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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The Lamp with Four Keys Armchair Treasure Hunt by Laura Mckey has launched! (May (2019)). As planned, shortly after searchers received their Lamps in the mail, a Starter Puzzle was released and the hunt began! The Starter Puzzle provides the place on the Lamp where each searcher needs to begin …
It’s always exciting to learn of a new treasure hunt! I have to thank fellow Forrest Fenn searcher, Jason Dent, for alerting me to this puzzling fun. And of course, a huge thanks to Lukas, creator of the Digital Buried Treasure Hunt, for taking time to answer a few questions …
. 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 …
An exciting opportunity to offer support for an extraordinary armchair treasure hunt is here! Ben Brewis of the Uk has recently launched a Kickstarter Campaign for his armchair treasure hunt entitled ‘The Hidden Sun’. It is an amazing piece of work! The Treasure of the hunt is a uniquely crafted …
CACHE #4 THE LOST MINE CACHE FOUND IN ARIZONA By Tim Stone and Ron Lucas First I would like to thank H. Charles, Serg and Backbacon for an exciting hunt, with that being said here is the solution to THE LOST MINE CACHE. After reading the story I began at …
Search for The Beacon Star by TxTH When Randy Pischel released his armchair treasure hunt called “The Beacon Star” (Available on Amazon), I was already knee deep in other projects. However, I couldn’t resist the challenge he laid out for us and I have been working on it sporadically since its …
As some of you may know from a previous Six Questions MW did with Andrew Layden, he describes himself as a poet, novelist, and travel junky. MW suggested he add ‘Treasure Hunt Creator’ to the list, and he best now, because he has just created another treasure hunt spanning the …
An exciting new armchair treasure hunt has been released by Andrew Layden! You may remember him from a previous hunt for an Opal Ring shared here on MW. In that hunt a poem (riddle) of 14 lines led to the Statue of Pan at Columbia University in New York City. …
Article by Dustin White Map of the Dead, released in November 2016, was the second novel and first treasure hunt by English author Murray Bailey. The challenge: solve the treasure hunt within the story about a hunt for ancient Egyptian treasure. The prize: a custom made 18 karat golden pyramid. …
Have you searched for treasure? MW would love to share your story! I know how inspiring and exciting hearing about other searcher’s stories can be. We have such a great community of friends here at MW—all in the search for treasures– and love Treasure Stories! So if you would like to …
