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”
That just seems a little too easy, that if I’m right and Capitol Hill is the last clue, a little more research on the Statue of Freedom, on the statue is talk of forts and guns that were in our challenge number three.
Does anyone think it could be the US Capitol bulding being it will be the last piece to the puzzle?
No, if you go down a little further you will read that the schedule has changed, and the august the first has been extended.
Ok so just looked up statue of freedom and I think we could be on a winner, on the completed challenges there are symbols like the feather and the sword which as you know are on the statue, there is also talk in the history of the statue about freeing slaves and in one of the challenges there was clues about freeing slaves. just researching how the other challenge pieces fit in but go to google and put in statue of freedom and click number one and read tell me your thoughts on that.
An early symbol, that relates to Capitol Hill… Could it be the Statue of Freedom that rests atop the Capitol Building? There is a lot of symbology and history behind the sculpture… What are your thoughts and ideas?
Ok, so just to move things on, I think the last symbol piece will be Capitol Hill,as for the clues if you search the internet for washington history (and you need to search a lot) and get a good page it will tell you how Washington DC was founded, the rest will be luck to piece all the clues together in one building.
Are they looking for a state or city for the actual answer or the name of a builing or place? Suppose you have the right answer which may be a builing but put the city in instead?
Has anybody else noticed that the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture GARDEN (the round building) is on the wrong side of the National Air and Space museum on the puzzle piece? At least it is according to the Google and Mapquest maps. Wonder why that would be??
Has anyone noticed that the Jefferson Memorial looks a lot like a Jesus fish. Isn’t that an “early symbol?”
Has anyone found the answer to the place they are looking for yet?