Crypto tycoon sparks $2m treasure hunt after burying boxes with Bitcoin & gems sashed inside – can you find the loot?

A CRYPTO capitalist has sparked a $2,000,000 treasure hunt aft burying FIVE treasure chests.

California-based musician-turned-entrepreneur-turned-author, Jon Collins-Back, has challenged treasure hunters and puzzle seekers to hunt for the chests utilizing a bid of clues.

The clues for the "greatest treasure hunt successful America's history" is laid retired successful Collins-Black's book, "There's a Treasure Inside".

The clues person been designed to beryllium arsenic hard arsenic imaginable truthful that lone the sharpest of treasurehunters tin lick it.

The cleverly hidden puzzle boxes are besides hard to crack, and tin lone beryllium opened with a acceptable of instructions provided by the crypto tycoon, with Collins-Black urging finders not to unit them open.

According to Collins-Black, nary 1 other knows of the treasure chest's location, telling Business Insider that it was pointless to question his friends and family.

Hidden successful the 5 treasure chests, are a Casascius bitcoin (the archetypal carnal bitcoin ever made), a greenish Colombian emerald, a 2002 Shining Charizard Pokémon card, antiques from a shipwreck, and George Washington’s jelly glass.

Speaking to Business Insider, Collins-Black said helium spent the past 5 years readying the epic treasure hunt, acquiring a postulation of invaluable items.

He said: "I was really trying to fig retired what the saccharine spot would beryllium arsenic acold arsenic however large to marque this without making it excessively big, I didn’t privation radical to spell excessively crazy.

He added that the worth of the treasure was estimated astatine betwixt $2 cardinal and $3 million, saying: "If Bitcoin goes to $500,000 oregon $1 cardinal oregon these treasures are worthy $10 cardinal successful 5 to 7 years and idiosyncratic finds them, past I deliberation I’ll conscionable observe that and beryllium blessed for it."

Collins-Black besides plans to uncover much clues if the treasure isn't discovered.

He said: "I don’t person this tendency for maine to beryllium agelong gone and determination to beryllium the fable of the Jon Collins-Black treasures.

"I don’t privation to resistance it connected forever."

None of the chests are connected backstage property, truthful anyone tin find them, though Collins-Black points retired that you request to travel a bid of clues to find the location.

The caller treasure hunt volition capable the void aft the mysterious Golden Owl treasure hunt ends.

Made wholly of golden and silver, with diamonds connected the head, the hunt for the Golden Owl ended aft 31 years.

Tens of thousands of radical had joined the hunt since a bid of puzzles and clues were published successful "On The Trail Of The Golden Owl", the BBC reports.

The armchair treasure-hunt publication was created successful 1993 by communications expert Régis Hauser under the pseudonym "Max Valentin" and illustrated by creator Michel Becker.

Under Max Valentin, Hauser buried a bronze statue of an owl successful a concealed determination successful France, with a bid of 11 clues published successful a publication to assistance treasure hunters find the prize.

These clues were often abbreviated riddles oregon plays connected words.

The individuality of the victor oregon the determination wherever the Golden Owl was stashed has yet to beryllium announced. 

Treasure hunters were successful a joyous uproar aft the news of the find came retired connected the hunt's Discord forum.

One idiosyncratic said: "Finally – liberated!"

Another added: "I didn’t deliberation I’d unrecorded to spot the day.

"It’s similar Covid. So bully erstwhile it’s over."

A 3rd added: "Curiously, I’m relieved.

"I’m hopeless to cognize the solutions present to spot if I was connected the close path."