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The Missing Copper Scroll Companion: Hidden Treasure
- LADY JANICE
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2026: A Full Deep Dive of The Missing Copper Scroll Companion: Hidden Treasure
Lady Janice, buckle up — because what is happening with this scroll RIGHT NOW in 2026 is as dramatic as anything in its 2,000-year history. Here is the full deep dive, location by location, searcher by searcher, obstacle by obstacle.
The Most Important Recent Development: Jim Barfield and the Stopped Dig
Jim Barfield, a retired American arson investigator — a man trained to find things people hide — spent years studying the Copper Scroll. In 2007 he went to Qumran and found locations. In one case, the scroll described steps 40 cubits long, heading east. Barfield found stairs conforming to the description. He also discovered the remains of a pool, precisely 40 cubits long, exactly where the scroll said it would be.
Entry 1 — Confirmed
That is Entry 1 — the very first entry on the scroll. The steps confirmed. The pool confirmed. Jim Barfield found an official IAA survey of steps facing east in Qumran measuring 39.98 cubits — that is 767.71 inches, just 0.02 cubits off from the scroll's description. That is 0.29 inches of margin after 2,000 years. The priest who wrote this was precise.
The Dig — And the Phone Call
The Israel Antiquities Authority's director was so impressed with Barfield's method of identifying the treasure sites that he assigned the lead archaeologists in the region to help Barfield dig. In 2009, after unearthing only three feet, a mysterious phone call from the United States halted the dig. It would not resume again.
A mysterious phone call from the United States. Three feet down. And the whole thing stopped. Lady Janice, that is the Prince of Persia on a telephone. The enemy does not want this treasure found.
2014 — The Technology Response
In 2014, to reignite passion for what Barfield named the Copper Scroll Project, he procured an industrial-strength metal detector that can identify both ferrous and non-ferrous metals — including gold, silver, brass, and copper — from up to fifty feet deep. The technology exists. The location has been identified. The political wall is the problem.
Why Nobody Can Simply Go Dig: The Political Obstacle
Most of the locations described in the scroll are likely in the West Bank. This is not just an archaeological puzzle anymore — it is a geopolitical minefield. You cannot just grab a shovel and start digging in one of the most disputed territories on earth.
1948–1967
Jordan occupied Biblical Judea and Samaria, including the Qumran caves.
1967
Israel recaptured the area in the Six Day War.
1993
The Oslo Accords designated it as Area C — disputed territory.
Today
Jordan has filed a complaint with UNESCO to obtain ownership of all the Dead Sea Scrolls that Israel possesses.
The treasure map is in dispute. The land where the treasure is buried is in dispute. The scroll itself is in dispute. The Prince of Persia is very organized. (You ask who is "PRINCE OF PERSIA"? Remember book Daniel?. Find in my other teachings)
Location by Location: The Key Entries
The Copper Scroll lists roughly 4,600 talents of precious metal total — anywhere from 26 to 160 tons of gold and silver. Here are the most significant entries, then and now.
Entry 1 — Valley of Achor (17 talents silver)
"In the ruin which is in the Valley of Achor at the steps extending eastward 40 cubits long are silver service vessels weighing seventeen talents." Seventeen talents = 1,275 pounds / 578 kg of silver. The steps are still there. The silver may be three feet below where Barfield was digging when the phone rang.
Entry 3 — The Great Cistern (900 talents — ~30 TONS)
"In the great cistern of the Court of Peristyle, in the plaster of the floor, concealed in a hole in front of the upper opening — 900 talents." Entry 3 alone represents nearly 20% of the entire treasure of the scroll in one location. The Temple Mount contains 37 known cisterns. The Muslim Waqf authority controls access. This is likely the single most inaccessible cache on the entire list.
Entry 5 — Old Washer's House (65 Gold Bars)
"In the cave of the Old Washer's House, on the third terrace — 65 gold bars." This is the entry John Allegro obsessed over. In late 1959 and March 1960, Allegro led two archaeological expeditions. For several months of expeditions, he wandered around in the desert and found nothing. The most likely candidate is somewhere in the Wadi Qelt near Jericho. Nobody has found it.
Entry 16 — The High Priest's Sacred Vestments
"In the pit on the north side of the gorge of Kohlit — priestly vestments, pure nard, myrrh, spices, and the garments of the High Priest."
Lady Janice, this may be the most spiritually significant entry on the entire scroll. The High Priest's garments were not simply valuable cloth — they were the instruments of Israel's atonement. The breastplate with twelve precious stones representing the twelve tribes. The ephod. The linen tunic. The golden headpiece inscribed "Holy to the LORD." These items have not been seen since 70 AD. Their discovery would trigger prophetic implications that no political body could contain.
The treasure seems to come from a temple — far beyond what we could imagine would be the property of an individual or even a group, unless they were the rulers of a nation. A private citizen does not hide the High Priest's garments.
