Pokémon Treasure Box Guide: Quick Start
Certain questions and ideas come up time and again. Plus, some of the more common ideas have now also created their own lingo and abbreviations for things. Whether here for the first time or need a refresher – the following quick guide is just that – a guide into the hunt for the Pokémon Treasure Box of There’s Treasure Inside. Discussions on the MW Discord or Forum.
Summary of Pokémon Box Treasure Hunt: Jon Collins-Black hid 5 different treasure boxes across the United States. The Pokémon box is one of the 4 smaller boxes. Clues to the box are in Chapter 25 of the book, There’s Treasure Inside. It includes a fictional story about various Pokémon and how they helped hide the treasure box.
Things to know for all 5 treasure boxes:
Abbreviations:
- JCB: Jon Collins-Black
- TTI: There’s Treasure Inside
- BOTG: Boots on the Ground (physically on location)
- more Treasure Hunt Lingo
Top 5 FAQ – answered
- JCB said the PR Map of 5 different regions shown in his video is NOT ACCURATE (History for Weirdos)
- JCB said he will NOT ULTIMATELY KNOW when a box is found UNLESS the searcher contacts him (Six Questions)
- JCB said there are NO PROXIES – each treasure box filled with treasure (however, he left incentives to contact him. (Six Questions) Many feel some of the larger and more fragile treasure items MIGHT not be in the box and be the incentives (discussed)
- Typos are NOT CLUES – JCB’s addressed this in his FAQ section on his website
- The pokemon box is believed to be around 6x4x4 – smaller than a shoe box
- More FAQ
TOP FACTS KNOWN
- NOT on Private Property or NOT in a dangerous place
- Hidden NOT buried
- No special equipment needed (NO boat, No shovel, Metal Detector not necessary)
- NO need to wade through / across high water
- Not more than 3 miles from any road
- No need to wander so far off public trail to feel you could get lost
- Jon said “theoretically they could be some place where you have to pay to get in to..”
- More Facts
POKEMON TREASURE BOX SPECIFIC:
Numerous searchers have found clues leading to Arkansas (and many other places) – because they are discussed a lot you may see the following abbreviations – this is what they refer to.
Abbreviations:
- HIH – Hemmed in Hollow
- BNR – Buffalo National River
- NOLA – New Orleans Louisiana
FAQ on the Pokemon Box
Typos:
- Swampart should be Swampert
- Froaking should be Froakie
Unaddressed typo to date: ‘A’ is missing in five and [a] half (first sentence)
Pokémon Box Treasure Value:
- JCB said ‘comfortably in six digits’
- Treasures stated to be in this box are at least one of the rare Pokémon cards and the Faberge Frog with ruby eyes.
- Other treasures inside the box are not stated.
General Location?
- The chapter includes an account of a family trip Jon took when he was younger. He writes, “Because of all the precious memories I had of my road trip to Houston, I decided it would be fitting to leave a treasure box NOT FAR from some place I had visited along that journey.”
- Jon then includes a fictional story with various Pokemon on where he hid the box.
- The trip was ‘circular’ – from Statesville NC to Houston (headed SouthWest through New Orleans) – then make trek back past the Ozarks.
- It is believed to be NOT FAR from some place within that circular family trip.