In the first Roadblock, one racer from each team started at one of four landmarks on the beach (an anchor, a set of barrels, a ship's bell, or a ship's wheel), and had to use a traditional liquid compass, in which the direction they are traveling faces them on the compass, a shovel with a marking indicating 1.0 yards , and a unique set of directions, to search the beach for a treasure chest buried in the sand that held their next clue.