GCM4HX DaVinci's Gold (Unknown Cache) in South Carolina, United States created by DiskDevil

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GCM4HX ▼

A cache by DiskDevil Message this owner

Hidden : 11/23/2004

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Size: Size: regular (regular)

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For centuries man has contemplated the transformation of ordinary metal to gold. At all periods since at least the first century AD, there have been on the one hand men and women who were trying to transmute base metals into gold; and on the other hand practical goldsmiths and fine metal-workers carrying on their craft under no illusion that they could make gold or silver, though they were well able to imitate it.

In the year 1495 Leonardo DaVinci postponed his Mona Lisa painting to work on his latest invention, a colossal machine built to convert lead into bronze. Da Vinci made a slight error, and instead of changing lead into bronze, the machine converted it into solid gold. Immediately realizing the importance -- and the danger -- of his creation, Leonardo decides to render it useless, hiding the essential components and destroying the journals containing the formulas. Centuries later a parchment was discovered just outside Venice, Italy. Many people believe it is the nessary elements needed for Da Vinci's alchemy process. The parchment is reproduced below: