The hunt begins February 16th - Presidents Day - where eBay will begin giving away 25 $1000 cash prizes to those who find the "Treasure" hidden in special eBay listings.

According to eBay's general announcement board;

"For eight days, we'll list 25 listings a day at various times, going through the end of Wednesday, February 23, 2005.

To help you find the prizes, we'll post a clue on our “Get Clues” page for each listing we put up. In celebration of President's Day, the clues will be words or phrases relating to U.S. Presidents, U.S. history or other Americana. Each clue will be a puzzle, and solving it will help you find the hidden prizes! Since we'll be listing items and posting clues at different times throughout each day, you'll want to check the page frequently."

"eBay will host a "Treasure Hunt clues board" and a "Treasure Hunt discussion board" where you can visit with other treasure hunters to solve clues and discuss the treasure hunt.

"Here's an example of how a clue might work: Let's say you figure that the answer to the clue we've given you is “motherhood.” With that answer in mind, you might try searching on “maternity dress” to try to find the hidden listing. If you find it, you'll know – just follow the instructions on the item page to claim your prize. We've made it so that none of the text in the description is searchable, so you'll have to use your wits (and maybe some teamwork) to figure out where the prizes are!"

In addition to the treasure hunt, eBay will also host a Grand Prize Sweepstakes for a chance to win $25,000, plus an eBay Featured Store subscription for life! Each day of the contest, you can earn one entry into the sweepstakes simply by buying, bidding on or listing an item (up to a total of 8 entries) on eBay.com or eBay Motors.

For more information visit the eBay Treasure Hunt page then head over to The Powerseller Report where we will be discussing the clues.

Enjoy . . . Scott