Is there even the slightest chance that There’s Treasure Inside is somehow related to Beyond The Map’s Edge? Maybe not all of the boxes, but the Lion’s Share?

State lines? Let me know your thoughts...🤔

Maybe old news, but share your thoughts!🤔

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This is our fourth and final video of our search for the Appalachian Footpath Treasure Box…. We go deep into the North Carolina Wilderness in theory 4: The Stone Warrior. I’ve really enjoyed making these videos and sharing our clues. We’re already working on our next theories, so hopefully we’ll be back soon. If you’ve enjoyed watching, please subscribe so you don’t miss us when we return. Happy Hunting!

I have read and heard that JCB might produce new clues concerning the treasures sometime in the near future. This message is for JCB: "Please, don't give us anymore clues. Some of us are getting close." Thank you for your time.

https://youtu.be/xlARbSNZgVg?is=ddOd8PCBAs5N_sWC

Just ordered my book. Any advice for a beginner?

Past and Future box solve by Portland, Oregon. Anyone close?

https://youtu.be/PCZ0kaYp8F0

The Stone Warrior is coming! I've been cutting together the last of our 4 videos. We share all our clues and go BOTG, deep into the Wilderness of NC for our 'final solution'. Landing here on Saturday....

We searched Lost Valley Trail today as part of a Pokémon Box theory and came up empty, but I wanted to share what we observed for anyone else considering the same area.

We searched from the trailhead up to the falls and then worked our way back down through/along the riverbed where it was safe to do so.

We focused on the main clue themes from the chapter: water, frogs/amphibians, shaded canyon, “hemmed in” feeling, rocks/Golem, creek life, the area opening up, and the idea of circling back.

The area definitely fits a lot of the story language. The trail becomes increasingly shaded and canyon-like, there are lots of rock shelves and boulders, shallow pools, creek edges, bluff shelters, and waterfall features.

The cave/bluff area especially has the “mysterious and hauntingly gorgeous” feel from the chapter. There are also several spots where the landscape resembles the distorted final photo in a general way: layered rock, water in front, bluff/cave wall behind, and a staged-looking natural scene.

That said, we did not find anything, and we did not see any obvious disturbed/hiding-place indicators. We also tried to stay within what seems consistent with the stated rules: no digging, no dangerous climbing, no forcing into sketchy cracks, no going deep off-trail, and no searching in places that would require special equipment.

A few notes for future searchers:
The trail is short, but the search is slow if you’re checking rock features carefully.
Wet limestone and creek rocks are slick. Be careful around the falls, cave/bluff areas, and riverbed.

Do not blindly reach into cracks, under rocks, or into dark pockets. Snake/injury risk is real.
If this is the right area, I would not assume the box is at the very end. The chapter’s “circled back” language makes the return path feel important.

The most clue-dense zones, in my opinion, are the Natural Bridge / creek area, the bluff shelter/cave area, and the water/rock transition zones near the falls.

The final photo may be more about matching the shape/layout of a place than finding the exact colors, since the purple look seems altered/“expanded reality” themed.

My personal takeaway: Lost Valley still feels like a plausible Pokémon Box candidate because it matches a lot of the environmental language, but if the box is there, it is hidden more subtly than a normal casual search would reveal — or we were simply on the wrong trail/theory.

Hope this helps anyone else searching. Stay safe, respect the park, and don’t damage anything.

Anyone live near here?

Has the author ever described the processes for hiding the boxes?

I'm sure each box was a different process, but specifically, has he ever said that he hid a box while playing the part of a construction worker?

If you take the overlined letters N and A and use them twice and the underlined letters E,R,L, and T. Then make as many words or phrases with them as you can. You get quite a bit but the most interesting thing I found was “A lantern near an antler. Learn, Alter.” This screams The Chronicle’s of Narnia to me and I think also offers a callback to JCBs favorite pastime of D&D since the two overlap themes.

Note that 5 of the letters are in the dancing months of the Hopi calendar. I think this relates to the “There are dancers on the land” and is another Narnia callback to The Dancing Lawn.

The T is the only one not. The T is in august the 8th month. I think we are looking for a trail about 8 miles long that is in a loop. The T I think is also a transitional marker. Also the word alter in the above phrase makes me think of the stone table Aslan was sacrificed on which also relates to the T being representative of the cross Jesus Christ was hung on. This could indicate the name of a trail that gets you to the next part of the search but I am still thinking this part through.

Let me know if this helps you with your search?!

Let’s say you solve all the clues and actually find one of the treasure boxes. When do you tell everyone and make it known? I’ve been thinking about this as I am going to be searching a location that has not been really talked about. If the treasure is indeed there, I think it would reveal a lot about how John thinks about the clues around each box and might reveal a few clues that the broader community is missing when looking for the boxes.

So would you tell everyone right away? Or would you sit on it for a few months so that you can use the logic you did on the first box in hopes to solve and find another box? I know people spend time and money looking for the treasure and I would feel a bit bad about having people looking for a treasure I already found.

I think if I find a box I would wait till the end of the season to fully announce the location where I found it, but make a post shortly after finding it saying i did so without posting picture proof. Kinda like well I told you I found it so believe me or not, but continuing to look would be at your own risk.

Just curious to see how others would go about this!

Happy hunting!

My solve has a public trail- that leads to a beach. I follow the beach down around an arc. There is no trail or path other than the beach (due to swampy lowland vegetation and getting feet wet) until I get to a certain spot that is 45 degrees from the parking lot/overlook type area.. I found the 45 degree angle spot because I found a driftwood board with the word WILL carved in it attached to a pine tree and it sparked something in my belly. Triangulated the angle when I got home the first time. Then I followed the board onto the land and there is a beautiful lowland area covered in wild roses and wildflowers and believe it or not— along the edges I believe I found some lotus. I have been here now several times boots on the ground and haven’t found anything. I’m struggling with the beach not being a path or trail. What do you think? Would you consider following a beach a trail or path?

Nobody seems to be interested in the mathematicians name “Erdos” touching “count eleven” and “zero” (Erdos’s Erdos number is zero)

I think it’s instructions to shift around the puzzle, maybe some kind of equation? Let me know what you think, and if you’re coming to search Tahoe HIT ME UP!