| Treasure hunting can be very frustrating and explains why only a few ever take on the task. Keeping a positive attitude is key on any such hunt. Here are some of the things to keep in mind that keep me in the hunt.
There will always be rumors that its already been found but until verified they should be ignored. Often your competition will start such a rumor in hopes others will give up.
Read my signature. The real treasure is in the hunt... Don't think of the hunt as a tedious task but an escape from your daily grind. A chance to forget about your problems and chase a dream.
Treasure hunting is not about reading a clue and going out and finding the loot. Its a process of elimination. I went out yesterday and didn't find the medallion but I didn't fail, what I did was to find 7 more locations where the medallion is not. Sooner or later I hope to run out of locations where it is not.
In the words of the well known treasure hunter, Mel Fisher, "Today is the day." For 16 years this was his attitude every time he looked in a new location. He didn't fail to find the famed Atocha(valued at $450 million) for 16 years, but was successful in finding many locations where it was not. By process of elimination he ran out of places where it was not.
Of course my main goal is to find the medallion but I have not failed unless I give up. Once it is found I like to compare where I'd looked and how close I was on the clues.
Even if the medallion has been found and some idiot is holding on to it, it simply gives me more time to see if I can figure it out. Sooner or later the location will be announced and I will know how close I was to finding it.
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The real treasure is in the hunt... |