Views of the Milwaukee City Hall get us to the city (from the image). Designed as a children’s book, but having mystified adults for decades, the book tells “the tale of the fair people, the mysteries of their treasure, the whereabouts of their descendants” (Cover). The keys were meant to be traded for gems from the author. Back in 1982, The Secret was published, and a treasure hunt began across North America for keys hidden in ornate boxes in public spaces. The casque associated with Image 10 and Verse 8 is (or was) buried at the eastern foot of the Locust Street Ravine Trail inside Lake Park in Milwaukee, WI, somewhere in the near vicinity of these coordinates: 43°04'08.1"N, 87°52'06.1"W. (Finding the exact spot to dig will require an on-site investigation.) In 1982, The Secret: A Treasure Hunt, was published.Designed as a children’s book, but having mystified adults for decades, the book tells “the tale of the fair people, the mysteries of their treasure, the whereabouts of their descendants” (Cover). The Secret: A Treasure Hunt was published in America in 1982. Many of the shapes hidden in Image 10 are visual allusions to the most famous and iconic landmarks in Milwaukee, but a few of the images seem to point (more subtly) to the actual treasure spot. Casques had already been found in Cleveland and Chicago, and Gates visited Milwaukee, New York and St. Augustine, Florida to try to locate others. "This was a fun day," says VISIT Milwaukee… The table below attempts to narrow down the clues from city-level to site-level. Similar ceramic cask. In 2013, Urban Milwaukee writer Brian Jacobson shared this story of how Milwaukee’s secret treasure came to be. He wrote a few poems, and had a friend of his paint some images. He spent a year or so traveling around the country, burying small ceramic boxes two feet underground. Synopsis. Each casque contained a small key that, once found, could be redeemed for one of 12 birthstone jewels Preiss kept in a safe deposit box in New York. This is the second of a series of Six Questions with dedicated searchers of The Secret (A Treasure Hunt) published in 1982. The previous year, author and publisher Byron Preiss had traveled to 12 locations in the continental U.S. (and possibly Canada) to secretly bury a dozen ceramic casques. Back in 1982 a man named Byron Preiss decided it would be a good idea to publish a treasure hunt. The concept was simple, and is described below. Verse 8 View the three stories of MitchellAs you walk the beating of the worldAt a distance in timeFrom three who lived thereAt a distance in spaceFrom woman, with harpsichordSilently… There were 12 buried casques of which only two have ever been found. still madly digging up hedgerows and pastures in search of the golden hare, The Secret: A Treasure Hunt was published in America. Unfortunately only 2 of 12 treasures were ever found before the author was killed in … It contained 12 paintings and 12 verses. In 1982, The Secret: A Treasure Hunt, was published. Each Six Questions of the series will take a look into a location for a buried Casque of The Secret Armchair Treasure Hunt. The concept was simple, and is described below.