Mountains, where he decides to catch up on his sleep. (see: Travel Diaries, Cylinder 8).
Listen: Cylinder8 Audio (transcript)
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Solution:
Deaddrop location & details:

Brad H and Stew went to the location and retrieved Box 501 which contained a compass, a letter, and a cipher.


Clue 9

GOIV accepts drinks from a stranger and wakes up hours later as he is about to be sold as a deckhand on a ship.
Listen: Cylinder9 Audio (transcript)
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Solution:
Deaddrop location & details:

Roxanne went to the location as pointed in the direction of a bridge. At the location she picked up a straight edge razor and a confirmed solution for the Clue 8 Cipher.

Clue 10

Grayson sees plants and enjoys a concert.
Listen: ‎ Cylinder10 Audio (transcript)
Hint:
Solution:
Deaddrop location & details:

David, Lynn and Michael went to the location and went on a scavenger hunt. At their last location they retrieved a letter, and a cipher.

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