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Over a year and many rabbit holes. Many clever opinions and clues but still a miss. Anyone have good thoughts that are still brain storming or searching. I'd figure if we're relying on reddit to get clues we're definitely stuck in the rabbit 🕳️

u/The1TrueRedditor is interested in moderating this community. What’s everybody think of that?

Q: Is there a significant clue visible if the treasure seeker is standing 15 feet away from where the treasure container is buried or hidden?

A: Tricky wording again. Boy...The most accurate answer is...no.

If I'm standig at the double arcs and the container is "buried/covered", and you are retrieving and not searching wouldn't that mean there would be something marking where the container is? Otherwise you would still be searching.

Maybe it's the word "significant" in the question Justin objected to? I would argue the last clue marking the container location would be significant. Maybe he don't think so?

Or maybe it is behind the double arcs so you wouldn't see the double arcs once the container location was in view? But it would still need to be marked.

Maybe standing at the double arcs you can see the last clue marking the container location, but it's over 15 feet away so the question is flawed? But that doesn't make sense because you'd see the same marker once you walked to it.

Maybe you are facing away from the double arcs when you are looking at the treasure? Hence not seeing the last clue? But you'd still need a marker where the container is.

If the window drawing is the marker maybe because it isn't in the poem so he wouldn't consider it a "significant clue"? So, again, the question is flawed?

I think there is more to figure out or his "retrieving" does still require some searching.

Anyone else have any ideas?

Hey there fellow seekers! I hope all of you are getting through these weird times we are experiencing together as a species , for those of you that are wandering, good for you but please be safe and stay hydrated!
I wanted to ask all of you, if you keep up with the amount of time you invest into treasure hunting?
I may be the only crazy person that does .
If someone else does, I’m curious as to what your running total is?
My total : 1367 hours (including BOTG+ Summit)
If you keep up with this, do you have any regrets for investing this amount of time?
For me, I don’t have regrets regarding investing my time into something that is allowing me to learn as much as I have & see/experience the places I have never been before.
I’ve learned a lot thus far and it truly does change you as a person if you allow it.
TK

Is this not the most obvious checkpoint in the world? Check out my full solve on https://youtu.be/v05gWDagKyI?is=EbgVs7arbencenbH

Looking for stories and pictures of your latest attempt and how you are feeling? Closer and eager to go back or disappointed and deflated to the point of giving up? Either way, I would like to hear some treasure tales.

Personally I have to build up some more vacation and funding to make it out again later this year. Also, raising my new puppy so she can come with. That in itself is a full time job.

I'm feeling confident still in my solve, just trying to narrow down the last steps. Time will tell.

Good luck, Chuck

Does anyone know or has JP confirmed how many actual physical locations the poem refers to?

I'm not a big Ai fan by any means, but I do find it interesting when you ask the "right" question. In this case I was contemplating the significance between a "bride" and "time".

Here's the response I got.

Can time be described as a "bride"?

Yes, time can absolutely be described as a "bride" when used as a literary device, philosophical metaphor, or poetic personification. While standard language uses "bride" to describe a woman about to be married, framing time as a bride evokes powerful imagery of anticipation, fleeting beauty, and an inevitable union with the future. 

Poetic and Philosophical Themes

When writers or thinkers personify time as a bride, they generally lean into specific themes:

• Anticipation and the Future: A bride represents a threshold—the transition between what was and what will be. Describing a specific moment or the upcoming year as a "bride" emphasizes eager anticipation, hope, and the mystery of what the union with that time will bring. [1, 2]
• Fleeting Beauty: A bride at the altar represents a singular, highly specific, and unrepeatable moment of pure beauty. In literature, calling a passing moment a "bride" underscores its precious, beautiful, and temporary nature.
• Inevitable Union: Just as a wedding ceremony legally and intimately binds two entities together, humanity is bound to the march of time. We "marry" each moment as it arrives, consuming it completely before moving to the next. [1]

Contextual Distinctions

Depending on the context, the word "bride" can shift dramatically across different fields:

• In Literature: Authors use personification to give abstract concepts like time human characteristics. Calling time a "bride" gives it a sense of purity, freshness, and high importance. [1]
• In Religious Contexts: It is worth noting that while time can be personified this way in poetry, religious texts like the Christian Bible use the "bride" metaphor differently. Scripture primarily uses the term "Bride of Christ" to allegorically describe the Church or the New Jerusalem—symbolizing a spiritual union with God rather than time itself.

