MW Forum’s August GiveAway: Free Copy of the Armchair Treasure Hunt book of Gargaphia

Over the years, MW has hosted many FREE GiveAways. Congrats to Elysethecat who won last months GiveAway! As a Thank You for being part of the awesome Treasure Hunting Community, the MW Forum offers a GiveAway each month. Anyone can enter who is a member of the forum and participates, in …

Found Treasure: Six Questions with Steve Wise on Solving The Copy Cat Armchair Treasure Hunt

On July 28, 2020, The Art of Hidden Messages released The Secret Copy Cat armchair treasure hunt. This hunt was free for all to play (Donations were accepted in order to help with costs/time). It was intended to be quickly solved and soon was. Steve Wise had taken up the …

Treasures of the Museum: Six Questions with Katie on the National Corvette Museum

I’m sure we’re all familiar with the phrase from the adventurous Indiana Jones Movie, “That belongs in a Museum!’.  In this Treasures of the Museum series, MW reaches out to museums across the world and asks them Six Questions. It’s inspiring to learn more about these hidden treasures. I was so …

The Atbash Cipher in The Armchair Treasure Hunt of Treasure: In Search of the Golden Horse

In the previous MW Codes, Ciphers, and Puzzles Series, I shared an image hiding a message using Morse Code. It was in the Flowers and Leaves. It might have looked like an ordinary decorative frame around an cute dog, but it hid a message. This message of Morse Code was …

Six Questions with Deb Fleischman and Gary Miller: Finders of the Trove’s Armchair Treasure Hunt Prize

The armchair treasure hunt and book, Trove, by Sandra Miller, was published in September 2019.  Twice each month clues were released, until the final clue was released on Christmas Day 2019. These clues led Deb Fleischman and Gary Miller (no relation to the author) in search of a coded stone …

Six Questions with The Finders of Mr. Clue’s Armchair Treasure Hunt #1 and The Hidden Treasure of Gold

After Forrest Fenn’s treasure was announced found, Mr. Clue provided a fun distraction and new challenge for many who had been focused on Fenn’s Poem. Mr. Clue created an armchair treasure hunt and had begun releasing Clues on his YouTube Channel. These eventually led ‘the finders’ to the treasure hunt …