Annual treasure hunt returns with largest cash prize yet, and it could be yours

IDAHO FALLS – Anderson Hicks Group is launching its sixth wealth hunt Friday pinch a rate prize that’s bigger than ever.

The existent property institution collaborated pinch 11 sponsors to supply $10,000, a lawsuit of merchandise from nan Army Surplus Store, a gift paper to Buffalo Wild Wings and more.

“There’s truthful much, it won’t moreover fresh successful nan box,” Marketing Manager Anike Wilder says.

Some of nan items are hidden successful a wealth thorax location successful eastbound Idaho and nan first personification to find it gets to support it.

Prizes included pinch nan rate voucher successful this year’s hunt | Courtesy Anike Wilder

“This is nan biggest hunt we person ever done and we are truthful excited to spot what benignant of adventures and memories nan organization makes,” Wilder tells EastIdahoNews.com.

In erstwhile years, play clues person been provided connected its website and Instagram page. This clip around, nan sponsors will supply nan clues. They’ll beryllium posted each Tuesday and Thursday connected Anderson Hicks’ website and societal media pages.

Those who’d for illustration to participate request to sign up here.

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The Idaho Falls business hosted its first wealth hunt successful summertime 2022. That led to different wealth hunt during nan holidays to thief raise costs for nan Idaho Falls Rescue Mission.

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Philip and Dixean Grimes of Idaho Falls were nan winners of past year’s vacation hunt. They recovered nan container pinch a $5,000 voucher and different prizes wrong immoderate sagebrush astatine Gem Bike Park successful Idaho Falls 12 days aft nan wealth hunt began.

Last summer, Zach Johnson of Chubbuck and his 10-year-old daughter, Isla, recovered a wealth container pinch $5,000 on Gibson Jack Trail successful Pocatello.

The unthinkable consequence to these wealth hunts is what prompts Wilder to support doing it, and she’s amazed astatine nan effect it has connected nan community.

“Our hunters person traveled each complete eastbound Idaho discovering nan astir astonishing places and creating immoderate astonishing halfway memories pinch friends and family. We person heard things for illustration ‘this hunt saved my marriage’ and ‘I sewage to walk clip pinch my dada looking for wealth conscionable earlier he passed distant from cancer’ and ‘Just nan thought of a wealth hunt has changed a regular boring summertime to thing that my kids bask EVERY SINGLE YEAR!'” Wilder says.

Wilder wants to proceed hosting these hunts and hide an moreover larger magnitude of money adjacent year.

She’s grateful to each nan sponsors (listed below) for providing nan biggest prize to date.

This year’s hunt is officially underway. The first hint and a representation of nan wide area wherever nan wealth is hidden is posted below.

Wilder is reminding participants nan wealth is not hidden connected nationalist spot aliases successful a spot that requires them to salary to find it.

“You will ne'er person to excavation holes aliases climb to find nan box. This is simply a family-friendly hunt, therefore, moreover children tin find nan box,” she says.

Courtesy Anike Wilder

Courtesy Anike Wilder

Courtesy Anike Wilder