This time, players set out in search of a historical object worth 750,000 euros. For now the only information on the new hunt is that it is a symbol of the Franco-British alliance.
A treasure hunt between France and the United Kingdom
If the hunt for the Golden Owl ended in October 2024, the quest for the Entente Cordiale, launched in April 2021, has still not found a winner. The creator, Michel Becker, then announced new products for 2024, in fact, he promises a “significant relaunch of the game”.
But to date, no new concrete information has been revealed, recalls the media Ouest-France.
The new quest launched by Michel Becker recalls diplomatic relations, the Entente Cordiale between France and the United Kingdom. The treasure at stake is a gold box, offered in 1904 by King Edward VII to French President Émile Loubet, in commemoration of the signing of the Entente Cordiale between France and the United Kingdom.
This treasure hunt consists of solving two puzzles, one in France and the other in the United Kingdom. Each gives access to a half key. So the first player to solve one of the two parts of the riddle wins half of the treasure.
A surprising but unknown historical object
The key box comes from an auction held in Monaco in 2017, in the strictest privacy. Michel Becker discovered the box during a confidential auction in Monaco in 2017. In 2021, he explained to the media Ouest-France: “ I had the chance to discover this historic object during a relatively confidential auction in Monaco in 2017. Its owner at the time wanted to sell it, but it did not find a buyer, going relatively unnoticed.”.
He described the object as “a bit kitsch” but which would represent important symbolic value. The creator even believes that “this box set deserves to be exposed to the general public”, it’s an understatement to say how surprising this treasure promises to be.
This game was therefore imagined by Michel Becker and Vincenzo Bianca, an expert in treasure hunts. The two men designed several enigmas, taken up in the novel The treasure of the Edrei.
A hunt for sharp minds
Unlike the Golden Owl, this new game has more of an instructive approach. Every detail of the text as well as each illustration will have to be analyzed to try to detect the clues. Michel Becker still gives some ideas, he explains: “ You have to delve into the history and dig into the vocabulary”.
They will have to find two fragments of geodes (i.e. stones from a rock cavity covered with crystals and mineral materials) hidden in France and the United Kingdom, the latter, once reunited, will activate the key which opens the chest covering the treasure.
For now, the Entente Cordiale box set which awaits its winner is on display at the Lingot d’Art, in Rochefort-sur-Mer, alongside the Chouette d’or.
Sources : Ouest-France, Treasure Hunt, LePoint