Beyond the Map's Edge

What compels someone to dedicate a decade to seeking hidden treasure? For Justin Posey, who appears in Netflix's "Gold & Greed: The Hunt for Fenn's Treasure," it all started with bedtime tales of Spanish gold and secret tunnels. This fascination grew into an obsession, blending traditional adventure with cutting-edge technology. While other treasure hunters relied on tools like maps and metal detectors, Posey used his tech skills and outdoor know-how to create algorithms for analyzing facial expressions and even trained a dog to sniff out bronze—he also had some close encounters with grizzly bears.

This thrilling tale is more than an adventure; it’s a deeper journey of self-discovery. Posey's memoir reflects on growing up in a lively family where treasure hunting was common dinner conversation, pushing his obsession to the limits, and realizing that understanding the person behind the quest is often the best guide to the treasure. After finally obtaining the treasure he searched for 780 days, Posey has hidden his own sixty-pound collection of historic artifacts, including gold bars, precious gems, cryptocurrency, and even a rock from outer space, with clues scattered throughout the memoir.

The Poem

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 hist 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.