# Treasure Hunting **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 9, 2001, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/treasure-hunting/68145 "2001-06-09T03:50:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2001, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/treasure-hunting/68145/1 "2001-06-09T03:50:40Z")
A while back I was flipping through channels and saw a show about a website where people enter their zipcode and, if available in their area, are given clues and a map to find a treasure. If you find the treasure, you can take something left by a previous participant and then you should leave something for the next person. The treasures left in the particular treasure hunt shown on the show included nature books and a video. I forget what else. You can also post a treasure hunt you create yourself for others. The people shown on this particular hunt took the clues from the website and followed them to an abandoned rusted car in a large field. Inside the trunk was a large container of the prizes. This sounded like a lot of fun and something that I would like to try but I didn’t write the name of the site down. Silly me thought I could remember it. :rolleyes: Does anyone know what I am talking about? Have you ever done it? Do you have the web address? ---
**Author:** ![Saltire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saltire/32/553_2.png) [@Saltire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saltire)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2001, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/treasure-hunting/68145/2 "2001-06-09T04:28:52Z")
It’s sort of a sport called Geocaching. The idea is that you get the precise coordinates for the cache, and go there using a GPS unit. Of course, even with the coordinates the cache might still be hard to get to (halfway up a cliff, deep in the mountains, on the roof of a building, whatever). The website is [http://www.geocaching.com](http://www.geocaching.com) They post the various caches, and anyone can go looking. You need to leave something behind and make a notation in the logbook if you take the cache. ---
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2001, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/treasure-hunting/68145/3 "2001-06-09T05:38:02Z")
Thank’s it! Thank you! Have you ever played? ---
**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2002, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/treasure-hunting/68145/4 "2002-04-06T19:02:04Z")
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