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The Waybill To Adventure Gazette THE TREASURE HUNTER'S NEWSLETTER Issue No. 4 April 2003 An Announcement And An Invitation -- What Is An E-Book? Come And Get It! At Our (Believe It Or Not) GRAND OPENING!!! ----------------------------------------------------- -----===[[]]===----- ----------------------------------------------------- Sunny greetings from New Mexico! I am hoping that all of you are beginning to see signs of spring and warmth, as we are here in the High Plains of New Mexico (and western Texas)! A thought for today :-)) "THing is perhaps the greatest hobby to become a pleasant reality in years. It is one of the good things to come out of the electronic age, perhaps counteracting some of the feeling of becoming a mere data symbol within an unfeeling, uncaring, computerized, and increasingly regimented society. The hobby is a great release for tensions built up in the hyperactive lives all too many of us lead." ~ from TH'ing, A Modern Search For Adventure, by Glenn Carson This "issue" of the Waybill Gazette is a bit off the beaten track that I've attempted to set with our Ezine. This is going to be short and sweet, as it is more of an announcement and an invitation, than a newsletter. As of the past few days, I have finally come to a point, after almost ONE YEAR of constructing the Waybill site, where I can truly say: "GRAND OPENING! We are NOW open for Biz!" ----------------------------------------------------- -----===[[]]===----- ----------------------------------------------------- Yes, the Internet provides a very strange and unique work environment ... ... in that your business doors are NEVER closed ... nope, not even **before** you open the doors for business! The search engines have a way of picking up on a well-constructed site, listing it, and therefore sending along many visitors. I truly thank all of you who've watched so patiently as this was being built! (And boy! We "ain't done yet!" I can see E-Books stretching to the Moon, quite frankly!) This is an open invitation to come to WaybillToAdventure (http://www.waybilltoadventure.com) and take a look at what has gone on since the last time you visited! Content is in place, with a WHOLE lot of new readings for you to ponder. I've added some really nifty "tools" for you to use while browsing through our site. One of them is the Waybill Reminder Tool. This handy little gadget will allow you to take notes and make reminders for yourself, for things you want to do and view, when you return again. I've already put it to good use, by making notes for coding things to do, and ideas I have for articles while searching and working on Waybill. I have a wonderful surprise for you, as well. Many of you have written, asking about the digital book line, and just WHAT will they contain. In broader terms, many have asked: "WHAT is an E-Book?" So, for about a month, I've been working on a E-Book that will tell you everything you'd like to know (at least I hope so :-)) The article starts out this way (for those of you who are convinced that I despise print books and am totally slamdunked in the electronic world): "Paper books are not going away, anywhere in the near future! The touch and feel of a print book, the smell of new ink when you open the covers the book's longevity and history are in our souls." This E-Book is for you to download at no cost, and it's well worth your time, as it's full of information and resources about digital books. It is offered as one of the articles on our Home Page as well, but you can also download the PDF E-Book! This, along with the book I am working on (promised to you in Issue 3 of the Gazette) on Alamosa County, and it's based on one of the chapters in our print book, "Atlas of Colorado Ghost Towns, Vol. I" ... as well as finishing up Big Bucks In Treasure Hunting, Vol. 101 ... I am also half way through writing and constructing Vol. 102, on Maps, Research, and Treasure Hunting. Oh, yeh, and am continuing with two of our regular line, which are getting close to completion -- Cache Hunting I, and Guide to Treasure In Colorado. (See the end of this letter, for links to more info). Lastly, I've begun construction, editing, and writing on the E-Book for "Treasure Hunting: A Modern Search For Adventure." Come read the article on this book! You can read this, here: http://www.waybilltoadventure.com/index2.html#modernsearch So, it's been a highly busy March-to-April, 2003, fit for the March Hare and the Mad Hatter! But, with all this new content looming right ahead, get ready for some fine times in Treasure reading! What's in the issue, I hear you asking :-) ... A backward glance at San Luis Valley (boy! I have a hard time leaving that area of the country ;-), and A Recipe For Treasure Hunting Success. Also, some tips on hobbies and business, a 'funny' or two, and a couple of great, useful downloads. Hoping your April Adventures are beyond your wildest dreams! Leanne -- Leanne Boyd, MCTE -- Master's, Computing Tech in ED 1-505-397-3236 * Hobbs, New Mexico * USA Waybill To Adventure: www.WaybillToAdventure.com So Much The Standard In Treasure Hunting -- It Is Legendary