Masquerade by Kit Williams was published in 1979 and is often considered the forerunner to armchair treasure hunts. The book contained clues, both visual and verbal, which led to a buried treasure. The treasure was an 18-carat gold hare decorated with precious stones. The book consisted of 15 detailed images …
. Included in the treasure hunt book of Fandango are two number squares and one square containing letters. All are in a 4×4 grid. They are on pages 11(letter square), 17, and 40. Using the numbers in the two squares, separately, to re-order the letters contained in the square on …
One of the first items noticed in the Fandango treasure hunt book are the different red and blue colored letters in the border of the book’s images. Each of the sixteen pictures (two with full spreads) contained phrases. Some of the words in the phrases had special red or blue …
UPDATE 11/27/2020: TREASURE HUNT ENDED Hidden somewhere on Mount Desert Island, Maine, a treasure worth over $10,000 waits to be rewarded to a person who solves the master riddle of Fandango. The treasure hunt was first introduced to the public on June 29th, 2007. After more than 10 years, no …
