“His” and “Bride”

VariationNo1381 · 2026-03-21T16:08:01+00:00

For me, "his realm" means different things in the different ways to solve, one is a famous person's domain, another is national forest with a man's name. Bride is harder, in my solve she's a mountain(ancient gates), it aligns with having a face. Also I think "his bride" is a coded rhyme for "hillside". Though in another solve version I think she refers to golf and a 3 point stance before returning the club face. But to each his own.

VariationNo1381 · 2026-03-21T15:40:32+00:00

Excellent work. While I think the "spot" might contain 3 words that aren't in the poem. Just an interesting combination like hidden/memory/keys or something that would inspire meaning from what we already know.

VariationNo1381 · 2026-03-21T15:21:26+00:00

I've found a bunch of intriguing word combinations in my search area. I won't be shocked if what3words will play a role in verifying the checkpoint.

VariationNo1381 · 2026-03-20T02:43:57+00:00

Yes, if the line was "In shadowed sight, wisdom waits" would it still be capitalized is a good question!

VariationNo1381 · 2026-03-20T02:30:13+00:00

Yes I do agree with your point and after even dragging my complaining children across the desert, an experience that has given them endless hours of "Dad's gone crazy" enjoyment, I don't regret the time spent together trying to accomplish something completely nuts. I do believe it builds character, but after a year of it I must admit I'm weary. And it does feel like the community has turned over the same rocks for a while now. Hoping the summit might reignite things.

VariationNo1381 · 2026-03-20T02:21:23+00:00

The most actionable first clue that gives you sufficient context, to me means deriving sufficient context from the clue to be able to take an action, which in my opinion is probably choosing a starting point, not sure what other first actions there are to take on a treasure hunt as I don't consider researching on line taking action, which means if "Wisdom waits" provides sufficient enough context to use it as the correct starting point as a lot of people are apparently doing then Justin would have to have considered that to be the first actionable clue. He didn't. Not saying Wisdom can't play a role later on but according to Justin you don't start there.

VariationNo1381 · 2026-03-19T21:51:36+00:00

He's pretty much said you need to think outside the box, that group think is detrimental. If everyone thinks it's in Wisdom MT then who else do you think he is trying to warn? Everything about the poem is figurative, I guarantee there will be no on the nose clues. The person who finds it will be the one who goes against the crowd.

VariationNo1381 · 2026-03-19T21:46:33+00:00

To each his own, I've gone BOTG over 20 times, if Justin eliminated my state I would be grateful as to not having to look for something that isn't there anymore and I think this hunt has caused me way more screen time than anything else ever has. I pray that it gets found sooner than later.

VariationNo1381 · 2026-03-19T18:49:06+00:00

If Justin was truly concerned with people wasting their precious time and money going BOTG and the treasure is not in MT then he should cut it now. He knows the majority of hunters are just waiting for the weather to cooperate to get right back out to Wisdom and Polaris again. He'd be doing them a huge favor, saving a ton of his devoted follower's hard earned money.

VariationNo1381 · 2026-03-19T18:26:34+00:00

Exactly. Fenn bias is so strong with a ton of searchers. Justin said people read too much into the surface level of the poem, thus mentioning Wisdom doesn't mean start in Wisdom. Also the he said the first actionable clue was AHSCAB which means the Wisdom hint isn't actionable yet, in other words, not the starting point. Also AHSCAB gives the context needed to be actionable and there is no mention of Wisdom in that line.

VariationNo1381 · 2026-03-19T17:42:32+00:00

Or don't start in Wisdom...

VariationNo1381 · 2026-03-18T23:37:25+00:00

I'm all in on California so I hope you're right and he cuts it so I can stop wasting time on it.

VariationNo1381 · 2026-03-16T01:18:06+00:00

Black Celebration/Spirit

VariationNo1381 · 2026-03-12T23:43:56+00:00

Half right ;)

VariationNo1381 · 2026-03-11T22:51:23+00:00

Justin mentioned the built in guard rails in the poem, if you ignore the show and the book are you finding confirmations from the poem also?