Entry 39 — The Double Gate (still partially visible today)
"Under the threshold of the Double Gate, eastern side, in the recesses — 21 talents of gold and 70 talents of silver."
The Double Gate is partially visible TODAY in the southern wall of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Any student can look at a photograph of it. Any tourist in Jerusalem can stand in front of the remains of it. The treasure described in Entry 39 may be sitting twenty feet below a wall that millions of people walk past every year.
Entry 53 — Absalom's Monument (still standing today)
"At the eastern entrance of the dry well near Absalom's Monument — 6 gold ingots, 3 talents of silver."
Absalom's Monument — Yad Avshalom — in the Kidron Valley is one of the most photographed landmarks in Jerusalem. It stands today. It has stood for 2,000 years. Entry 53 is arguably the most locatable cache on the entire scroll because the primary landmark has never moved, never been destroyed, and is precisely identified. And yet no systematic excavation of the area around it has been conducted with the Copper Scroll's coordinates in mind.
Entry 58 — Hyrcania Fortress (the only identified location)
"Near the pool of the eastern side of Hyrcania — 13 talents of silver."
Hyrcania is the exception — a known Hasmonean fortress southeast of Bethlehem. It has been excavated. Archaeologists have worked there. No treasure has been found. Either the cache was already removed in antiquity, the identification is wrong, or it awaits deeper excavation.
Entry 63 & 64: The Twin Columns and the Companion Document
"Near the twin columns at the entrance of the garden, between the two columns — 4 talents of gold and silver, AND sacred scrolls."
Three entries on the Copper Scroll list scrolls, not just metal. This one lists scrolls alongside treasure. And then comes Entry 64 — the final entry — which changes everything.
"In the pit nearby toward the north, near the graves, in a hole opening to the north, there is a copy of this book, with explanations, measurements and all details."
"In the pit nearby"
Nearby the location described in Entry 63, the twin columns near the garden. The companion scroll was deliberately placed in the immediate vicinity of the last listed treasure cache.
"Toward the north"
A directional bearing from Entry 63's location.
"Near the graves"
This is the most significant phrase. Qumran has a substantial cemetery. Ground-penetrating radar used in a 2001 expedition at Qumran identified over 100 potential graves that did not show surficial expressions — graves that are invisible from the surface.
"In a hole opening to the north"
The entrance of the hiding place faces north. This is a precise architectural description. A pit with a northward-opening entrance, near graves, north of the twin-columns location.
"A copy of this book, with explanations, measurements and all details"
Some scholars have suggested that neither the original Copper Scroll nor the one mentioned in Entry 64 are sufficient by themselves to locate all the treasure. Only someone with both can hope to recover these lost riches. The Copper Scroll is Part One. The companion is Part Two. Without Part Two, Part One remains a collection of tantalizing but frustratingly vague directions.
The 1948 Connection: Not a Coincidence
The Timing
Israel declared independence on May 14, 1948.
The Copper Scroll was found on March 14, 1952 — exactly three years and ten months later.
The same generation that witnessed the miracle of national rebirth also witnessed the emergence of the greatest treasure map in human history from a cave that had been sealed for nearly 1,900 years.
That is not archaeology. That is choreography.
Daniel 12:4
"But you, Daniel, roll up and seal the words of the scroll until the time of the end. Many will go here and there to increase knowledge."
The Copper Scroll was unsealed in the same generation that saw Israel reborn.
In February 2017, Hebrew University archaeologists announced the discovery of a new 12th cave at Qumran.
In March 2021, Israeli archaeologists announced the discovery of dozens of fragments bearing biblical text, written in Greek, from the books of Zechariah and Nahum, believed to have been hidden in a cave between 132 and 136 CE during the Bar Kokhba revolt.
New caves are still being found. New scrolls are still being found. The discovery is not finished.
Why It Has Not Been Found Yet: The Four Walls
There are four walls standing between the companion scroll and its discovery. All four are real. All four are surmountable.
Wall One: Political
The location where the companion scroll almost certainly sits — near Cave 3 at Qumran, near the cemetery, in a northward-facing pit — is in Area C, disputed territory, where archaeological excavation requires navigating multiple competing authorities. Jordan has filed a complaint with UNESCO to obtain ownership of all the Dead Sea Scrolls that Israel possesses. This is why Jim Barfield's 2009 dig was stopped by a phone call three feet down.
Wall Two: The Graves Cannot Be Disturbed
Jewish law — halacha — treats the desecration of graves as an extremely serious violation. The Qumran cemetery contains the remains of people who lived there. Any excavation in the cemetery area, which is exactly where Entry 64 says to look, requires extraordinary religious and governmental permissions that have not yet been granted.