Portfolio: www.leannecarsonboyd.com The WHOLE TRUTH About Treasure Hunting Success *** Big Bucks In Treasure Hunting (TM), Volume 101 *** Many are bankrolling SILENT, well-planned and blueprinted finds ... some in the thousands of dollars in profit, every month -- Get this dynamite E-Book today! http://BigBucks101.1TreasureHunter.com ----------------------------------------------------- -----===[[]]===----- ----------------------------------------------------- Pertinent Quote Of The Week "To err is human--and to blame it on a computer is even more so." --Robert Orben ----------------------------------------------------- -----===[[]]===----- ----------------------------------------------------- San Luis Valley, Colorado - ONE MORE TIME! One terrific resource that didn't get included in last month's Gazette, I find totally fascinating. The Old Spanish Trail Association Web Site, at http://www.slv.org/history/osta/index.html, has a wealth of information on the area and history of westward movement, Spanish Gold, the settling of areas along the Trail (including the SL Valley) ... and has a TON of links and resources. It's worth traipsing back over last month's newsletter, or at least taking another glance at this info. This site has a very nice slide presentation, giving routes, locations and events ... all are a wonderful place to start if you are researching these topics. They also have a Links page and a book list that will give you a very solid basis for researching the potentials of the area. Treasure Hunting Tip: Associations such as The Old Spanish Trail are not only a wealth of information in books, museums, events, and the like -- but consider actually joining your favorite associations. The networking value alone, is worth the (usually) reasonable yearly membership fee. Where else can you find others of like mind, as well as the associations that these new friends and acquaintances bring? Your next co-venture could easily arise out of a membership gathering, over a cuppa mocha and an abundance of knowledge and fine ideas, which ALWAYS happens when folks seriously devoted to the same topics get together. Professional organizations have a way of lending one very important factor to your interests and hobbies .... the layer of PROFESSIONALISM! If you are looking for ways to take your treasure hunting hobby to a new and elevated status ... the associations are an invaluable step toward doing just that! ----------------------------------------------------- -----===[[]]===----- ----------------------------------------------------- DID YOU KNOW? That ... stolen loot is believed to be buried behind the remains of the thieves cabin, somewhere near the junction of Alamosa Creek and the Rio Grande? You can read about this, and much more in A Guide To Treasure In Colorado. Take a look at this MAP... (http://www.waybilltoadventure.com/index2.html#coloradotreasure) (http://www.waybilltoadventure.com/SuccessToolkit/ Stolen_Loot_On_Alamosa_Creek.html ) -----------------------------------------------------
-----===[[]]===----- ----------------------------------------------------- A Recipe For Treasure Hunting Success ~ by Leanne Boyd Ingredients: 1 great idea (can use more than one, but one at a time is enough) 1 focused vision 1 growing TH'ing Tool Kit 99 yards of Perserverence 10 lbs. firmness 1 ton flexibility 1 belief in self 1 big smile You already have the desire to build a SUCCESSFUL treasure hunting program. Do you also have the drive that will make it happen? Remind yourself every time you get discouraged of your goal, and the fact that once you achieve it, everything will be worth it. You will have to mix in some stubborness very often, both toward those who will downplay or even belittle your efforts -- and your **biggest** critic, who will be YOU! Give yourself a reasonable amount of time to accomplish this building of your TH'ing program! It took centuries to "get lost" and it will take you some time to FIND IT. If 90% of all wannabe TH'ers give up in the first 90 days-to-one-year, that should tell you that they did not give themselves a reasonable enough amount of time to get there! You've all heard it before -- many would like to find the Mother Lode, the Grandfather of All Stolen Booty, the Billion-Dollar buried inheritance -- and give up their day job! Come on, now. This is a business just like any other, and it all takes TIME! It takes a "brick and mortar" business about 5 years to get to a profit mode ... and it will take you some time to refine your skills and begin being profitable in your digs and finds ... so be reasonable with your expectations and you **can** make it happen! I would say give it at least one year, to be sure you are dedicated and able to do it. Perserverence will be a full time job when you first start building your treasure hunting business. The old saying that "Practice makes perfect" is only good if you are "doing it" correctly when you practice! That is why we here at Waybill STRESS the importance of properly researching your projects, and getting out with your detector as much as possible. But the bottom line is -- if you really want to make it, and believe in yourself -- and DO NOT GIVE UP, then you WILL make it! You will have to be firm but still flexible. You need to focus on your goals, keep working at your detector skills, mapping knowledge, trends and tendencies in the markets (gold, coins, collectibles, etc.) but be ready to try new things or different versions of old things -- until you hit on the perfect and unique formula for YOU! That's the time you dive in and work it like **nothing else you have ever done.