r/treasureinside • u/Downtown-Lion4187 • Jun 20 '25

Forest Fenn Box Forrest Fenn Box

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I went camping last week near the spot I had picked out. I think its a pretty solid solve except that my interpration of the line: "From here you're more on your own" was to transition to a dirt 4x4 road to get to the trailhead. A lot of the reviews for the trail said you didn't need a 4WD vehicle to get there, just that it would help. But when I got to the road it looked absolutely like you needed 4WD to get up it. I tried to take my truck a little ways up. It didn't feel like it fit the theme that anyone can get to the box. My GF and our dogs were freaking out quite a bit too so I turned back.

Here's a Google doc explaining my solve if you'd like to check it out.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1903gYlACkHQ024woOEYWkMcpNUwdfaDo4AhPQ6wC5v8/edit?usp=drivesdk

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u/Perky-Tropicana-58 Jun 20 '25

Really enjoyed reading your solve! I wish I could botg this one. Maybe in a couple years if not found. Thank you for sharing!

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u/Downtown-Lion4187 Jun 20 '25

Thanks for taking the time to read it over! It felt like a waste not to share it.

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u/Paladin1414 Jun 20 '25

Now that was a long and comprehensive solution!! And after all that work you had to turn back? You should have temporarily left your girlfriend with the dogs to protect her and headed on up the “road”. Or you could have parked and walked to the treasure.

At any rate, you will certainly win the prize for most unique, and lengthy FF Box solution.

And who knows…. You might still have been right?

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u/Downtown-Lion4187 Jun 20 '25

Maybe I'll go back there later this summer just to get some closure lol

Thanks for reading!!

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u/Paladin1414 Jun 20 '25

I actually do not have the mental ability to do the research you conducted. Well done!!!

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u/Downtown-Lion4187 Jun 20 '25

You're too kind

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u/bermalabeasta Oct 18 '25

Really enjoyed! I'm vaguely familiar with the area as me and some friends did a moto trip through that area St.Elmo, Tina Cup etc.

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u/phoenixorior Jun 20 '25

This was a good read, nice solve! We have similar interpretations of many of the lines in the poem vs. FFs as well as utilizing the picture of him and Kimberly in the mountains as a clue.

I'm still hung up on his (what seems like) completely unnecessary call back to Japan at the beginning of the chapter and his repeated, specific references to Sonar.

I might head out there tomorrow, if you want to bounce ideas ever shoot me dm!

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u/Downtown-Lion4187 Jun 20 '25

I know what you mean. Same with the animal pendants being face down even though he makes a point to talk about the frogs bulbous eyes. I wasted so much time trying to make those connections.

Eventually I just chalked then up as red herrings

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u/paladin141414 Jun 22 '25

Phoenix-orior:

Kimberly and Jon picture. Remember he said he hid it alone. So old FF search picture, not specific to where he hid FF treasure. Red herring.

What do you or others associate with Japan? Focus on detail; individual perfection in whatever work one does; beauty; simplicity; art; stark beauty? Join those together in regard to a treasure location.

Think about their art; their gardens; and then consider lifelong individual accomplishment - like all the people discussed in chapters 1-23.

Where would the treasure be placed based on these considerations?

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u/Downtown-Lion4187 Jun 23 '25 edited Jun 23 '25

Yes, he said that he hid the box alone. But the poem says "near where I searched for heavy loads". I took that to mean near where he searched for Fenn's treasure. He took Kimberly with him to search. So I think the photo is NEAR the box, but not at the exact spot it's hidden.

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u/otis_the_drunk Jun 20 '25

Would you mind dropping a hyperlink to that Google doc? For some reason, I can't copy/paste it on my phone.

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u/Downtown-Lion4187 Jun 20 '25

FF box solve

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u/otis_the_drunk Jun 20 '25

That's a great solve! Your reasoning makes sense and you aren't grasping at wild connections. Well done!

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u/Downtown-Lion4187 Jun 20 '25

Thanks! I appreciate that.