Wall Three: The Companion Scroll's Material Is Unknown
If it was written on copper like the original — and the priest who wrote Entry 64 said "a copy of this book," suggesting it was meant to be as durable — then it has survived 2,000 years intact under the desert. The desert near Qumran is extraordinarily dry. Organic materials have survived there in remarkable condition. The companion scroll may be perfectly intact.
Wall Four: Nobody Has Looked in Exactly the Right Place
Every expedition has searched for the treasure described at the first 63 locations. Nobody has mounted a systematic, technology-assisted search specifically for the pit described in Entry 64 — north of the twin-columns location, near the graves, with a northward-facing entrance.
The Technology That Makes Finding It Possible in 2026, YES, Possible!
This is where Daniel 12:4 becomes breathtaking. The increase of knowledge is not just spiritual revelation. It is scientific capability that did not exist in any previous generation.
Ground-Penetrating Radar
GPR has already been used at Qumran. The results indicated clear geophysical anomalies including hyperbolic reflections and areas with high-amplitude sub-horizontal electromagnetic waves. Additionally, potentially collapsed caves that may contain archaeological remains were located at Qumran. GPR can penetrate several meters into the marl and limestone of the Qumran plateau. A pit with a northward-facing opening — even sealed for 2,000 years — would show as a clear anomaly to modern GPR equipment.
Drone-Mounted GPR
A 2024 study in Israel demonstrated that drone-based GPR can work effectively even in challenging clayey soil when properly configured. University archaeologists are now deploying drone-mounted ground-penetrating radar that can cover large areas quickly while maintaining the precision needed to identify subsurface features. This technology applied specifically to the cemetery area north of Cave 3 at Qumran could locate the companion scroll's pit without disturbing a single grave.
LiDAR
Archaeologists today employ LiDAR, the airborne technology that creates three-dimensional maps of terrain. Terrestrial LiDAR is highly effective in cave environments. Ground-based scanners can create millimeter-accurate 3D models of cave interiors, documenting fragile features without physical contact. A millimeter-accurate 3D model of every cave in the vicinity of Cave 3 at Qumran — cross-referenced with the directional clues in Entry 64 — could identify the exact pit described in forty-eight hours of scanning.
Artificial Intelligence
A 2024 AI-assisted study identified 303 previously unknown geoglyphs in the Peruvian desert. Artificial intelligence is described as a "bonus set of glasses" for looking through large datasets. A human being gets tired; the AI does not. The eight scholarly translations of the Copper Scroll — Allegro, Wolters, Martinez, Wise, Vermes, Lefkovits, Hack-Carey, and Puech — contain data that no single human researcher has ever cross-referenced simultaneously against GPR anomaly maps, satellite terrain analysis, and 3D cave scans.
AI can do that cross-referencing in hours.
Can It Actually Be Found? The Honest Assessment
Yes. The answer is yes — with the following conditions. The technology exists. The location is approximately known. The clues in Entry 64 are specific enough that, combined with modern survey tools, the pit's location could be narrowed to within a few square meters.
Political Will
The political will of the Israeli government to grant excavation permission in Area C near Qumran. This requires pressure from the people of God on governments who serve them. It has happened before — the 2021 Cave of Horror expedition was authorized and produced biblical fragments. Authorization is not impossible.
Religious Cooperation
The religious cooperation of the relevant authorities to permit non-invasive survey work near the cemetery. GPR and LiDAR do not disturb graves. They scan. This should be negotiable.
The Right Team
One that combines archaeological credentials with the willingness to take the scroll's own self-referential clue seriously. Entry 64 is not asking you to find treasure at the 64th location. It is asking you to find the key that unlocks the previous 63. That reframing changes everything about where to look.
A 2025 article in Biblical Archaeology Review discussed paleographic evidence supporting a mid-first-century CE composition aligned with the First Jewish Revolt. The scholarly conversation is accelerating. The tools are ready.
What Scripture Says About This Moment
Daniel 12:4
"But you, Daniel, roll up and seal the words of the scroll until the time of the end. Many will go here and there to increase knowledge."
The scroll was sealed. The time of unsealing is the time of the end. The knowledge is increasing.
Isaiah 45:3
"I will give you hidden treasures, riches stored in secret places, so that you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel, who summons you by name."
God hid it. God knows where it is. God summons by name those He intends to give it to.
Proverbs 25:2
"It is the glory of God to conceal a matter; to search out a matter is the glory of kings."
The concealment is His glory. The searching is yours. You are a king and priest in the Kingdom of God. The searching belongs to you.
The Copper Scroll emerged four years after Israel was reborn. The companion scroll is still waiting. The tools to find it now exist in ways they never have before. The generation that saw Israel restored may also be the generation that sees the greatest treasure in history retrieved.
God hid it in a pit facing north, near the graves, near where He also hid the treasure map. He did not hide it where no one could ever find it. He hid it where the right person, in the right time, with the right tools and the right God, could walk straight to it.
That time may be now.
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