Found Treasure: Six Questions with Beth Hovanec on Treasure- Twenty-One Paintings and a Key Armchair Treasure Hunt

In 2010, an armchair treasure hunt called Treasure: Twenty One Paintings and a Key was released. The hunt consisted of clues within a book, both visual and literal. It required the submission of a correct word and code. The first person to discover that code and word would receive the …

MW Codes and Ciphers Series: The Polybius Square in The Beacon Star Armchair Treasure Hunt

The Beacon Star armchair treasure hunt was published in 2017 by Randy Pischel. It remains unsolved (as of this writing), and offers a Treasure valued at over $5,000 dollars to the first person who can solve it. A few of the puzzles inside the book have been solved. However, there …

MW’s Codes and Ciphers Series: The Keyword Polybius Square in The Ultimate Quest Armchair Treasure Hunt

The Ultimate Quest, published in 2001, was an armchair treasure hunt book. It has since been discontinued and remains an unsolved treasure hunt of today. The Prize was to be ‘a priceless replica of the Grail cup’. In order to have claimed the ‘Grail’, searchers needed to discover the contact …

The Gold Ticket Armchair Treasure Hunt: In Style of Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory Story

David Klein, founder of Jelly Belly jelly beans, is launching a nationwide treasure hunt, called The Gold Ticket. It is much in style with the loved story (1964) and film (1971) of Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory, where someone will ultimately win one of his Candy Factories. What a …

Found Treasure! Six Questions with Amber K. on Solving the Parish Armchair Treasure Hunt

In early June of 2020, Natalie Nelson released an exciting armchair treasure hunt called Parish. The prize was valued at over $5,000 dollars and consisted of numerous gemstones and other treasures. Many searchers took up the challenge to solve the clues, which were found on the free PDF downloads of …