5 Armchair Treasure Hunts That Are Still Going On

Embark on a journey of mystery and fortune with these five captivating armchair treasure hunts! From buried crypto wallets to golden owls, dive into a world of puzzles and prizes. Which will you solve first?

[mitchhuck]

im from GR Michigan. Born and raised, and ive never heard of this treasure. now my mind is racing though all the spots in town that are undeveloped.

[vexvoltage]

The Secret! I love this entire story. I've been searching in Charleston, SC for a few years now.

[t.c.]

There is one MAJOR PROBLEM with the "rusty" owl... Who would accidentally dig up a bronze owl and then consider burying a FAKE rusty owl in its place?

[ryancoulter]

The Secret. The picture with the mask and the clock. Represents New Orleans. My guess is the key is either somewhere in or around Preservation Hall -or- at Storyland somewhere around Captain Hook’s pirate ship.

[Jason-fmmy]

This was a really good episode. I've never heard any of these stories before. Kudos to the writer.

[alexanderharvey]

I think the trouble with some of these is similar to the problem D&D dungeon masters can face. You dont want the puzzle to be so easy that they know the answer before you finish the riddle because then you think it wont be satisfying for anyone. But then your group spends an hour trying to figure it out because youve made it to clever or based on information that only you have. So you try and make something easier like giving the classic riddle of the Sphinx, but because you also mentioned the entrance had 10 pillars, one of which has crumbled, they get distracted by unimportant information and chase what amounts to a red herring all night. How do you make the puzzles actually easy enough to be solved by the common man without also just publishing a map with latitude and longitude and a sign posted over the treasure in blinking neon red x's?

[gordonwallin]

Cheers from the Pacific West Coast of Canada.

[pioneercynthia]

I bought _Masquerade_ when it was first issued. I couldn't solve all the puzzles but I continue to be enchanted by it.

[sleepytiger]

A friend of mine set up a whole dragon ball z geocache scenario that he and his girlfriend sought out over several months. When they uncovered the last one he proposed to her. Very sweet!

[JessieHTX]

I love The Secret. Got really into the key that people think is in Houston(where I live). I still regularly visit the few suspected locations in the city. Hope it’s not underneath the zoo, because I don’t think they’d ok digging.

[ignitionfrn]

1:05 - Chapter 1 - Cracked
3:05 - Chapter 2 - On the trail of the golden owl
5:20 - Chapter 3 - The golden apple tale
8:05 - Chapter 4 - The secret
10:10 - Chapter 5 - There's treasure inside

[ModeratorFriendly]

It seems unlikely that somebody would replace a bronze owl with a rusty iron one. It seems more likely that the original owl wasn't really bronze in the first place.

[austinwilburn]

I don’t know if this is a true saying or where it came from but I’ve always said “if your puzzle is so convoluted and so random that only insider information could ever solve it, then you didn’t make a puzzle, you made a stupid lock”

[chefhannibal]

"Life is the greatest treasure hunt". - Mark Twain

[Plaprad]

Man, that last box looks like the one that crazy dude buried in the flower bed of a local Hooters a few weeks back.

[handeggchan]

YouTube Channels. Podcasts. tangents. The man who had everything in this world... The Fact King, Simon Whistler.  His last words at the Algorithm Tribumal sent people from all over the world out to the web: "My Channels are yours for the taking. But you'll have to find them first. I left them all in One Piece."

[aceundead]

I might have to find that last treasure.

[bigd]

Wow Grand rapids that's one city away from me it's always weird to hear about places near you when watching a video

[joppadoni]

That was your best intro EVER.. Literally spat out my afternoon whisky and nearly crashed my boat..

[pintavodki]

Man, it makes me wanna write my own treasure book. Haven't heard of any set around where I'm from