** BIG TIP: Once you see that you are nearing your goal, do not allow yourself to slack off and lose ground. Many tend to sigh a deep sigh, and roll back to gloat a bit. No, no, no! Keep at it like a dog on his favorite bone! Now, if you take these ingredients and shake 'em up in a blender, who knows what the end product will be? Just remember to fold gently and mix well. Take your time with it, and enjoy the aroma of ongoing success as it rises to the perfect peak, like a well-baked cake. You will BE a success. Just believe in yourself and instead of saying "Maybe I can do this," just remind yourself that you WILL! You have all the ingredients! Enjoy! Yield: 1 success story Serves: 1 happy TH'er, and dozens around him or her Calories: absolute -0- ----------------------------------------------------- -----===[[]]===----- ----------------------------------------------------- Treasure Hunting, Environment, Legalese, And The Legacy We Are Leaving Our Kids From the title, I'm betting you can see that I firmly straddle the top of the fence on this one! First of all, most of us respond deeply to the ever-increasing crunch of legislation. I, for one, run screaming into the hallways, DON'T HEM ME IN! But -- even primitive tribes have all had rules and ethics they lived by. If we are conscientious in our hobby, our passions, most likely we can continue doing what we love ... but this issue has become a true concern for me. Are the days of unfettered treasure hunting gone? There are some who would say yes. In my research (YES! There is a new book coming up!!) ... I have run into some very good articles. Rather than try to shorten the effect of the writings, I invite you to simply visit these links. I would appreciate any reader response on these topics! There is much to read, and to KNOW ... if we are to preserve both our love of TH'ing and the outdoors ... and the quality of this terra firma for all generations to come. FALL QUEST '021 ... It is estimated that approximately 50% of the public and is closed to metal detecting. ... This legislation does not rule out the use of metal detectors. www.fmdac.com/quest/fall25.htm Places a Metal Detector May be Used ... Bureau of Land Management Contact District Office. ... akes and lands must be approved for use by the ... lands, but one still needs permission is public and private ... www.fmdac.com/Manager/Places.htm Gold mining clubs and organizations ... abandoned mine shafts, teach scouts and public school tudents ... our opinions on matters sch as land use and mining ... as other topics in the metal etecting and ... www.goldminershq.com/FRAME/CLUBS/GOLD2.HTM ----------------------------------------------------- -----===[[]]===----- ----------------------------------------------------- The National Economy, Your Latest Corporate Layoff, Job Woes, And I'll Say It Again: There Is Great Beauty In TRASH TO TREASURE!!! I know. You've figured this out already -- I am a great believer in the do-it-yourself mode. AND the fact that there are a 1001 Ways out there, to create your own comfort zone in this increasingly distracted and distracTIVE world! I am also sold on a few offerings of the Internet. WHY? Because I've proven to myself that they truly work. How does this fit with Treasure Hunting? Have you recently gone into a thrift store, and come out with a hand-beveled and frosted mirror, circa 1890s, worth probably several hundred dollars or more in an antique store? And did you pay $6.50 for it?? That happened to me, just before leaving Kansas City. IF I were of a mind to sell this, would I head to the local antique store? Nope. I would head to eBay!!!!!!!!!!!! The more I study this, the more I participate ... and yes, it takes some time to get going with it ... how is this a lick different? Digging up a can of old silver coins ... and ferreting a dusty old mirror out of a back shelf in a mission thrift shop that many folks would be afraid to enter the place, to start with? IT IS ALL TREASURE HUNTING. And the rewards are very similar, and very often the amounts "earned" are just as high, whether it is old mirrors or old silver coins. They are all old and they are all valuable. And they are all TRASH until you or I find them and manage to turn them into TREASURE!!! And the place where the REAL DEALS are being made -- are -- ONLINE. Here are two invaluable resources. One is the book I suggested last month, and I hold firm, THIS is probably the quickest shortcut to coming up to speed, in the world. The author has become one of my Net Gurus. Take it or leave it ... but at this price? How can you lose? SILENT SALES MACHINE: http://www.waybilltoadventure.com/affiliate_images/SilentSM/Become_Info-preneur_2003.html For those of you who are experiencing