:clover: LOST Treasure - Clue List :clover:

Wootty's scientific theory The Bayesian Search Theory (http://www.thefuselage.com/Threaded/showthread.php?t=28831) described here

has got me wondering if Danielle's crew was searching for a LOST ship filled with treasure. There could be a LOST treasure even if Danielle's crew was not looking for it, and it might not have gotten there by ship. Perhaps it is an item or location of spiritual importance...a religious artifact, or an archeological discovery. A treasure could be buried on the island, or occuring naturally in the form of valuable metal, gemstones, minerals, or something else. If there is a LOST treasure, then it could also be a metaphor for LOST itself.

This thread is intended to only collect evidence that there could be a LOST treasure in the story. The list of clues might be helpful to anyone interested in pursuing speculation on a LOST treasure. Originally, this list focused on literal clues, and it evolved to also include figurative clues and treasures.

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:clover: The Clue List (spoiler-free): pages 2-3, and 6 of this thread.
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ETA: link name, "guidelines", spoiler reminder, spoiler disclaimer, page 6

:clover: List of LOST Treasure Clues :clover: page 1 of 3
note: numbering - page 1 only

note: metallic sound of the monster (mining car system?, P1,more reasons in posts in thread)
"like angel hair pasta" (Jack to Kate, P1)
"God's friggin' gift to humanity" (Shannon to Claire, P1/2)
backgammon sets excavated from the ancient ruins of Mesopotamia (per Locke, P1/2)
"Their dice were made of bones" (Locke to Walt, P1/2)
"Was it a dinosaur?"..."It wasn't a dinosaur."..."So how do you know it wasn't a dinosaur?"..."Because dinosaurs are extinct." (Hurley and Jack, P1/2)
note: Brandon took/has the keys (to what?...per radio transmission in French, translated by Shannon, P2)
"You're looting."..."steal from the dead?" (Jack to Sawyer, TR)
"The reward's 23,000 dollars." (Ray to Kate, TR)
"Mr. Locke said a miracle happened to him."..."Yeah, well, a miracle happened to all of us" (Walt & Michael, TR)
note: Locke's miracle, he can walk now (Walkabout)
"Digging will be difficult..." (Sayid, Walkabout)
"My own stash. I found it in there." (Sawyer, Walkabout)
"...wandering into the magic forest..." (Sawyer, Walkabout)
"the ocean is not going to take your gold card" (Boone to Shannon, Walkabout)
"...has been rooted up...scoring them with their tusks..." (Locke, Walkabout)
a Walkabout is a journey of spiritual renewal (Locke, Walkabout)
"Maybe we can make one of those water finding sticks." (Hurley, Walkabout)
note: Rose wears Bernard's wedding ring as a necklace. (Walkabout)
"A couple guys jumped Mark Silverman."..."A couple guys jumped Mark Silverman." (2 refs: young Jack & Christian, WR)
note: "XXX" marks the spot, as they say (Christian's hotel room mirror, WR)
"for 3 weeks digging this thing up..." (Jack, ref. the hatch, BTR)
"just like this time capsule" (young Kate, BTR)
"...when we dig it up in like 20 years" (young Tom, BTR)
"I wish it were a diamond." (Jin to Sun, HOTRS)
note: Flashback. Shot of Sun's gold watch (HOTRS)
note: Jin opens an engagement ring box with a big diamond (HOTRS)
note: Kate ends up right by one of the skeletons (HOTRS)
note: Jack dumps a white stone and a black stone into his palm (HOTRS)
"Our very own Adam and Eve" (Locke, HOTRS)
note: Sun's box with gold wrapping ("HOTRS")
"...help Charlie salvage the wreckage" (Locke, HOTRS)
"Their plane crashed, or maybe they were ship-wrecked." (Jack, HOTRS)
"decided to form your own civilization" (Sayid, HOTRS)
"Digging in together is the only way we're going to survive." (Jack, HOTRS)
"scout the island. Digging in anywhere else is suicide." (Sayid, HOTRS)
"this island might just give you what you're looking for" (Locke, HOTRS)
"I don't want to be Eve." (Kate, HOTRS)
"I just can't. . . dig in." (Kate, HOTRS)
"$20,000 dollar watch" (Michael, HOTRS)
"...stronger effort than 'Oil Change.'" (Locke to Charlie, HOTRS)
"Thought I'd best lay claims to my new digs" (Sawyer, TM)
"This is our shot at the big time" (Liam, TM)
"We've got to dig...we dig in here...Whoever isn't digging..." (Michael, TM)
"The ladies dig the doctors" (Sawyer, TM)
"We've got enough people to dig" (Michael, TM)
"140,000 dollars. There's an oil mining operation in the Gulf of Mexico, drilling platforms. 300,000 dollars...triples your money...splitting almost a million bucks" (etc., Sawyer, CM)
"...if they had the brass..." (Sawyer, CM)
"no secret stash for emergencies?...a bunch of stuff in those caves." (Charlie, CM)
"It's a miracle." (Boone, in CM)
"Someone has to walk the shore and map the island." (Sayid, CM)
"...buy you a ticket into heaven?" (Sawyer, Solitary)
"It's a music box" (Danielle, Solitary)
"We were coming back from the Black Rock." (Danielle, Solitary, it's a ship)
note: Sayid takes Danielle's maps when he leaves (Solitary)
"It's a gift." (Hurley, RBA)
"One sugar-plum fairy, two sugar-plum fairy..." (Charlie, RBA)
"...an additional payment of 20,000 dollars." (lawyer, RBA)
"If he had the gift..." (Charlie, RBA)
note: more X's on bookcase at Claire's psychic (RBA, see post)
"...organize a search party..." (Locke , ATBCHDI, 2 refs.)
"but that is how you make a soft metal into steel." (Christian , ATBCHDI)
"I don't know if you Islams..." (Sawyer , ATBCHDI)
"She was on a science expedition. She said their ship wrecked." (Sayid, ATBCHDI)
"You owe me 20 thousand dollars!" (Walt, ATBCHDI)
"My mother has this empire." (Boone, ATBCHDI)
"Steel." (Locke finds hatch, ATBCHDI)
note: Sawyer and Kate discover the waterfall (WTCMB)
"Give me the money cage key, now." (Jason, WTCMB)
"Protect a vault..." (Jason , WTCMB)
"...safety deposit box 815..." (Kate, WTCMB)
"...divinity...prince...Michelangelo's studio...marble..." (Locke , HAM)
"...she can keep a secret." (Boone , HAM)
" I'm going to give you 25,000 US dollars." (Boone , HAM)
"My love for her. . . is worth closer to 50,000." (Bryan , HAM)
"I'm trying to make something of Rousseau's maps..." (Sayid, HAM)
"...you made a compass." (Locke gives gold compass to Sayid, HAM)
"...these equations were coordinates, latitude and longitude..." (Sayid, Special)
"I think it's a location on the island." (Sayid, Special)
"You hit like a ponce." (Charlie, Special)
"Shouldn't we be studying birds of Egypt..." (Walt, Special)
"...bronze cuckoo..." (Walt, Special)
"I've got a present for you..." (Michael, Special)
"...the black rock..." (Charlie, Sayid, 4 refs., Special)
note: possible gold-colored Bonneville hit Michael, Locke, & Kate in Tom's car (Bonneville name refers to the Gold Rush, hit Michael in Special)
"...I've got a pile of money..." (Tommy, Homecoming)
"...from the great leaders of the empire." (Lucy, Homecoming)
"...the mountain? There could be another cave?..." (Charlie, Homecoming)
"...some problems with royalties..." (Charlie, Homecoming)
"...and steal something of value..." (Tommy, Homecoming)
"He won a sales prize..." (Hurley, Homecoming)
"It was Winston Churchill's..." (cigarette case, Lucy, Homecoming)
"Well, laugh it up, Mohammad." (Sawyer, Outlaws)
"Carte blanche...It means blank check." (Kate & Sawyer, 4 refs., Outlaws)
"Looking for salvage..." (Locke, Outlaws)
"...are from his tusks." (Kate, Outlaws)
"It's incredibly valuable." (Han, "...In Translation")
"I'm losing millions..." (Paik, "...In Translation")
"...83,000 dollars..." (Walt & Hurley, "...In Translation")
"...in a near record jackpot." (Lotto Girl, Numbers)
"Woo! We're rich!" (Diego, Numbers)
"Every one of your stocks is up. Your interest in orange futures skyrocketed..." (Ken Halperin, Numbers)
"lucrative business..." (Ken Halperin, Numbers)
"It's going to yield you a windfall of cash...generous settlement from the LAPD...almost doubled your net worth..." (Ken Halperin, Numbers)
"I am helping, Short Round." (Sawyer, Numbers, ref. to The Temple of Doom)
---King Solomon's Mines (KSM) in "The Temple of Doom",
---KSM is also a book written to compete with "Treasure Island"
---King Solomon supposed to have received precious cargo every 3 years from Ophir (port or region mentioned in the Bible)
"...numbers...lottery..." (Hurley, Lenny, Numbers, several refs.)
"Fella's offering 50 grand..." (Martha Toomey, Numbers)
"Back home I'm worth 156 million dollars...." (Hurley, Numbers)page 2 (http://www.thefuselage.com/Threaded/showpost.php?p=646472&postcount=3)

Note: updated for Season 1, P1/2---E2; Season 2, MOSMOF---LTDA (transcripts) (excepting S2/TFTR); mostly in episode order, with non-episode-specific insertions

