It looks like NBC is getting into the game with their new Treasure Hunters show. They have created a Treasure Hunters Challenge site that you can play to enhance the experience. While not as immense in scope as The Hanso Foundation, it’s still not bad (and you may win money). What’s more is that it seems to have some end in site, while The Lost Experience seems almost never-ending.
While I originally started to put the details of the challenges here in this one entry, it quickly overwhelmed the size of this entry. So in order to make things a little more manageable, I’ve broken each week out into its very own entry, which should help to keep things somewhat orderly and help you to find what you need a little faster. At least that’s the plan. Things may change once we see what’s working and what’s not. Stay tuned for further developments on that front.
Each week is listed, along with the primary focus of that week’s challenge, which may or may not agree with what you think the challenge should be named. I’m not trying to be difficult (I promise), but I figured that it would be better to give the challenge some sort of descriptive name, rather than just “Week 1”, “Week 2”, “Week 3”, and hopefully what is there will be enough to help you find what you need. If not, I’m sorry. Click the link and read up to see if it’s what you need. If not, come on back and try the next week. Ultimately there are only 9 challenges (and only 8 weeks) so it shouldn’t take long.
- Week 1: Golden Spruce
- Week 2: Abraham Lincoln
- Week 3: West Point
- Week 4: Thomas Edison
- Week 5: Fulton Paddleboat
- Week 6: Ghost Town
- Week 7: Sleepy Hollow
- Week 8: Spanish Doubloon (and Fireplace)
Just a reminder: Since the details were getting so long, I’ve split this post into detailed reviews of each week’s challenge. Check back here, where I’ll update this list with links to each review, or keep an eye out for the detailed reviews.
If you want to discuss the overall game theory, discuss it here please, and leave the other entries for challenge-specific information.
Update August 15, 2006: For those who have been waiting, the answer has been posted.
We were indeed looking for the Star Spangled Banner at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. Apparently either Smithsonian and/or The National Museum of American History was accepted as a correct answer. The ten winners names have been posted.
Thanks, RobH, for the pointer to the post, and to everyone for playing along! If anyone who participated here was among them, congratulations and good luck in the contest!
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144 responses to “Treasure Hunters Challenge”
Hey guys, it’s me again! I will now say thanks to Chad Everett for inventing this little space of ours, and as well to the others who helped each and every one of us to get to the end of the game!
As I said before, I hope for the next season of the Treasure Hunters and I will do anything to be a part of it, lol! Congrats to all people with the correct answers and we will see next Monday which lucky theam will find it! Once again thanks to ya all and keep these posts coming in here!
According to the rules, all those with the correct answer were put into a bucket and then the winners were pulled at random. This was perhaps done with a computer. Other than that, no. 🙂
Does anyone know how the finalists were picked?
So who is going to be on the Final show? Anyone from here? If so, Congrats and we’ll be cheering you on!
Just wanted to thank Chad for this board. It is the first time I’ve ever been on a message board and had lots of fun with it. I especially want to thank Chad for all the help he gave me in finishing each challenge. THANK YOU!
Thanks, Chad for the board… hope to find you here next season!
I think the codex room is under the Jefferson Memorial, looking NW, from under the water, at the Lincoln Memorial. The Key is Free. The Jefferson Memorial, from overhead, looks like a keyhole to me — like the keyhole in the “A” of Treasure. Also much like the symbol on the fireplace guard, not unlike the all-seeing eye atop a pyramid.
…And as I used to say playing other online games (not related to this one), GOOD GAME GUYS!!!
And, if anything, it was such a thrill playing this online quest, and simultaneously checking the answers from all of ya… Good luck to everybody and I will see you when the next season begins !
…And yes, my answer was “The Statue Of Liberty ,Liberty Island, NY”!
How do the puzzle pieces fit together on the game table?
So far the ideas I like are Capitol Rotunda (the word reef has an old nautical meaning similar to unfurl). If the “early symbol” is the flag, then it is laid out for reef on the caskets of dead presidents and other high ranking dignitaries in the capitol rotunda.
Another I have come to like is the Statue of Liberty. If the early symbol is a star, and a rocky shoal is a reef, then the star-shaped base of the statue is laid out for reef…
Mine own idea is too far-fetched. Rattlesnake Shoals, South Carolina. Ask me to explain that one.