5 Armchair Treasure Hunts That Are Still Going On

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  • 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?
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  • @alexanderharvey6407
    @alexanderharvey6407 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +17

    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?

  • @t.c.2776
    @t.c.2776 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +75

    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?

    • @fett713akamandodragon5
      @fett713akamandodragon5 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

      Yeah, I caught that too!!

    • @GreatSageSunWukong
      @GreatSageSunWukong 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      Exactly it was clearly a bronze coloured owl and wasn't actually made of bronze so after 30 odd years is just a rusty bird

    • @fett713akamandodragon5
      @fett713akamandodragon5 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@GreatSageSunWukong Bronze doesn't rust the way iron does, which is what he said the bird they found was, rusty iron.

    • @Kitsudote
      @Kitsudote 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

      My thoughts exactly! Maybe they stumbled upon it accidently first, but then got aware of the hunt. Or just found it because of the hunt.

    • @ReklessDegen
      @ReklessDegen 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      If you watch Season 6 episode 8 of expedition unknown, they explain that a fake owl was buried, once found you can then exchange it for the real one.

  • @ModeratorFriendly
    @ModeratorFriendly 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +19

    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.

  • @sleepytiger78
    @sleepytiger78 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    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!

  • @mitchhuck
    @mitchhuck 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +21

    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.

    • @iowafarmboy
      @iowafarmboy 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

      Well, sounds like you have a summer project 😉

    • @danielekkel2629
      @danielekkel2629 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Dude wanna make a team?

  • @chefhannibal
    @chefhannibal 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +24

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

    • @StephenMcGregor1986
      @StephenMcGregor1986 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      gay

    • @DaleDix
      @DaleDix 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

      He was famous for making things up. That was his job and he was good at it.

  • @austinwilburn1772
    @austinwilburn1772 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    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”

  • @pioneercynthia1
    @pioneercynthia1 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

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

    • @Merriwen
      @Merriwen 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Me too!

  • @Plaprad
    @Plaprad 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

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

  • @Jason-fm4my
    @Jason-fm4my 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

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

  • @vexvoltage6456
    @vexvoltage6456 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

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

  • @handeggchan1057
    @handeggchan1057 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +75

    TH-cam 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."

    • @aceundead4750
      @aceundead4750 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

      Im gonna be king of the youtubers!

    • @Hillbilly001
      @Hillbilly001 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Tribumal? What is that?

    • @slayingroosters4355
      @slayingroosters4355 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      One piece of what?

    • @TitularHeroine
      @TitularHeroine 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@slayingroosters4355 tube

    • @ShockNAwww
      @ShockNAwww 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@slayingroosters4355bruh..

  • @ianlove1215
    @ianlove1215 39 นาทีที่ผ่านมา

    Cadbury's did a book in the 1980's similar to the Kit Williams one that had 12 poems & illustrations that led to 12 gold "creme eggs". I got the book, but didn't manage to solve any!

  • @aceundead4750
    @aceundead4750 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    I might have to find that last treasure. CHARIZARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @bigd1348
    @bigd1348 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

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

  • @JessieHTX
    @JessieHTX 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    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.

  • @ignitionfrn2223
    @ignitionfrn2223 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    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

  • @gordonwallin2368
    @gordonwallin2368 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Cheers from the Pacific West Coast of Canada.

  • @jsime2566
    @jsime2566 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    This is a job for Ron Swanson

  • @ryancoulter4797
    @ryancoulter4797 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

    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.

  • @alyxcroft3294
    @alyxcroft3294 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I love these videos!

  • @Merriwen
    @Merriwen 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I had a copy of Masqurade and the illustrations were incredible!

  • @debbiemoore2747
    @debbiemoore2747 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Ahhhhhh now i understand where Disney got the idea for National Treasure, from The Secret 😁😉

  • @GrahamUren-go2io
    @GrahamUren-go2io 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    That pirate accent at the start was funny af😅

  • @jasntrace1971
    @jasntrace1971 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Great vid. Are there any treasure hunts based here in Australia? There seems to be many mysteries, codes and treasures found and unfound in the USA?

  • @muzzer5327
    @muzzer5327 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    My suggestion made it into a video! Yay! Go the 🦉!!