:clover: List of LOST Treasure Clues :clover: page 2 of 3
note: numbering - page 2 only

note: "Deus Ex Machina" (DEM, episode title)
"...this is a sign of things to come. Great things..." (Emily, DEM)
note: gold tooth in mouth of body in priest clothing (DEM)
note: Boone finds of map of Nigeria/Africa in the Beechcraft (DEM)
note: Beechcraft carrying cargo of Virgin Mary statues (DEM)
note: bright light beam from the hatch (DEM)
note: possible gold-colored Bonneville hit Michael, Locke, & Kate in Tom's car (Bonneville name refers to the Gold Rush, hit Locke in DEM)
"You nervous, Silverman?" (Jack, DNH)
note: Aaron is born (DNH, brother of Moses ref., see post)
"Sydney is very expensive" (Essam, TGG)
"The cargo hold's full of it." (Sayid, TGG)
"Nigerian currency in his pockets" (Locke, TGG)
"The Imam preaches peace." (Essam, TGG)
"...in service of a greater good." (Sayid & Essam, 2 refs., TGG)
"making us ridiculously and eternally famous" (Charlie, BTR)
"...shipping lanes are north." (Arzt, BTR)
"... for 3 weeks digging this thing up..." (Jack, BTR)
"We should bury it." (Sayid, BTR)
" You've been stealing stuff off of dead bodies..." (Michael, BTR)
note: possible gold-colored Bonneville hit Michael, Locke, & Kate in Tom's car (hit Tom's car in BTR)
"Platinum."..."Platinum?" (Charlie and Kate: BTR)
"As in platinum record - as in a million units sold." (Charlie and Kate: BTR)
" It's purpose is that of any security system - to protect something...the island." (Danielle & Jack, 3 refs., E1)
"This is the Black Rock." (an old ship in good condition, Danielle, E1)
"And this guy, Christian, tells me he wishes he had the stones to pick up the phone" (Sawyer, E1)
"This ship must have been in route to a mining colony..." (Locke, and mining equipment (large drill, pick axe, dynamite) on the Black Rock ship...mining for ?, E2)
Alvar Hanso photographed in Narvik, important mining town ("Orientation")
---"Hanso" is an anagram for "Noahs"="Noah's" (as in Ark, religious artifact)
note: "XXX XXX XXX" marks the spot (twice), as they say (Sabrina's windows, Abandoned)
note: Hurley wins Mega Lotto Jackpot: $142 million lottery ticket (EHH)
"...Jesus Christ will come down from heaven..." (Hurley's mom, EHH)
"...150 million dollars..." "...142 million..." "...900 trillion..." (Charlie and Hurley, EHH)
"Good thing this is titanium." (Sayid, EHH)
"We're currently exploring other opportunities." (Johnny, EHH)
note: Hurley and Johnny put gnomes in boss' yard (EHH - gnomes in lore help with mining)
"Not only will I stay gold, Ponyboy..." (Johnny to Hurley, EHH)
"after four years of college, you're silver" (Sun's mother to Sun "...and Found")
"before you turn bronze" (Sun's mother to Sun "...and Found")
"This tie cost a fortune!" (Jin, "...and Found")
"I went to a jeweler..." (Jack, "...and Found")
"I buried it." (Sun, "...and Found")
note: Sun finds her diamond ring, was lost in the sand ("...and Found")
"Ponce de Leon" (Sawyer to Ana-Lucia, TO48D, ref. Fountain of Youth, Hanso Life Extension Project)
note: Eko carves scripture on his stick (staff) (TO48D, see post)
"... worth $150 million ..." (Charlie, Collision)
"Give all of the gold to the workers so that this will be done." (3 "gold" refs: Eko to Locke, WKD)
"...worshipped...kingdom...treasury...temple...anci ent book...The Book of Law.. the Old Testament..."...Eko gave Locke The Bible (Eko to Locke, WKD)
note: Orientation film inside The Bible ("will be of great value"? Eko, WKD)
"Tallahassee?..." (the marshall, WKD, 3 mentions, ref. Ponce de Leon)
note: drug dealer with gold tooth in Eko's flashback (23P)
"...the money they stole was always in a white bag with a big dollar sign on it." (23P, Locke)
"He'll buy you jewels, expensive shoes..." (23P, Charlie)
note: Eko finds body in priest clothing with gold tooth (23P)
note: Eko gets his cross necklace from his brother's body (23P, Ark of the Covenant ref., see post)
"What he is looking for is a miracle." (THP, Christian, 4 refs.)
note: a classic painting "The Baptism of Christ" by Verrocchio, Hurley dressed as John the Baptist in Charlie's dream/vision (F+W)
note: the Paces' Christmas gifts (Voltron, piano and unopened) and Christmas tree (F+W)
note: Eko marked 3-4 trees he likes with an "X" (F+W)
note: Charlie's dream/vision of his mom and Claire as angels with golden halos (F+W)
note: Eko, Locke and Claire spoke of heaven (F+W, chk transcript)
"...his heroin stash." (Locke, TLC)
"...that's like getting Gandhi to..." (Sawyer, TLC)
"...ransacking your tent..." (Charlie, TLC)
"They were in my stash..." (Sawyer, TLC, several mentions)
note: cash in briefcase (Sawyer, TLC)
note: cash in tote bag (Sawyer, TLC)
"...some song and dance about an investment or something?" (Cassidy, TLC)
"..my money's on you..." (Sawyer, TLC)
note: Cassidy's $600,000 divorce settlement in Sawyer's long con (Sawyer, TLC, several mentions)
"A magician never tells his secrets. " (Sawyer, TLC)
"Because I was rich. Because it was my dream." (Gale, OOT)
note: Henry Gale said he sold his mining company (non-metallic minerals). Now here he is, on the Island. (OOT)
"A balloon. We were trying to cross the Pacific. " (Henry Gale, OOT, his name and the balloon could be ref. to "The Wizard of Oz", in which the Emerald City figured prominently)
note: We see a tree with an X marked on it (ML, transcript note)
note: Sawyer calls Kate "Thelma" (ML, ref. to movie "Thelma and Louise", in which they stole a lot of money)
"Pearl, for Rose." (Bernard, 2 mentions, TWT)
"Then it's a miracle." (Jin to Sun - subtitled, ref. to apparent restored fertility, TWT)
"Men reject their prophets...So what's the difference between a martyr and a prophet? (Gale, TWT)
"...so I'd draw a map to a real secluded place like a cave" (Gale, TWT)
note: Locke hides the engagement ring in his sock drawer and picnic basket and presents it to Helen with a marriage proposal (Lockdown)
note: Ana-Lucia, Sayid & Charlie trek with Henry's map to find his balloon and find a burial mound marked with a cross (Lockdown)
"Hey. Maybe he left you his kidney." (Helen, Lockdown, inheritance ref.)
"For we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air...And so we will live with the Lord forever...now we are united with Christ as we go toward him..."(Father Chuck, Lockdown)
note: Anthony Cooper's silver-colored car (Lockdown)
"The seismic bolting is all first rate..." (Lockdown, possible mining/geology clue)
"I took them for 700,000 dollars -- retirement con...I want you to take 200 grand of it. (Cooper, Lockdown, and we see the $700,000 cash in safety deposit box #1516 and then Locke's tote bag)
"we were thinking possibly he's not dead" (Jimmy Bane, Lockdown)
note: the poker game payoff of all the medicine that Jack won from Sawyer (Lockdown)
note: Kate and Jack find the beacon light and pallet of Dharma supplies (Lockdown)
note: the "?" in the center of the map on the Swan Hatch blast door (could indicate some type of treasure or revelation, Lockdown)
"The grave you said you dug...So I dug up that grave and found..." (Sayid, Lockdown)
"Yeah, I saw it, Tattoo." (Sawyer, Dave, ref. to "Fantasy Island")
"...you destroy your stash..." (Libby, Dave, 2 refs.)
"more food falls from the sky. " (Libby, Dave, ref. to "manna from Heaven"?)
"You're using those magic numbers of yours..." (Dave, Dave)
"You've got the keys, hombre." (Dave, Dave)
" I won the lottery." (Hurley, Dave)
"the mega cute blonde chick who magically appeared..." (Dave, Dave)
"This is going to bring you back to life. " (Dave, Dave)
"See you in another life, Hurley." (Dave, Dave)
"I buried him. I buried a lot of people..." (Libby, Dave)page 3 (http://www.thefuselage.com/Threaded/showpost.php?p=646601&postcount=6)

Hmmm...would the Black Rock and the fact that there was mining equipment on it be a clue to digging for treasure?

If you really want to throw a twist at your theory, take a look at the links below. They are links to old threads here which discuss an interview David Fury did with Australian TV guide.

Apparently, in the season 1 eppy, Solitary - there was a dialog exchange between Sayid and Danielle cut.

He asks her what her team was researching ... and she responds ... time

So ... if the Others are looking for treasure ... you have to wonder, when are they looking for it?

original thread (http://www.thefuselage.com/Threaded/showthread.php?t=11552&highlight=fury)

subsequent thread (http://www.thefuselage.com/Threaded/showthread.php?p=470774&highlight=Danielle%2C+Sayid%2C+time+research#post4 70774)

There is a link to the original interview in there, but I can no longer get it to work. :mad:

