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In the casques were keys that could be redeemed for a gem. The book was inspired by the success of masquerade, written and illustrated by kit williams and published in england in august 1979, but the secret never led to the. Josh gates and the elite group of the secret treasure hunters. Expedition unknown revisits 80s treasure find in chicago. In wednesdays episode of expedition unknown, josh gates will. The treasure krupat sought was the work of a new york publisher named byron preiss, who in 1982 released a book titled the secret no relation to. Jason krupat solved a puzzle from a 1982 book called the secret. Oct 30, 2019 preiss buried a dozen treasure boxes in 12 parks across america, then he unleashed the book full of clues to help lead you to the boxes. Interesting article on brian zinn, the attorney who discovered the cleveland casque.
Since the time of its release, only 2 casques have ever been found, leaving the remaining 10 yet to be discovered. The key to finding each casque was to match one of the paintings in the book to one. Expedition unknown finds buried treasure from the secret. It included 12 short verses, together with an equal number of intricate paintings by american artist john jude palencar. The year before publication, the author and publisher byron preiss had traveled to 12 locations in the continental u. The book was inspired by the success of masquerade, written and illustrated by kit williams and published in england in august 1979, but the secret never led to the same level of treasure hunting frenzy. 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. The secret draws treasure hunters to san franciscos. At the same time, preiss buried 12 ceramic boxes, or casques, in various locations around north america.
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