![Chicago Tribune, 8/9/83, Sec. 2, pg. 1 Hunting by the boolk Chicago pals unearth 'Secret treasure By Eric Zorn HEN BYRON PREISS wrote his book The Sccret last year, he was count ing on there being a few more people like Bob Wrobe, Ere Gastorows and David James in this world; people who would throw themselves wholeheartedly into a wildly difficult, nationwide hunt for buried treasure Preiss buried 12 ceramic casks in the far reaches of the 48 states and planted a host of clues to their whereabouts in a Bantam paper back published last fall. He expected the first treasure to be found within 30 days. The months rolled by, and no one cracked any of the puzzles Some 700 people wrote to Preiss at his New York office claíming to have located the treasure None had Then, early in the evening of one of Chicago's hottest summer days, Wrobel, Gastorowski and James took a shovel, the book, a map and a few friends to an obscure corner of Grant Park and completed a six-month search by digging up the first of the ceramic casks. In return for their traval, the suburban teen agers get to keep the cask, valued at more than $500, and il receive an emerald worth approxi mately $1,000. The remainder of the jewels will continue to gather dust in a New York City vault until the casks that go along with them are unearthed The Chicago treasure would still be in the und had not a feature story about The ret" appeared in The Tribune late last year and inspired Wrobel, 19, to buy the book as a hirthday present for James, now 18. The two knew each other from Walther Lutheran High Schoo in Melrose Park and were part of a small circle of friends that played "Dungeons and Dragons," an elaborate fantasy game favored by those with high intelligence and a somewhat obsessive, escapist nature 디 THE HUNT BEGAN for the young men in February when Gasiorowski, 16, the third mem ber of the plucky trio, bought his own copy of the book. They were confronted with a confounding t of clues that at first seemed to make no sense whatsoever The Secet" was an attempt by the author to duplicate he success of "Masquerde a 1979 British book that combined a fairy tale with a Tntune photo by Aon Botoy Eric Gasiorowski [left] and Bob Wrobel used clues in "The Secret" to find a $1,500 treasure in Grant Park. Continued on page a](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/380/239/20e.jpg "Chicago Tribune Page 1")
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