:clover: List of LOST Treasure Clues :clover: page 3 of 3
note: numbering - page 3 only
"You're digging yourself in." (Bernard, S2/S.O.S.)
"...that Frogurt guy -- the guy who used to make frozen yogurt." (Hurley, S.O.S., ref. to rich entrepreneur)
note: Bernard and Rose in restaurant looking out over Niagara Falls (S.O.S.)
"So, what does God have to do to get your attention?" (Bernard, S.O.S.)
note: Bernard proposes to Rose and presents a ring box (S.O.S.)
"I grew up hunting with my dad." (Kate, S.O.S.)
note: Bernard took Rose to see the healer Isaac of Uluru for $10,000 donation. Tabloid mentions Winning Lottery Numbers, Miracle in the Outback, "I became an instant millionaire" (S.O.S., ref. healing energy source, Ayer's Rock (Mount Uluru)
"There are certain places with great energy...Perhaps this energy is geological -- magnetic. Or perhaps it's something else." (Isaac, S.O.S.)
note: Rose believes her terminal illness is cured on the Island. (S.O.S.)
note: Locke tries to draw the blast door map from memory (S.O.S.)
note: Kim (Dr. Je-Guy Kim, Jin/Sun's infertility doc) means gold in Korean (TWT)
note: the mysterious octagonal box (Wayne's, Essam's, Swan Hatch...see post)
"It appears we have a miracle." "She came back to life...It's a miracle! A confirmation of faith." (Monsignor/Joyce Malkin, ?, several ref.'s)
note: Locke's hand-drawn copy of the map on the blast door (?)
"Haven't you ever followed a dream?" (Eko, ?)
"I thought you were taking me to your stash?" (Kate, ?, 2 ref.'s)
"I believe they made a circle, a target, so that this place can be seen (Eko, ?)
note: Eko and Locke discover The Pearl bunker (?)
"Not only for posterity...filled with the fruits of your diligent observation" (Mark Wickman, Pearl Orientation tape, ?)
"I saw him when I was... between places. " (Charlotte Malkin, ?)
"...huge rocks with a big HOLE in the middle..." (Swan computer, Three Minutes, also seen in the epi)
"...we haven't even buried them yet." (Hurley, Three Minutes)
note: Michael uses a compass when he leaves to get Walt (Three Minutes)
note: Vincent finds stash of Mary statues in Sawyer's tent (Three Minutes)
note: another new Dharma logo on doors guarded by 2 armed Others (Three Minutes)
note: Eko gives up building the church; Charlie continues it (Three Minutes)
"It's Cortez." (Jack, Three Minutes, 3 mentions)
"Set of keys; one pocket watch, gold plated;" (Master Sargeant, LTDA)
note: Widmore offers Desmond a box full of cash (LTDA)
"I don't suppose you have 42,000 more of those..." (bucks, Desmond, LTDA)
"And I shall win this race for love." (Desmond, LTDA)
"Yeah, it did. Right before it crapped gold." (Sawyer, LTDA)
"I have a lot of money, Desmond. With enough money and determination you can find anyone." (Penelope, LTDA)
note: Sayid, Jin and Sun see the foot statue (LTDA)
"Just saving the world." (Kelvin, LTDA)
note: the failsafe key around Kelvin's neck that Desmond used (LTDA)
"I didn't think you had the stones to come after me." (Kelvin, LTDA)
"It's us. I think we found it." (Man #2, subtitled Portuguese, LTDA)
"to sparkles of silver" (English translation of French song "La Mer", WTCMB)
note: "...silver" (same verse of "La Mer" on Danielle's map, (WTCMB)
note: the Marquis diamond ring that Desmond bought from Ms. Hawking (Ms. Time/Ms. Fate) for Penny, but threw into the river, and hidden audio whispered "The Future Is Settled". (S3 FBYE)
DHARMA member Gasey is a gemologist on The Island (TMBTC)
Pre-season 4 reveals that the Black Rock ship carried gold (find815 game)
---Divine Intervention = LOVE :heart: (see details in posts)
---Easter eggs hidden in the Season 1 DVD (metaphor)
---Easter eggs hidden in affiliated LOST web sites (metaphor)
---The Fuselage online forum and community (metaphor)
---The LOST Experience - ARG kicks off 5/3/06 (metaphor, see post)
one of the most precious treasures on earth are children/our link to future generations (children are in flashbacks and on the Island)page 1 (http://www.thefuselage.com/Threaded/showthread.php?t=28864)

sheba...LOST is a wonder-full show.:D Thank you for the use of spoiler font, just in case...hmmmm, I wonder if this thread should be moved to Spoiler Theories...just in case. The idea of a possible treasure is not based on a spoiler, and I am NOT aware of any treasure-related spoilers. I hate to miss any clues from the non-spoiled, though. I will follow up.

sheba...LOST is a wonder-full show.:D Thank you for the use of spoiler font, just in case...hmmmm, I wonder if this thread should be moved to Spoiler Theories...just in case. The idea of a possible treasure is not based on a spoiler, and I am NOT aware of any treasure-related spoilers. I hate to miss any clues from the non-spoiled, though. I will follow up.

perhaps General Theories. then spoiler font could be used as needed.

Tabby: great idea!

I posted this on another thread about the sound of the monster, but maybe you can apply it? The sound, as has been discussed ad nasuem, sounds like a roller coaster. But could it be an old-fashioned mining car system (http://www.coaleducation.org/coalhistory/tech2/image/elkhorn4.jpg)? Kind of like the one they used in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom? (http://www.indygear.com/museum/images/mine_car_chase.jpg) In that movie, the scene takes place in King Solomon's Mines (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Solomon%27s_Mines):

King Solomon's Mines, first published in 1885, was a best-selling novel by the Victorian adventure writer and fabulist, H. Rider Haggard. It relates a journey into the heart of Africa by a group of adventurers led by Allan Quatermain in search of the legendary wealth said to be concealed in the mines of the novel's title. The novel is said to have been written as a result of a wager, that Haggard could not write a novel as good as Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island (1883).

The "King Solomon" of the book's title was of course the Biblical king renowned both for his wisdom and for his wealth. A number of sites have been identified as being the location of the mines of Solomon, including the workings at Timna near Eilat. (Not to mention numerous other fictional locations.)

(Interesting the reference to Treasure Island (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treasure_Island), no?)

Anyway; one last bit about King Solomon's Mines (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophir):

Ophir (Hebrew אוֹפִיר, Standard Hebrew Ofir, Tiberian Hebrew ʾÔp̄îr) is a port or region mentioned in the Bible that was famous for its wealth. King Solomon is supposed to have received a cargo of gold, silver, sandalwood, precious stones, ivory, apes and peacocks from Ophir, every three years. Ophir is also one of the children of Joktan.



Could this have anything to do with Alvar Hanso (http://www.thehansofoundation.org/alvarhanso.html) being photographed in that building in Narvik (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narvik)? It is, afterall, an important mining town.

Sorry if this is all a bit speculative and silly, and not concrete enough for what you were looking for....

Tabby: great idea!

I posted this on another thread about the sound of the monster, but maybe you can apply it? The sound, as has been discussed ad nasuem, sounds like a roller coaster. But could it be an old-fashioned mining car system (http://www.coaleducation.org/coalhistory/tech2/image/elkhorn4.jpg)? Kind of like the one they used in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom? (http://www.indygear.com/museum/images/mine_car_chase.jpg) In that movie, the scene takes place in King Solomon's Mines (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Solomon%27s_Mines):



(Interesting the reference to Treasure Island (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treasure_Island), no?)

Anyway; one last bit about King Solomon's Mines (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophir):



Could this have anything to do with Alvar Hanso (http://www.thehansofoundation.org/alvarhanso.html) being photographed in that building in Narvik (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narvik)? It is, afterall, an important mining town.

Sorry if this is all a bit speculative and silly, and not concrete enough for what you were looking for....

Speaking of the Temple of Doom, Sawyer once called Walt Shortround.

There is a link to the original interview in there, but I can no longer get it to work. :mad:
sheba...halfrek (a Mod) has informed me via PM that:
to access the old threads in the Fury section you may have to go into the archives.. there is a little linky at the very bottom of the page, bottom right. it says archives.

everyone:
Also, this thread CAN remain in General Theories. Anyone posting spoiler-ish info will need to use the spoiler font.

ETA: took out color cmds from copy/paste results

sheba...halfrek (a Mod) has informed me via PM that:
to access the old threads in the Fury section you may have to go into the archives.. there is a little linky at the very bottom of the page, bottom right. it says archives.

everyone:
Also, this thread CAN remain in General Theories. Anyone posting spoiler-ish info will need to use the spoiler font.

ETA: took out color cmds from copy/paste results


Thanks. I know how to access old threads here. :smile: What I meant was that in the old thread I linked, there is a link to the original Australian TV guide article with the interview and apparently THAT link has expired.

Thanks. I know how to access old threads here. :smile: What I meant was that in the old thread I linked, there is a link to the original Australian TV guide article with the interview and apparently THAT link has expired.
Oh, OK, duly noted...thanks!!!

Btw, for now, I am going to leave all spoiler-ish info off the list, even if it is a spoiler that could be strrrrrrretched into implying a treasure. We can just leave the info, spoiler-fonted, in the thread replies. That way, the list itself won't imply that there is a treasure-specific spoiler in it. Hope that makes sense!

Tabby, I don't know if this is the kind of thing you're looking for, but Locke says to Walt -"Backgammon's the oldest game in the world. Archeologists found sets when they excavated the ancient ruins of Mesopotamia. 5,000 years old. That's older than Jesus Christ." Possible foreshadowing about buried treaure?

Also, Sun's mother talking about her no longer being "gold".

And if you're talking about "mining" for treasure, there were those little gnomes that Hurley put in his bosses yard.
Legend of gnomes:
Their original duty was that of supervising and surveying the mineral treasures of the earth. Each group of family looked after the load of copper, a vein of gold, a pipe of diamonds, a seam of coal, or some similar resource implanted underground, close to their particular area of responsibility. To facilitate their work they developed the ability to move or "swim" through the earth.

Their helpful nature inspired them to assist men in discovering natural treasures, in such ways as guiding the feet of prospectors and influencing the science of geology, even though gignosko warned them that men would use these treasures for evil as well as good. But even their gift of prediction, or "future mining," could not foresee the unending extent of human avarice and its consequences.

As men delved deeper into the earth countless gnomes found themselves displaced. Clumsy miners wrecked entire colonies and the roar of explosions made life unbearable. Some gnomes turned against the miners . . . but the majority decided to emigrate to the surface and begin a new existence in the light of day.

OH! There was also that promise from Johnny to Hurley that he would "stay gold, Ponyboy."

The car(s) that hit Michael, Locke, and Kate (in Tom's car) was a gold Bonneville. The Bonneville is named for Lake Bonneville, which in turn is named for Benjamin Bonneville, who discovered the California Trail, the primary route to the gold fields during the Gold Rush.

Could the sickness be "gold fever?" :biggrin:

Todell:

But could it be an old-fashioned mining car system (http://www.coaleducation.org/coalhistory/tech2/image/elkhorn4.jpg)? Kind of like the one they used in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom? (http://www.indygear.com/museum/images/mine_car_chase.jpg) In that movie, the scene takes place in King Solomon's Mines (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Solomon%27s_Mines):

It could be...


(Interesting the reference to Treasure Island (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treasure_Island), no?)

Yes. I almost didn't start this thread because it seemed...too cliche. But ya never know...

OH! There was also that promise from Johnny to Hurley that he would "stay gold, Ponyboy."
Ha! You would think I would have remembered that, considering that just tonight, the actor that played Johnny was appearing in a show on television...didn't watch it, though.


The car(s) that hit Michael, Locke, and Kate (in Tom's car) was a gold Bonneville. The Bonneville is named for Lake Bonneville, which in turn is named for Benjamin Bonneville, who discovered the California Trail, the primary route to the gold fields during the Gold Rush.

Interesting...

You and Todell are the Queens of homework...LOL.


