I started treasure hunt in Blue Ridge. It's Day 7. Prize is up to $36k+
I modeled it after last year's Project Skydrop (http://projectskydrop.com) * 24/7 web cam trained on the treasure of $26k in gold coins * shrinking circle (100 miles today) showing its location and updating every morning * premium option for aerial photos that go higher and higher every morning. $10 from every premium upgrade goes towards the pot Over 5k people have joined so far. Good local media attention but nothing national yet. There's a private community for premium users and it's actually been pretty fun with people posting photos of their hikes and sharing their…
I started treasure hunt in Blue Ridge. It's Day 7. Prize is up to $36k+ launched on October 15, 2025 with 12 votes, #913 of 8,178 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.
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A real-world treasure hunt taking place in Blue Ridge where participants search for up to $36,000 in gold coins. The hunt uses a live webcam, a shrinking search area that narrows daily, and optional aerial photographs available for a fee. Over 5,000 people have joined to participate in locating the treasure, with a community component where premium members share hiking photos and updates. The creator modeled the experience after a similar previous hunt called Project Skydrop.
written from the facts on this page · September 2026
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How the Fall 2025 Blue Ridge Mountains Treasure Hunt went, who found the gold, and where the $21,000 we raised for Hurricane Helene relief went.
We put $26,350 in American Gold Eagle coins in a mason jar and left it on the forest floor somewhere in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina. Over 7,500 people signed up to go find it. A clue went out every morning for ten days. The circle on the map got smaller, the trail cam posted a fresh photo, a drone shot went up, and a riddle went out. A raccoon we named Wrecky kept showing up on the cam at night and ended up the mascot of the whole thing. Corey and his daughter Zoe found the jar at 12:41 in the afternoon on Saturday, October 18. They drove up from Northeast Georgia with their dogs Remi and Winni and hiked in a little over two miles. They saved every trail cam photo we…from countdowntreasure.com
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I modeled it after last year's Project Skydrop (http://projectskydrop.com) * 24/7 web cam trained on the treasure of $26k in gold coins * shrinking circle (100 miles today) showing its location and updating every morning * premium option for aerial photos that go higher and higher every morning. $10…
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