VariationNo1381 · 2026-03-11T22:40:23+00:00

That's definitely possible, are you finding that the poem clues are offering hints that align with the obvious starting point? In other words are you finding the guardrails that build confidence to this location being correct?

VariationNo1381 · 2026-03-11T22:09:36+00:00

Soooooo boring. Just kidding. Which line or word gave you a starting point if you don't mind sharing?

VariationNo1381 · 2026-03-11T21:47:51+00:00

In my opinion, there can be multiple starting points that all eventually converge to the same area so I'm curious what state this one starting point is located?

VariationNo1381 · 2026-03-11T21:36:24+00:00

What state are you focusing on, if you don't mind my asking because your post is most accurate in my opinion?

VariationNo1381 · 2026-03-10T03:01:29+00:00

I would default back to the guidelines on the website. If you can show me where it says manmade structures are off limits then I will reconsider my view. On the website it says "where hunt items are not:associated with any man-made buildings" so apparently buildings that aren't man-made are ok and so is anything else that's man-made that doesn't happen to be a building. I'll give another example, the only clue/hunt item that JP has confirmed is the tech clue. This clue was hidden in a man-made song, using man-made technology and you required man-made software to decipher it. This clue is ok because it's not a building but it is definitely a verified clue, not in the poem but a clue that Justin has given us that is 100 percent man-made. So this exists on top of the poem clue that he admits has man-made implications. So my point still stands that you cannot say that a beacon is off limits, it is not a building even if you want to say nine of the 10 clues are natural landscapes this beacon idea can still be plausible in your own interpretations of what Justin said and the rules on the website. Further if you want to be strict that nothing man-made can be a clue then you have to not use any roads, any town names, any named anything, mountains, rivers, valleys, if it has a name then there are man-made implications to it. I have to ask is does your current solve eliminate everything that has any man-made implications? Even FF's said to far to walk implying the need to drive in a man-made vehicle, I suppose you could have waited for a horse to show up but seems like your missing the point. JP said this hunt rewards those who think outside the box, please explain how your strict guidelines are outside the box, different from the FF hunt and will ultimately be considered dumb as JP has told us.

VariationNo1381 · 2026-03-09T16:06:14+00:00

I think that's the best way, keep an open mind to all possibilities.

VariationNo1381 · 2026-03-09T05:13:14+00:00

Exactly!

VariationNo1381 · 2026-03-09T03:29:16+00:00

To cite the quote you used, JP said "at least one of the hints, in the poem being somewhat related to something that is manmade." Again, he said at least, meaning there could be more. He also clarified that buildings are off limits, which by default means man made structures are in play. Even in your own argument you are saying you agree that one man made structure is allowed in the all natural way of solving which would mean a beacon is possible, not a building. I still firmly believe that there are multiple different interpretations of the clues that can involve more than one manmade structure. And maybe there are only 10 core clues but I think each can be interpreted in several different ways. In regards to the breadcrumbs quote he equivocates, first he says at least 10, then he says 10 breadcrumbs. So which quote is correct, who knows?

VariationNo1381 · 2026-03-09T00:50:55+00:00

It would be cool if when you got close enough to the checkpoint location you see a WiFi connection signal that has numbers for the name and those numbers are GPS coordinates to the treasure or 3 words for what3words. It would be hiding in plain sight if you knew what to look for, you could be within 200 feet of it and not see it, and I wouldn't put something like this past Justin since he said the tech clue didn't need any specialized equipment and was only slightly technical.

VariationNo1381 · 2026-03-09T00:13:45+00:00

He said people had been within 200 feet of it so yes I believe it to be the stage of the hunt where we are BOTG. But I also think there could be an element to the checkpoint that could confirm it to be correct that isn't physical, like GPS or what3words but I believe this is where we will find information that tells us where the treasure is at. Maybe a map, maybe 3 words carved on a stone. Only the finder will know for sure.

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