State of the Hunt 2025 (Year 1: Hunt Recap) - There's Treasure Inside: The Unofficial Podcast

New to the hunt or just catching up? Start here!

In this special episode the team discusses a high-level review of There’s Treasure Inside and the community's progress made in the first year of Jon Collins-Black's treasure hunt "There's Treasure Inside". This episode may be a good reference for new searchers to this hunt. TTI veterans might benefit as well with refocusing their perspectives and efforts - or learn a bit about treasure boxes they may not be focused on.

The team discusses:
General Notes and Timelines regarding “There’s Treasure Inside”
The State of the Hunt: 2025
The Rules of the Hunt
Summary: Part One Box: The Largest Treasure (The Lion’s Share)
Summary: Part Two Boxes:
-The Forrest Fenn Box
-The Pokemon Box
-The Past and Future Box
-The Appalachian Footpath Box
Summary: Joy’s Serenade
Recommended Resources
Jon Collins-Black Interviews

Recommended Resources:

There’s Treasure Inside Official Content:
Treasureinside.com Official Site of “There’s Treasure Inside - sign up for the email list)
Jon Collins-Black’s Instagram (  / joncollinsblack  )
Jon Collins-Black’s X (Twitter) account (x.com/JonCollinsBlack)

There’s Treasure Inside Specific Content:
There’s Treasure Inside: The Unofficial Podcast (Podcast on Youtube/Spotify/Apple Podcasts)    / @tti_pod  

Reflecting on There’s Treasure Inside (Blog/Substack by Dr. R Squared) https://treasureinside.substack.com/

Matthew Hobbies (Youtube channel focussing on ideas/data/patterns and findings)    / @matthew_hobbies  

One Clue Short of a Treasure (Youtube channel focussing on idea discussion)    / @almostfoundit  

There’s Treasure Inside Edition (News and Interviews with searchers Podcast) https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...

The American Treasure Podcast(Podcast featuring interviews with Jon Collins-Black) https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...

Habeas Treasurus (Youtube Channel - Pokemon Box specific thoughts and ideas) -    / @habeastreasurus  

Other Treasure hunt related resources:
Cowlazars (Youtube channel and discord server focused on several treasure hunts)
Discord:   / discord  
Youtube:    / @cowlazars  

Mysterious Writings (Discord server focused on several treasure hunts)
Discord:   / discord  

Treasure Hunt with Us (Youtube channel and discord server focused on several treasure hunts)
Discord:   / discord  
Youtube:    / @treasurehuntwithus  

Este’s Quest (Youtube channel focused on several treasure hunts)
Youtube:    / @estesquest  

Bull and Thread (Youtube channel focused on treasure hunting and game design)
Youtube:    / @bullandthread  

Video Interviews Featuring Jon Collins-Black:
There’s Treasure Inside: The Unofficial Podcast:    • Interview with Jon Collins-Black - There's...  
Treasure Hunt With Us:    • HUGE interview with Jon Collins-Black crea...  
Etes Quest:    • Interview with Jon Collins-Black creator o...  
Quarter Hoarder:    • This Man Hid 5 Treasure Chests Worth MILLI...  
Sidebar by Courthouse News: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...
History for Weirdos:    • Episode 141: There's Treasure Inside! Inte...  
Cowlazars:    • Jon Collins Black - There's Treasure Insid...  
Timothy Shultz:    • $3 MILLION in Hidden Treasure – Can YOU Fi...  
Big and Bubba:    • Bitcoin Millionaire Hid $3 Million Treasur...  

Audio Interviews Featuring Jon Collins-Black:

Popular Science Podcasts:    • Literal Treasure You Can Hunt For Right No...  
The John Curley Show: https://mynorthwest.com/category/podc...
RNZ: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5367...

This podcast covers findings, developments and discusses potential clues associated with the “There's Treasure Inside” treasure hunt. The book was released in November of 2024, authored by Jon Collins-Black.

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00:00 Intro and Banter
03:00 News
05:25 What's More Likely
21:58 Horseshoes & Hand Grenades
29:07 Mailbag
49:15 Discord Detectives
57:50 Coincidence of the Day
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