The Secret (treasure hunt)

The Secret is a treasure hunt started by Byron Preiss in 1982. Twelve treasure boxes were buried at secret locations in the United States and Canada. As of October 2019 only three of the twelve boxes have been found.

Cover of 1982 book The Secret

Book

Clues for where the treasures were buried are provided in a puzzle book named The Secret produced by Byron Preiss and first published by Bantam in 1982.[1] The book was authored by Sean Kelly and Ted Mann and illustrated by John Jude Palencar, John Pierard, and Overton Loyd; JoEllen Trilling, Ben Asen, and Alex Jay also contributed to the book.[2] A Japanese version was published in 1983, and the English version was re-issued in 2014.[1] The book contains 12 images and 12 verses; an image must be linked to a verse, with the information they contain used to locate a buried "treasure casque".[3]

The Secret book variants
YearISBNLanguageFormatPublisher
1982ISBN 0-553-01408-0EnglishPaperbackBantam
Hardcover
19830276-831122-7339JapanesePaperbackFutami-shobo
2014ISBN 978-1-59687-444-2EnglishHardcoveribooks.com
ISBN 978-1-59687-401-5Paperback

Source: [1]

Treasure boxes

Three of the treasure boxes have been recovered.[4][5] The first was found in Chicago, Illinois; the second in Cleveland, Ohio; and the most recent treasure box was found in Boston, Massachusetts.[5] The remaining nine treasure boxes have not yet been recovered.[4] The Boston treasure box's recovery was filmed for Discovery Channel's television show Expedition Unknown and aired on Wednesday, October 30, 2019.[6] [7]

Image No.[8] Verse No.[8] Verse opening Status Location (solved, or likely) Ref.
17At stone wall's doorUnsolvedSan Francisco, California[9][10]
26Of all the romance retoldUnsolvedCharleston, South Carolina[11]
311Pass two friends of octaveUnsolvedRoanoke Island, North Carolina[12]
44Beneath two countriesSolved (2004)Cleveland, Ohio[13][14]
512Where M and B are set in stoneSolved (1983)Chicago, Illinois[15][16]
69The first chapter Written in waterUnsolvedSt. Augustine, Florida[17][18]
72At the place where jewels aboundUnsolvedNew Orleans, Louisiana[19][20]
81Fortress north Cold as glassUnsolvedHouston, Texas[21][22]
95Lane   Two twenty twoUnsolvedMontreal, Canada[23]
108View the three stories of MitchellUnsolvedMilwaukee, Wisconsin[24][25]
113If Thucydides is North of XenophonSolved (2019)Boston, Massachusetts[5][26]
1210In the shadow Of the grey giantUnsolvedNew York, New York[27]

References
  1. "Book Variants". 12treasures.com. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
  2. "The History Behind 'The Secret'". Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  3. The Secret (1982), pp. 7–8
  4. "Shhh! The Secret Podcast". 12treasures.com. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
  5. Baker, Billy (October 25, 2019). "Hidden treasure, a family's quest, and 'The Secret'". The Boston Globe. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
  6. "EPIC SEASON FINALE OF DISCOVERY CHANNEL'S 'EXPEDITION UNKNOWN' STARRING JOSH GATES UNCOVERS FAMED HIDDEN TREASURE". discovery.com (Press release). October 28, 2019. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
  7. "Expedition Unknown: 'The Secret' Treasure Found in Boston". Discovery Com. Retrieved 2020-03-24.
  8. "The Secret (a treasure hunt)". Retrieved November 9, 2019 – via pbworks.com.
  9. Walker, Wilson (March 4, 2019). "Treasure Hunters May Be Closing In On Prize In Golden Gate Park". KPIX-TV. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
  10. Parks, Shoshi (September 20, 2019). "S.F. Marks the Spot for Buried Treasure". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved November 10, 2019. A fantasy author’s 37-year-old cache may soon be unearthed in one of the city’s 220 parks. But which one?
  11. Behre, Robert (April 22, 2019). "Discovery Channel team to dig up Charleston's White Point Garden in search of buried key". The Post and Courier. San Francisco, California. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
  12. Kile, Jenny (June 9, 2019). "In Search of the Roanoke Island Casque of The Secret Armchair Treasure Hunt: Six Questions with Dustin and Deidra White". Mysterious Writings. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
  13. Firschein, Merry (July 18, 2004). "Treasure hunter strikes pay dirt". The Record. Bergen County, New Jersey. p. 1. Retrieved November 9, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
  14. Firschein, Merry (July 18, 2004). "Treasure: A 22-year quest ends in a park in Cleveland". The Record. Bergen County, New Jersey. p. 12. Retrieved November 9, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
  15. Swartz, Tracy (January 17, 2018). "Travel Channel show revisits '80s treasure find in Grant Park". Chicago Tribune. p. 1-3. Retrieved November 10, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
  16. "The Secret of Byron Preiss: How they found the Chicago key". Retrieved November 9, 2019 – via YouTube.
  17. Connolly, Patrick (July 27, 2019). "In Search of 'The Secret'". Orlando Sentinel. Orlando, Florida. p. A1. Retrieved November 10, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
  18. Connolly, Patrick (July 27, 2019). "Treasure". Orlando Sentinel. Orlando, Florida. p. A4. Retrieved November 10, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
  19. Brasted, Chelsea (April 9, 2019). "There's a secret treasure in New Orleans. We may have found it". The Times-Picayune. Retrieved November 11, 2019 – via nola.com.
  20. Truong, Thanh (May 18, 2018). "The Secret: There's a treasure buried in New Orleans". WWL-TV. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  21. Ramirez, Fernando (May 16, 2017). "The 35-year-old hunt for Hermann Park's buried treasure continues". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved November 11, 2019 – via chron.com.
  22. West, Aaron (March 5, 2018). "You'll (Probably) Never Find the Buried Treasure In Hermann Park". bylinehouston.com. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  23. Lynne, Aeryn (March 21, 2018). "Treasure Hunting North America: The Secret in Montreal". geeklife.ca. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  24. Tanzilo, Bobby (January 16, 2018). "Did Travel Channel's "Expedition Unknown" dig up treasure in Lake Park?". OnMilwaukee. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  25. Brooke, Zach (June 1, 2016). "The 35-Year-Long Hunt to Find a Fantasy Author's Hidden Treasure". Vice. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  26. Conti, Matt (October 30, 2019). "Treasure Hunt Leads to North End Baseball Field". North End Waterfront. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
  27. Kile, Jenny (April 18, 2019). "Six Questions with James Renner: In Search for the New York City Casque of The Secret (A Treasure Hunt)". Mysterious Writings. Retrieved November 11, 2019.

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