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“To date, treasure-hunters have followed up clue after clue, including a dagger-marked tree, to no avail. If there is a fortune buried in Handcart Gulch, it is still safely hidden”

Book:The New Eldorado: The Story of Colorado's Gold and Silver Rushes

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“There is something in a treasure that fastens upon a man’s mind. He will pray and blaspheme, and will curse the day he ever heard of it, and will let his last hour come upon him unawares, still believing that he missed it only by a foot. He will see it every time he closes his eyes. He will never forget it till he is dead—and even then Doctor did you ever hear of the miserable gringos on Azuera, that cannot die.”

Treasure Treasure Hunt

Book:Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard

Source: Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard

“Who hides a ring? Who sets up this whole cockamamie production with puzzle pieces and treasure hunts and who knows what else over a ring?”

Mystery Middle Grade Search Puzzle Treasure Hunt Middle Grade Mystery

Book:The Puzzling World of Winston Breen

Source: The Puzzling World of Winston Breen

“Of course. Treasure hunts make much better stories when there’s treasure at the end.”

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Book:The Puzzling World of Winston Breen

Source: The Puzzling World of Winston Breen

“Don’t forget young Chester, ‘The past is a foreign country’, but boarding school will be another world, my boy!”

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Author:M.J. Colewood

“This was just the sort of game younger guys played. He wasn’t looking for a partner, he was looking for a challenge.”

Love Life Treasure Hunt Melissa Hill The Love Of A Lifetime

Book:The Love of a Lifetime