TREASURE HOARDS FIELD GUIDE

Start There’s Treasure Inside one trail at a time.

Jon Collins-Black’s book accompanies a hunt for five treasure boxes in the United States. Choose a target to study, check the organizer’s updates and keep your clue evidence organized. This guide explains a starting method and links to the original sources; it does not claim to solve a box.

By Treasure Hoards · Published 2026-10-11 · Updated 2026-10-11

Have any There’s Treasure Inside boxes been found?

On October 11, 2026, the organizer’s FAQ stated that Collins-Black was aware of no boxes being found and would announce finds on that site. This is the published organizer statement at our check date, not an independent inspection of each box. Read the linked FAQ again before relying on it. A discussion post, an old search result or an enthusiastic video title should remain a reported claim until you can identify supporting organizer evidence.

Five boxes does not mean one combined route

The official site describes five boxes at separate US locations, with no more than one per state. Four are of similar size and one holds the largest share of the contents. They may be searched for in any order. Give the trail you are studying its own notebook. Cross-reference material when you have a reason, but do not silently import a landmark or decoding rule from a different target merely because it improves your preferred route.

Read the printing corrections before decoding errors

The organizer says misspellings and incorrect dates were not intentional and publishes first-printing corrections in the FAQ. Record which printing you own and read that list before treating a typo as a clue. Keep a brief correction log with the reference, the corrected detail and the organizer link. Then revisit any interpretation that depended on the error. You can investigate meaningful patterns without spending a session trying to decode a mistake the author has already explained.

Where should a beginner look for clues?

The FAQ says the book contains the clues needed to reach the vicinity of each box. Start with the source material for the target you selected. Record a page or image reference beside every observation and write interpretations in your own words. For example, a repeated detail may be worth testing, but your notebook should explain how it selects a particular place instead of simply resembling several places. A second independent match makes the question more useful to investigate.

Keep the advertised treasure separate from a current valuation

The organizer describes spending over two million dollars acquiring the collection; that statement is an acquisition-cost description, not a guaranteed cash award. Keep prize descriptions attached to their source and date. For your research, focus on the selected target, current availability and the evidence needed to justify a search. A striking item photograph can explain the appeal of a hunt without supplying a location or establishing what an eventual sale would bring.

Make a box research checklist you can reuse

At the start of a session, note your target, printing, source-check date and the question you plan to test. At the end, list what changed: a supported observation, a rejected interpretation or a new question. Preserve contradictions instead of editing them out. Before a field search, identify why the particular area follows from the evidence and check current organizer guidance and access conditions. If you share a theory, provide short references and your own reasoning so another reader can reproduce the test.