Armchair Treasure Hunting: What’s the Difference Between A Clue, Hint, Red Herring, and Rabbit Hole?

Clue, Hint, Red Herring, or Rabbit Hole? When picking up an armchair treasure hunt book, sometimes the most difficult task to making a solution is to decide if something is an intended Clue, Hint, Red Herring, or just a Rabbit Hole. What is the difference between these terms?  And how …

Forrest Fenn Quotes on the Closest Searcher, 200 feet, and 500 feet to the Treasure Chest Remarks

It has been over 10 years since Forrest Fenn has hidden his treasure chest, somewhere in the mountains north of Santa Fe, and no one has found it yet. However, that doesn’t mean searchers haven’t come close! Throughout the years, Forrest has let the Chase community know searchers have come …

MW Codes and Ciphers Series: How to Solve the Mysterious Cipher on the Back of The Beacon Star Armchair Treasure Hunt Book

The Beacon Star is an armchair treasure hunt that was published in 2017 by Randy Pischel.  It is available on Amazon in either Print or Kindle Versions.  The Prize of the hunt was initially a mystery, but it has been discovered to be $5,000 dollars, a gold coin, and an …

MW Questions: Are the Double Omega Symbols, As Seen in The Thrill of the Chase, in Forrest Fenn’s Other Books?

At the end of The Thrill of the Chase are two Omega Symbols, side by side.  For those looking for Forrest Fenn’s Treasure, they feel like a hint.  But are they?  What might they mean? One of the first questions you might ask is-  ‘Are the Omega Symbols in the …