Found Treasure! Six Questions with Mike Staggs on Bar Harbor’s Soup to Nuts Armchair Treasure Hunt by Nickolas Nelson

One of my favorite quotes is ‘There is a Treasure that awaits for each of us to find.’(Paul Coelho).  This seems confirmed in the following story of Found Treasure!   On October 1st, Nickolas Nelson shared the armchair treasure hunt, Soup to Nuts, on a few social media channels.  Nickolas created …

Found Treasure: The Wright Brother’s Patent Which had been Lost for Over 36 Years

One of the most important, and controversial, patents of US History went missing for over 36 years. It was the famous patent No. 821,393 for the Wright Brother’s ‘Flying Machine’ filed on March 23, 1903. After the original copy of the patent was loaned to the Smithsonian Institution Air and …

Found Treasure? Secret Writing and Code Leads Scholar to the Possible Discovery of Leonardo da Vinci’s First Work

In June of 2018, it was announced that a small 15th century tile depicting the Archangel Gabriel could be the work of Leonardo da Vinci.  If verified, this decorative tile would be the earliest known work of the famed Italian polymath of the Renaissance. The 20×20 cm square image, also …

Is the Found Treasure of the Artognou Stone Linked to King Arthur?

In 1998 a mysterious marked stone, sometimes called the Arthur Stone, was found in Cornwall, UK, at Tintagel Castle during an archaeological excavation. This treasured find received lots of attention because of its inscription and the suggestion that the stone might provide evidence for the legendary King Arthur. The stone …

Found Treasure: FFGM Treasure Hunt #5 Solution and Winner’s Story: Congrats Andy and Leigh L.!

Congrats Andy and Leigh L! Five Claimed and five more to go in this first round of Forrest Fenn Gold Medallion Treasure Hunts!  Next one released on March 20th! A huge congrats to Andy and Leigh L. who has been enjoying the chase for the Gold Medallions since its launch, …

The Lost Mine Cache #4 TREASURE FOUND: A Treasure Man’s (AKA H. Charles Beil) Armchair Treasure Hunt

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 …