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06-26-2017, 10:26 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: People's Republic
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Found my first glass orb
Thank you Nebe. My wife found our first glass orb after years of searching. She screamed when she found in in the enchanted forest. My son is psyched too!
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06-26-2017, 12:16 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: RI
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Are you sure it's authentic? Once the secondary market for these things erupted there's been a flood of knock off orbs from polish foundrys.
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06-26-2017, 01:06 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Libtardia
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Congrats Steve! Happy to hear someone I know found one. 
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06-26-2017, 07:17 PM
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Location: Newport, RI
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well be out there te week of the 4th looking for our Orb as well!
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06-26-2017, 08:24 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Libtardia
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bassballer
well be out there te week of the 4th looking for our Orb as well!
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Nice. I'll be out there on the 6th setting up for a show and will be hiding some then as well.
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06-27-2017, 06:47 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Cumberland, RI
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WTF are you people talking about?!?!?!?!!?
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Good judgement comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgement -- Keith Benning
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06-27-2017, 07:04 AM
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Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Somewhere between OOB & west of Watch Hill
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Eben hides glass hand blow Orbs across Block Island for people to find - very popular....
Well done Steve ('s wife)  |
~Fix the Bait~ ~Pogies Forever~
Striped Bass Fishing - All Stripers
Kobayashi Maru Election - there is no way to win.
Apocalypse is Coming:
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06-27-2017, 07:43 AM
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Seldom Seen
Join Date: May 2001
Posts: 10,389
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http://www.blockislandinfo.com/glass-float-project
Cool project. Eben, you might want to update your photo.....
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“Americans have the right and advantage of being armed, unlike the people of other countries, whose leaders are afraid to trust them with arms.” – James Madison.
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06-27-2017, 08:30 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Libtardia
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Originally Posted by nightfighter
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Ha! That's an old one.
Last night I was incredibly blown away when I checked my email. The fundraising platform I use sent me an email telling me that they just donated 1k to the project because they thought it was such a special thing. What started as a fun little thing 6 years ago is now a very serious thing.
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06-27-2017, 08:38 AM
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Location: Newport, RI
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Pretty cool Eben. You wouldnt believe how many times it comes up in conversation. Just the other weekend someone at a cookout was like "hey have you heard about the guy who put those orbs around block island?"
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06-27-2017, 08:42 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Kingston, Ma
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Pretty cool
However im surprised the powers that be havent come after u for "littering" or "illegal dumping"
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06-27-2017, 09:04 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 10,194
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Nice job,
Next time I go to BI fishing, I'm gonna contact you for some hints where they are hidden.
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06-27-2017, 09:25 AM
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Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Somewhere between OOB & west of Watch Hill
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PaulS
Nice job,
Next time I go to BI fishing, I'm gonna contact you for some hints where they are hidden.
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Yes, with glass  |
~Fix the Bait~ ~Pogies Forever~
Striped Bass Fishing - All Stripers
Kobayashi Maru Election - there is no way to win.
Apocalypse is Coming:
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06-27-2017, 10:18 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Hyde Park, MA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by redlite
Pretty cool
However im surprised the powers that be havent come after u for "littering" or "illegal dumping"
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It isn't littering or dumping if you are placing individual objects that you WANT someone to find. sort of along the lines of letterboxing and geo-caching...you hide objects (boxes in these cases) that you WANT someone to find.
That, my friend, is truly a labor of love....and the craft involved in creating those artistic treasures. |
I am a legend in my own mind! 
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06-27-2017, 10:22 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Hyde Park, MA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PaulS
Nice job,
Next time I go to BI fishing, I'm gonna contact you for some hints where they are hidden.
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Hint:....They're on Block Island....what else do you need to know?
The site link provided pretty much all the clues you need, except the time and the desire to walk around and look.... |
I am a legend in my own mind!
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06-27-2017, 10:30 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2000
Posts: 2,571
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Red,
The "Power's that be" (Block Island Chamber of Commerce, Town Council, etc) are huge backers of this project as it promotes tourism and
acts as a catalyst to get people out into open spaces by staying active. That said, I've never found one and have spent more than a few hours looking  - seems I tend to focus more on finding bass and get tunnel vision. I can see a washed up plug in the wrack line at 30 paces on a new moon but can't see a glass ball in the noontime sunlight for the life of me. |
DZ
Recreational Surfcaster
"Limit Your Kill - Don't Kill Your Limit"
Bi + Ne = SB 2
If you haven't heard of the Snowstorm Blitz of 1987 - you someday will.
