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1. Greetings from The Editor / Webmaster
/
Bits & Bites (Bytes) Manager /
and
Thank-Goodness-I'm-Too-Old-For-Bottlewasher!
Welcome, all TH'rs! First,
let us wish you the warmest and
best of Holiday Seasons! Our wish is that
every adventurous
dream you've ever had, comes true for you, this coming
New
Year! We are very blessed, with our growing list of friends
here at
Waybill.
If you have followed the construction of the Waybill
Web
site, since about March 2002 and the great RE-vamp in June
(based on a
review by one of the most celebrated Internet
marketing groups) ... you are
aware that our first issue was
supposed to happen quite a number of months
ago.
However, to make this a tool that you, our reader, can
really USE
... it had to be right. No, it had to be as close
to perfect as possible. We
all know that the Net has "grown"
its own form of highway billboarding and
roadside litter ...
and this site just isn't in that group. I do appreciate
your
patience as we've gotten the site up and glowing! If you
haven't yet
visited the Waybill Catalogue, please visit
soon, at
www.waybilltoadventure.com. Both in
content and in
graphics, I have tried to make this site special ...
a
"breed apart" from the typical Web site out there. YOUR
comments are
always appreciated, and your suggestions will
always be
utilized.
Several things have slowed our initial progress. One was
a
major technology learning curve in creating the Catalogue.
It is
database-driven, and I took on the PHP language in
order to implement this
very strong, searchable tool. Also,
the decision was made for me to relocate
to New Mexico, from
Kansas City, in order to be closer to family and this
book
business. November and December have been eaten up with the
move
(almost done, thank goodness!)
Many of you have been with H. Glenn Carson
Enterprises for
YEARS, and we appreciate and yes, cherish your support!
This
business has always been a family business ... and our
venture into
the E-World is no different.
I am Leanne, Glenn Carson's oldest daughter.
After several
years of cajoling and prodding (cattle stick in hand) to
get
the publishing house online, we are now taking 32+ years to
the
Net!
This is our PREMIERE issue of our newsletter! Lots of good
info
and good times, coming up! My short-term goal for the
newsletter is monthly
.. but I plan to go bimonthly within a
short while. If we come into some
terrific news or a
must-have book, tool, treasure lead, or
income-generating
idea, I will shoot you a quick review, as well.
Have
a great adventure ... EVERY DAY! C'ya in our own brand
of E-Hidey Hole, at
the Waybill Web Site!
~ Leanne Carson Boyd, Editor & Webmaster
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2. Of Folding Tents and Navigating the
E-Spaces
~ by H. Glenn Carson
There seems to be a
need for a newsletter geared to, written
for, and written by treasure
hunters. There have been a few,
over the last number of years. Virtually all
of them have
folded their tents and disappeared into the desert.
I
know whereof I speak, for I was right in the middle of the
old 8 States
Treasure Hunters newsletter, and then put out
my own Treasure Hunters
newsletters from toward the end of
1985 until early in 1990. That wasn't the
main reason I
ended up in a hospital, but it no doubt contributed to
it.
Why do it?
It is a helpful bit of info to many in the hobby
field, for
one thing, and gives a somewhat lonely treasure
hunter
somewhere to measure his or her interest and progress in the
field.
We are not trying to be a treasure magazine -- _Lost
Treasure_ and _Western
& Eastern_ can handle those kinds of
things, and seem to do a good job of
it.
We want a place to explain some of the better books we
handle, and
warn on some that come along, that are not
better. We want to analyze some of
the things that affect
treasure hunting and the hobbyist, give a few words to
the
wise at times, and rave over anything significantly new
and
different.
We want to hear from those who use the
newsletter.
Questions, answers, chewing up this and that and spitting
out
what doesn't taste too good. We hope to find out what
sorts of special events
might be of interest to the readers,
and work toward making such things
happen.
We will have at this, until we see it is a go -- and if
not,
we will probably start folding tents and sizing up which
direction
leads quickest out of the desert.
Treasure hunting has a way of getting
in one's blood. It is
a pursuit so individual, so private, so marvelous, and
there
is no defining what makes up treasure hunting or who is a
treasure
hunter.
