Summary on The Secret Treasure Hunt: For over 30 years, The Secret: A Treasure Hunt , has taunted searchers. Back in 1982 a man named Byron Preiss decided it would be a good idea to publish a treasure hunt. Over the years, I began to believe that I'd just mashed together the memory of a beautifully enchanting cover from a random fantasy novel seen in a supermarket or a dream, a provocatively simple title that no 8 year old could resist ("secret", "treasure" and "hunt" in any order) and the contents of several faerie tale and folklore books I'd read in the early 80s and, voila, a bibl Book. The Secret is a treasure hunt started by Byron Preiss in 1982. We’re creating a (hopefully) official site for all things The Secret: A Treasure Hunt to pull together all information and give a platform for people to equally share their thoughts about the treasure locations. James Renner is on a quest to discover the others, and he invites you to join the hunt. As of August 2020 only three of the twelve boxes have been found. Only two have been found. This book, published in 1982, includes 12 images and 12 verses which need correctly matched together in order to discover the locations of 12 buried ceramic casks. Twelve treasure boxes were buried at secret locations in the United States and Canada. He spent a year or so traveling around the country, burying small ceramic boxes two feet underground. The 1982 treasure hunt book, The Secret, has clues to 12 hidden gems. He wrote a few poems, and had a friend of his paint some images. The Secret A Treasure Hunt Thank you for visiting.