As all but ‘empty nesters’, Mahlon and I have lots of free time to go exploring. We don’t do any one kind of thing though. We go on lots of different types of adventures. Sometimes it’s searching for buried treasure, sometimes it’s exploring a museum, sometimes it’s checking out a …
This article won’t be very long as thinking about it is creeping me out. 🙂 However, I still find it an interesting treasure story; just of a different type. Have fun reading it all as it does have a ‘treasure found’ ending! It’s not difficult to imagine that if you …
Just like when buying Real Estate, location is everything when metal detecting. If you want a higher success rate, you will want to detect in locations where the potential for finds are greater. One of the mantras for this is to go where the people have been. Below are the …
Forrest, when the Treasure Chest is found, would you prefer the finder not disclose the exact resting spot? Curious. ~ Afana Afana, I love your name. It reminds me of alfalfa, which has the greatest smell in the world when freshly cut in the field. Whoever finds the treasure …
Tap4Treasure is the new armchair treasure hunt division for MW and is FREE to play. Since its launch in March 2018, there have been 4 cash winners. Will you be the next one? The Tap4Treasure hunts were launched on March 21st with Mission #001. It was the hunt for Thisbe’s …
While doing research for another project at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Daniel Rolph stumbled upon a mysterious letter written in 1716 about a buried treasure. There is no doubt the note is authentic (shown below), but there are other questions being asked. The biggest ones being, ‘Was the treasure …
In a time of uncertainty and of dangers lurking all around us, John Davis brings a sense of peace. He offers captivating glimpses into his past line of work as a counterintelligence officer, linguist, and federal servant in his book, Rainy Street Stories: Reflections on Secret Wars, Espionage, and Terrorism. …
Forrest, I am a pragmatist working at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Every day I deal with realities. They are saying on the blogs that you are making a lot of money on the sale of your 3 treasure chase books. I thought you were profit neutral in that area. Would …
Declassified from the NSA files for the first time in 1977, the Friedman Lectures on Cryptology included a puzzling note that President Franklin Delano Roosevelt received in 1935 by an anonymous author. Although part of this cryptic note has been deciphered, one part remains unsolved. Can you solve it? The …
Dear Forrest, during your excavations at San Lazaro, did you ever discover any discernable pictographic panels or individual markings? If so, are you willing to share? ~ Thanks, JJDiggins. Thanks for the question JJ. In my book The Secrets of San Lazaro Pueblo, I show pictures of a kiva mural …
