July 2026 | Vol. 6 Iss. 7
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Kaysville treasure hunter finds $25,000 prize By Becky Ginos | becky.g@thecityjournals.com The hunt starts with a poem that has the clues hidden throughout.
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n record time, Kaysville resident Bobby Smalley solved the Utah Treasure Hunt 2026 on June 13 when he found the $25,000 prize hidden in a box in the mountains above Farmington. Smalley solved the puzzle just three weeks into the contest. Real estate entrepreneurs and hunt organizers David Cline and John Maxim said typically they hope it will be closer to six. It’s the seventh annual Utah Treasure Hunt that the pair created for people to use their skills to search for a hidden treasure. Treasure hunters are given a poem containing clues as to where it is located then off they go. This is Smalley’s first year to make the attempt. “Actually my daughter and her husband have mentioned it to me a couple of times and we kind of tinkered with some of the clues and some of the poems,” he said. “I haven’t actually gone out and tried to find them before. So this
was my first time digging into it.” Smalley said he signed up for the Treasure Hunt’s email. “I was excited to get the email. I started to look at it (poem) and it’s interesting because really the very first thought that came to my mind was up above Farmington but I found out I was wrong. I was way off. When I got up there I realized the clues I thought I was associating with were wrong.” The landmarks were in different places, said Smalley. “After that I was like, well there’s no way it’s in Farmington. So I kind of started over from that point. But then last Friday night (June 12) I was contemplating some things and about 11:30 at night started digging into it again and things kind of started lining up so I went after it again. I actually pulled out an old map of Farmington trails that I had and I started doing a little research on some of the points of interest on there and some of them I knew but not many of them I didn’t.”’ Smalley said he’s been hiking up there a Bobby Smalley holds the treasure box containing $25,000 he found in the mountains in Farmington. This is the seventh annual Utah Treasure Hunt put on by entrepreneurs David Cline
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