  • @LupinTelegar
    @LupinTelegar 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    'The real treasure was the online friends we made along the way' or something like that.

  • @AJ-et4zp
    @AJ-et4zp 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +13

    His beard is getting out of control. It should set up it's own TH-cam channel

    • @apmarcus
      @apmarcus 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @SimonsBeard a channel all about interesting historical beard facts. Make it happen!

    • @justincapone
      @justincapone 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I am Alpharius and do NOT approve this message.

  • @TitularHeroine
    @TitularHeroine 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Awesome

  • @thegray5730
    @thegray5730 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    “Seaward, ho! Hang the treasure! It’s the glory of the sea that has turned my head.”

  • @MysteicVoltronus
    @MysteicVoltronus 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Wow. One of those books is a real Stand Alone Complex.

  • @HikuroMishiro
    @HikuroMishiro 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +14

    Europeans: "Hah. I'll just go to the United States and dig everywhere. How big could it possibly be?"

    • @gintonic5489
      @gintonic5489 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      Russia laughs at them both for being so small…

  • @samuelgarrod8327
    @samuelgarrod8327 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I saw the video title and instantly thought "Brinks Mat, Kenneth Noye". I'm probably not the only one...

  • @Shauma_llama
    @Shauma_llama 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Aww, I was hoping Simon was going after Kolchak's gold

  • @StephenMcGregor1986
    @StephenMcGregor1986 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I found that Golden Apple book, did some AI analysis, and I think the Golden Apple is on a tree in the middle of an orchard in the US called Overhiser Orchards. I need someone to drive around the property for me.

  • @aaronmiller5709
    @aaronmiller5709 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    The earliest I've ever been, I'll take it.

  • @mbathroom1
    @mbathroom1 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    1st! Last time I was this early, we still did treasure hunts

    • @brucemitchell5637
      @brucemitchell5637 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Nope, I'm first!

    • @mbathroom1
      @mbathroom1 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@brucemitchell5637 wrong

  • @danielekkel2629
    @danielekkel2629 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I LIVE NEAR GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN!

  • @PoEtv-go3yt
    @PoEtv-go3yt 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Bah, thought i got here 1st.
    No treasure for me😢

  • @MagnusGalactusOG
    @MagnusGalactusOG 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

    I watched 1 episode of oak Island and never again. I knew it was just another Ghost Hunters.

  • @lexloose2112
    @lexloose2112 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Has anyone heard if QI the quiz from the UK in the 80-90s? (not related to bbc qi series) , a trial video competition sorting vid clips into information to answers etc. In the late 80s i think it was, me and the mrs (she was a PA to a famous journalist) got invited to its launch in a fancy London night spot Met Tony Robinson (Baldrick) who was hosting it. Very difficult to suss out the video answers but we got passed a few levels, got a few t shirts as prizes. I wonder what happened to it?

  • @newshodgepodge6329
    @newshodgepodge6329 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I sincerely hope that the second owl was not hidden in the same place as the first. If it was, how do we know for sure that whoever found the first one isn't already in possession of its replacement?

  • @TuxedoMaskMusic
    @TuxedoMaskMusic 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    oh no, i threw that owl away!

  • @catdaddy2643
    @catdaddy2643 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I come back for the lesson delivered with an English accent time and time again

  • @rammelandem7895
    @rammelandem7895 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Can you cover the yamashita treasure?

  • @ceebee2858
    @ceebee2858 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Where do these authors come up with these gigantic treasures that they don't want to keep for themselves?

  • @Jayjay-qe6um
    @Jayjay-qe6um 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    "Finding a person to love is the ultimate treasure hunt."
    -- Lynn G. Robbins

  • @larzlarz1140
    @larzlarz1140 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This video made my brain hurt. And I think I may have lost a few IQ points in the process.

  • @jjsmallpiece9234
    @jjsmallpiece9234 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Brilliant Irish accent at the start

  • @alexmarshall8187
    @alexmarshall8187 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The Secret has one in SF unable to be obtained due to Golden Gate Park being built there now and the city refusing to allow any digging there

    • @Lil_Puppy
      @Lil_Puppy 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      You can only get in trouble for it once, it's also common to pay someone else to take the fall for things like this.