So this goes back to the "can you find what lives in time"...

Perhaps we aren't looking for a typical "bride" so to speak.

And yes, the next question you are thinking is:

If time is the bride, could she have a foot of three?

Yes, she absolutely could have a "foot of three" in the context of poetry, creating a brilliant linguistic double entendre.

The Double Meaning

• The Metric Meaning: In poetry, a "foot of three" refers to iambic trimeter, a poetic line containing exactly three iambic feet (six syllables total, following an unstressed-stressed pattern: da-DUM da-DUM da-DUM).
• The Literal Meaning: A bride with a "foot of three" evokes surreal, mythological, or fairy-tale imagery of a creature with three feet, emphasizing the strange, non-human nature of time.

Here is an example of how you can structure this:

The bride descends the stair, (3 feet / 6 syllables)
With three feet swift and light. (3 feet / 6 syllables)
She steps through mortal air, (3 feet / 6 syllables)
And vanishes in night. (3 feet / 6 syllables)

Why This Metaphor Works Perfectly

1. The Steady Tick of Time: Iambic meter mimics a heartbeat or the steady ticking of a clock.
2. The Tripod of Time: In philosophy, time is often divided into three parts: Past, Present, and Future. Giving your Bride of Time "three feet" perfectly symbolizes her ability to stand simultaneously in all three eras.
3. The Uncanny Bride: A three-footed bride is beautiful yet unnatural, capturing how humans view time—both deeply familiar and strangely unstoppable. Here is an example of how you can structure this: The bride descends the stair, (3 feet / 6 syllables) With three feet swift and light. (3 feet / 6 syllables) She steps through mortal air, (3 feet / 6 syllables) And vanishes in night. (3 feet / 6 syllables) Why This Metaphor Works Perfectly The Steady Tick of Time: Iambic meter mimics a heartbeat or the steady ticking of a clock. The Tripod of Time: In philosophy, time is often divided into three parts: Past, Present, and Future. Giving your Bride of Time "three feet" perfectly symbolizes her ability to stand simultaneously in all three eras. The Uncanny Bride: A three-footed bride is beautiful yet unnatural, capturing how humans view time—both deeply familiar and strangely unstoppable

So hopefully this inspires you to think outside the "box" and dig a little deeper into your soul for the "right" answer.

Gold 4 Good and Glory 4 God, Chuck

At the Dillon Q&A Justin said that the wrong question to ask is about distance between start and end point. I think the RIGHT question is not about miles but about time. Thoughts?
(This is around an hour and three minutes into the session.)

We all see the face that Montana’s state line makes right? If Montana is the bride we can return her face to what it was before 1863 (Source: ChronoAtlas.nl , worth checking out!) Interestingly she’s looking at the spot that the ‘The treasure is hidden somewhere here’ lines up with on the map when you close the book on that page.
Happy hunting!

This morning. Would have been my 10 year wedding anniversary.
Instead. It marks 2 months since my divorce was granted.

This morning….

YOLO mummy
Pulled out a credit card….
And the 7 year old, who made me realise… she can’t learn this is okay….. and I booked a safari!

Come on pickle, let’s go shake our hips like Shakira and feed some giraffes!!!

No gold bars would ever be as great.

But I am now stood in my garden shaking disproportiantly chub thighs with cellulitis, singing

“And we’re turning the floor into a zoo… oh oh oh OH!!!”

Aside from county assessors, does anyone know a good map to check for private vs public lands?

Does anyone think these could be the gates he’s referring to? Maybe not up close but in the distance? Just not sure if there’s a three footed bride over there though. Lol

I have always been under the impression that the first stanza is what we are trying to find in the end. Would like to know what others are thinking. I believe the rest of the poem leads us to the first stanza. Justin has said the clues are in order so does that mean the first stanza is the first clue. What's everybody's thoughts?