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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In 1982, The Secret: A Treasure Hunt by Byron Preiss was published. This launched an armchair treasure hunt which continues on today. After almost 40 years, nine of the twelve buried casques remain to be unearthed. Only three have been found. These three were found in Boston (2019), Cleveland (2004), …
As some here on MW might already know, H Charles Beil, also known as the Treasure Man, is creating a Treasure Hunt called the Gallows Harbor Treasure Hunt. This hunt will be different than his current treasure hunts of Buried Caches. Instead of a short story or map with clues …
Dear Mr. Fenn, I don’t know where I was the last ten years, but I recently heard about your treasure hunt. Can someone new like me find your treasure? I feel like I’m way behind it all and can’t catch up. Thank you. LostChaser Dear LostChaser, The treasure has not …
UPDATE:THIS TREASURE HAS BEEN CLAIMED Many of us here at MW were first introduced to The Hidden Sun Armchair Treasure Hunt book a year ago during a Kickstarter Campaign. All those who saw the project were greatly impressed by Ben’s amazing artistic talent, and were excited to take up his …
Here at Mysterious Writings we cover lots of different information on many different treasure hunts. This page organizes posts on the Fandango Armchair Treasure Hunt. UPDATE 11/26/20: Hunt ended without a winner. Prize given to charity. Read Six Questions with Pel and/or click on the link for the solution! Brief …
The Beacon Star is an armchair treasure hunt that was published in 2017 by Randy Pischel. It is available on Amazon in either Print or Kindle Versions. The Prize of the hunt was initially a mystery, but it has been discovered to be $5,000 dollars, a gold coin, and an …
Over the last few months a few new Armchair Treasure Hunts have been released. A basic definition for an Armchair Treasure Hunt is ‘a produced hunt for a treasure which has been intentionally hidden and requires the solving of clues, to either physically find a hidden treasure in the real …
The following answers to Six Questions captures so much of what Treasure Hunting is about! As you read about Nick’s and Robert’s adventures, you can feel the excitement, and joy of victory, they experienced. I love sharing Found Treasure stories like this! Thank you so much, Nick and Robert, for …
Over 25 years ago, a ‘Perilous Dragontooth’ was buried somewhere in Britain. Today, the Quest for this lost treasure continues! Although some searchers have fallen by the wayside through the years, some have continued on; And now others are just beginning! Get caught up in the adventures to help discover …
UPDATE: TREAURE HUNT HAS ENDED How exciting! Another Armchair Treasure Hunt has been published and offers the chance to claim a treasure cache of numerous items collected from all over the world. The book, needed to solve the four stages of the hunt and claim the valuable treasure, is called …
