Oneonta Man Wins Prize in Great U.

An Oneonta man is now the third winner of the Great U.S. Treasure Hunt. The event is a nationwide hunt where items can be found by decoding a message in one of four chapters of an E-book titled “The Great U.S. Treasure Hunt” that can be purchased from Amazon. Kristian House deciphered a code hidden in the first chapter of the book, which lead him to a Hermes Badge, valued at $10,000. Organizers of the hunt there is one more item to be found somewhere east of the Mississippi and South of the 40th parallel. Before this year’s hunt is done, there may be as many as six more treasures added to the bounty.