I've sure made a good stab at defining it, though! You
will
find links in our newsletters, to some of our books that
pertain very
aptly to what I'm talking about ...
Not many of the best treasure hunters
are even recognized by
those around them as hunters of treasure. Anyone at
all --
from Casper Milquetoast geeks, to near-simian motorcyclists;
from
the scholarly, to the lad who had trouble making it
through first grade --
about anyone can qualify as a
treasure hunter. You see, Mother Luck can smile
on even the
witless, and frown at the intellectually gifted, but
usually
acts at some point in between. Given a thirst to seek
treasure,
one of the primary laws has been met. Anyone with
the fever can play the
game.
Here we go -- starting up a newsletter for treasure hunters!
Are
we gluttons for punishment, or what? 8-}
What do YOU want to see in
a newsletter? Let us know, post
haste. We really want to know what YOU want
to see in this
newsletter! We intend to use bits and pieces, and a very
few
whole shebangs in our presentations. So! Keep your comments
zesty and
to the point.
All of this IS about treasure hunting, and that offers
some
big leeway. Email us!
CustomerService@waybilltoadventure.com
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3. Are You Planning An Adventure Trip?
We have
a growing list of tips and great resources that we
will start to share with
you in our newsletter. We've found
some wonderful outfitters, great products,
and great
services that have become a regular part of our own plans
and
destinations -- simply because they are cost-effective
and tremendous
time-savers.
In our busy, speed-of-light modern days, sometimes it's
just
too much of an effort to Let Your Fingers Do The Walkin'
through the
Yellow Pages! Internet shopping is secure, and
FAST! For about five years
now, most of my shopping takes
place on the Net, from Christmas shopping, to
my college
studies' needs, to planning for a treasure/adventure trip.
It
is a very personalized way to purchase the things you
need ... and answering
the postman's knock is MUCH easier
than finding a parking spot at a busy
Mall!
From a Treasure Hunter's standpoint (or coinshooter, or
gold
mine adventurer, or collector of
stamps/coins/historical
collectibles, etc.) ... we would love to hear about
your
advances on the Internet. Do you have favorite haunts on the
Net?
Places where you shop, or research, or just browse?
Email us and tell us
about your online jaunts and the shops
where you find tools to help in your
next adventure. We will
publish them here, in the newsletter and credit you
with
your sage advice!
CustomerService@waybilltoadventure.com.
Remember,
this is YOUR newsletter, and we value your
experience and will provide you
the way to share with your
fellow
TH'rs.
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4. Tools That Will Benefit Your Next
Adventure
Here are a few things we've discovered, and we feel
sure
that these will benefit your next Adventure.
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° For
the best in fishing and boating accessories, see the
great Deals and Reels
:-) at BoatersWorld.com. They've got
some great specials going on, for those
of you who often
choose your Adventure site for the great fishing or
camping
that go with it! Or perhaps your chosen treasure field is
in
sunken treasure? Also check out their Alaskan Fishing Trip
contest!
BoatersWorld carries a variety of electronics and
GPS tools and equipment, at
http://snurl.com/Boaters_World.
If
you've never explored the possibilities in a handheld GPS
navigation aid, you
are in for a treat! The best of
technology meets up with the most exciting
historical
evidence ... access this mapping technology, and your
hunts
will never be the same!
We carry several excellent companion
books in the GPS field,
as well. Make sure to visit the Waybill Catalogue and
read
the previews for:
1. Delos Toole's Gold
Nugget-Teering
In Northern
California
http://snurl.com/Toole_Gold_Nuggeteer
2. Using GPS - GPS Simplified For
Outdoor
Adventures (FalconGuide)
http://snurl.com/GPS_Simplified
3. "X" MARKS THE SPOT, by Research &
Associates
http://snurl.com/X_Marks_The_Spot===-----
°
Do you travel with your pet? Maybe this sounds silly to
some, but the Carson
(Waybill) family has ALWAYS had one dog
or another along, on any given
adventure. For us, it was
companionship ... for some of you, it may be more
than that.
Many dogs are excellent for sniffing out danger along
the
backroads, and also provide much in the way of
protection.
