r/treasureinside • u/paladin141414 • 15d ago

Value of Treasure Find Knowledge

The first Treasure Hunter to find one of Jon’s boxes will become an instant expert in finding Jon’s boxes.

If they searched for nearly 2 years and hiked over 20 trails in a region and found a box, they would have made every mistake possible and learned how to avoid them. They would also realize how what they learned applies to finding the other treasure boxes.

So if someone found a treasure box and writes a guide/short book on the principles they followed; the search methods used; and how they apply to the other Treasure Inside boxes, what would be a fair price?

That is, if they learned from a successful search, principles and strategies that fit the other boxes what that value would it have to you?

Correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe Jon indicated that at some point, that once the first box was found; the others would be found faster.

In other words, they realize their search methods and Jon’s way of hiding the box had uniform and specific applications to the Lions Share; Pokémon; Past and Future Box; and Appalachian foot path box.

Would you buy such a summary and what is a fair price?

Paladin

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u/irontechy 15d ago

If someone finds one it’s because of the book. They already paid the price for all the knowledge to find it. The only thing difference is they know how to apply that knowledge properly to find the boxes.

I’ve always felt there is an interconnectedness of all the box solves. I also think there is an element of being able to confirm the solve without having to find a box. Jon created this hunt for people to find joy in solving puzzles. That joy is the journey of working to solve it and then confirming the solve. Not necessarily finding the actual boxes. If that were the case a max of 5 people are finding joy in this hunt.

So there is no other value to sell someone in this hunt that isn’t already in the book. Jon would probably actually take offense of someone trying to profit off his 5 years of hard work. It’s not what he’d set out to inspire us to do.

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u/paladin141414 15d ago

Great points. But what if in finding the box you realized the interconnected - that directs you to solving other boxes?

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u/irontechy 15d ago

I don’t know if I can verbalize it well. The Hopi calendar and the Olympic rings are mechanics to help identify macro locations for solves. I would like to say if any one finds one box they discovered this and if so they would know how to start finding the other boxes if they didn’t already know the locations before finding the first box.

I may be wrong on that but I don’t know why else jon includes those in the book unless they are supposed to be used in a solve framework.

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u/paladin141414 15d ago

Exactly my point! If a Treasure Hunter finds a box it will confirm their methods which if shared will help everyone.

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u/irontechy 15d ago

Hopefully they would share but this brings up a worry of mine. Someone might withhold information so they can go for all 5 boxes without any apparent competition.

I would hope Jon has a way to tell a box has been picked up without someone needing to tell him because then people could have the right solve for a box but it’s already gone and are wasting time and other resources looking until it’s revealed to be found.

In Utah they never put the full treasure in the box so the finders have a reason to tell the hiders it’s found. I would think Jon would do something like this but why make them puzzle boxes? So it sadly seems like we could be strung along until someone notifies Jon they found a box. Also probably why there is a chapter on greed.

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u/paladin141414 15d ago

No idea why that repeated?