Mysterious Stranger by David Blaine: Armchair Treasure Hunt Solved in 2004

David Blaine, the infamous street magician, illusionist and endurance artist, published a book, Mysterious Stranger, in October 2002.  This book was over 200 pages and included an armchair treasure hunt with a prize worth $100,000 dollars.  It was solved in March of 2004 and the cash prize awarded. The winner …

A Mysterious 1716 Letter Reveals a Buried Treasure in Society Hill, Philadelphia

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 …

The Bossall Treasure Armchair Treasure Hunt Prize: A Golden Lorraine Cross

In 2014, Douglas Pearson hid a Golden Lorraine Cross somewhere in the UK.  The book, The Bossall Treasure, is an armchair treasure hunt book which includes eleven clues leading searchers to its secreted location.  Anyone who discovers this location hidden in the book can claim the cross. There is no …

Free Treasure Hunt: Tap4Treasure: Mission #002 in Progress: $50 Reward

Tap4Treasure is a new division of MW Treasure Hunts and is FREE to play.  All a person needs to do is report for duty at T4THQ (Tap4Treasure.com) and receive Dispatches.   From these Dispatches, T4T Agents try to ascertain the hidden locations of treasures being stealthily distributed across underground networks.  Missions …

Forrest Fenn Friday: Questions on The Thrill of the Chase Treasure Hunt: Look Quickly Down

One of the instructions to be found within Forrest Fenn’s Poem is the phrase ‘Look quickly down’. As seen in the poem, this instruction comes after you’ve been wise and found the Blaze. Here is that section of Poem.  It is Stanza 4 of the total 6 Stanzas.  (full poem: …