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Adventures Into The Unknown Newsletter December 2005 

Quickie Update 

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Please take a look at my e-product links Thanks!

http://www.stangrist.com/CreatingWealthSystem.htm
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Here is a brief list of the information I'll be sharing with you in
this newsletter:

1. New Rare e-Books in my Bookstore,
2. My Recent Coaque Expedition photos!,
3. Thanks to Kellyco,
4. Recent Valdivia Discovery,
5. Emeralds in Ecuador?
6. A Subscriber Question and Answer,
7. A Great Web Site & Newsletter,
8. Upcoming Pursuits in 2006

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New Rare e-Books For Sale!

My newest, exciting and out-of-print e-books can all be found at:
http://www.stangrist.com/ebooks.htm. If you would love to read some
amazing free chapters, just look below. This will keep you busy for
a few interesting hours!


The first new e-book is entitled Inca Gold by Jane Dolinger. Inca
Gold has been a great inspiration to me in my life as an explorer in
the last 8 years. I actually read it for the first time after having
moved to Ecuador. If I had read this book before I moved to Ecuador,
I would have made the move much sooner! You won't believe the huge
quantity of detailed information that you'll find here about how to
find gold, treasure and lost cities. Read Chapter 6 about an emerald
project that I am currently working on by clicking here:

http://www.stangrist.com/IncaGold.htm

*****

Next is, The Jungle is a Woman by Jane Dolinger. The Jungle is a
Woman really reminds me of my own experiences as a young gold
prospector in Mato Grosso, Brazil in the late 70's and early 80's. I
still remember the time I had a "first contact" with a tribe of
Cinta Larga Indians while inspecting our new, small mining camp
landing strip on my very first day ever in the Amazon Jungle. See if
your heart doesn't race while reading of Jane's amazing and true
Amazon adventures.

Learn how to travel light and navigate into unmapped lands. Learn to
deal with wild animals, restless, non-contacted natives, food
gathering and preparation, and scientific data gathering. If you do
what this author did, you will become a successful explorer and live
a life of adventure. I promise you, this book is the real deal when
it comes to heavy-duty exploration! Read Chapter 7 by clicking here:
http://www.stangrist.com/JWchapter7.htm

*****

The last, new e-book is The Wilderness Survival Manual. In this day
and age of widespread natural disasters and terrorism, you don't
even need to be a Boy Scout or explorer for this information to be
potentially life saving! Dozens of Hurricane Katrina victims could
have survived had they been masters of the information in this
Wilderness Survival Manual. Unexpected survival emergencies have
occurred in my life on several occasions and could occur in your
life at virtually any moment. You need to be prepared!

This huge, 300-page manual of 23 chapters, covers every imaginable
aspect of survival in any and all environments. Dozens of detailed
illustrations help to make this manual crystal clear. Learn to find
safe drinking water, scavenge nutritious food, build a fire with no
matches, and sleep warm and dry in any condition or environment.
Learn to move undetected through hostile environments as you work
your way back to a safe harbor. Read Chapter 2 about the Psychology
of Survival by clicking here:
http://www.stangrist.com/SurvivalManual.htm

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My Recent Coaque Expedition

Last month, a buddy and I engaged in an amazing expedition to the
coast of Ecuador to conduct another investigation of the virtually
unexplored Coaque region. If you are not up to speed about the
Coaque area, you should go back to some of my previous newsletters
in my Yahoo Groups archives. You should also read "The Treasure
Hunter" by Howard Jennings and Robin Moore. (this is my all time
favorite treasure hunting book! http://www.stangrist.com/AndesGold.htm )

We hung out and hiked through some of the most beautiful jungle
terrain I have ever seen. The giant Howler Monkeys kept us
fascinated as they were fascinated by our presence. Since it was
just after Halloween, I thought someone was playing a sick, scary
joke on us. We often had to literally yell at each other to be heard
over the howling. It is the loudest noise in the jungle at over 100+
decibels. I've been to quieter rock concerts.

Unfortunately, this newsletter is constantly being monitored by a
few people who do not approve of my exploration activities. As well,
there are other people who are constantly trying to move in on my
projects and basically steal a few of them. Fortunately, my previous
profession of private investigations helps to keep me aware of the
problem and capable of regularly slowing down the "opposition".

Therefore, unfortunately, I will be somewhat limited about what I
can say and which expedition photos I can freely publish to share
with you in this newsletter. Let me just say that if you are a
Howard Jennings TH'er fan, you would have melted down on this trip!
Please go to the PHOTOS section of my Yahoo Group to see the 16
photos I will describe in order below. The new photo album is
labeled "Dec 2005".