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06-27-2017, 10:42 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Libtardia
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Quote:
Originally Posted by redlite
Pretty cool
However im surprised the powers that be havent come after u for "littering" or "illegal dumping"
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Ahh. Before I hid the very first one, I went to the town and asked for permission.
Despite the rumors, it's always better to ask for permission than ask for forgivnance.
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06-27-2017, 11:22 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 20,428
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That is so stinking cool! Hope it goes well. What a great idea.
You do this every year?
Nebe, my wife really likes that stuff. Do you sell online?
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06-27-2017, 11:57 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2000
Posts: 2,571
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jim in CT
That is so stinking cool! Hope it goes well. What a great idea.
You do this every year?
Nebe, my wife really likes that stuff. Do you sell online?
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Eben may not toot his own horn... but I will. His and Jen's work is awesome - we have a few pieces. http://www.theglassstationstudio.com/what-we-make.html |
DZ
Recreational Surfcaster
"Limit Your Kill - Don't Kill Your Limit"
Bi + Ne = SB 2
If you haven't heard of the Snowstorm Blitz of 1987 - you someday will.
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06-27-2017, 01:04 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: People's Republic
Posts: 1,024
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Hey Spence- I hear that the Polish knockoffs have the vineyard on them instead of BI. I looked at the tree the orb was hidden in and thought to myself that it was a cool tree because of the markings but I did not see it. My wife looked up 6" higher and saw it. Also realized that they are harder to spot while wearing sunglasses. I have been trying to post a photo of it but I am unable to with my iPhone. We felt like we won the lottery. By the way, my wife donated to the fundraiser and received special access to the Facebook page that gives clues on where they are hidden. Donating is a "win win".
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06-27-2017, 03:53 PM
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Seldom Seen
Join Date: May 2001
Posts: 10,389
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Yes Eben does crazy nice work. I had him do two terrariums for me, one as a gift for my sister. There is a special satisfaction that comes from making beautiful stuff.....
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“Americans have the right and advantage of being armed, unlike the people of other countries, whose leaders are afraid to trust them with arms.” – James Madison.
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06-27-2017, 04:14 PM
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Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Somewhere between OOB & west of Watch Hill
Posts: 34,960
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Yes - he does spectacular work! And the Glass Float Project is a great and novel idea.
Should fill 'em with Whiskey, that will drive tourism  |
~Fix the Bait~ ~Pogies Forever~
Striped Bass Fishing - All Stripers
Kobayashi Maru Election - there is no way to win.
Apocalypse is Coming:
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06-27-2017, 09:21 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: in a structure with a roof
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Eben
Out of curiosity , Are all the orb's found each year ? Such a cool idea !
oops I found my answer .
thanks for doing it
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06-27-2017, 09:48 PM
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#24
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Libtardia
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Awe thanks guys.
ChrisL. I think a lot of them Are found by November, but I hide a few every year that I make sure won't be found for a loooooooooooooong time. 😂
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06-28-2017, 03:39 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Somerset MA
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cool
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06-28-2017, 05:20 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Cape Cod
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More than cool
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06-28-2017, 06:20 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Cumberland, RI
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Originally Posted by nightfighter
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Dunno... seems kinda stupid to me.
J/K. This is awesome. I really need to get out more. |
Good judgement comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgement -- Keith Benning
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06-28-2017, 10:10 AM
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Callinectes sapidus
Join Date: Oct 2001
Posts: 6,239
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Awesome scavenger hunt, not only for that young couple in love or the veteran couple on a weekend get-away, but also for the family as a whole....very nice indeed.
Question: So 550 Orbs are hidden each year? Or since inception?.....seems like a lot if per year??? I know you want them to be found, but then again not too soon?
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06-28-2017, 10:22 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Libtardia
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bloocrab
Awesome scavenger hunt, not only for that young couple in love or the veteran couple on a weekend get-away, but also for the family as a whole....very nice indeed.
Question: So 550 Orbs are hidden each year? Or since inception?.....seems like a lot if per year??? I know you want them to be found, but then again not too soon?
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550 every year. I can make them fairly fast with 1 or 2 people helping me. (I'm making them right now)
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06-28-2017, 10:41 AM
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Seldom Seen
Join Date: May 2001
Posts: 10,389
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nebe
550 every year. I can make them fairly fast with 1 or 2 people helping me. (I'm making them right now)
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Pic or it didn't happen..... Besides, you need a new photo of yourself at work |
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