    • @debbiemoore2747
      @debbiemoore2747 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@Lil_Puppy reminds me of a movie Disney created 😅

  • @LaurieValdez-zk3dy
    @LaurieValdez-zk3dy 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Hey Simon 😇
    Philadelphia USA 🇺🇸 ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @eiinwoodley3208
    @eiinwoodley3208 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    😮

  • @-strauss1560
    @-strauss1560 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Remember folks, Uncle Sam gets %25 of that treasure.

  • @durdymurdergaming
    @durdymurdergaming 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Couldn't you just plug cracked onto a computer and ask for all possible permutations of a group of 12? Of course I don't know how long that would take A PC but it's a start.

  • @clamsoup
    @clamsoup 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I like armchair treasure hunts. It would be cool to become the guy to leave it behind.

  • @tomdunn3914
    @tomdunn3914 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The ultimate impossible search for americans looking for hidden treasure: The Kinder surprise...

  • @chiphausl
    @chiphausl 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    1/137

  • @jimthar17
    @jimthar17 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    No mention of the Michael Jordan rookie card?

  • @animalbird9436
    @animalbird9436 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I'm on an Arm chair treasure hunt with death involved..Coz i've dropped me joint and me missus will kill me if she sees it burning her chair😂.😢😢

    • @StoffelDilligas
      @StoffelDilligas 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I don't have that problem, it's a double problem for me. It's dropping a malteaser down between the cushions.
      One the chocolate melts on to the material, and two, I've wasted a munchie...

  • @ERKNEES2
    @ERKNEES2 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I want that owl 🦉 😔

  • @Narco42
    @Narco42 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I already found The Treasure. It is the American Spirit!

    • @mebreevee1997
      @mebreevee1997 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Pretty sure that died awhile ago.

    • @banedonrunestar5618
      @banedonrunestar5618 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Hence why it’s the “American Spirit”, it died.

  • @sonicgoo1121
    @sonicgoo1121 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    But does the golden apple have the word kallisti on it? Otherwise I'm not interested.

  • @burbanpoison2494
    @burbanpoison2494 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    6:48 the PO box is in bold. Its probably in that box.

  • @MilesBellas
    @MilesBellas 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    AI would be able to solve these?

  • @benitodarder
    @benitodarder 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    watching this video i lost the game...

  • @ugn669
    @ugn669 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    "armchair" treasure hunt seems to be a bit wrong here... you cant find these from your armchair, you have to go out and dig somewhere.

    • @joeyr7294
      @joeyr7294 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Did you watch the first two minutes?

    • @sammskiles2890
      @sammskiles2890 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      It’s just the genre of book.
      You’re not gonna find any treasure in your fucking lazyboy.

    • @joeyr7294
      @joeyr7294 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@sammskiles2890 touche lol

    • @DaleDix
      @DaleDix 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@sammskiles2890I just have lazyboys for watching TV.

  • @tturi2
    @tturi2 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Technically bitcoin mining is still a thing

  • @HeWhoShams
    @HeWhoShams 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Failing to find any CIA corruption has to be the most fictional thing I have ever heard.

    • @captainspaulding5963
      @captainspaulding5963 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Failing to "EXPOSE", not find.

    • @HeWhoShams
      @HeWhoShams 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@captainspaulding5963 Are you high? The point still stands, there are MANY ways to expose secrets anonymously so the fact "Nyx" did not expose means he did not find.
      Someone that fanatic in their pursuit would expose if they found anything. Even going so far as to goto Cicada as a expert hacker and you really gonna tell me it doesn't apply?
      Thank you for being a grammar..... and letting me school you on basic comprehension through context

  • @anngo4140
    @anngo4140 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    The Vietnamese are talking about a treasure worth billions in the ocean

  • @danielriley7380
    @danielriley7380 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Treasure hunting: the only reason I’d visit the States.

  • @aaronmills4238
    @aaronmills4238 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The golden owl has already been found

  • @catdaddy2643
    @catdaddy2643 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    1 is the loneliest number you could ever do

  • @claysfamily3818
    @claysfamily3818 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    2nd!!! 😂

  • @SulfuricInk0
    @SulfuricInk0 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Everything is in the usa - nothing of worth in the rest of the world.lololoololollollol