Mysterious $10,000 treasure chest buried in San Francisco reportedly discovered

A mysterious treasure chest that was buried in San Francisco by an nameless group, containing gold and artifacts, has reportedly been discovered.

On Tuesday, the group posted on the San Francisco subreddit that they buried the chest someplace within the metropolis. 

“You are on the lookout for a 22 pound chest price over $10,000. It is brimming with gleaming ingots, forex, and San Francisco artifacts. About half the worth is in gold,” the organizers mentioned.  

The submit, which shortly grew to become viral, linked to their web site that includes a poem containing a number of clues:

“Eighteen Daring letters, Preserved
In a clearing, sight a darkish room’s
view of courageous surfers reeling

From dry wreck’s gate to photo voltaic’s tall
mast, chart a historic cross –
the beginning of 1’s path

To hint the true route, enterprise
solely at evening: to make certain of
bearing, you will want pack a lightweight

Within the steadfast basin, the place ft half
and agree, dig a shovel’s depth
down-you’ll discover the treasure you search”

On Wednesday, NPR’s All Issues Thought-about reported that three mates, recognized as Austin Theriault, TJ Lee and Erik Bahri, discovered the treasure Tuesday night.

The group instructed the general public radio program that the prize was buried simply off a path within the Mount Sutro Open House Reserve. In addition they revealed the contents contained in the chest, which included a gold nugget, silver and copper cash, baseball playing cards that includes Giants slugger Barry Bonds, and a ticket to the Golden Gate Worldwide Exposition that befell in 1939.

In a observe up Reddit submit, the group that buried the treasure expressed shock at how briskly the gadgets had been discovered. “Effectively, that went A LOT aster than anybody anticipated. Months had been hoped, days felt doable, however 11 hours… wow,” they mentioned.

The group mentioned it was open to doing one other treasure hunt.