In June 2022, The Incredible Hunt launched! Six Treasures, each worth $10,000 were hidden somewhere in the US. Clues to discover the locations of these incredible treasures are to be found within a box – available for purchase on the hunt’s website. Each box contains a set of Six Cards, …
More and more armchair treasure hunts, both local and national, are happening each year. Mike and his team have been enjoying this hobby and has successfully found a few of these TREASURES! Their most recent find was this last weekend. They solved clues and discovered a treasure cache hidden by …
Ten years ago today I posted the first article on the Mysterious Writings website. It was for the armchair treasure hunt of Maranatha which began in 2005 and ended in 2011. The solution for that puzzle was never provided, and still to this day, the meaning of the clues and …
The following Six Questions segment captures everything about the true adventures, excitement, joy, challenge, camaraderie, and victory, about this incredible hobby of Treasure Hunting. The successful journey and ending to The Ruby Hunt by ‘Johannes’ are told by those who lived the tale, and now have memories for a lifetime! …
After Forrest Fenn’s Treasure was found in June of 2020, searchers were ready for more. Some went to create armchair treasure hunts of their own, while numerous others, after discovering the hobby of armchair treasure hunting through the Chase, went on to pursue the numerous different hunts listed here on …
The following story was written by MW Contributor John Davis and about his 3X great uncle, John Crittenden Davis …. Enjoy! The mystery described below is the wonder of seeing today’s Yellowstone National Park region for the first time, long before it became the Park it is today. My 3X …
One of the best ways to get started and learn about Armchair Treasure Hunting is to look at past solutions for treasure hunts. Although the solutions will not be the same, they may hold similar elements and methods. They will get you thinking outside the box and demonstrate different ways …
Just a few short months ago, on November 13th, 2020, The Great US Treasure Hunt was released by David Steele and Jeff Kessler. Four Treasure Tokens, each worth $10,000 in cash, were hidden across the US. Clues to find the exact locations of these tokens were encoded inside The Great …
One of the most outstanding recovered treasures from the Atocha was an Emerald Studded Cross and Ring, kept inside a silver box. This incredible treasure is now on exhibit at Mel Fisher’s Maritime Heritage Museum in Florida. As mentioned in a previous MW article, the Atocha was the rear guard …
In 1979, Gabriel Barkay made an amazing discovery. While excavating a burial cave southwest of the Old City of Jerusalem, he found what is the oldest surviving Biblical texts to date. They were on two tiny Silver Scrolls, no larger than a matchstick. It is believed they were worn around …