Could the sickness be "gold fever?" :biggrin:
:D Hmmmm....greed? Maybe Danielle wanted it all to herself!:biggrin: (just kidding, Danielle fans)

Danielle's crew, Hanso and others are searching for some important religious artifact, sort of like Indiana Jones? Very interesting, though if it is an artifact from Judeo-Christian origins, the writers will have a tough time making this theme be plausible in a Pacific Ocean Island setting. Noah's Ark would be more plausible than others. ("Hanso" is an anagram for "Noah's", if it matters.)

I am a big fan of the mining theory. I had my own theory that stated the monster/security system sounds are audio recordings from past Island events (for example, sounds like the drug runner's prop plane stalling, the creaking of a beached Black Rock ship, the steel of the Oceanic 815's fuselage stressing) but when I saw that mining theory and read it, I thought "that one aint bad!"

Tabby, I didn't have to do a lot of homework on the Bonneville thing this time. I had researched that long ago, but just didn't have a reason to post it until now.

There was also the Golden Compass....:grin:
The compass Locke gave Sayid was gold. Interestingly, in all the scenes before that, the compass hanging from his pocket was more silvery. In fact, since then, everytime he is shown with a compass it is the silvery one. Obviously, he had two for some reason. It brings to mind His Dark Materials/The Golden Compass.

http://www.randomhouse.com/features/pullman/goldencompass/

Danielle's crew, Hanso and others are searching for some important religious artifact, sort of like Indiana Jones?

Yes...I added the spiritual treasure part to the description recently.
It also fits with
the deleted scene that indicated that Danielle's group was studying time.


Very interesting, though if it is an artifact from Judeo-Christian origins, the writers will have a tough time making this theme be plausible in a Pacific Ocean Island setting. Noah's Ark would be more plausible than others. ("Hanso" is an anagram for "Noah's", if it matters.)
Well, isn't that interesting! I like it.


I am a big fan of the mining theory. I had my own theory that stated the monster/security system sounds are audio recordings from past Island events (for example, sounds like the drug runner's prop plane stalling, the creaking of a beached Black Rock ship, the steel of the Oceanic 815's fuselage stressing) but when I saw that mining theory and read it, I thought "that one aint bad!"
Yes I remember reading about those sounds, and the mining theories...always liked them and only just today really focused on a treasure hunt. It would be perfect, even metaphorically!:cool: Btw, I decided to keep the monster sounds as one list item and I'll put a note to look for details down here.

You also may have seen speculation that there are recordings being made, either naturally or artificially, utilizing the magnetic properties of the Swan sector. I think this was in association with the whispers.

shootfire:
There was also the Golden Compass....:grin:
The compass Locke gave Sayid was gold. Interestingly, in all the scenes before that, the compass hanging from his pocket was more silvery. In fact, since then, everytime he is shown with a compass it is the silvery one. Obviously, he had two for some reason. It brings to mind His Dark Materials/The Golden Compass.

http://www.randomhouse.com/features/...goldencompass/ (http://www.randomhouse.com/features/pullman/goldencompass/)
Great...what attention to detail! Do you remember if one worked, and which one? Or were they both wonky?

You also may have seen speculation that there are recordings being made, either naturally or artificially, utilizing the magnetic properties of the Swan sector. I think this was in association with the whispers.

I thought the whispers might be recordings of past occupants of the Island speaking in quiet tones because they were hiding from something. I thought some of them might even be in French, like from Danielles' crew. But, on the other hand, we do have that one occasion where the whisper is clear to the sudience. It was something said to Sawyer that possibly alluded to his killing that man in Australia. (I forget what the exact wording of that whisper was.) Therefore, my conclusion about the whispers is:

I just dunno. :biggrin:

shootfire:

Great...what attention to detail! Do you remember if one worked, and which one? Or were they both wonky?

Hmmm...I suppose that's relative, according to what it was supposed to point to in the first place. What I can say is that the gold compass was introduced in Hearts and Minds and, although Sayid said that it was defective, he continued to use it in Outlaws. The silvery one is the one we see Locke use with some regularity.

ETA: If it was supposed to be like an alethiometer, it would have been pointing to the truth rather than north wouldn't it?

Hmmm...I suppose that's relative, according to what it was supposed to point to in the first place. What I can say is that the gold compass was introduced in Hearts and Minds and, although Sayid said that it was defective, he continued to use it in Outlaws. The silvery one is the one we see Locke use with some regularity.

ETA: If it was supposed to be like an alethiometer, it would have been pointing to the truth rather than north wouldn't it?
I have no idea. The N.E.R.D.S. would know. It may not matter though. In any case, it's on the treasure list.

Hmmmm...introduced in Hearts and Minds=heart of gold.:)

There were questions about the necklace Sayid had at Shannon's funeral...uncertainty if it hers. I wonder if he found it and had planned to give it to her? A strrrretch, not putting it on the list yet.

I thought the whispers might be recordings of past occupants of the Island speaking in quiet tones because they were hiding from something. I thought some of them might even be in French, like from Danielles' crew. But, on the other hand, we do have that one occasion where the whisper is clear to the sudience. It was something said to Sawyer that possibly alluded to his killing that man in Australia. (I forget what the exact wording of that whisper was.) Therefore, my conclusion about the whispers is:

I just dunno. :biggrin:
Oh, it was "it'll come back around". But you really need to listen to the whispers as isolated by 2 of our own posters...there has been awesome audio and transcript work done on the whispers in 2 threads:
The Whispers (http://www.thefuselage.com/Threaded/showthread.php?t=25491&highlight=whispers+channel)
The Whispers are different (http://www.thefuselage.com/Threaded/showthread.php?t=26636&highlight=whispers+channel)

their text-only transcripts are also hosted at
Whispers transcripts at lostlinks (http://lostlinks.net/whispers.htm)

They hear German and English. There are a few spots that were backwards. It's incredibly eerie. TPTB are brilliant, I am telling you!

Warning: do NOT listen late at night (LOL)

maybe it's Divine Intervention = LOVE :heart:

Tiberius thread (http://www.thefuselage.com/Threaded/showpost.php?p=647857&postcount=1748)
LOVE thread (http://www.thefuselage.com/Threaded/showthread.php?t=28434)

Also, Sun's mother talking about her no longer being "gold".
belshep...I checked the transcript and it's silver...still treasure though...thanks!!!

Sorry about that. Poor Sun, I don't think she's a second rate metal at all!!

Me neither! Oh, and bronze is mentioned as well. Bronze was valuable in ancient cultures.

From HOTRS

[Jin gives her a white flower. She smiles and smells it and laughs a little.]

Sun: It's beautiful.

Jin: I wish it were a diamond. Someday it will be.


Later,

Sayid: Well, what happened to live together, die alone?

Jack: Digging in together is the only way we're going to survive.

belshep...that's great!!! I searched for "diamond", too, maybe I didn't on that epi. I'm reading through all the epi's, as time allows...

From Born To Run

Charlie: Platinum.

Kate: Platinum?

Charlie: As in platinum record - as in a million units sold. Now, Driveshaft's albums must have spiked when everybody found out that I died in some catastrophic plane disaster. When I come back, alive, it's going to be insane.

More from BTR

[Jack, Locke and Sayid at the hatch.]

Jack: How long have you known about this?

Locke: 3 weeks, give or take.

Jack: 3 weeks. You've been out here for 3 weeks digging this thing up and you never told me about it?

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Young Kate: That is cool, just like this time capsule.

Young Tom: It'll be totally cool when we dig it up in like 20 years.

belshep...awesome...thanks!!! We have 60 now!!!

From Confidence Man

Sawyer: Just trust me, there isn't any time to explain. I'm already late. I miss this meeting, the whole deal's a bust, alright? That's everything I have. 140,000 dollars. There's an oil mining operation in the Gulf of Mexico, drilling platforms. 300,000 dollars buys one share, but as soon as you invest a Government sponsored fund kicks in and triples your money in two weeks. Triples it.

Later,

Sawyer: Deal closed today. See, woman are easy, a few cosmos, a couple of stunts they haven't seen between the sheets, and they think the scam's their idea. Now husbands, they need to touch the money, smell it, believe that if they had the brass to put that suitcase in the trunk of their family sedan and speed away, they just might have a chance at being an honest-to-gosh outlaw.

Also, Tabby - I can't remember the episode, but Locke talks to Charlie about the second Driveshaft album being titled "Oil Change". Oil is often referred to as 'black gold'.

ETA: here it is, from HOTRS

Locke: Hey, just because I'm over 40 doesn't mean I'm deaf. I have both your albums. Although, I thought that your self-titled debut was much stronger effort than Oil Change. It's a shame what happened to the band. How long since you played?

Tabby! How could I forget!

LOCKE: Hello again.

EKO: Hello. I have something I think you should see. If you don't mind, I will begin at the beginning. Long before Christ the king of Judah was a man named Josiah.

LOCKE: Boy when you say beginning, you mean beginning.

EKO: At that time the temple where the people worshipped was in ruin. And so the people worshipped idols, false gods. And so the kingdom was in disarray. Josiah, since he was a good king, sent his secretary to the treasury and said: "We must rebuild the temple. Give all of the gold to the workers so that this will be done." But when the secretary returned, he had no gold. And when Josiah asked why this was the secretary replied, "We found a book." Do you know this story?

LOCKE: No, I'm afraid I don't.

EKO: What the secretary had found was an ancient book -- the Book of Law. You may know it as the Old Testament. And it was with that ancient book, not with the gold, that Josiah rebuilt the temple. On the other side of the island we found a place much like this, and in this place we found a book. [Eko unwraps the book and pushes it toward Locke] I believe what's inside there will be of great value to you.

belshep...thanks...added your "Confidence Man" info!

Todell...thanks, very helpful...originally I had decided to just list the "gold" references, using a narrow definition of "treasure". Since the list evolved...I mined Eko's comments further, and more items of great value are now listed (LOL).

A few more!

Everybody Hates Hugo

SAYID: Interesting. Good thing this is titanium. Almost no magnetic attraction. But we're not going to get in up here.


And Found

JIN [subtitled]: Are you kidding? If I cut it off, how can I return it? This tie cost a fortune!
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JACK: I went to a jeweler and I had a replica made, that's how. Yeah, now it's just rattling around in my sock drawer back home. Um, I can help you look.
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SUN: Don't. I'm sick of everyone saying he's alright. He's not alright. Claire found the bottle -- the one with the messages inside -- the one from the raft.

