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PirateTreasure
Pirate
—
Treasure
Aye!
— Captain,
we're weighing
anchor!
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0729048 AN 010824-EN / Master_1657888
Manual for "Pirate Tressure", item no. 7617516
© 2025 Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & Co. KG •
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Project management and text: Dr Mark Bachofer
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Design concept and layout of instructions:
Atelier Bea Klenk, Berlin
Photos: Jaimie Duplass & beror (all adhesive strips
© fotolia); Ase (underwater), Fer Gregory (treasure
chest), Maryna M and showcake (sand), (all previous ©
shutterstock), Theodore Scott (coins Whydah) FlickrCC-
BY-SA 2.0; Akinne (excavation grid), Orem (JollyRoger
right), both wikipedia CC-BY-SA 3.0; Hispaloa (coins),
Kostja Goloborodow (skeleton find), both wikipedia
CC-BY-SA 4.0; Emanuel Bowen (Caribbean map 1767),
JLG Ferris (painting of Blackbeard 1920), Open Clipart
Gallery (Jolly Roger left), the 3 previous ones wikipedia
public domain; US AirForce (sifting), in the public domain
Illustrations: F. Werth, Horb
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Dear parents!
Please stand by your child as they uncover the pirate treasure, and support and
accompany them. Before starting the experiment, read through the instructions together
and follow them. Please also make sure that no parts of the box get into the hands
of smaller children, especially the plaster parts that remain as waste after digging.
You can dispose of these in your household waste.
— SAFETY INFORMATION
WARNING! Not suitable for children under 7 years. For use under adult supervision.
Read the instructions before use, follow them and keep them for reference.
This kit contains functional sharp edges or points. Do not injure yourself!
WARNING! Not suitable for children under three years. Small parts. Choking hazard.
Long cord. Strangulation hazard.
Follow the instructions for use when digging. Keep small children or animals away from
the experiment location. Do not eat or drink at the experiment location. The plaster block
should be worked slowly and not dry, so that no splinters or dust are produced. Do not
put the plaster material in your mouth or eyes. Clean all equipment and the workplace
after use. Wash hands after use!
Keep the packaging and instructions as they contain important information.
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— EXCAVATE
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1. First prepare a suitable workplace.
Preferably in a room where it doesn't
matter if a few plaster crumbs or a few
drops of water "fall beside it".
You should have enough space on a flat,
durable tabletop. Place old newspaper
on top to protect the surface. Have the
excavation block, sponge, tools and a
bowl of water ready. You will also need
a small ruler.
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— EXCAVATE
2. When excavating, proceed like an
archaeologist, which is a researcher
who examines finds from humans who
lived in earlier times. Divide your
discovery into search squares. To do
this, place the dry sponge on the plaster
block. Score a "grid pattern" into the
surface of the block with the chisel and
with the help of the ruler. The individual
fields should roughly correspond to the
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size of the sponge.
3. Now start digging in any search square.
First soak the sponge with water in the
water bowl. Then place it on a square
and gently squeeze it out.
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4. The plaster in the search square
is softened by the water and you can
nowscrape the surface with the chisel.
In harder places, you can carefully
continue digging with a hammer and
chisel. As soon as you come across a
find, try to dig carefully around it.
You may have to moisten the plaster
layers again with the sponge.
5. Now proceed step by step with the other
search squares in the same way as with
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the first one – until you have gradually
uncovered all finds from your treasure.
6. Once you have dug out all the finds from
your treasure, you only have to remove
the plaster residue. To do this, rinse
them one by one under running water
from the tap, cleaning their surface
with the sponge. The best way to do this
is to close the plug of the drain so that
no small parts get lost. Finally, dry your
findings with some paper towels.
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CHECK IT OUT
Finding
small parts
SO THAT EVEN
SMALL AND TINY
PARTICLES HIDDEN IN THE SAND OR SOIL,
ARE NOT WASTE
LOST, THE " " IS ALSO
SIEVED AND EXAMINED.
CAREFULLY
OF COURSE YOU DO NOT HAVE TO DO
WITH YOUR EXCAVATION
THAT .
SIMPLY COMPARE YOUR FINDS WITH
THE CONTENTS LIST OF THIS SET.
— During archaeological work on
the seabed, researchers search
for sunken ships and objects that
may still be found in the wreck.
A real pirate treasure has been
found in the pirate ship "Whydah",
which sank off the American coast
near Cape Cod.
Wow!
— A treasure !