Tamino

Yes, Perplex City is over.  The Cube was officially found at 4:30 AM, last Sunday morning.

Congrats to the winner.  *sigh*

This could so easily have been mine.  If I'd only gone down to Wakerley Wild Wood... If only I'd thought I'd had a chance.. If only I'd taken my metal detector down.. I now learn that, despite the 10-20 people that went down to Wakerley on Friday and Saturday, none had a metal detector.  Believing the Cube to be unfindable with a metal detector, but no, I posted on the Perplexorum about this on Saturday.  And the reply was negative ("Oh, we've been told it can't be found, etc. etc."), but then Adrian Hon (One of the organisers) replied and told us that no, I was right.

So in conclusion, if I'd gone to Wakerley, taking my metal detector, on Friday or Saturday..  I would have just won £100,000.

C'est la vie.

Pictures of the item that has been RIPPED FROM MY LIFE:

http://www.argn.com/images/Receda%20Cube%20-%20sm.jpg
http://www.argn.com/images/Receda%20Cube%20Close-Up%20-%20sm.jpg 

Ah well.  A new Perplex City website goes up on February 14th, Season 2 Wave 1 comes out on March 1st, and there's going to be a big "Found: The Cube" partay on February 24th, which I'm going to go to, in London! ^_^  My second ever Perplex City meet.  Hoorah.

Oh, also... Cube 2/3?  I sense foreshadowing...