Sometimes we don't give enough thought to things that
will
make our best friend and trouble-sniffer, more comfortable!
Here is a
wonderful Web site that has the most incredible,
useful items for your
adventurous pet (especially your
canine team member). You won't believe how
easy they make
this! Visit YourActivePet.com. Your dog, a true member
of
your adventure team! Check this out at:
http://snurl.com/Adventure_Pet.
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5. TREASURE HUNTING: You Want To Be Good At It, You
Say?
~ by Glenn Carson; Leanne Boyd, Editor
Well,
this could demand a more serious, steadfast approach.
There is treasure
around us, but one has to go at it in a
practical way. Just buying a detector
won't, by itself, make
you or me a successful hunter of treasure.
Research,
observation, persistence - all this and more is demanded,
if
success is the goal.
Much of what you do might be of particular
interest to those
you least want to have hanging around. Many are those
who
might want to partake of your findings. Consider the
so-called legal
aspects of the rewards of a treasure hunt...
For instance, Will Rogers
would surely have some spicy
comment about the current crop of politicians. I
will not
say much about them, because my mother told me not to
say
anything, if I couldn't say anything nice. I'm sure many of
them don't
care much for treasure hunters, either - for, as
a whole, we are too free,
too open-minded, and don't like
lots of wind.
So, let's hunt treasure,
recover some treasure, and keep our
own mouths shut. Maybe they'll think
we're out bird
watching. Trouble is, one of those idiots suggested
slapping
a tax on bird watchers, as a means of helping out
wilderness
programs. Honest! And we won't be able to stop for a
hamburger
and a milkshake, because fast food is the next big
tax target, now that
they've gotten most of the goody out of
the tobacco industry.
I've
said this often before. It bears repeating. Few of the
masses believe in
treasure. All those treasures that do
exist, scattered amongst us wherever we
live, do not exist
in the general minds' eye. You work on a good lead,
pinpoint
it, retrieve it, and if you don't have a big, fat mouth,
the
general public still will not know anything about it ... not
believe
in it ... and not realize you have some extra money.
Every country, every
nation, to debase its money, has found
itself on the downhill skids to
oblivion. Gold and silver,
and for a time, copper -- then pot metal and
cheaper paper.
The great and the small have done it, and fell apart.
Money
becomes worthless. It is a glaring symptom of the
overall
problem.
Guess what! Have you seen our new clad coins after
they have
been in the ground a year or more? Have you found some of
the
zinc cents after they have been in the dirt for a few
months? If we could
find the skids, I assure you there is
grease on 'em. In God We Trust is still
on our bills, but
these liberal dim-watts want to eliminate that. Notice
the
next silver coin you find ... still in decent shape, years
after it
was lost. Debased, devalued, and soon to
be
departed.
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Before I forget to mention these:
° Pass
along our website to a friend.
° Don't spend too much time on your
computer,
there's too much detecting to do.
° Spend enough
time there, though, to get VERY
GOOD at traversing this -- truly
our last bastion
of freedom -- freedom of thought,
speech
and action.
° If you move, let us know, so we can
continue
to send new fliers, catalogs, or
whatever.
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I am proud of our new Web site and our brand new
approach to
the E world. Don't get me wrong, I am not even up to
fledgling
status in this amazing new field. My daughter is
the one who has put this all
together and gotten everything
up to the starting line. She is a whiz in this
new arena, a
gladiator of sorts, one who makes sense out of chaos.
Me?
I find myself sort of a dinosaur, with at least one foot
back in the 1800's,
and whose only real use of a computer
has been to ease the writing of
articles.
But I do observe, and I can see what is happening at
an
ever-increasing pace. This new electronic world, this
instant transfer
of information, it is one last haven of
freedom. The government sees it, mind
you, and already they
work to curtail that freedom. Bigger government can not
put
up with free people who somehow elude their control.
Guess where
that puts most treasure hunters?
Most of us love any freedom we have. We
use it to go where
few others go -- even if it's just next door. We now
stand
in a vast new playing field. There are now few boundaries,
scarcely
any rules. It seems a player can go in any
direction, play as long and hard
as he or she wants, and set
the objectives of the game. But the
powers-that-be are
training referees. This new freedom is dangerous to
those
who want to control everything.