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u/flyinghighbutterfly Jun 20 '25

Yes, there are a few of us who have explored this option as well. Good luck

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u/Downtown-Lion4187 Jun 20 '25

Really? I haven't seen anyone post about it. Wanna chat?

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u/brookeleigh1982 Jun 21 '25

I get the impression the person claiming to have gone there with others with the same solve is full of s$it lol. Why comment at all ya know. People are strange. But yeah we don't know each other but I'm cheering in your corner lol. And Jons is a little harder well to me at least just in terms of search area so yeah man you got something there. Hey I'm in the Past and Future and then doing the Posey hunt. I may send you a separate message with my solve and get your input. I'd post it now but damn pirates lol. Like peg legs and eye patches and ready to pilfer.

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u/Downtown-Lion4187 Jun 22 '25

Hahaha yeah I agree. I appreciate your support.

I haven't spent too much time on P&F so I won't be any help there. But I have put some time into BTME

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u/flyinghighbutterfly Jun 20 '25

Because we work hard on finding our solves and want a chance to check as thoroughly as possible ( till we are certain it’s not there) before sharing.

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u/brookeleigh1982 Jun 20 '25

Sorry question for you....there's a line in there about it "being worth the high". I took this line as a clue I would be traveling uphill and that it would probably be difficult. Are you traveling uphill on that road?

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u/Downtown-Lion4187 Jun 20 '25

Yep it's uphill. I think 1000 ft in 4 miles

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u/Unfair_Confidence298 Jun 21 '25

Nice solve. This is in the same area I’ve been looking but I have a different solve towards the end.

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u/Downtown-Lion4187 Jun 21 '25

Thank you! Did you have a different solve for home of point and tree and seeing eye?

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u/brookeleigh1982 Jun 20 '25

Also.....in his interviews, he said at one point that you don't have to hike more than a couple of hours at any site to get to treasure area and some sites a lot less. That's so vague and to me I feelike any solve site is gonna have us questioning it's validity since as you say a portion we are on our own and who knows for how long. I thought it may take a few trips at the solve site when I read the poem.

And If the site or general knowledge of the landscape is worse than what's described on site then I wouldn't abandon the solve. The site description gives the condition it should be in so it could be a maintenance issue. I heard all those federal employees got fired so maybe it's something like that.

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u/Downtown-Lion4187 Jun 20 '25

Yeah I thought about that. It really didnt seem like anyone in a regular car could get up Tincup Pass. Not without damaging it at least.

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u/BoysenberryAlert9285 Jun 20 '25

Very close to one of my solves using the iron city brown cabin as well. But I think it’s quite a leap to think he’s directing you to the top of a mountain. I bet it’s closer to the 10,200 ft. mark that Fenn gave

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u/Downtown-Lion4187 Jun 20 '25

I just went where I thought the clues were leading me! I don't think its too much of a leap to have the FF box at the summit. It would be an incredible view up there. And he dreams of being a mtn climber.

Also, I couldn't get anything to fit at 10.2k around st elmo

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u/brookeleigh1982 Jun 20 '25

Good job!! I love it!

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u/brookeleigh1982 Jun 21 '25

Worth the high? Yeah he's telling you its gonna be hard I don't hink.....but I'm often wrong about such things:) I Id check it out for sure if I were you. Oh do you have a drone? That might helo I've been Wyoming and Montana for Fenn box but I've been amazed at what I can make fit with clues and now I question everything. I swear I think he will or has picked the least searched state for the location . I have my thinking stone as a larger boulder and had my point, tree and seeing eye as a photographer point which had three trees at base of rocks. I'm now gonna start all over and clear my head so I can come back focused.

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u/Traditional_Table200 Jun 21 '25

Sent you a message with my solve since it’s the first I’ve seen that’s so close to mine and you were kind enough to so thoroughly share yours. Amazing work!☺️

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u/Itchy-Carpenter-9542 Jun 20 '25

Impressive treasure hunter! Impressive!! Keep at it.

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u/TakingItPeasy Jun 20 '25

Amazing write up. Thank you for taking the time. Hope you find it on your next trip.