Q/A’s with John Michaels and Kit Palencar on The Secret’s Armchair Treasure Hunt Tribute: Hunt for the 13th Casque

At the end of March, I was invited to speak on Armchair Treasure Hunts at BloomCon for kids. There were 10 workshops, each about 40 minutes long, with groups of around 10 kids.  The kids aged from 7-17 years. Since I was planning on talking about The Tribute treasure hunt, …

Found Treasure? Secret Writing and Code Leads Scholar to the Possible Discovery of Leonardo da Vinci’s First Work

In June of 2018, it was announced that a small 15th century tile depicting the Archangel Gabriel could be the work of Leonardo da Vinci.  If verified, this decorative tile would be the earliest known work of the famed Italian polymath of the Renaissance. The 20×20 cm square image, also …

New Clue Given for the Breakfast Tea & Bourbon Riddle (Armchair Treasure Hunt)

. At the conclusion of the successful armchair treasure hunt of Breakfast Tea & Bourbon, where Coy Lothrop and family won $50,000, a riddle was released to searchers. It held the challenge for searchers to discover a precise 4×4 inch section of land in the USA. The first person to send …

Is the Found Treasure of the Artognou Stone Linked to King Arthur?

In 1998 a mysterious marked stone, sometimes called the Arthur Stone, was found in Cornwall, UK, at Tintagel Castle during an archaeological excavation. This treasured find received lots of attention because of its inscription and the suggestion that the stone might provide evidence for the legendary King Arthur. The stone …