Meet the winners of the mysterious SF treasure hunt

San Francisco friends Austin Theriault, Erik Bahri and TJ Lee are now about $10,000 richer after finding buried treasure in the Mount Sutro Open Space Preserve.

Driving the news: The three friends and their golden retriever Franz took just 11 hours to solve a cryptic puzzle posted on Reddit earlier this week.

  • The clues led them to a 22-pound treasure chest hidden between boulders off the Historic Trail on Mount Sutro containing ingots, currency, collectible baseball cards and a gold nugget inside of a stoppered bottle.

What they’re saying: “It was very validating to find it and know…..

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