1.This photo is of the main path we used to enter the Coaque jungle
to several of Howard Jennings' most important sites. This area isn't
published in Jennings' book. Atahualpa and his brother tipped us off
on this one. I'm the guy carrying the 2-box near the end of the line.

2. A large ceramic we discovered lying on the jungle floor.

3. Here I am investigating a strong signal near an ancient tola site.

4. We discovered an unexcavated ancient depression. The depression
is likely caused from an anciently dug hole. We got a good signal
right over this depression.

5. Dead tired at the end of the day, I ordered fresh crab for
dinner. This was a big mistake. It was way too much work for such
little return. A can of processed crabmeat would have been
preferred. I did feel better after whacking it with the hammer a few
times though.

6. A crude face modeled on an old piece of pottery. We found this
lying on the surface near the ancient depression.

7. This is an old piece of pottery.

8. While the Natives were poking around, I fell fast asleep in this
sitting position. I never would have made a good archaeologist.

9. Here we are enjoying an exotic fruit drink in Pedernales at the
end of another long day. Yes, I know, I look half asleep again.

10. Here we discovered another gem vein in the jungle. These things
are found everywhere around Coaque.

11. This is a great view of the famous Coaque River looking upstream
from the beach. You can see the Coaque Mountains in the background
that are actually not very high. Thousand of ancient broken
potsherds lie along the banks of the river, eroded from far upstream.

12. This is the view near the mouth of the Coaque River where it
drains into the Pacific Ocean. You can see me looking for ancient
goodies along the edge. Incredibly, locals told me that neither
gringos nor even national outsiders ever show up around these parts.
It gives the word "virgin" a whole new meaning.

13. This is a large piece of petrified driftwood that I discovered
on the beach about 5 miles north of the Coaque River mouth. It
weighs about 60 pounds!

14. We discovered an ancient archaeological site just behind the
petrified wood. Here you can see pottery chips with the tide water
in the background.

15. Here I am on top of a large piece of gem (stone or rock?).

16. This is a unique piece of ancient ceramic. I have no idea what
it is or was made for. But it is beautiful.

Well, that is the latest Coaque adventure in a nutshell. If you ever
care to drop by for a visit, I can fill you in on all of the rest of
the juicy details.

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Thanks to Kellyco…

http://www.kellycodetectors.com

You know what?, I have purchased quite a few metal detectors from
Kellyco over the years. I have always been pleased with the low
prices and good service.

I even dropped by the showroom once in my motorhome while traveling
through Florida and ended up chatting with Stu about his pet
rottweillers. I'm sure he doesn't remember it as that was a long
time ago.

I recently bought yet another metal detector from Kellyco. But after
a month with the new detector, I changed my mind and decided to buy
an even much more expensive one. Kellyco accommodated me without a
hitch. Thanks guys. I think you are great!

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Recent Valdivia Discovery…

A good friend of mine recently came to me and told me that he had
just discovered one of the most amazing sites in South American
archaeological history. The site is considered to be from the
Valdivia culture, the oldest documented culture in South America.
Commonly accepted dates of this culture range from 5,000 to 7,000
years old.

So far, no big deal, OK? People commonly discover and recover
ceramic and stone pieces from the Valdivia culture. There are
several books about the Valdivia culture that are published in
English.

But here is the striking twist here… The figures that my friend says
he has recovered from the site are totally different from the
commonly known, traditional styles. He brought over a few dozen of
these weird artifacts and I immediately became suspicious about
their authenticity. They are indeed, outrageous.

These pieces look like some wild combination of Eskimo, Egyptian,
Oriental and Extraterrestrial. You should see the helmets. If I
didn't know this guy very well, I would immediately dismiss the
whole thing and write it off as another fraud. But this is my
problem, I know the guy too well and I know him to be a second-
generation expert in local antiquities.

I'll probably be going to the site in the New Year to conduct my own
investigation concerning the authenticity of the "discovery". If it
looks good to me, I hope to interest a qualified archaeologist to
come take a look. If this story is for real, the site needs to be
properly studied and documented before it is lost to local diggers.
It is a long shot, but it could turn out to be totally amazing.

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Emeralds in Ecuador?

On our way to the coast, my Coaque exploration buddy and I stopped
to meet with the guy who came to visit me in Quito with Emeralds a
few months ago. Meanwhile, we had the emeralds analyzed by a
gemologist in North America last month and they are of a fairly good
quality, enough to get excited about.

