ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

The Secret (treasure hunt)

Okay kiddo, have you ever played treasure hunt with your friends where you have to find hidden objects or clues to get to a big prize or treasure at the end?

Well, there is a real-life treasure hunt happening right now and it's called the secret treasure hunt. But instead of finding gold or toys, people are trying to find buried treasure worth a lot of money.

A man named Byron Preiss buried 12 ceramic casques (like little pots) in different locations all around the United States back in the 1980s. Inside each casque, there is a key that can be exchanged for a valuable gemstone. But the only way to get to the casque is by solving a series of riddles and clues that lead to the exact location of the treasure.

The riddles and clues are really tricky and can take years to solve! Some people have even dedicated their whole lives to solving them.

So essentially, it's a big treasure hunt with valuable prizes hidden in secret places, but it takes a lot of thinking, problem-solving, and a little bit of luck to actually find it. Pretty cool, right?