Last clue and 1st Sac Treasure Hunt ending...

This past Saturday on a cold and foggy morning in Sacramento, people awaited the last clue of the Sac Treasure Hunt to be tweeted at 9 AM.

At stake was over $1,500 in prizes for one lucky treasure hunter!

Once the last clue was sent, it wasn't long before someone found the secret location (9:07 AM was the first arrival) and over the course of the next ninety minutes or so 9 other people found the secret location!

So here is how all the clues led to the secret location. All clues were given out daily last week via the Sac Treasure Hunt twitter page:

Monday
1st Clue: Channel Deirdre Fitzpatrick is on
Answer: 3

Tuesday
2nd Clue: A Nobel Prize Winner
Answer: Guglielmo Marconi
(Several major streets in the Arden area are named after famous inventors, Guglielmo Marconi was one of those and won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1909)

Wednesday
Jersey number of Zach Schrader (In college at Sac State added later)
Answer: 4

Thursday
4th Clue: Where people watch
Answer: Jiffy Lube
(This clue seemed to really throw a twist into people's thought process, as most people thought about movie theaters, parks, etc...however people do watch their vehicles getting worked on at Jiffy Lube.)

Friday
5th Clue: Synonym for street
Answer: Avenue


Saturday
Last clue: The square root of 2209
Answer: 47
Extra clue: Last name of Nobel Prize winner for Physics in 1909
Answer: Marconi

After the last clue was tweeted it was only a matter of time before all the treasure hunters put the answers together to get a street address of some kind which led them to the secret location of the Sac Treasure Hunt chest; Jiffy Lube at 3447 Marconi Avenue in Sacramento.

Once the treasure hunters arrived they had to write down the correct daily keywords to have a 1 in 10 chance of opening the treasure chest.

Please view the Sac Treasure Hunt video to see how it all ended, some good drama and tension free of charge!

After it was all over we enjoyed an AMAZING Treasure Chest cake done by Kristy (@cakegrrl), it was so real, yet so delicious too!

Congrats to the 10 winners, they braved the cold and were an enthusiastic group who all left with great prizes from our sponsors!

Thanks to all those who participated and supported the STH on twitter with daily tweets and RT's!

Special thanks to our generous sponsors: Round Table Pizza, Quick Quack Car Wash, Jiffy Lube, Sacramento River Cats and Del Taco.

The 2nd Sac Treasure Hunt will be in March, so be sure to follow us on twitter for all the details and clues!!!