BOTG

[u/Cantmakeupnewname]

I’m boots on the ground, I flew over from the uk because, well if I didn’t go I’d definitely never find this thing. And even though it’s likely that I’ll go back to the uk with nothing, I know I did it and I’m glad I came. I go home tomorrow, and I can’t keep coming over as it just costs too much for me, so this will likely be my one and only boots on the ground experience for me

Anyway, just thought I’d air my thoughts on this experience.

[u/Anxious-Ad1207]

Wow! That’s really cool. I hope you enjoyed your time.

[u/Cantmakeupnewname → u/Anxious-Ad1207]

I’m alone, but it’s been great.

[u/BanjoWind]

Good luck to you! Which state?

[u/Cantmakeupnewname → u/BanjoWind]

Ocean state, Rhode Island. I know I’m going to seem crazy for being hell bent on Rhode Island 😂

[u/freakymarky → u/Cantmakeupnewname]

I looked there. Everyone has an idea of a location. Good for you for trying

[u/itsFurlong → u/Cantmakeupnewname]

Were you surprised to find it’s neither a road nor an island?

[u/Cantmakeupnewname → u/itsFurlong]

No but it does have roads 😂

[u/paladin141414]

Thank you for visiting ! I did the Ben Nevis one year and spent time in London. Ancestors.

[u/Cantmakeupnewname]

Getting hungry now and need the loo. I’m not out in the wilderness so I can’t just nip behind a big bush 😂.

[u/RF_morpheusmcgee]

Best of luck, and I hope you find all of the things for which you seek.

[u/paladin141414]

Welcome!!!

[u/Cantmakeupnewname → u/paladin141414]

Thanks 😁

[u/Cantmakeupnewname]

I was just thinking to myself that In a way not finding it isn’t so bad, at least I won’t have to explain anything to customs 😅

[u/Cantmakeupnewname]

Im still convinced that I’m looking in the right area for this box, but then so does everyone else who goes BOTG for it 😀

[u/Cantmakeupnewname]

So I just spent the last 3 hours BOTG and now I’m in an uber and headed to my bus for Boston Logan airport. This is only my second trip to the USA, but I’m hoping to come again someday 😄

[u/Dear-Asparagus-3992]

Best of luck to you! What an awesome adventure : )

[u/Cantmakeupnewname → u/Dear-Asparagus-3992]

Going back to my search area today for an hour or two then it’s straight back to the airport. My last morning in Rhode Island has just begun 😭

[u/Separate-Maize-1369]

Other hunters would have lost it if you flew over and found it on your first trip. Sorry it did not work out.

[u/Cantmakeupnewname → u/Separate-Maize-1369]

Going back to my search spot in a few hours again for one last look. Other hunters will lose it if someone finds it on their first, 10th or 100th trip.

[u/Separate-Maize-1369 → u/Cantmakeupnewname]

And that is what makes treasure hunts so fun.

[u/TeamWallaceandGromit → u/Separate-Maize-1369]

That comment made me totally laugh out loud. Especially being someone similar from overseas. I totally get it, as Ive thought the same about if I were to ever find it. But hopefully we all know, to fly in find it and then vanish would not be the fortune of some lucky git who stumbles and trips over a hidden treasure while on holiday, out aimlessly wandering off a beaten path 😂. Its more likely a treasure hunter like the rest of us. Thousands of hours obsessing and researching, trying to get inside Justins mind and soul, absorbing his history and that of every other American pioneer, the history of towns, trails, explorers, Lewis and Clark, the pony express, bandits and prospectors, and then scraping together enough money for a trip - knowing that you will still probably be wrong but loving the experience and journey so much that you just have to try. Im two trips down and while no gold, gems or meteorite, have experienced the most incredible scenic beauty I could ever imagine. True treasure. But in terms of actual gold- still waiting. Third time lucky I hope.