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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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 …
What an adventure! While searching out clues to find a Hidden Pirate Treasure inside TrulyOwenFree’s treasure hunt, readers get caught up in real life escapades. TrulyOwenFree provides an exciting account of his life not only on board a Treasure Salvage Boat bringing up precious Spanish artifacts lost at sea for …
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 …
