Beyond the Map’s Edge

The Real-Life Treasure Hunt You’ve Never Heard Of (Until Now)

Apr 22, 2025

🚡 FIELD ALERT: A New Million-Dollar Hunt Begins in the American West

April 22, 2025 - Last week, Texas-based engineer and adventurer Justin Posey officially opened the gates to a million-dollar treasure hunt in the American West. If you’re feeling the call of the wild—or just a good old-fashioned mystery—this one’s for you.

Posey, known for his decade-long obsession with Forrest Fenn’s treasure, has taken everything he learned and crafted something new. Something real.

Hidden in 2023.
Weighs 60 pounds.
Contains gold bars, ancient coins, gemstones, a Bitcoin wallet, and artifacts dating back to 561 BC.

And yes—it’s finders keepers.

📍 What We Know:

Treasure Hunt Title: Beyond the Map’s Edge
Launched: Publicly announced April 8, 2025
Location: Somewhere in the American West (undisclosed wilderness zone)
Clue Entry Point: A riddle poem — the central cipher of the entire hunt
Clue Access: Free on the official website
👉 https://treasure.quest/en/
Documentary Tie-In: Gold & Greed: The Hunt for Fenn’s Treasure – Streaming now on Netflix
Book (Optional but Helpful): Beyond the Map’s Edge by Justin Posey (Hardcover + eBook versions differ slightly)

📝 The Poem (10 Clues Within)

Can you find what lives in time,
Flowing through each measured rhyme?
Wisdom waits in shadowed sight —
For those who read these words just right.
As hope surges, clear and bright,
Walk near waters’ silent flight.
Round the bend, past the Hole,
I wait for you to cast your pole.
In ursa east his realm awaits;
His bride stands guard at ancient gates.
Her foot of three at twenty degree,
Return her face to find the place.
Double arcs on granite bold,
Where secrets of the past still hold.
Beyond the reach of time’s swift race,
Wonder guards this sacred space.
Truth rests not in clever minds,
Not in tangled, twisted finds.
Like a river’s steady flow —
What you seek, you already know.

🔍 Why We're Taking This Seriously

This isn’t a gimmick. Posey legally abandoned the treasure in 2023, traveled over 9,000 miles to hide it, and notarized the verification process. There’s even a 30-day claim window for the finder to contact a steward and unlock the Bitcoin wallet tied to the prize.

And yes—Posey is the only person on Earth who knows the location.

We’re going to start breaking it down clue by clue, just like we do with our cold cases and strange disappearances. No special gear. No shortcuts. Just curiosity, deduction, and open minds.

📍 Want to Follow Along?

This is now a live case in our system. Over the next few weeks, we’ll:

Publish a breakdown of each poem stanza
Explore maps, myths, and matching features
Test theories and build location models
Share field notes on the search itself

📬 Subscribe now to follow the hunt. First clue breakdown post lands this week.

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