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, …
Book Review: The Curse of Oak Island by Randall Sullivan (December 2018) (Available on Amazon) The Curse of Oak Island by Randall Sullivan is a must read for anyone interested in the legendary treasure hunt of Oak Island. Sullivan thoroughly researches, investigates, and lays out the past attempts, written accounts, …
It’s the Great American Coin Hunt! If you haven’t already, start the habit of looking at your Pocket Change! There will be lots more treasures to find in there because of an effort to put the ‘hunt back into the hobby of coin collecting’. Collectible Coins are being deliberately placed …
Submit your best shots! MW and The Armchair Treasure Hunt Club are hosting a Photo Contest. Send your most unique or interesting snapshots taken while out exploring and enter for your chance to win a MW T-Shirt! It’s simple to enter! Just send a photo with name (or username) to …
For the last couple of years I have been on the chase for the board game of El Dorado published by Parker Brothers in 1941. Years back, I had seen it go for auction for over a couple hundred dollars, and have since kept my eye for it. I found …
I said I would release a clue at the end of March to the Coded Special Words of Forrest Fenn which are in the back of my book, Armchair Treasure Hunts. The clue is below. As many know, the Special Words were given to me by Forrest to share with …
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 …
. 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 …
Congrats to Greg F.! He successfully claimed the 6th Forrest Fenn Gold Medallion for the treasure hunt released on March 20, 2019! The next FFGM Treasure Hunt, #7, is set to be released on April 10th. The fun continues! The Coded Treasure Stone was found at the Glen Onoko Falls …
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 …
