I have one theory...I am not sure whether it has been raised before. It has been some months for me since I made up my mind on my ideal solve ...just waiting for time and space (I am outside USA) to put boots on the ground to check my solve.But the point I want to make today is not about my solve but about some possibility about Fenn's poem being a double treasure map.
Let me explain.I am wondering whether we might be dealing with a poem that has two layers of treasure clues or two abstractions of treasure clues.Fenn had a chest of treasure and wrote the poem containing 9 clues to lead us there,,,that is one layer,or the outer layer,,,,could there be a possibility that there could be an inner layer of treasure clues which Fenn has deeply hidden?....another bigger treasure ?..and one has to find the chest first in order to find the second bigger prize? I know it may sound far fetched. Here are some strange things in the poem in this direction.
In the first stanza he says
"my treasures bold" meaning his chest and then he says
"And hint of riches new and old",,, the new being his chest treasure while the old could be another ancient treasure that he wants to give hint about besides his chest...then with this introduction the rest of the poem goes on to give clues on how to find his chest treasue and culminates that quest by saying "Just take the chest and go in peace".But strangely enough the poem does not end there,,,the outer message about the chest treasure might have been communicated but he wants to hint of another treasure which is ancient...and this inner treasure clue is more subtle than the first...he puts stanza 5 to tell us he knows what he is doing,he wants us to search as he did ,,but what are we searching for ?....his chest? Yes but more than the chest ...he advises us to "hear him and listen good" and then he says "your efforts are worth the cold" and " if you are brave and in the wood",,,then comes finally " l will give you title to the GOLD",,,why on earth does he speak about giving title to the gold as he already said go in peace taking the chest? Could it be he is referring to anothrr treasure entirely of gold? You see the chest is not only of gold.The chest treasure has gold and other valuables but he says "the gold" at the end..could it be another treasure of gold(entirely gold)?...The chest belonged to him..he put it somewhere,he gave clue and if someone finds it he says "just take it and go in peace"...but on the possible other inner treasure he can only give "title" to the "gold" ,,maybe because he is referring of a huge gold catche (or gold mine) of some sort which he knew and may have benefited from it in the past and now wants others to find it...hence as this "gold" is not his own he can only bestow "title" as the finder files claim to his find to the authorities..this is in contrast to "take and go in peace" that he ascribes for his own treasure chest...I hope you grasp what I am trying to say.
Hence in this alternative "Fenn poem treasure view" the chest treasure of Fenn has two roles..It is a treasure in its own but also a "marker" of some kind to lead the clever one to a more grand treasure.The outer layer of the poem leads to the chest but once one finds the chest in that vicinity or somehow related to that find one can decode the inner and more large treasure of gold (specifically gold).Hence the poem like modern softwares may he acting as a " basic" map to lead to the chest,but can also be used to decode another gold hoard if used in "advanced mode".Hence the chest treasure may not be the end but acts like a marker to be a means to an end in finding some larger hoard of gold....
If this theory is correct,I may have some impression on the nature of this "ancient treasure" of "gold" that Fenn is communicating in his poem.... but I can not say at the moment...But I hope I have given you one theory to consider as you crack this mysterious treasure poem.If you think it is a stupid and crazy idea just ignore it.What I say does not derail anyone from getting the chest but rather I am offering some ideas that may go beyond the chest find...ofcourse all I write is my humble opinion and I may be wrong.
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