Byron Preisis' casques - Treasure Hunt
I stumbled on this on Reddit today. I love mysteries like this!
In 1981, author and publisher Byron Preiss traveled to 12 locations in the continental U.S. (and possibly Canada) to secretly bury a dozen ceramic casques. Each casque contained a small key that, once found, could be redeemed for one of 12 birthstone jewels Preiss kept in a safe deposit box in New York.
The Secret: A Treasure Hunt was published in America in 1982. It contained 12 paintings and 12 verses. The key to finding the casques Preiss had buried and subsequently winning the jewels was to match one of the paintings to one of verses, solve the resulting riddle, and start digging!
(Clues are linked from the link above) Only 2 of the 12 casques have been found.
I stumbled on this on Reddit today. I love mysteries like this!
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http://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/1so8rj/the_secret_a_thirty_year_old_unsolved_treasure/In 1981, author and publisher Byron Preiss traveled to 12 locations in the continental U.S. (and possibly Canada) to secretly bury a dozen ceramic casques. Each casque contained a small key that, once found, could be redeemed for one of 12 birthstone jewels Preiss kept in a safe deposit box in New York.
The Secret: A Treasure Hunt was published in America in 1982. It contained 12 paintings and 12 verses. The key to finding the casques Preiss had buried and subsequently winning the jewels was to match one of the paintings to one of verses, solve the resulting riddle, and start digging!
(Clues are linked from the link above) Only 2 of the 12 casques have been found.