KATE: Where is it?

SUN: I buried it.

Hmmm...I suppose that's relative, according to what it was supposed to point to in the first place. What I can say is that the gold compass was introduced in Hearts and Minds and, although Sayid said that it was defective, he continued to use it in Outlaws. The silvery one is the one we see Locke use with some regularity.

ETA: If it was supposed to be like an alethiometer, it would have been pointing to the truth rather than north wouldn't it?
Locke gives the compass to Sayid but we only see him use it one other time that I am aware of and that in DEM, when his legs start to give out on him his sense of direction starts to go.

Since we know there is a powerful magnetic source on the island. Could it have been turned off breifly? Could that be why Locke lost his use of his of his legs?

If it was supposed to be like an alethiometer, wouldn't it be pointing to images that you would have to be able to decipher?

Locke gives the compass to Sayid but we only see him use it one other time that I am aware of and that in DEM, when his legs start to give out on him his sense of direction starts to go.

Since we know there is a powerful magnetic source on the island. Could it have been turned off breifly? Could that be why Locke lost his use of his of his legs?

If it was supposed to be like an alethiometer, wouldn't it be pointing to images that you would have to be able to decipher?

That's strange, I was thinking I had seen Locke use it this season also. Guess I'm going to have to watch some epis again, though for the life of me, I can't think of a time he has left camp for any length of time this season. I know I have seen him wearing the silver one hanging from his vest this season.

I can't even venture a guess at this point why Locke lost the use of his legs in a literal sense beyond what you suggest, so I guess...:lol: your guess is as good as mine.

I was thinking of the alethiometer in a symbolic sense. It's pointing to a truth that you have to try to decipher...that kind of thing. In the Golden Compass Lyra had to decipher the truth, but it was a natural gift for her. Just having the alethiometer didn't mean you would understand what to do with it.

I guess we're kind of hijacking Tabby's thread. Maybe we should take this to the N.E.R.D. thread. :)

shootfire:
I guess we're kind of hijacking Tabby's thread. Maybe we should take this to the N.E.R.D. thread. :)
Not a problem...my question was for a figurative interpretation, but I love to hear the literal as well. It's just that I had never even heard of an alethiometer!:D I did remember they were having trouble with the compasses working though, and I thought that if the gold one worked, that might be good news.:)

That's strange, I was thinking I had seen Locke use it this season also. Guess I'm going to have to watch some epis again, though for the life of me, I can't think of a time he has left camp for any length of time this season. I know I have seen him wearing the silver one hanging from his vest this season.

I can't even venture a guess at this point why Locke lost the use of his legs in a literal sense beyond what you suggest, so I guess...:lol: your guess is as good as mine.

I was thinking of the alethiometer in a symbolic sense. It's pointing to a truth that you have to try to decipher...that kind of thing. In the Golden Compass Lyra had to decipher the truth, but it was a natural gift for her. Just having the alethiometer didn't mean you would understand what to do with it.

I guess we're kind of hijacking Tabby's thread. Maybe we should take this to the N.E.R.D. thread. :)
Don't think we've seen the compass at all this season and Locke hasn't been out of the hatch much. I don't think he's had his vest on either this season.

http://www.lost-media.com/modules.php?name=coppermine&file=displayimage&album=358&pos=247 The gold tooth on the priest always makes me think of an old treasure movie.

Just an update...am still adding to the list and have gone through the transcripts through Season 1, Numbers.

The most important thing in hunting treasure......X marks the spot. Haven't we seen a few of them? Isn't there one on Danielle's maps? I pointed out what looks to be a cross in the Hatch we see a close up of Eko's Staff and there is an X or + on it

The most important thing in hunting treasure......X marks the spot. Haven't we seen a few of them? Isn't there one on Danielle's maps? I pointed out what looks to be a cross in the Hatch we see a close up of Eko's Staff and there is an X or + on it


There was an x on the map. Good one Sam G. There was no explanation for it either. Most everything else was labeled except the x. Hmmm...

The most important thing in hunting treasure......X marks the spot. Haven't we seen a few of them?

Good point! Yes Sam!!! Here is a link to the Long Lost List for Abandoned with a few posts about X's (http://www.thefuselage.com/Threaded/showthread.php?p=599553#post599553)

framework above mirror in Christian's hotel room (WR) (http://www.lost-media.com/modules.php?name=coppermine&file=displayimage&album=47&pos=331)

quoting from thread linked:
Speaking of X's, waltisfuture's link to Sabrina's living room
http://lost-media.com/modules.php?name=coppermine&file=displayimage&albu m=775&pos=501 (http://lost-media.com/modules.php?name=coppermine&file=displayimage&album=775&pos=501)
shows 2 sets of 3 X's in the windows. And presumably, there are 2 more sets to the right of the double doors, not shown. Actually there may be 3 sets on each side, this cap shows the right side of the doors
http://lost-media.com/modules.php?name=coppermine&file=displayimage&albu m=775&pos=489



Isn't there one on Danielle's maps?
I pointed out what looks to be a cross in the Hatch we see a close up of Eko's Staff and there is an X or + on it
Will have to look for caps for those...I remember seeing the last 2. Wow, spoiler font is working when I type the quote commands manually.

ETA: more X's on bookcase at Claire's psychic (http://www.lost-media.com/modules.php?name=coppermine&file=displayimage&album=237&pos=220)(RBA)

http://photobucket.com/albums/y166/yung23/?
http://www.4815162342.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=509

Some of the Map shots.

http://photobucket.com/albums/y166/yung23/?
http://www.4815162342.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=509

Some of the Map shots.
Thanks...the "x" that I see is in the equation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch.php?v=Or2u2lBMLL0&search=lost%20videos
Here's a little treasure I just found. In fact they have lots of little Lost music videos there.
I put a list up in Lost Talk. There's more to be found there but I've never seen them before.

Has anyone ever posted them at the Fuselage?

http://www.youtube.com/watch.php?v=Or2u2lBMLL0&search=lost%20videos
Here's a little treasure I just found. In fact they have lots of little Lost music videos there.
I put a list up in Lost Talk. There's more to be found there but I've never seen them before.

Has anyone ever posted them at the Fuselage?
Thanks! I've been watching them from your other posts! This is the first I've seen of them, although some of the clips have been shown on TV, like Entertainment Tonight, etc.

Thanks! I've been watching them from your other posts! This is the first I've seen of them, although some of the clips have been shown on TV, like Entertainment Tonight, etc.
Did you see the other joke one?
http://www.youtube.com/watch.php?v=ebuGa2EfsKs&search=lost%20spanish%20subs%20shot%20joke I gues it was on E

Did you see the other joke one?
http://www.youtube.com/watch.php?v=ebuGa2EfsKs&search=lost%20spanish%20subs%20shot%20joke I gues it was on E
I just now watched it...I like the bloopers one better, which is weird, because I usually detest bloopers shows! :D One reason I like the LOST bloopers is that it's so refreshing to see so many of our Losties smiling and laughing.

Season 1 "Deus Ex Machina" episode title is Latin for "god from the machine".
...
It originated with Greek and Roman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rome) theater (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theater), when a mechane (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechane) would lower actors playing a god or gods on stage to resolve a hopeless situation. Thus, "god comes from the machine".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deus_ex_machina

Listing as possible clue for Divine Intervention.

ETA Link to Noah's Ark theory thread (http://www.thefuselage.com/Threaded/showthread.php?t=31402)

Season 1 "Deus Ex Machina" episode title is
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deus_ex_machina

Listing as possible clue for Divine Intervention.

ETA Link to Noah's Ark theory thread (http://www.thefuselage.com/Threaded/showthread.php?t=31402)


Tabby - I thought you might find the following interesting. Deux Ex Machina is also mentioned in the writings of JD Bernal. I have mentioned him in the transhumanism in Lost thread. Here is an excerpt from "The World, The Flesh and The Devil" (From the last paragraph of Part (6) Possiblity:

"We do not really expect or want the probable; all, even the least religious, retain in their minds when they think of the future, an idea of the deus ex machina, of some transcendental, superhuman event which will, without their help, bring the universe to perfection or destruction"


http://cscs.umich.edu/~crshalizi/Bernal/

The above link is to the full text of "The World, The Flesh and The Devil".

Eko's cross pendant (http://www.lost-media.com/modules.php?name=coppermine&file=displayimage&album=839&pos=548) is called a Budded Cross

Eko's stick (http://www.lost-media.com/modules.php?name=coppermine&file=displayimage&album=839&pos=28) also called a staff

Aaron (http://www.lost-media.com/modules.php?name=coppermine&file=displayimage&album=364&pos=857) was born in S1/DNH

from S2/The 23rd Psalm:

CLAIRE: Thanks. So you're Eko, huh?

EKO: Yes.

CLAIRE: Claire; and this is Aaron.

EKO: Aaron? The brother of Moses?

CLAIRE: Yeah, that must have been tough to live up to, right? The pressure of everyone saying, "Why can't you be more like your brother, Moses."

EKO: Yes, I'm sure it was. Why did you choose it -- Aaron?

CLAIRE: I just liked it.

EKO: Aaron was a great man. Moses had great difficulty speaking so it was Aaron who spoke for him.

From LostApril:

A Latin Cross with three 'buds', it is called a Budded Cross.

http://www.seiyaku.com/customs/crosses/budded.html


In Christianity, the three-leafed clover end caps remind believers of the Trinity. This trefoil design is probably copied from earlier Celtic Druidry, where they represent the three dominions of earth, sky and sea. Like the appendages of other crosses, the 'buds' have other interpretations. For example, a connection with Aaron's staff that budded (see Numbers 17) and was preserved in the Ark of the Covenant, showing that life can emerge from death and renewed life from difficult circumstances. Or like the buds of a flower where a journey of growth in faith, like flowers growing but not yet bloomed.

Tabby - I thought you might find the following interesting. Deux Ex Machina is also mentioned in the writings of JD Bernal. I have mentioned him in the transhumanism in Lost thread.
Thanks, Punky!!! Not what I expected, when thinking about transhumanism!

