Mysterious Writings is the leading website on active armchair treasure hunts, as well as those of the past.
Multiple treasure hunt puzzles, that are currently in progress, are listed on the site for your convenience. Summaries, updates, and information about how to get started on armchair treasure hunts can be found here.
For a list of active armchair treasure hunts please click here: Treasure Hunts. There you will find a quick run down on all the what, where, when, why, who, and hows for each of the hunts.
If you are new to the hobby, be sure to check out the post of How to Get Started in Armchair Treasure Hunting. It includes lots of tips and examples of how past armchair treasure hunts have been solved, which in turn will help you understand how those of today might be hiding clues for you to solve.
Join other searchers on the MW Forum , MW DISCORD Channel, or the MW Facebook Treasure Hunting Group for discussions. You can also subscribe to MW’s YouTube Channel, and/or Newsletter, to keep up to date on all that’s happening here on MW treasures, puzzles, and games.
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MW continues to bring the latest armchair treasure hunts and hidden treasure caches to you, via this Website, MW Forum, Newsletter, YouTube Channel, and Facebook Group. You can always get your Quest on with MW! If you have a treasure hunt you would like included on the quick list, please …
On October 30, 2020 Change of date: 11/13/20, The Great U.S. Treasure Hunt is being released! Get ready for the adventure! This armchair treasure hunt challenges readers to solve clues to find not one, but four treasures hidden across the continental USA. Each is valued at $10,000. Will you find …
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 …
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 …
Since 2014, the Golden Lorraine Cross of The Bossall Treasure armchair treasure hunt has remained hidden. Who will solve the clues within the book and find this treasure? The creator of the hunt, Douglas Pearson, is currently working on other projects, and has since closed down the website for the …
The search for treasure truly inspires us all to get out and learn more about the incredible world around us. How awesome that Hank Fritsch is like a chaperone for these treasure hunting adventures! All kids need the chance to explore, search, and find Treasures, and Hank encourages that opportunity! …
The Golden CD has been found! Congrats to Elyse and Brian who teamed up, worked together, and found the treasure hidden by BornTalent! I love their incredible story on how it went down. You have it all! The excitement of researching, the ‘aha moments’ on solving clues, the obstacles of …
H Charles Beil, also known as the Treasure Man, is on a mission to hide at least one treasure cache in each of the States. Some states might contain more. The caches may contain jewels, silver bars, old relics, gold, coins, or other unique and valuable items. The Virginia Cache …
In a previous Six Questions with Kevin Cramer, we learned taking down the Outlaw Cache of the H Charles Beil Treasure Hunts was a group effort! Below is a Six Q from another of the Team, Brett McClinton. It’s always great to hear ‘Found Treasure’ Stories……as they inspire all of …
Found Treasure! The Outlaw Cache of the H Charles Beil hidden treasure caches has been found! Congrats to the whole team (image below)! I had the opportunity to catch up with Kevin Cramer of the team and ask him the following Six Questions! What a story, adventure, and well deserved …
