A man hid 5 boxes across the US with more than $2 million worth of treasure inside

Jon Collins-Black once dreamed of finding treasure of his own.

Now, he's hidden five treasure boxes around the US — and he wants people to find them.

Collins-Black, a musician turned entrepreneur in California, told Business Insider he made a tidy sum from early bitcoin investments.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, he embarked on a project to secure a hoard of treasure and then send people off to search for it, hoping they'd enjoy the journey.

(selection of some of the gilded treasure stashed across the country in five chests, according to Collins-Black. treasureinside.com)

(The treasure includes gold and historical artifacts.Instagram / @joncollinsblack)

“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.

Some items include a diamond and sapphire brooch owned by Jacqueline Onassis, a fourth century BCE gold Greek laurel, a coin designed and minted by Pablo Picasso, and a rare specimen of lunar rock.

Among the treasure is also a single Bitcoin — which is currently worth nearly $100,000, and could well increase in price by the time its chest is found.

(Jon Collins-Black made a fortune investing in Bitcoin, and devised his treasure hunt during the pandemic lockdown.Instagram / @joncollinsblack)

(The hunt includes a book of clues called “There’s Treasure Inside.”Instagram / @joncollinsblack)

None of the chests are located in a dangerous location, Collins-Black has advised, and all are somewhere in the open — not buried.

Each is also within 3 miles of a public road, he’s said, while none are located on private property.

“I created this treasure hunt because I live for adventure,” Collins-Black said of the project, which he devised during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown.

(None of the chests are located in a dangerous location, Collins-Black has advised, and all are somewhere in the open — not buried.Instagram / @joncollinsblack) 

Collins-Black is not the first eccentric millionaire to stash away a chest full of treasure and leave behind a riddle of clues.

Around 2010, New Mexico art dealer Forrest Fenn hid a chest of gold and jewels said to be worth about $2 million somewhere in the Rocky Mountains, and released a poem filled with clues that led to its location.

For a decade it remained undisturbed — and at least five people died searching for it — until Fenn suddenly announced it had been found in June 2020.

But Fenn never revealed the name of the finder, and his own death months later left many wondering whether the treasure had ever really been found after all.

Ref: A man hid 5 boxes across the US with more than $2 million worth of treasure inside (businessinsider)

Photo Credit- treasureinside.com, Instagram/ @joncollinsblack