I haven’t been on a search for buried treasure since my middle school days, when I was obsessed with The Goonies…unless you count last week’s quest for loose change under my couch. Well, following  Monday’s story in The New York Times, “The Pirates Are Puppets, but the Treasure (They Say) Is Real,” I decided I need another adventure filled with pirates, clues, buried treasure, and Baby Ruths. (Everyone knows you can’t go on a treasure hunt without a Baby Ruth!)

According to the article, two anonymous artists created a series of pirate-themed videos that share clues as to where they hid $10,000 in golden U.S. dollar coins.  Weekly videos will be uploaded to the site, Welostourgold.com, and the viewer is encouraged to sort through the cryptic riddles to figure out where they should dig up a little earth.  The pirates are puppets, the money is real, and I want to take a Carribean cruise!

Lisa, Margaux, and I took a few minutes to watch the first video earlier this week:

How much fun is this?! Reader: please let me know if you’re following the pirate videos as well. I’m not going to give you any of my leads, but I might share one of my Baby Ruths!

Signed,

Captain Josh