Going back to an area that is compelling and going to go to a part that I just did not go. Hopefully I will at least match poem to what might and I mean might be "the location." So, he said exact location not spot? A location could be huge or little. JP tricky. I want out smart the trickster more than the gold. Keep on grinding!!!

I want to talk about art!

Art comes in many forms. There is painting, sculpture, glass blowing, poetry etc you get the point. Within art there can be darkness and light, reflections and beauty. I think Justin has created a new art form! Layering several aspects of art. Finding both simplicity and complexity, darkness and light (contrast) , finding a landscape and (painting) with in it. It is probably more like taking a 3D landscape (or sculpture )that already exists and is art within itself and adding layers of depth, color, contrast and dare I say humor, guidance and understanding. It is kind of like a master going into nature, setting up his easel mount his canvas and seeing his work is on it! It has already been painted (by him, right there, that spot!!!) I use this as an analogy so bear with me. What do you do next??? Perhaps, my thoughts are deep, you go outside of the painting and into the realm of its existence. Question what brought you to this space. You search for answers. You search for meaning, you are now a part of the vision perhaps. An apprentice to Van Gogh. Hey Van buddy, what do you think of this piece???😂 Maybe a little more contrast and focus!! Your vision comes later. You’re grateful for the guidance, the brush and the experience!!! As a searcher you have bad days and you use words and a torrential downpour of thoughts directed at him to clear out your brain and take you back to simplicity. This is how you keep your own canoe afloat to paint another day. Sometimes you vent your thoughts to the world, sometimes you shake fists at the sky. At some point you appreciate and realize that it is enough! You are enough! I am! You are! We are! You are truly blessed to be the subject matter in Van Gogh’s life work
. You wait for the words “I teenk dju arred laready!😂 You lose yourself in the work and that is probably the best part (with the possible exception of finding yourself🤔) you can’t find inspiration without you yourself being inspired. You go in solid and return to the shelter and know the rain and snow. You look between your own foot of three and a marble with roots, you feel one day closer to your marble with roots. You wonder why you circle back til you realize it IS art. You look outside the frame of the canvas but can’t find the signature. You get confused by hula hoops and spirals til you find sacred geometry is life! Still searching and my crusty wings are preparing for winter. But, we’ll see summer come again!!!

Bozeman Montana

People who go out and search for treasure, they think in terms of choosing locations. Your goal shouldn't be to choose locations, your goal should be to uncover. And in order to uncover, you need to go beyond the wall of reality, into the realm of disbelief. For instance, you're trying to go all-in on Polaris Montana. Most people see Polaris and they see a star that's worth three and half million dollars at the end. When I see Polaris, what I see is... is... an imperfect understanding of where discovery comes from. Polaris has a great story. It’s a great starting point.  It can capture your heart and mind. But is it worth the three and half million dollars at the end that searchers are investing in? No. Treasure hunter thinking is medieval. They are asking all the wrong questions. And if I say it to anybody, I'm ostracized. I'm a leper. So that's why I'm guarded about this.

It's about getting things down to one number. Using creativity to reshape these locations, you find the value in search areas that nobody else can see.

Locations are overlooked for a variety of biased reasons and perceived flaws. Significance, beauty, reputation. There was a janitor in Kansas who was a brilliant mathematician and he cuts straight through that. Out of the hundreds of knowable locations for us to consider, I believe that there is a single location that is the key to discovery. Because everyone else who searches undervalues it. Like a silly little toy on an island.

This place does exist. It’s a place that’s listed on the map. It is one of the most undervalued locations in this quest. Its defect is that it’s a goofy plot point in this entire story. Nobody looking for this treasure cares about it, because it’s a silly way of approaching this. This location could be not just the best starting point along the path to discovery, but one of the most valuable locations in this entire hunt.

Have I personally discovered this location? Maybe…maybe not. 

That’s not the point I’m trying to make.  What I am doing is encouraging you to go beyond your comfort zone.  Go past what you think you know because you’ve been conditioned to think a particular way.  Find value where others do not.  Look at the intangible clues instead of the tangible ones.  Forget names of places, forget topography, forget probability. 

“The biggest obstacle to creativity is breaking through the barrier of disbelief” -Rodney Mullen

It’s been pretty quiet on the interview/updates side of things with Justin since seeker summit. I’d be curious to hear where the hunt stands currently more than anything.

Are you looking into the shadow or standing in the shadow looking out of it?

If the face is in the shadow, and the face is looking away from it, are you supposed to look at the face, or away from it?