We are in the process of organizing a small trip to the two sites
where Juan claims to have discovered these emeralds. One site is in
the coastal jungle and the other site is in the Andes Mountains,
south of Quito.

Before becoming very crazy with emerald lust, we have to confirm the
sites for ourselves. So many honest-looking people turn out to be
frauds in the end. Sorry, nothing personal Juan.

These, (Juan's) emerald projects are completely separate from the
emerald project you just read about in the free chapter of Inca Gold
by Jane Dolinger, mentioned above. That other emerald project (Inca
Gold) is in the Amazon Jungle and you won't even believe the most
recent developments when I tell you all about them soon.

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A Subscriber Question and Answer

I often receive emails, like Richard's below, asking about upon
which project I am currently focused. Other e-mail questions ask how
many "open-active projects" I have in my files.

The simple answer is that I have way too many open projects and that
I will never be able to investigate them all. That is probably why I
share pretty freely about what I am up to and how I conduct most of
my business. There is plenty in the world to go around.

Many thanks to Richard for exchanging emails with me. Please allow
me to share the more in-depth answer that I gave to Richard. I will
first post the original statement that I published on my web page
found through the link below:

http://www.stangrist.com/TunnelsMorizc.htm

> Richard <efriendsinbox@...> wrote: Stan said:
>
> "I have been working on this project for nearly 20 years and it is not yet over. As I >write these words, I am in negotiations with the native Shuars who live near the >Cueva de los Tayos, whose permission is necessary to enter and explore the area >of the caves. I plan to mount an expedition in coming months to search for the secret >entrance to the cave from which the alleged metallic library can
> be accessed.
>
> This is apparently the greatest kept secret surrounding the Cueva de
> los Tayos enigma. Many people have entered the cave by the well-known,
> vertical entrance near the top of the mountain. However, I calculate
> that it is nearly impossible or is impossible to reach the metallic
> library through this well-known entrance. The secret entrance is only
> accessed from underwater! "

Here is Richard's question based on my statement above:

> Richard asks: How is this expedition project coming along? Is anyone
> else also trying to enter these caves? Any information about this
> would be appreciated. Just post it to your Yahoo group.
>

> In suspense,
> Richard

And here is my answer to Richard

Hi Richard,

Thanks for your purchase of the package and your interest in the subject. And thanks for writing.

I almost always have more than a dozen projects on the go at any given time. My approach to my projects is a little on the esoteric side. I work on my projects as they seem to open up and flow. In other words, I look for the timing to be right. I have
learned this approach through decades of experience.

The way I look for the timing to be right is if I happen to run into a key person with special knowledge or discover a key piece of important information that I never had before. In other words, if a fresh door seems to open up somewhere, I go through it.

The Cueva de los Tayos project has been flirting with me for a very long time. It has ebbed and flowed, off and on almost like clockwork. As I sit back and let it happen, fresh pieces of the puzzle come to me in their own due time. If I try to push to set specific goals, dates, interviews or expeditions, I seem to run into complications, bad weather, illness of key players and other disasters. Fortunately, I usually have at least 3 or 4 projects that are flowing well at any given time and so I follow those.

I do intend to have a major breakthrough with this project some time in the future. I will report on it as I can in my newsletter. Meanwhile, I recommend that you visit this >web site: http://www.goldlibrary.com/index.htm

All the Best,
Stan

Thanks again Richard!

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A Great Web Site and Newsletter…

Every once in a great while I find a remarkable web site and/or
newsletter that brings me solid value and inspiration. I almost
never mention these web sites to anyone when I find them. But this
one is so good, I have to share it with you. Every time I read this
newsletter, I get goose bumps to get back out into the field
searching for gold and treasure as soon as possible.

Floyd Mann is a guy who really walks the talk. He is no armchair
wanna-a-be. He discovered the same secrets that I discovered which
allow him to pursue a lifestyle of adventure on a full-time basis.
You really should consider subscribing to Floyd's newsletter. Check
it out at:

http://www.losttreasureusa.com/

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Upcoming Pursuits - 2006

So many projects, so little time. Here is some stuff I hope and plan
to share with you in the New Year

1. A confirmed, all-time, first emerald discovery in Ecuador,

2. A history book - changing, revolutionary archaeological site or
group of sites,

3. Authentic video footage of bigfoot's cousin, El Mono Grande,
taken with me in the lens,

4. Video footage of a 2006 head-shrinking ceremony in the Amazon
Jungle,

5. Proof of the discovery of the ancient lost cities of El Dorado 

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