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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Get ready to enter a world of adventure with the Hidden Secrets Mobile Treasure Hunting Game. The expected launch for this exciting- Free to play game- is planned for late Spring (2018), with the release of the first in a series of hunts. Players of Hidden Secrets: Escape Through Time …
Many people hadn’t realized armchair treasures hunts existed until vast attention was devoted to the search for Forrest Fenn’s treasure. Forrest Fenn’s treasure hunt was a search for a million-dollar bronze treasure chest, filled with gold and other jewels, hidden somewhere in the mountains north of Santa Fe. The incredible …
Each month MW hosts a Give Away! This month’s Give Away is for one Free copy of the Armchair Treasure Hunt book of Fandango! The $10,000 dollar treasure to find for the Fandango Armchair Treasure Hunt is narrowed down to Mount Desert Island in Maine. This must be found before …
Although The Inheritance – Part 2 was an Armchair Treasure hunt released previously in 1990, it is being published here again for those wanting to take up its heady challenge. The prize for the hunt has already been claimed ($24,000), but as the preface of The Inheritance – Part 2 …
A few years ago, I wrote a summary on The Secret Armchair Treasure Hunt book. This treasure hunt was published in 1982 and included clues to 12 ceramic casks buried across the states and one in Canada (each held a key to be redeemed for a gemstone). To date, only …
Since 2003, Duck Miller has been challenging readers to search for a hidden ‘Key’ through his Award Winning Armchair Treasure Hunt book entitled The Whistle Pig. The 10 compelling and beautifully written short stories within the book are enjoyed by all, but do offer clues for a certain Key’s discovery. …
Congrats to Bob W. (AKA Razorback)! Along with his family, of four generations!, he was the first to find the Treasure of the Devil’s Den historical fiction trilogy written by James Babb. All three books offered clues to a secreted location for ‘Todd’s Treasure’ in the Fort Smith, Arkansas, area. …
Winner of multiple awards for his historical fiction trilogy, The Devil’s Backbone, The Devil’s Trap, and The Devil’s Den, James Babb creates another winner of his own through these adventurous books. The trilogy features a real-life treasure hunt, and earlier in October, James announced a winner for the first to …
In September of 2015, Martin Smith published a treasure hunt book, called Seek and Ye Shall Find, with clues to a hidden cache. The treasure was valued over $1000 dollars and was secreted ‘somewhere in the Midwest’. The Read and Seek Adventures’ physical cache itself held a variety of items. …
UPDATE 9/21: Treasure Found – Hunt Over Recently I chatted with Douglas Pearson about his armchair treasure Hunt book entitled The Bossall Treasure. I wanted to confirm the hidden prize is still out there to be found. Douglas confirmed it is and stated that no one has yet come close …