The wonderful thing about this:
Thought, and the transfer of
thought, is a difficult thing to
control.
I have not forgotten one important fact. I love the
whole
field and scope of treasure hunting. I go afield because I
never
know what good thing I might find. There still is a
magic thrill to that
detector and my desire to poke around
the next corner. I suspect that is more
or less what drives
each and every one of us.
So, I am going to use
this new field, and perhaps send
warnings of efforts to ban detectors, or tax
them, or
curtail our new E field, or put a few more likely hunting
spots,
"off limits." I've been doing that sort of thing for
years, and this merely
gives me a wider audience.
I hope to make this spot on the E field
interesting,
helpful, and worth your while to look in on us. :-)
Glenn
Carson
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6. One Big Accomplishment, And A Tool For
You
Our downloadable, printer-friendly Catalogue (version 1.0,
with
frequent updates forthcoming) is now DONE! You may
download it at:
http://snurl.com/WaybillCatalogue(PDF
format in a Zip file which provides compressed size for
E-mailing. You will
need Adobe Acrobat Reader -- it is
631KB, but remember, we have over 750
books!! You will also
need a software such as WinZip to unzip the Zip
file.)
* Adobe Acrobat, free download:
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
* WinZip, free download:
http://www.winzip.com/downse.htm===-----
7.
Our TH'ing Vision, And A Free Gift For You
We very recently published our
free E-Book, "100 Must-Know
Tips & Secrets For Treasure Hunters." If you
haven't
downloaded your copy -- and it is PACKED with terrific
treasure
tips -- you may download it here:
http://www.waybilltoadventure.com/download/100_TIPS_thing_PDF.zip===-----
8.
One Treasure Hunting Software
Waybill has its first
pinpointed-for-coinshooters software
package! We are very excited to be
offering this useful tool
for the coin hunting world. The package has
an
organizational software tool, Coin Collector Database, as
well as some
great bonuses, including the E-Book, "Hit The
Net Running." If getting your
finds organized is becoming a
priority to you, this is the tool for you -- at
a terrific,
low price. Check out this offer:
http://snurl.com/CoinCollectSoftware.
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9.
Several Adventures Into The Unknown
If you like living on the edge of
your seat, traveling the
perimeters of untraveled lands, and shaking with
the
excitement of lost and hidden treasure in the lore of many
lands ...
StanGrist.com should be high on your Christmas
list this year! We discovered
this partner in the Adventure
World recently ... and are astounded at "the
rest of the
story" .... tales not covered in the Waybill print
or
E-shelves! Visit Stan Grist's site and we know you will
agree ...
there's nothing like Adventures Into The Unknown!!
http://snurl.com/StanGrist.
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10.
A Late But Still Get-'Em-While-You-Can Holiday Fun Item
This may not
arrive until AFTER the elves and reindeer are
recovering from the mad rush
... so that will make it better
for you or for the target of your gift! This
will arrive
just as the glow is off all the rest of the booty, right?
How
about these Mini Remote Control Cars, anyway? Is this
much better than Pet
Rocks of yesterday, or what? Along with
being so darned CUTE in their
tiny-ness, they are in such
demand that they've sold out in many ground
stores.
In fact, some are calling them the "Can't Find It
Anywhere"
gift for 2002. Well, guess what? Waybill has a resource, and
we
have them! In fact, we'll go you one better: Order $35 or
more and get $5.00
off! Just enter Coupon Code: 1038011778
at checkout. They are ready to ship
right now, and for a few
more days, will even arrive in time for Christmas.
Sale
price, coupon, reduced overnight shipping? How good can it
get? And
you water adventurers ... HobbyTron also has mini
BOATS! Go here now for this
zany fun with miniature cars!
http://snurl.com/Mini_Remote_Cars
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That's all for this first issue! We thank you
for
subscribing, and for reading to the end :-)) We will see
you in
a few weeks, with more leads, stories, opinions ...
and hopefully, some
reader-generated material. Remember, you
can email us at any time with your
ideas and suggestions, at
CustomerService@waybilltoadventure.com.
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