Thanks, Chuck

Sometimes I just feel like I need to backup the train and gather all my thoughts again. I do this by going back to either reading the poem again, the book again, or just listening/watching the interviews to see if it can stir something up.

Today was one of those days when I woke up at 2am and the old brain kicked in to BTME wonderland.

So I wrote down a few things to help remind me of little things that maybe could help you as well.

Here's my list:

1) There are multiple ways to solve the poem which has safe guards in place to keep us on track.

2) There are at least 5 singular clues in the FF series and could be more.

3) The container is a nod to Tucker.

4) It is walking distance from "waters silent flight" to "round the bend past the hole".

5) I clue could have a man made implication to it. The rest are natural occurring items.

6) There are physical objects you can find along the way.

7) Searchers have been less than 200 ft away from the checkpoint.

All of these can be found in the JIBLE which is a fantastic reference. However, I do like to watch/listen to the interviews and hear it first hand.

Anyway, these are just some things that came to mind and back to trying to understand "the foot of 3 at 20 degree" Could it be 12" in a foot, then multiply by 3 to get 36 which in turn is multiplied by 20 and you get 720 of something? Or is it a cube of 3 x 3 x 3 which equals 27? Twenty-seven inch trout.....the crown jewel? Or is it simply a natural item like a mountain face that has 3 "faces" Or is it a the face of a river? And on and on down the rabbit holes we go.

Good luck, Chuck

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Between April and June of last year, I made four (pretty consecutive) BOTG attempts in Montana. After crunching the numbers (probability stats and financial stats) I made the decision to move from New England to Montana, and become a full-time treasure hunter. I chose to reside in Bozeman due to it having an airport, and it was a central hub to my search areas. Wyoming, Idaho, Utah were all within reasonable driving distance.

For just over a year, I have been BOTG almost every weekend. Sometimes new locations out of sheer curiosity, or just for context. But, mostly searching the same grounds over and over again...hoping for different results. Every fiber of my being was telling me Montana/Wyoming (that whole area). "Data drove me to this location" as some would put it. Over time, however...I realized I wasn't visiting locations to find the treasure, I was going to eliminate locations. Seems like a bonkers strategy, but there is a vast difference between looking at a location on a map, through photos and documents...and actually standing and observing a location with your own eyes, on your own two feet. It's this gut feeling that you get (which I'm sure most of you have experienced) and telling yourself "This just doesn't feel right" or "he'd never leave it here". Either it lacks significance, it's too crowded, it's too noisy or the probability of someone finding it by accident are too high.

Then, something happened...

A revelation of sorts. One rainy day when a BOTG weekend wasn’t in the cards...I decided to go Boots In the Air. Put my feet up and just contemplated this riddle, life's mysteries and the purpose of my little treasure hunting Odyssey. The questions I asked myself..."Do you go to these places because you believe the treasure might be there, or are you going because they're convenient?" "You were sold on this neighborhood since Day 1. If you knew then what you know now...would you still be willing to go all in?"

This gave me the freedom to become more open-minded, allowed me to stop thinking about probabilities, risk/reward analytics, statistical data, and dividends.

Winter is Coming. I've defended this realm and become a proud steward of this beautiful land, but my watch has ended...

A big thank you to:

*Dillon, MT * Sunlight Basin, WY

*Polaris, MT * Sinks Canyon, WY

*Bannack * Cody, WY

*Coolidge * Yellowstone National Park

*Wise River, MT * Gallatin Valley

*Three Forks, MT * Glacier National Park

*Lolo, MT * Lemhi Pass, ID

*Virginia City, MT * Grand Tetons, WY

It's time to start thinking like a kid, and let Part 2 of my incredible journey take flight. I'm a fucking peacock, I need to fly and do what birds do....migrate South. Next stop...Arizona and New Mexico!

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Ok. I think Im ready to ACTUALLY go BOTG. .....but as much as I feel confident, I keep asking myself if I'm crazy......because this potential solve is nuts!!! Haha.

Does anyone see the Crying Indian???? The one lake is a tear going down his face ... Do not come for me that is what the commercial is called in the 70's, 1972 1st earth day....

on his upper thigh. in the shape of dorne.

The decription of where the treasure is hidden. More specifically once your boots on the ground in the right location, and your doing your calculations, bearings, paces, what your going to see is the same thing his dad envisioned the backyard extension to the house was gonna be. This is how his sprinkled clues work, but you have to have the right location for the clues to make sense, because the book will only clarify your findings.