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.
Get your Quest on! Solve the clues and find some treasures.
A Treasure Map hidden in Music?! Sounds…….like an awesome challenge! BornTalent has applied his musical talents to creating an exciting Armchair Treasure Hunt called The Golden CD! Clues given within 5 songs will take a searcher on a journey to discover a ‘Golden CD’ with a code! This can then …
Get your Quest on with MW! This is the place to learn about treasures! Over the last few months, a few new Armchair Treasure Hunts have been released. These are in addition to the many already listed on MW and the MW Forum! Below is a brief summary of these …
Article Written by Josh S. (aka GoldenChild on MW) Last October I had the pleasure of becoming absolutely obsessed and a tad bit insane over the hunt for a Pony Express box with an unknown quantity of Silver Morgan dollars, gold nuggets and a Colt Peacemaker. It was a treasure …
The Lost Skull armchair treasure hunt has been released throughout the galaxy! And so all you have to do to get started is order the book on Amazon and begin solving the clues! UPDATE: THE LOST SKULL HAS BEEN SOLVED Previously on MW, we had the chance to chat with …
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 …
In a previous Six Questions with the Treasure Man, we learned H. Charles Beil is on a mission to hide treasure caches all across the states. If you find them, you can keep them! These hidden treasures range in value from anywhere to a few hundred dollars to thousands. Clues …
What an awesome time we had with Don Adams (TxTH), while treasure hunting for The Outlaw Cache buried by H. Charles Beil yesterday. Don had found one of the other caches hidden by The Treasure Man (H.Charles Beil) around this time last year. That one was in New Mexico! (Read …
What a pleasure it was to be able to chat with Robert Brewer; the creator of The Lost Skull armchair treasure hunt! As a talented artist, game designer, and writer, he combined all his skills into one amazing project: The Lost Skull! The prize is a spectacular skull crafted from …
Have you searched for a treasure? I would love to share your story! I know how inspiring, hearing about other searcher’s stories can be. It’s encouraging to know you are not alone out there searching for treasures. We have such a great community of friends here at MW—all in the …
The Two Keys in Digital Buried Treasure Hunt remain unsolved! Can you find them and be the person to claim the $1,000 cash prize? UPDATE: SOLVED Back in April, Lukas Stanley released a video of himself reading a poem. The poem is a Riddle, and the first person to solve …
