The Chest find.

[indigojones]

Hi all, let's assume one of us found the chest. I am guessing we would be overjoyed, elated, jumping for joy, maybe even tearful in disbelief of our find.
Our cameras would be capturing every angle, including a shot of where we had just dragged it out from, wouldn't they?

So why is the photo of the chest so sterile and seemingly interfered with, why was the key not photographed where it had clearly been resting, namely on a gold coin? Instead it has been re-positioned facing exactly and precisely West to East. You can check this by rolling the picture up to the photo's edge. Would any of us have the inclination to do this, in this moment of ecstasy, well would we?

So are there clues in this photo and if so why, and what are they?

You could relate the key's changed alignment to the word 'WisE' in the poem, which could suggest West is East, and could relate to the Zodiac wheel where indeed the Cardinals become changed over and the Zodiac wheel does run anti-clockwise. Also the word 'IDEA' at the four corners of the poem run anti-clockwise also.

What about the stick? Well we know Forrest loves to draw his stick-men. If this was one who or what would it resemble. If you stood it upright you could say it had a long nose I suppose, and yes I can already guess some other comments.

These are the two main ones as I can ascertain. Would the finder have gone to all this trouble?

Have these thoughts not crossed your minds also?

[crm114]

My very basic plan, had I found it was to take a photo then and there as proof to Forrest. If it had been buried I certainly would have moved it for legal reasons. In my rush, I would not have thought about the packed soil and fragments of plant roots on the rim. That did not come from the ground below it in the photo. I would have set a relatively recent newspaper beside it.


In that scenario, I could see the key moving - either during the move or simply because I was curious why Forrest didn't put it in a baggie and picking it up to examine before the photo. I would have had no desire to take a pic from every angle, but I may have taken one of the outside and how it was hidden. That said, we don't know if there are more photos.

As for the stick, I've thought it was supposed to be a whimsical fishing pole to go with the fishing line and now rusty hook, but I don't see the line attached to it.

[indigojones]

Jul 25, 2020 13:26:12 GMT -5 crm114 said:

My very basic plan, had I found it was to take a photo then and there as proof to Forrest. If it had been buried I certainly would have moved it for legal reasons. In my rush, I would not have thought about the packed soil and fragments of plant roots on the rim. That did not come from the ground below it in the photo. I would have set a relatively recent newspaper beside it.


In that scenario, I could see the key moving - either during the move or simply because I was curious why Forrest didn't put it in a baggie and picking it up to examine before the photo. I would have had no desire to take a pic from every angle, but I may have taken one of the outside and how it was hidden. That said, we don't know if there are more photos.

As for the stick, I've thought it was supposed to be a whimsical fishing pole to go with the fishing line and now rusty hook, but I don't see the line attached to it.

So would you align the key so precisely West to East or are you saying that is coincidence.

[crm114]

Jul 25, 2020 13:50:57 GMT -5 indigojones said:

Jul 25, 2020 13:26:12 GMT -5 crm114 said:

My very basic plan, had I found it was to take a photo then and there as proof to Forrest. If it had been buried I certainly would have moved it for legal reasons. In my rush, I would not have thought about the packed soil and fragments of plant roots on the rim. That did not come from the ground below it in the photo. I would have set a relatively recent newspaper beside it.


In that scenario, I could see the key moving - either during the move or simply because I was curious why Forrest didn't put it in a baggie and picking it up to examine before the photo. I would have had no desire to take a pic from every angle, but I may have taken one of the outside and how it was hidden. That said, we don't know if there are more photos.

As for the stick, I've thought it was supposed to be a whimsical fishing pole to go with the fishing line and now rusty hook, but I don't see the line attached to it.

So would you align the key so precisely West to East or are you saying that is coincidence.

Personally, no. There is a vague east-west component in my solve but that would be a level of detail I would not be focused on at all after finding it. I probably would not even think about or notice the key in a different position.

[Deleted]

My plan was:

1) Take a photo of the chest but NOT at its location. Included in the photo would be a national newspaper so that nobody would know where it was. I'd send it to Forrest along with permission for him to use it as long as my copyright stayed on the image and was visible by any media company who wanted to display my photo.
2) Tell Forrest to annouce the state but not the solution, leave that up to me.

Thats about it. I would save the location pictures and solution until I decided how I wanted to proceed. I *would* release a complete solve, but probably either in a documentary OR book. Not because of the money so much, but because I want full control of how its released, and the ability to prevent anyone from redistributing it without my permission.

[badger]

Jul 25, 2020 13:26:12 GMT -5 crm114 said:

My very basic plan, had I found it was to take a photo then and there as proof to Forrest. If it had been buried I certainly would have moved it for legal reasons. In my rush, I would not have thought about the packed soil and fragments of plant roots on the rim. That did not come from the ground below it in the photo. I would have set a relatively recent newspaper beside it.


In that scenario, I could see the key moving - either during the move or simply because I was curious why Forrest didn't put it in a baggie and picking it up to examine before the photo. I would have had no desire to take a pic from every angle, but I may have taken one of the outside and how it was hidden. That said, we don't know if there are more photos.

As for the stick, I've thought it was supposed to be a whimsical fishing pole to go with the fishing line and now rusty hook, but I don't see the line attached to it.

The stick was merely to prop the lid open for the photograph...maybe.