JOB WOES (and who isn't, these days?), here is a good one to take a look at. "Lost a job recently? There's a life preserver floating out there that wasn't around in the last recession a decade ago: eBay, the online electronic marketplace... The recent economic shocks -- from the tech bubble burst and the Sept. 11 terrorist attack to corporate scandals and the market's decline -- have boosted the national unemployment rate to a stubborn 6%. Some jobless workers, and others who don't show up in the statistics, are getting by -- or even getting ahead -- by selling on eBay and other online marketplace services." ~ article by Yahoo Business Online Auctions Offer Stability Amid Turmoil http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/articles/technology_and_ecommerce.html?s=smallbiz/articles/20030221/online_auction&p=wsj And here is where to start: The ULTIMATE Hedge Against Unstable Economy http://www.waybilltoadventure.com/SuccessToolkit/ Get_Your_Custom_Store_at_eBay.html The Net Auction Masters Course -- tnamswaybilltoadventure@sitesell.net ----------------------------------------------------- -----===[[]]===----- ----------------------------------------------------- Something Fun -- If Anybody Figures Out HOW THEY DO THIS, PLEASE WRITE ME!!!! http://www.cyberglass.co.uk/assets/Flash/psychic.swf ----------------------------------------------------- -----===[[]]===----- ----------------------------------------------------- OUR ONGOING COMMITMENT TO OUR MILITARY AND THEIR FAMILIES One of our Waybill readers sent this in. Please. Take a few minutes...... THANKS TO OUR MILITARY Please visit the Department of Defense web page
below and sign in thanking the men and women of the U.S. military services
for defending our freedom. The compiled list of names will be sent out to our
soldiers at the end of the month. So far, there are only about 3,625,306
million names. What a shame. National Military Appreciation Month
(March).
The entire exercise takes 10 seconds...literally. Please pass it on to your email
friends.
I have signed it. I hope you will.
http://www.defendamerica.mil/nmam.html
----------------------------------------------------- -----===[[]]===----- ----------------------------------------------------- A PARTING SHOT: SIGNS OF THE TIMES On a Southwest Airline flight. "Ladies and gentlemen, if you wish to smoke, the smoking section on this airplane is on the wing -- and if you can light 'em, you can smoke 'em. ----------------------------------------------------- -----===[[]]===----- ----------------------------------------------------- ALWAYS REMEMBER .... "Each day people actually walk over lost or hidden remnants of the past, real treasures great and small, and seldom do any of those people, ever in their lives, realize it. Most folks dully dream of treasures, places, and adventures in distant times and climes while ignoring such things well within their grasp." ~ from TH'ing, A Modern Search For Adventure, by Glenn Carson ----------------------------------------------------- -----===[[]]===----- ----------------------------------------------------- Okay you Adventurous Crew! That is all for the April issue of the Waybill To Adventure Gazette! My wish for you is that you wake every morning LOVING what you do, as much as I love what I do! Oh, I almost forgot! There was no writing by Glenn Carson this month, as he is BUSY BUSY BUSY!!! This is wonderful news -- but he has been hard at work with the printers. No sooner did we get Big Bucks In Treasure Hunting Vol. 101 out in E-Book format, then there was great response for a PRINT version! More news later, as this develops, but roughly speaking, the print version will be out in about 4 weeks. There will also be a version on CD, that can be mailed to your home. I will be sending special notice as this develops. And we thank you for your purchases, and for your wonderful comments on the E-Book! Have a wonderful Easter season, or Spring Solstice, or May Day Festival ... or just a quiet walk in the park with your detector! Take care, Leanne CEO/WaybillToAdventure.com Web Properties ----------------------------------------------------- -----===[[]]===----- ----------------------------------------------------- ATLAS OF COLORADO GHOST TOWNS, VOLUME I http://www.waybilltoadventure.com/newsletter/030603/2.html#ourclassicbook Big Bucks In Treasure Hunting, Vol. 101 (There are FORTUNES Awaiting The Person Who Can DO What MUST Be Done!) http://www.BigBucks101.1TreasureHunter.com/ Big Bucks In Treasure Hunting, Vol. 102: Maps, Research, And Treasure Hunting http://www.BigBucks102.1TreasureHunter.com/ Cache Hunting I - Please see our review on Home Page: http://www.waybilltoadventure.com/index2.html#reviewcache1 Guide To Treasure In Colorado - Please see our review on Home Page: http://www.waybilltoadventure.com/index2.html#coloradotreasure ----------------------------------------------------- -----===[[]]===----- ----------------------------------------------------- My Digital Business Card: http://www.waybilltoadventure.com/businesscard/ COPYRIGHT 2002 - 2003 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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