Fairy Tale Hides Clues to Real Gem Treasures

‘A Treasure’s Trove: A Fairy Tale About Real Treasure for Parents and Children of All Ages’ is a fairy tale that takes place in a Great Forest and tells a story about friendship and greed, good and evil, and how love conquers all. But it also hides in it clues to real life treasures - diamonds, rubies and sapphires.

The story by Michael Stadther could have easily been a smart promotion campaign by a jewelry firm seeking to promote a mischievous or adventures brand.

In the course of the story, and perhaps in the accompanying illustrations, Stadther has left clues to finding 12 hidden treasures, all located in the continental U.S., in public places, not requiring anything to be lifted or moved, accessible to everyone and worth a total of $1 million.

Inspired by the ‘Masquerade’, a 1979 story by Kit Williams who hid a gold necklace set with rare gems in England, Stadther hid twelve 18-karat gold tokens around the country. Treasure hunters will find the tokens in easily accessible public places in, says the author. Once you find a token, it can be redeemed for one of the valuable jewels.

"This book should be of interest to anyone who loves jewelry and or puzzles. I received this book 10 days after it was published and I am still deciphering clues in hopes of finding a treasure trove of jewels. It is an interesting exercise in the art of fine jewelry as well as in publicity." said Liz kennedy former PR Maven at Jewelry.com

One of the jewelry items, by Jewelry Designs of Danbury, Connecticut, is an ant with 4.5 carats of pave set diamonds for legs.

Some source material reprinted with permission from IDEX Magazine (http://www.idexonline.com/).