Tabby more X's (putting XXX's so It will come up in search)
F&W Eko likes some trees so much he give them kisses X's :roflmao:

Tabby more X's (putting XXX's so It will come up in search)
F&W Eko likes some trees so much he give them kisses X's :roflmao:
I saw that:) and thought the same thing! Maybe hugs are next!:biggrin: Thanks, coupons.:)

Added a few more items from F+W, completed (please post anything missing).

S2/One of Them: Danielle captures a stranger, Henry Gale. Sayid interrogates him, and Gale's story is that he got rich from selling his mining company (non-metallic minerals). He and wife crashed on the island in their hot air balloon, and she died after falling ill with a fever. Perhaps he was really there to mine valuable metals.

ETA minerals, not metals

So we know what we're dealing with.
Non-Metallic minerals:-
Limestone, Nitrate, Potash, Dolomite, Mica, Gypsum, Coal, Petroleum.

Distinguish between Metallic and Non-metallic minerals.
Metallic minerals:-
* After processing a mineral ore if the substance we obtain is hard, lustrous and sonorous it is catagorised as a metallic mineral.
* Metallic minerals are malleable, ductile and have high melting and boiling points.
* They are associated with igneous rocks and are generally found in lumps and loads.
* Examples:- Iron, Copper, Manganese, Nickel, Silver, Gold etc.

Non-Metallic minerals:-
* If the substance obtained is brittle and dull, it is called non-metallic mineral.
* These cannot be drawn into sheets and rolled into bars and have lower melting and boiling points.
* They are associated with sedimentary rocks and are found in layers.
* Examples:- Limestone, Dolomite, Mica, Gypsum, Coal, Mineral Oil.

Thanks for that info, Sam G.

ETA: from S2/One of Them:
"A balloon. We were trying to cross the Pacific. " Henry Gale; his name and the balloon could be references to "The Wizard of Oz", in which the Emerald City figured prominently.

ETA: from S2/Maternity Leave
note: We see a tree with an X marked on it (ML, transcript note)
note: Sawyer calls Kate "Thelma" (ML, ref. to movie "Thelma and Louise", in which they stole a lot of money)

From S2/The Whole Truth (TWT):

"Pearl, for Rose." (Bernard, 2 mentions)
"Then it's a miracle." (Jin to Sun - subtitled, ref. to apparent restored fertility)
"Men reject their prophets...So what's the difference between a martyr and a
prophet? (Gale)
"...so I'd draw a map to a real secluded place like a cave" (Gale)

from S2/Lockdown:

note: Locke hides the engagement ring in his sock drawer and picnic basket and presents it to Helen with a marriage proposal (Lockdown)
note: Ana-Lucia, Sayid & Charlie trek with Henry's map to find his balloon and find a burial mound marked with a cross (Lockdown)
"Hey. Maybe he left you his kidney." (Helen, Lockdown, inheritance ref.)
"For we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air...And so we will live with the Lord forever...now we are united with Christ as we go toward him..."(Father Chuck, Lockdown)
note: Anthony Cooper's silver-colored car (Lockdown) "The seismic bolting is all first rate..." (Lockdown, possible mining/geology clue)
"I took them for 700,000 dollars -- retirement con...I want you to take 200 grand of it. (Cooper, Lockdown, and we see the $700,000 cash in safety deposit box #1516 and then Locke's tote bag)
"we were thinking possibly he's not dead" (Jimmy Bane, Lockdown)
note: the poker game payoff of all the medicine that Jack won from Sawyer (Lockdown)
note: Kate and Jack find the beacon light and pallet of Dharma supplies (Lockdown)
note: the "?" in the center of the map on the Swan Hatch blast door (could indicate some type of treasure or revelation, Lockdown)
"The grave you said you dug...So I dug up that grave and found..." (Sayid, Lockdown)

more from S2/Lockdown:
another promo pic (http://lost-media.com/modules.php?name=coppermine&file=displayimage&album=1006&pos=25)

Quote:
Originally Posted by QuinceTheCarpenter (on the Watchmen thread)
Widmore Labs! Also, It's a bit hard to read, but in the third image, there is some writing on the right hand side. I looked at it in "paint" rotated 90 degrees and then skewed 45 degrees to the right horizontially, and it appears to say

(in the big rectangle)
Minnesota Metallurgical <something>

(the black lettering across the middle)
PROUDLY SPONSORED BY

(and then there is a red ribbon sticker that *might* say Widmore on it
and something that looks like a red circle on black mountains)


ETA Based on a spoiler photo from the location, I believe it said "Minnesota Mining & Metallurgical" (bolded for emphasis).

Tabby: did you get the mention of The Pearl on the hatch map? (http://comicscollector.port5.com/imgs/mapTranscription.jpg) In the lower right hand corner..

Tabby: did you get the mention of The Pearl on the hatch map? (http://comicscollector.port5.com/imgs/mapTranscription.jpg) In the lower right hand corner..
Thanks, Todell, I missed adding that for "Lockdown"...it resonates nicely with Bernard's "pearl" line, "oyster opening" gestures, and just the fact that he was searching for a pearl in "The Whole Truth".:)
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from S2/Dave:

"Yeah, I saw it, Tattoo." (Sawyer, Dave, ref. to "Fantasy Island")
"...you destroy your stash..." (Libby, Dave, 2 refs.)
"more food falls from the sky. " (Libby, Dave, ref. to "manna from Heaven"?)
"You're using those magic numbers of yours..." (Dave, Dave)
"You've got the keys, hombre." (Dave, Dave)
" I won the lottery." (Hurley, Dave)
"the mega cute blonde chick who magically appeared..." (Dave, Dave)
"This is going to bring you back to life. " (Dave, Dave)
"See you in another life, Hurley." (Dave, Dave)
"I buried him. I buried a lot of people..." (Libby, Dave)

Posting this

jocko posted here (http://www.thefuselage.com/Threaded/showthread.php?p=919737#post919737) in Spoilers (additional tags to handle spoiler/quote tag conflicts)
secretagentman has added some more info on additional characters to be cast for the season finale:
http://forums.televisionwithoutpity....st&p=498 6931

"In addition to the English Guest Stars for the season finale, I found out there are also a couple of 'drillworkers' in the eps. Normally that wouldn't be that interesting but they are described as working in a remote drilling station and will be speaking in a foreign language that is of an uncommon variety like Finnish, Portuguese, Ukrainian, Norwegian, etc.
Now that's intriguing. I will try to get some more info on this."


Drilling platform...drilling for oil...or what else? Drilling the Fountain of Youth? Maybe Hanso's Life Extension Project was drilling for oil, and discovered the Fountain of Youth (or some other valuable item)?

Please remember to discuss this using Spoiler Font...since the spoiler only refers to drillworkers and a remote drilling station (and not whether there actually is a drilled treasure), that may not be enough to move this to Spoiler Theories...

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S2/S.O.S.: Rose went to see the healer Isaac of Uluru, but he said he couldn't help her, that this wasn't the place for her. Since Rose thinks she was healed on/by the Island, maybe the Island is the place for her, and maybe there is a treasure of a healing energy source. Ayer's Rock (Mount Uluru) was shown on Rose and Bernard's way to see Isaac.

from the Tiberius and Isaac's Pamphlet threads...
http://www.crystalinks.com/ayersrock.html


Ayers Rock was named for the Premier of South Australia, Sir Henry Ayers. It extends down over 3 and a half miles beneath the surface.
Approximately 500 million years ago it was part of the ocean floor at the center of Australia. Some report that there is a light source emanating at various times of the year. Most likely this can be explained scientifically.
The Aborigines believe that there it is hollow below ground, and that there is an energy source that they call 'Tjukurpa' the dream time. (http://www.crystalinks.com/dreamtime.html) The term Tjukurpa is also used to refer to the record of all activities of a particular ancestral being from the very beginning of his or her travels to their end. Anangu know that the area around
Ayers Rock (Mount Uluru) is inhabited by dozens of ancestral 'beings' whose activities are recorded at many other sites. At each site, the events that took place can be recounted, whether those events were of significance or whether the ancestral being just rested at a certain place before going on.

ETA: Quote from the dream time link (bold font added):


The Australian Aborigines speak of jiva or guruwari, a seed power deposited in the earth. In the Aboriginal world view, every meaningful activity, event, or life process that occurs at a particular place leaves behind a vibrational residue in the earth, as plants leave an image of themselves as seeds. The shape of the land - its mountains, rocks, riverbeds, and waterholes - and its unseen vibrations echo the events that brought that place into creation. Everything in the natural world is a symbolic footprint of the metaphysical beings whose actions created our world. As with a seed, the potency of an earthly location is wedded to the memory of its origin. The Aborigines called this potency the "Dreaming" of a place, and this Dreaming constitutes the sacredness of the earth. Only in extraordinary states of consciousness can one be aware of, or attuned to, the inner dreaming of the Earth.

TPTB have recently said (paraphrasing) that dreams will have more importance in the story.
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S2/S.O.S.: Also, a tabloid "The National Flash" with Isaac's pamphlet reads:

Winning Lottery Numbers
Miracle in the Outback
and someone's photo with a caption like "I won an instant million"

Off side: I often wondered why Locke who travled to OZ for a Walkabout went to one in Melbourne rather that heading to Ayers Rock Area

Off side: I often wondered why Locke who travled to OZ for a Walkabout went to one in Melbourne rather that heading to Ayers Rock AreaI think he either had to fly into Sydney or Melbourne being an international flight. He was then going to take the bus to somewhere near Uluru.

Thought of this thread when working on the LLL names list: it's probably nothing, especially since Kim is the most common Korean name -- but Kim, as in Dr. Je-Guy Kim, Jin and Sun's infertility doc, means Gold in Korean. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_%28Korean_name%29)

Originally Posted by coupons http://www.thefuselage.com/Threaded/images/FuselageGreen/misc/backlink.gif (http://www.thefuselage.com/Threaded/showthread.php?p=925678#post925678)
Off side: I often wondered why Locke who travled to OZ for a Walkabout went to one in Melbourne rather that heading to Ayers Rock Area

I think he either had to fly into Sydney or Melbourne being an international flight. He was then going to take the bus to somewhere near Uluru.

