THE GREAT U.S. TREASURE HUNT
First Hunt, Nov 2020-Feb 2021
First Hunt, Nov 2020-Feb 2021
First Hunt, Nov 2020-Feb 2021
We hid 4 items in 4 US locations, and sold an e-book with clues to be deciphered which led to those items. The launch was in November 2020, the final coin found February 2021
Second Hunt, Summer 2022
First Hunt, Nov 2020-Feb 2021
First Hunt, Nov 2020-Feb 2021
Our second Hunt traveled to 6 US cities in 6 consecutive weeks in the Summer of 2022, in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Austin, Washington DC, Asheville, and Milwaukee.
The Next Hunt...
First Hunt, Nov 2020-Feb 2021
The Next Hunt...
We're working on something special, and hope to have news to announce real soon. We've been quiet for a while, but we're ready to make some noise again!
THE HIDDEN Z - VEGAS IS THE 1ST GREAT US TREASURE HUNT FIND!
LAS VEGAS - Dec 2020
Our e-book was released in late November, and the first chapter was not deciphered until just before Christmas. Pittsburgh artist Beth Hovanec phoned her friend Nancy Zitko in Las Vegas, who found the Silver Z under a park bench in Eldorado Park.
TONY and MARGO KNEISSER TRAVEL TO SANTA FE - WINNER #2
SANTA FE - Jan 2021
The Kneisser Family all worked on decoding clues in the Great US Treasure Hunt, finally cracking a code which led Tony and Margo to Railyard Park in Santa Fe, NM, where they found a set of tiny angel wings.
CROSSWORD CONSTRUCTOR KRISTIAN HOUSE WAS WINNER #3
BOISE - FEB 2021
World class crossword constructor (LA Times, WSJ, etc) Kristian House traveled from New York to Boise to find a token hidden under a children's slide at Lion's Park in Nampa.
ICE STORM 2022 DELIVERED DRAMA IN FRANKLIN, TX
NASHVILLE - FEB 2021
With an ice storm bearing down on both Dallas and Nashville, Lauren Roberts in Dallas found a friend in Nicholette Rock in Nashville, who raced to Pinkerton Park at Franklin, TN, where she found the Griffin token taped under a drinking fountain.
LAS VEGAS KICKED OFF HUNT 2022 AND A REPEAT WINNER!
LAS VEGAS - 7/30/22
Tony Kneisser, the best puzzle-solving truck driver in the US, became the first, and so far the only, repeat winner in the Hunt, driving from the East Coast to Las Vegas so he could be in position when the clues were released. TWOpeat!
WEEK 2 OF TGUSTH 2022 WENT TO LOS ANGELES
LOS ANGELES - 8/7/22
Hunters were told they could find a coin within 50 miles of the Hollywood sign, and we took it to the limit, hiding the coin in Mile Square Park in Fountain Valley, where Jennifer Rao beat the second place team by mere minutes.
AUSTIN, TEXAS, IT'S A SPRINT TO THE COIN
AUSTIN - 8/13/22
Jeremy Dobbins and the Aultman Family pulled into the parking lot at Stone Hill Park in Pflugerville, and Jeremy's hustle paid off for him and his team, as he found the coin under an ordinary picnic table.
WASHINGTON DC SAW TWO FINDERS CHOP THE PRIZE
D.C. - 8/20/22
Jeremy Lombardo and Awad Bilal took off from separate locations for Rock Creek Park, DC, without realizing they were playing for the same team, and arrived at Miller Cabin simultaneously, where the coin was hidden under a stone step.
RECORD TURNOUT AND 14 GROUPS IN THE PARK WITHIN 60 MINUTES
ASHEVILLE - 8/27/22
Great TV news coverage from WLOS Asheville brought over 2,000 new registrants in 12 hours, and 14 separate groups to Leah Chiles Park within 60 minutes of each other, but Nasrin Azari beat them all, finding the coin under the red slide.
MILWAUKEE--OUR SIXTH AND FINAL WEEK OF THE 2022 HUNT
MILWAUKEE - 9/3/22
Bob Harmon is a local, but still had to drive over an hour to position himself near Milwaukee, and he ended up being the sixth and final Finder of The Great US Treasure Hunt 2022, at Wirth Park in Brookfield, Wisconsin.
WHEN WILL THE GREAT US TREASURE HUNT RETURN?
WHAT'S NEXT?
We've got something special planned after taking too much time off from planning treasure hunts, and we hope to have some news for you real soon!