# There's Treasure Inside - Discussion And Ideas **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 27, 2025, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-treasure-inside-discussion-and-ideas/1018861 "2025-05-27T15:24:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![IMadeLem0nade](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imadelem0nade/32/19241_2.png) [@IMadeLem0nade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IMadeLem0nade)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2025, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-treasure-inside-discussion-and-ideas/1018861/1 "2025-05-27T15:24:23Z")
Honestly I just want to discuss possible locations of the treasure in the book by author Jon Collins Black titled “There’s Treasure Inside” Please share any ideas you have ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2025, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-treasure-inside-discussion-and-ideas/1018861/2 "2025-05-27T15:43:46Z")
Never heard of the book or the author, and there is nothing on either Wiki-wise. What can you tell us about this? ---
**Author:** ![IMadeLem0nade](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imadelem0nade/32/19241_2.png) [@IMadeLem0nade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IMadeLem0nade)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2025, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-treasure-inside-discussion-and-ideas/1018861/3 "2025-05-27T15:56:10Z")
Yeah. This rich guy wrote a book and hid about $2 million worth of random gold and artifacts across 5 states in the USA. none have been found. Look up “there’s treasure inside” on google and there should be a few articles. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2025, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-treasure-inside-discussion-and-ideas/1018861/4 "2025-05-27T15:57:16Z")
Here’s what I found out via a quick online search. There’s a guy named Jon Collins Black who made a lot of money in crypto-currency. He hid twelve caches of “treasure” around the country last year and then wrote a book which gave clues to their locations. Three of the treasures have been found so far. ---
**Author:** ![IMadeLem0nade](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imadelem0nade/32/19241_2.png) [@IMadeLem0nade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IMadeLem0nade)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2025, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-treasure-inside-discussion-and-ideas/1018861/5 "2025-05-27T15:57:56Z")
different book, same idea. that one is called “the secret” This one is much more recent ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2025, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-treasure-inside-discussion-and-ideas/1018861/6 "2025-05-27T16:02:55Z")
Okay. Here’s two websites with more information. > **[Home - Treasure Inside](https://treasureinside.com/)** > > “ I hid a treasure somewhere in the United States,and it’s waiting for you to find it. “ “Our lives are one perpetual treasure hunt. You and I seek. We pour our heart and spirit, tears and sweat, energy and fiery will into acquiring those things we... > **[There’s Treasure Inside Treasure Facts (Jon Collins-Black) - Mysterious Writings](https://mysteriouswritings.com/theres-treasure-inside-treasure-facts-jon-collins-black/)** > > Get the Treasure Facts for There's Treasure Inside - a treasure hunt with hidden treasures valued at over a million ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2025, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-treasure-inside-discussion-and-ideas/1018861/7 "2025-05-27T16:09:33Z")
According to his website none have been found, and there are some other websites that claim to have interpreted the clues…but if that were actually true don’t you think they would have just taken the treasure for themselves? ---
**Author:** ![IMadeLem0nade](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imadelem0nade/32/19241_2.png) [@IMadeLem0nade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IMadeLem0nade)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2025, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-treasure-inside-discussion-and-ideas/1018861/8 "2025-05-27T16:10:47Z")
I know ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2025, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-treasure-inside-discussion-and-ideas/1018861/9 "2025-05-27T16:23:19Z")
None of the clues out there have panned out? ---
**Author:** ![IMadeLem0nade](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imadelem0nade/32/19241_2.png) [@IMadeLem0nade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IMadeLem0nade)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2025, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-treasure-inside-discussion-and-ideas/1018861/10 "2025-05-27T16:27:55Z")
not really. I’m still searching tho. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2025, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-treasure-inside-discussion-and-ideas/1018861/11 "2025-05-27T16:37:47Z")
Please share some clues you have figured out. ---
**Author:** ![IMadeLem0nade](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imadelem0nade/32/19241_2.png) [@IMadeLem0nade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IMadeLem0nade)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2025, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-treasure-inside-discussion-and-ideas/1018861/12 "2025-05-27T16:43:25Z")
Ok. Well… I’m doing the box dedicated to the forrest fenn box, and i have noticed some similarities between the poem “the thrill of the chase” and the poem in the book, as well as some spelling errors. I don’t have a big lead but I have something ---
**Author:** ![IMadeLem0nade](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imadelem0nade/32/19241_2.png) [@IMadeLem0nade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IMadeLem0nade)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2025, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-treasure-inside-discussion-and-ideas/1018861/13 "2025-05-27T16:46:22Z")
actually I am on the mysterious writings forum, we go more in depth there, and discuss leads and possible clues. tell me if u want a link. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2025, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-treasure-inside-discussion-and-ideas/1018861/14 "2025-05-27T21:48:29Z")
> [@IMadeLem0nade](#): > > Ok. Well… I’m doing the box dedicated to the forrest fenn box Wasn’t the Forest Fenn box responsible for the deaths of five searchers? I thought these kinds of treasure hunts were considered ill-advised and borderline criminally irresponsible now. ---
**Author:** ![IMadeLem0nade](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imadelem0nade/32/19241_2.png) [@IMadeLem0nade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IMadeLem0nade)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2025, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-treasure-inside-discussion-and-ideas/1018861/15 "2025-05-28T18:47:14Z")
no, its a box containing some of the treasures from the OG box. easy to get confused. the original Forrest Fenn box was found already ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2025, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-treasure-inside-discussion-and-ideas/1018861/16 "2025-05-28T19:16:34Z")
I get that this is a new treasure hunt, but what is stopping this one from having the same tragic consequences as the Fenn box? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2025, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-treasure-inside-discussion-and-ideas/1018861/17 "2025-05-28T19:22:07Z")
With any book like this, how do you know the author is telling the truth? It’s a lot cheaper and easier to write a book full of clues without the actual buried treasure than it is to do it with. Or to claim 10 treasures, and then bury only 2 where they’ll be easily found to build up hype. ---
**Author:** ![IMadeLem0nade](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imadelem0nade/32/19241_2.png) [@IMadeLem0nade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IMadeLem0nade)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2025, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-treasure-inside-discussion-and-ideas/1018861/18 "2025-05-28T19:24:11Z")
The author explicitly said that it was less than 3 miles away from a road, in an accessible location, and he didn’t want anyone getting hurt. and to answer @Chronos, this dude was a Bitcoin millionaire, and he loved searching for the Fenn treasure. he has people who have seen the boxes before he hid them, and he got all the treasures on auction, for a somewhat low price (for the treasure, that is) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2025, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-treasure-inside-discussion-and-ideas/1018861/19 "2025-05-28T19:32:13Z")
Is the land legally accessible to the public? Do the caretakers/owners of those lands allow treasure hunters to search their properties? BTW, is there a bio of Jon Collins-Black available that isn’t just a promo for his book/treasure hunt? ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2025, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-treasure-inside-discussion-and-ideas/1018861/20 "2025-05-28T19:36:18Z")
There is a place off Nova Scotia called Oak Island. Maybe a treasure is there. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-treasure-inside-discussion-and-ideas/1018861.md?page=2)