The illustrated story book entitled, Masquerade, by Kit Williams, was first published in 1979 and is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. The book introduced the world to a type of puzzle that leads readers to buried treasure. It was the beginning of a whole new genre of books tagged …
One of the most important, and controversial, patents of US History went missing for over 36 years. It was the famous patent No. 821,393 for the Wright Brother’s ‘Flying Machine’ filed on March 23, 1903. After the original copy of the patent was loaned to the Smithsonian Institution Air and …
In August of 2018, Armchair Treasure Hunts by Jenny Kile, was published and released. Besides having summaries of over 20 armchair treasure hunts, the foreword being written by Forrest Fenn, and most of the Featured Questions and Answers with Forrest Fenn and other Thrill of the Chase material included, it …
Have you searched for a treasure? I would love to share your story! I know how inspiring, hearing about other searcher’s stories can be. It’s encouraging to know you are not alone out there searching for treasures. We have such a great community of friends here at MW—all in the …
The Two Keys in Digital Buried Treasure Hunt remain unsolved! Can you find them and be the person to claim the $1,000 cash prize? UPDATE: SOLVED Back in April, Lukas Stanley released a video of himself reading a poem. The poem is a Riddle, and the first person to solve …
Over 40 years ago, in the early morning hours of March 24, 1978, three swords and two daggers were stolen from the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum in Independence, Missouri. These gold and gem studded artifacts remain lost treasures yet today. Will they ever resurface? It took less …
This is the tenth of a series of Six Questions with dedicated searchers of The Secret (A Treasure Hunt) published in 1982 by Byron Preiss. Each Six Questions of the series takes a look into a proposed location for a buried Casque of The Secret Armchair Treasure Hunt. There were 12 buried casques of …
What an adventure! While searching out clues to find a Hidden Pirate Treasure inside TrulyOwenFree’s treasure hunt, readers get caught up in real life escapades. TrulyOwenFree provides an exciting account of his life not only on board a Treasure Salvage Boat bringing up precious Spanish artifacts lost at sea for …
Who Made this Mysterious Fort? by John Davis Early settlers moving across the Appalachian Mountains from our eastern coastal colonies couldn’t imagine what they encountered. In the thickly forested, astoundingly beautiful region which later became eastern Tennessee, they discovered a stone walled ‘fort’. Here, at the confluence of two rivers …
This is the ninth of a series of Six Questions with dedicated searchers of The Secret (A Treasure Hunt) published in 1982 by Byron Preiss. Each Six Questions of the series takes a look into a proposed location for a buried Casque of The Secret Armchair Treasure Hunt. There were 12 buried casques of …
