To date, the company has given away $600,000—with two chests hidden in each city.
We've grown up and been able to make a real life treasure hunt," he said. Whoever finds the chest first, wins it all.
Gold Hunt has launched three treasure hunts across three Canadian cities: Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton.
Participants in the mystery will play the role of detectives after they view a short video …
In less than 24 hours, an Edmonton family ended up discovering the very first treasure chest. Published Friday, May 17, 2019 3:34PM PDT
On June 1, a company called Gold Hunt … “Well, I’m bleeding and my hands are dirty, but this is fun,” said treasure hunter Michael Pawlett. Gold Rush Canada, a Canada-wide interactive experience combining murder mystery and treasure hunt, comes to Vancouver this August.
The modern-day treasure hunt involves using a mobile app to try and find a hidden cache of real silver and gold somewhere in Vancouver.
He denied Vancouver’s search is harder than other cities, but Cromwell offered a clue about the focus on Kerrisdale: The buried chest will contain a proof of purchase entitling the finder to $100,000 and will contain some gold and silver coins, just not the full amount. Edmonton’s was discovered within 24 hours and Calgary’s took five days.
We've hidden $100k worth of pure gold & silver in Alberta... seriously! "We've all been treasure seekers since we were kids. The company is selling maps and a series of five clues to guide you to where X marks the spot.
There's still a chance that you could find that $100,000 treasure chest.
They told the So grab your shovels Vancouver! It's massive!
To participate, you must be a Canadian citizen and be the age of majority.A treasure hunt offering a gold and silver prize is coming to Vancouver.
Gold Hunt organizers secretly placed a chest of silver and gold somewhere in the city. Organizers are …
“Well, I’m bleeding and my hands are dirty, but this is fun,” said treasure hunter Michael Pawlett.
“I think they made it harder on us, “ said Vancouver player Roxanne McDonald. So if you have fantasized about discovering and digging up a treasure, you need to buy a $25 treasure map that is a poem, filled with riddles. Following the success of the inaugural Gold Hunt which was held in July 2019, the group has created a treasure hunt for the cities of Calgary, and Edmonton, where-in $100,000 ($50K each) in real gold and silver is buried within the city limits. Residents and even some competitors complained other participants were disrespectful of the area, trampling over flower beds and trespassing. Gold Hunt 2.0 will again come to Vancouver, Edmonton, and Calgary to give residents a serious case of “gold fever” and maybe a few sleepless nights.
Ask Vancouver Update: I found the location it’s kerrisdale and have been searching its super dug up and I even checked the library for the certificate to see if it’s in Homer’s Odyssey …
Laure told Now that two of the three chests have been found, Vancouver hunters are still working hard to discover the location of their hidden treasure chest.Maps are still being sold for the Vancouver location for anyone who still wants to participate in the hunt and will continue to be sold until the treasure is found. The Canadian company, Gold Hunt, hid three separate treasure chests across Canada.
Similar contests where held in Alberta and their prizes were found a lot faster. In each hunt, treasure seekers were given the chance to win $100,000 worth of treasure, buried in a secret location.Maps could be purchased for $25, and a map with clues could be purchased for $45.The chests hidden in both Calgary and Edmonton were found within five days, but Vancouver’s hunt went unsolved for more than a week.Finally, on Saturday, June 8, Burnaby resident Marko Cerda solved the puzzle and found Vancouver’s treasure.Congrats to our final winner Marko Cerda who has traveled all the way from Edmonton… Just kidding you guys take a breath… He’s from Burnaby!