I wonder if Locke went to Isaac and was also told (like Rose) that the energy there wasn't right for him?
Thought of this thread when working on the LLL names list: it's probably nothing, especially since Kim is the most common Korean name -- but Kim, as in Dr. Je-Guy Kim, Jin and Sun's infertility doc, means Gold in Korean. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_%28Korean_name%29)
That's good, Todell...thanks!!! I'll come back and add it to the list.

I wonder if Locke went to Isaac and was also told (like Rose) that the energy there wasn't right for him?
I don't think Locke ever got to go anywhere. I wouldn't be surprised if that's where he was trying to get to. Which makes you wonder how all those other people managed to get to Issac and Locke couldn't get there?

The LOST Experience - official ARG kicks off 5/3/06 (metaphor), and here is
the thread to discuss it (http://www.thefuselage.com/Threaded/showthread.php?t=42297) ...

Here's some info from that thread:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060424/...n_tv/tv_lost_1 (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060424/ap_on_en_tv/tv_lost_1)

New "Interactive" game to be offered by ABC that will offer a parallel story line and addtional clues to "unlocking" the mystieries of LOST.
(http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060424/ap_on_en_tv/tv_lost_1)
Sorry, can't get the underlines off the last sentence.:redface:


There's some additional info from this article at NYTimes.com (http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/24/business/media/24lost.html).

The game, of a genre called alternate-reality games, is a multimedia treasure hunt that makes use of e-mail messages, phone calls, commercials, billboards and fake Web sites that are made to seem real....

He said broadcasters from around the world would release clues in a variety of formats and that players would have to join forces online to solve them. Mr. Benson also said that any new information or clues revealed in the Lost Experience would be applicable to the TV show's story as well.

the mysterious octagonal box

Essam's house (http://www.kazimages.com/uploads/2c0ea14a9b.gif) (S1/The Greater Good)
'Waynes house (http://www.kazimages.com/uploads/ffc527d300.gif) (S2/What Kate Did)
Swan Hatch (http://www.kazimages.com/uploads/1dd1d8cb2e.gif) (S2/What Kate Did)
Swan Hatch (http://www.kazimages.com/uploads/692030c399.gif) (S2/The Hunting Party)
Ana-Lucia and Michael (http://www.lost-media.com/modules.php?name=coppermine&file=displayimage&album=1042&pos=15) in the Swan Hatch (S2/Two for the Road)
from 1/11/06
TabbyRasa wrote:Hi Javi

What's up with the seemingly identical octagonal box seen at Wayne's house, Essam's house, and the Swan Hatch? Is it the same box? Or matching boxes?
Are they real?

Thanks,
TR

Javi's response:
i'm sure they are real - but i personally have no idea why they are all similar...

...another island mystery to ponder, i guess...

thanks!

ja
vi

"The Pearl" !!

"The Pearl" !!
Yup!!!

From S2/? epi:

"It appears we have a miracle." "She came back to life...It's a miracle! A confirmation of faith." (Monsignor/Joyce Malkin, ?, several ref.'s)
note: Locke's hand-drawn copy of the map on the blast door (?)
"Haven't you ever followed a dream?" (Eko, ?)
"I thought you were taking me to your stash?" (Kate, ?, 2 ref.'s)
"I believe they made a circle, a target, so that this place can be seen (Eko, ?)
note: Eko and Locke discover The Pearl bunker (?)
"Not only for posterity...filled with the fruits of your diligent observation" (Mark Wickman, Pearl Orientation tape, ?)
"I saw him when I was... between places. " (Charlotte Malkin, ?)It's still uncertain whether the Pearl bunker is the "?" on the blast door map (and Lockie's hand-drawn copy); some think so, some don't...we'll see!

Also, remember that Bernard was looking for a pearl for Rose's birthday, and mimed the action of opening an oyster and finding a pearl inside...it may have been foreshadowing the discovery of the Pearl bunker.

There's some good research and discussion of the symbolism of pearls on the Tiberius thread.

ETA consistency

From S2/Three Minutes epi:

"...huge rocks with a big HOLE in the middle..." (Swan computer, Three Minutes, also seen in the epi)
"...we haven't even buried them yet." (Hurley, Three Minutes)
note: Michael uses a compass when he leaves to get Walt (Three Minutes)
note: Vincent finds stash of Mary statues in Sawyer's tent (Three Minutes)
note: another new Dharma logo on doors guarded by 2 armed Others (Three Minutes)
note: Eko gives up building the church; Charlie continues it (Three Minutes)
"It's Cortez." (Jack, Three Minutes, 3 mentions)

From S2/Live Together, Die Alone:


"Set of keys; one pocket watch, gold plated;" (Master Sargeant, LTDA)
note: Widmore offers Desmond a box full of cash (LTDA)
"I don't suppose you have 42,000 more of those..." (bucks, Desmond, LTDA)
"And I shall win this race for love." (Desmond, LTDA)
"Yeah, it did. Right before it crapped gold." (Sawyer, LTDA)
"I have a lot of money, Desmond. With enough money and determination you can find anyone." (Penelope, LTDA)
note: Sayid, Jin and Sun see the foot statue (LTDA)
"Just saving the world." (Kelvin, LTDA)
note: the failsafe key around Kelvin's neck that Desmond used (LTDA)
"I didn't think you had the stones to come after me." (Kelvin, LTDA)
"It's us. I think we found it." (Man #2, subtitled Portuguese, LTDA)

Good point! Yes Sam!!! Here is a link to the Long Lost List for Abandoned with a few posts about X's (http://www.thefuselage.com/Threaded/showthread.php?p=599553#post599553)

framework above mirror in Christian's hotel room (WR) (http://www.lost-media.com/modules.php?name=coppermine&file=displayimage&album=47&pos=331)

quoting from thread linked:



Will have to look for caps for those...I remember seeing the last 2. Wow, spoiler font is working when I type the quote commands manually.

ETA: more X's on bookcase at Claire's psychic (http://www.lost-media.com/modules.php?name=coppermine&file=displayimage&album=237&pos=220)(RBA)


Has anyone isolated the artwork/sculpture (Sabrina's living room) Statue (Psychic) for historical significance? Could they be clues or pointers to archeology/ancient times?

I think he either had to fly into Sydney or Melbourne being an international flight. He was then going to take the bus to somewhere near Uluru.
The distance from Melbourne to Uluru/Ayers Rock is 1170 miles -- about the same as New York City to New Orleans. A long bus ride and would require a lot of assistence
Off side: I often wondered why Locke who travled to OZ for a Walkabout went to one in Melbourne rather that heading to Ayers Rock Area
Melbourne where Sayids friend was cutting trees. Kate was going to or comming from(?)
CutSceene:Fires for days in Melbourne, on TV in hospital as Jack was about to see Christian's 'body'
1050 km Sidney to Melbourne again a long bus ride. So not even bothering about why he didn't do handicapped homework for Walkabout, why not direct flight to Melbourne? Even more so he was ever so angery why not just change ticket for departure from Melbourn to US. Unless of course there was something he had to do in Sydney?

Tabby off topic but know you like crosses, found this looking up crests
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/flag.html

Has anyone isolated the artwork/sculpture (Sabrina's living room) Statue (Psychic) for historical significance? Could they be clues or pointers to archeology/ancient times?
Are you referring to the headless, armless, legless statue? It's interesting that one is also seen at Lucy Heatherton's family dining room. I don't know anything about it, although it looks modern to me. It does seem to resonant with the missing limbs theme though.

Tabby off topic but know you like crosses, found this looking up crests
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch...ions/flag.html (http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/flag.html)

coupons:) That is so interesting; I didn't know that the UK flag is made up of the St. George's flag cross, and the Irish flag "X".

I went looking for that statue too it looks Roman or Greek to me. I'm pretty sure I've seen it before. I've been looking in reproductions but haven't found it yet.

This could be a stretch, but what if the reason that The Others are putting bags over their captives' heads is to keep them from seeing something...a treasure?:7:

http://www.lost-media.com/modules.php?name=coppermine&file=displayimage&album=238&pos=563 here's the statue at Lucy's, much easier to see.

Classic Statue (http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images/view?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fs earch%2Fimages%3Fp%3Dtorso%2Bstatue%26ei%3DUTF-8%26fr%3DFP-tab-img-t%26b%3D21&w=96&h=218&imgurl=bronze-depot.com%2FBRONZE_STATUE_B-B1450_CLASSICAL_TORSO.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fbronze-depot.com%2FBronze_Statues%2FSmall_Statues_%2Fsmal l_statues_.html&size=13.5kB&name=BRONZE_STATUE_B-B1450_CLASSICAL_TORSO.jpg&p=torso+statue&type=jpeg&no=33&tt=348&ei=UTF-8)

Has anyone isolated the artwork/sculpture (Sabrina's living room) Statue (Psychic) for historical significance? Could they be clues or pointers to archeology/ancient times?
I went looking for that statue too it looks Roman or Greek to me. I'm pretty sure I've seen it before. I've been looking in reproductions but haven't found it yet.
http://www.lost-media.com/modules.php?name=coppermine&file=displayimage&album=238&pos=563 here's the statue at Lucy's, much easier to see.

Classic Statue (http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images/view?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fs earch%2Fimages%3Fp%3Dtorso%2Bstatue%26ei%3DUTF-8%26fr%3DFP-tab-img-t%26b%3D21&w=96&h=218&imgurl=bronze-depot.com%2FBRONZE_STATUE_B-B1450_CLASSICAL_TORSO.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fbronze-depot.com%2FBronze_Statues%2FSmall_Statues_%2Fsmal l_statues_.html&size=13.5kB&name=BRONZE_STATUE_B-B1450_CLASSICAL_TORSO.jpg&p=torso+statue&type=jpeg&no=33&tt=348&ei=UTF-8)
Awesome, Sam! Looks like you found it; sure looks like the same one.

aadding S1/Walkabout:

note: Rose wears Bernard's wedding ring as a necklace.

He started having me hold onto his wedding ring whenever we took a plane trip. Always wore it around my neck for safe keeping. Just until we landed.

Here's something for you Tabby. Not sure if you have it already or not or if your interested in it....but the fact that at the same time Lost was at ComicCon so was a booth for Voltron. Which was Charlie's toy he got for Christmas in Fire & Water.
http://www.usagiyojimbo.com/conventions/sdcc-2005.html

Lost booth is about half way down the page and the Voltron pics are near the bottom.

