Shane,
Have you had any luck in speaking with your companions yet? Every day that goes by, I fear is another day that it is farther from me. Leads to follow are growing scarce. Please, I hate to bother you so much, friend, but you know how much it means to me.
Many legacies remain, of my family, but this was one of the only true gifts my father ever gave. Even if you manage to discover none of them have it, that assurance will help, in getting that much closer to it's whereabouts.
~Alexander