A Bitcoin investor has hidden a treasure worth more than $2 million across the United States, comprising five chests filled with valuable items, and published a book containing clues for treasure seekers to locate them.
Jon Collins-Black, who amassed his wealth through Bitcoin investments, has spent years collecting precious items, from ancient gold doubloons recovered from shipwrecks to sought-after Pokémon cards, placing them in undisclosed locations for discovery.
To assist treasure hunters, Collins-Black has published “There’s Treasure Inside”, a book containing puzzles, maps and essential information to locate the hidden chests.
“You don’t have to be a genius to solve the clues. There’s no grand cypher. If you have curiosity, imagination, and the willingness to try something new, you can find the treasures that I’ve hidden,” Collins-Black said.
The chests contain diverse items appealing to various interests, including sports memorabilia like Michael Jordan‘s 1986 rookie card, alongside precious metals and historical artefacts.
Notable items include Jacqueline Onassis’s diamond and sapphire brooch, a fourth-century BCE gold Greek laurel, a Picasso-designed coin, and a rare lunar rock specimen.
One chest contains a single Bitcoin, currently valued at approximately $100,000, with potential for increased value before discovery.
Collins-Black has confirmed that all chests are positioned in safe, accessible locations above ground, within 3 miles of public roads, and not on private property.
“I created this treasure hunt because I live for adventure,” Collins-Black explained, revealing he developed the concept during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown.
“I hope to ignite that same sense of wonder and curiosity in everyone who joins this journey,” he added, according to WKRC.
This initiative follows a similar treasure hunt by Forrest Fenn, an art dealer from New Mexico, who around 2010 concealed a $2 million chest of valuables in the Rocky Mountains, leaving cryptic poetic clues.
The decade-long search claimed at least five lives before Fenn announced its discovery in June 2020. However, the finder’s identity remained undisclosed, and Fenn’s subsequent death left questions about the treasure’s discovery unanswered.
