Project Skydrop: Treasure hunter used meteorology to find golden prize in Massachusetts
His professional training and keen eye for detail helped him to find clues hidden within the contest's webcam images.
That treasure hunt for the gold statue? It’s somewhere in Massachusetts.
Project Skydrop is the brainchild of Jason Rohrer, a Dover, N.H., man who has been called “the world’s most interesting video game designer.”
Game creators meet the meteorologist who cracked their $100K treasure hunt
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The man who found a $26,000 gold treasure hidden in western Massachusetts says he had a leg up on the competition: "meteorology skills." As a meteorologist, Dan Leonard says he paid close attention to readings of temperature and cloud cover visible on a live trail camera showing the gold trophy concealed somewhere in a deciduous forest,
Treasure hunter reveals how he found Project Skydrop's golden prize
His professional training and a keen eye for detail helped him to find clues hidden within the contest's webcam images, which led him to the prize hidden in a Massachusetts forest.
Treasure hunt trophy worth $26,000 found in Massachusetts, but who is the winner?
By Neal Riley, Mike Sullivan Click here for updates on this story BOSTON, Massachusetts (WBZ) — A treasure hunt that spanned much of the northeast before being narrowed to the woods of Massachusetts has turned up gold.
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