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.
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Let’s take a look at the possible Olympic Rings Clue in the treasure hunt – There’s Treasure Inside! On page 136 of the book, There’s Treasure Inside, is shown an image of the Olympic Rings. Like there are five rings, each of a different color, so there are five treasure …
The Joy’s Serenade Haiku – is it another CLUE to the Lion’s Share Treasure Box of There’s Treasure Inside? Let’s take a look… In Joy’s Serenade, the poem in the back of the book of There’s Treasure Inside, is a line that contains, “When close, the haiku curls a little further …
Is the white mark an Omega symbol? In Episode 3 of the American Treasure Podcast, Jon talks about some of his search for the Forrest Fenn treasure chest. He mentions searching for a blaze and finding symbols – similar to those he saw in Forrest’s book – he thought they …
Are the following word search clues a Top Secret find or not? What do you think? In the Word Search on page 226 of There’s Treasure Inside are found ‘Double Letters’. I’m sure this is for any word search. But might these letter pairs be a clue? NOTE: I may …
Lady Liberty’s Treasure Hunt Quick Overview: How Many Treasure Chests are hidden? UPDATE! There are more than TWO TREASURES! On April 27th, 2025, username Murky Solution (on the MW Discord) found a treasure hidden in the Lady Liberty’s Treasure Hunt. However, this wasn’t one of the two known hidden treasure …
Candle’s Quest is a new kind of treasure map. It’s a collection of short stories and puzzles that, once deciphered, will lead you through Minecraft worlds to find treasures. The first to solve all of the puzzles and locate the final treasure will have the right to claim priceless, one-of-a-kind …
What is the meaning to the notched letters clue in There’s Treasure Inside? Are they possible clues to the lion’s share box? Let’s take a look at them. In the chapter titles of part 1 notched letters can be seen. They are not in all chapter titles which makes them …
Jon Collins-Black gives advice on how to avoid confirmation bias in treasure hunts. In chapter 9 of There’s Treasure Inside – which is the chapter with the missing page 90! – Jon writes about avoiding confirmation bias. It is even the subtitle for the chapter on The Golden Chalice. He …
Lion’s Share calendar clues! Let’s take a look at these found anomalies! On page 37 of the book, Jon mentions being attentive to details – he actually says this in many places of the book – and that this could help find treasure. So searchers are paying attention to the …
Get up to date with the There’s Treasure Inside Guide: Quick Start – for all treasure boxes (more complete guide here) Certain questions and ideas come up time and again since the release of There’s Treasure Inside. Plus, some of the most common ideas in the hunt now have their …