Quotes from Todell's unrelated post in Rebellious Rabbits seem relevant here:

"And this guy, Christian, tells me he wishes he had the stones to pick up the phone" (Sawyer, E1)
"We're currently exploring other opportunities." (Johnny, EHH)Also revamped pages 1-3 of the clue list so that additional entries would fit (UGH). Next time I begin a maintenance nightmare, somebody stop me, please. :24:

Note to self: stop watching LOST or at least, stop noticing and posting treasure clues. ;)
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Here's something for you Tabby. Not sure if you have it already or not or if your interested in it....but the fact that at the same time Lost was at ComicCon so was a booth for Voltron. Which was Charlie's toy he got for Christmas in Fire & Water.
http://www.usagiyojimbo.com/conventions/sdcc-2005.html

Lost booth is about half way down the page and the Voltron pics are near the bottom.
Thanks for remembering this thread and providing the link, car88win! :) It's good to see that we are on the same page, so to speak.;)

Quotes from Todell's unrelated post in Rebellious Rabbits seem relevant here:

"And this guy, Christian, tells me he wishes he had the stones to pick up the phone" (Sawyer, E1)
"We're currently exploring other opportunities." (Johnny, EHH)Also revamped pages 1-3 of the clue list so that additional entries would fit (UGH). Next time I begin a maintenance nightmare, somebody stop me, please. :24:

Note to self: stop watching LOST or at least, stop noticing and posting treasure clues. ;)
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Thanks for remembering this thread and providing the link, car88win! :) It's good to see that we are on the same page, so to speak.;) Along those lines, from Confidence Man:

Sawyer: Deal closed today. See, woman are easy, a few cosmos, a couple of stunts they haven't seen between the sheets, and they think the scam's their idea. Now the husbands, they need to touch the money, smell it, believe that if they had the brass to put that suitcase in the trunk of their family sedan and speed away, they just might have a chance at being an honest-to-gosh outlaw.

Along those lines, from Confidence Man:

Sawyer: Deal closed today. See, woman are easy, a few cosmos, a couple of stunts they haven't seen between the sheets, and they think the scam's their idea. Now the husbands, they need to touch the money, smell it, believe that if they had the brass to put that suitcase in the trunk of their family sedan and speed away, they just might have a chance at being an honest-to-gosh outlaw.
Thanks, Sam! I did have this one, albeit abbreviated in the list, due to character limitation in posts. With any luck at all, a treasure will be found in Season 3 and all this work will be rewarded!:biggrin:

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It'd be kind of dumb if this whole thing was just like...........a treasure hunt

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Has anyone mentioned that one of the most precious treasures on earth are children/our link to future generations....and we know that there is a connection to lost children...and a connection with lost(ies) searching for their lost treasure(s).

I can't believe that I just now found this from Season 1. As much as I have loved Shannon's singing of it, and the lyrics, it didn't hit me until now. I'll need to check Rousseau's map to see if the same verse was there, because if it is, then we have a reference to silver, on a map. ;) ETA Yes, the same verse is on Danielle's map (http://www.lostlinks.net/maps.htm).

"...to sparkles of silver" (English translation of French song "La Mer", WTCMB)Shannon sang the first verse of "La Mer" by Charles Trenet, in French, almost twice (her voice faded out). Here is the first verse in French and English (I bolded "silver" -"d'argent" for reference) from the Long Lost List (http://www.longlostlist.net/listforum/art_and_music/music/l.htm):

La mer
Qu'on voit danser le long des golfes clairs
A des reflets d'argent
La mer
Des reflets changeants
Sous la pluie

The sea
which one sees dancing along the clear gulfs
to sparkles of silver. [Note: "reflets" also means "reflections"]
The sea
Of changing sparkles ["reflections"]
Under the rain.

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Has anyone mentioned that one of the most precious treasures on earth are children/our link to future generations....and we know that there is a connection to lost children...and a connection with lost(ies) searching for their lost treasure(s).
Not yet...but good insight! Thanks, sillymom57.

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S3/The Glass Ballerina:

The crystal glass ballerina that young Sun broke

Jae Lee gave Sun a strand of pearls, which she turned down, and he was found dead, holding them.

S3/I Do

The gold heirloom locket that Suzanne gave to Monica-Kate

I haven't updated the list yet, but want to keep this thread open. We're still waiting on the transcripts for epi's 5 and 6.

more Season 3:

The older woman that Desmond meets with, in a London FB, gives him a ring.

Well, I haven't kept up this thread for Season 3, but here is something:

S3 FBYE: the Marquis diamond ring (http://gallery.lost-media.com/displayimage.php?album=1250&pos=545)that Desmond bought from Ms. Hawking (Ms. TIme/Ms. Fate?) and threw into the river (http://gallery.lost-media.com/displayimage.php?album=1250&pos=545), and hidden audio whispered "The Future Is Settled".

Well, I haven't kept up this thread for Season 3, but here is something:

S3 FBYE: the Marquis diamond ring (http://gallery.lost-media.com/displayimage.php?album=1250&pos=545)that Desmond bought from Ms. Hawking (Ms. TIme/Ms. Fate?) and threw into the river (http://gallery.lost-media.com/displayimage.php?album=1250&pos=545), and hidden audio whispered "The Future Is Settled".

Mrs. Hawking's brooch (http://gallery.lost-media.com/displayimage.php?album=1250&pos=579) she also has a nice cameo ring on.

http://gallery.lost-media.com/displayimage.php?album=1256&pos=98

Jack's necklace in SIASL

S3/TTID The Golden Jesus

And obviously, the opulence of Hurley's home (or maybe it was his mother's home).

http://gallery.lost-media.com/displayimage.php?album=1258&pos=438

Someone said that the blocks the car was on were gold. They look goldish but?

gold·brick (gldbrk) Slang
n.
A person, especially a soldier, who avoids assigned duties or work; a shirker.
v. gold·bricked, gold·brick·ing, gold·bricks
v.intr.
To shirk one's assigned duties or responsibilities.
v.tr.
To cheat; swindle.

Sam, I don't know if the car blocks are gold or just yellow-colored...? Thanks for catching Jack's necklace, which is an infinity symbol (maybe the treasure is eternal life)? And for catching Ms. Hawking's Ouroboros brooch...another infinite symbol.

coupons..thanks!

S3/epi after "Enter 77":
In the "Par Avion" US Promo (http://www.dailymotion.com/Luanne1/video/x1e2nx_par-avion-us-promo), Sayid/Kate/Locke/Patchy-Mikhail approach a mysterious border. There are posts with gold-colored spheres on top of them, and they appear to encircle a hill or mountain. Locke pushes P-M in between them, and he is apparently electro-shocked and we hear a yell. Kate looks horrified and says "Oh my God". Maybe this fence protects a treasure?

http://gallery.lost-media.com/displayimage-1253-4.html

TR someone else pointed it out, I just thought it was funny.

S3/Par Avion:

The sonic fence encircling the Others' barracks...maybe, just maybe it also protects a treasure.

I thought I had posted the following here, but it accidentally went into the Mind of Magnus::rolleyes:


Hey, TR: did you catch the television report that John was watching when Peter arrives? The announcer mentions that some Bolivian gold deposits had been stolen.

Also? Sounds like whatever that "box" is would be quite the treasure, no?

S3/Expose':

The briefcase of cash in the Expose' TV show
The diamond bracelet that Howie gave to Nikki
The $8 million diamonds in the black pouch
The Matryosha doll symbolizing the hidden secrets and perhaps, another hidden treasure
Nikki and Paulo both digging and hiding things
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I thought I had posted the following here, but it accidentally went into the Mind of Magnus::rolleyes:


Hey, TR: did you catch the television report that John was watching when Peter arrives? The announcer mentions that some Bolivian gold deposits had been stolen.

Also? Sounds like whatever that "box" is would be quite the treasure, no?
A belated thanks, Todell!! You probably saw me reply to you over on the Magnus Mind, though.;)

Yep, gold deposits qualify as treasure.:biggrin:

This could be one of the best treasure clues yet!

From S3/The Man Behind The Curtain: DHARMA member Gasey is a gemologist on The Island (TMBTC).

screencap of Gasey's uniform (http://losteastereggs.blogspot.com/2007/05/gemologist.html)

From that link, via Wikipedia:


Gemology is the science, art and profession of identifying and evaluating gemstones. It is considered a geoscience and a branch of mineralogy. Some jewelers are academically trained gemologists and are qualified to identify and evaluate gems.

There's a possible reference to the Fountain of Youth in the "Ponce" and "Ponce de Leon" lines already posted...

With S3/The Man Behind The Curtain, Richard Alpert appears to not have aged since Ben's childhood FB (in which Alpert was an adult). This, of course, assumes that the character that kid Ben encountered in the jungle is indeed our Alpert (and not his father or other older relative).

Perhaps there really is a Fountain of Youth on The Island, and the hostiles tapped into it...

S3/Greatest Hits:

Maybe it's just me, but the heavy vault-like door (http://losteastereggs.blogspot.com/2007/05/first-look-inside-looking-glass-hatch.html) in the Looking Glass station looks like it might be protecting a treasure...to say nothing of the two women aiming guns at Charlie...

Pre-season 4 "find815 game" reveals that the Black Rock ship carried gold and diverted from its intended course!!! :biggrin: :cool:

Sam's laptop screen (in the game) (http://bp1.blogger.com/_HVloHM0J7sY/R4QsjXU6RyI/AAAAAAAAAF4/z6QZQRzEMrk/s1600-h/website+3-2.jpg)

Here's the text from that link:
The Black Rock was one of the three 19th century slave vessels thought to be owned by the New World Sea Traders. The Black Rock usually sailed from its berth in Portsmouth. Britain to Africa, then on to the Americas or the Pacific Ocean. By the 1880s, its operations focused on the Indian Ocean, where the presence of US and British navies was not as strong. The final voyage of the Black Rock involved the ship leaving Portsmouth and travelling to the South Indian Ocean. The ship collected gold from the mines in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, which was to be exchanged for slaves in Africa. However, instead of sailing west to Africa, the ship left port in an easterly direction. It was never seen again.

Btw, I haven't updated this thread since S3/Greatest Hits (and not completely since even before that), so there are quite a few "treasure related" items and dialogue phrases that haven't been posted.

YAY...Treasure!!!