A hidden treasure in the American West

A hidden treasure in the American West

Thousands have joined in a real-life treasure hunt where the prize is a chest filled with gold and jewels worth possibly millions of dollars. The treasure was hidden in the Rocky Mountains by an eccentric millionaire, Forrest Fenn, who wrote a poem filled with clues. Barry Petersen meets the man behind this scramble for treasure, and some participants in the chase for a fortune.

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  1. @PIBecky on December 14, 2023 at 9:40 am

    Forrest Fenn amazingly found a photo of what he say’s is the treasure box, yet this photo looks nothing like the other photo that he released in the beginning. Why didn’t he release this photo 6 years ago? Why now that there are people questioning his alleged treasure?

    In the beginning, he listed the ancient bronze box that he filled with gold nuggets (hundreds, some as large as a chicken egg), 265 gold coins (mostly American eagles and double eagles), rare coins, pre-Columbian gold animal figures, jewelry (including a Spanish 17th century gold-and-emerald ring and a bracelet with turquoise beads excavated in 1898 from Mesa Verde and gemstones – hundreds of rubies, diamonds, emeralds, and two Ceylon sapphires.

    Now he says the box contains 300-year-old gold and silver hunting case minute repeater watches that came out of the large gems, two 5” round Pre-Columbian gold “mirrors,” the Tairona fetish necklace, and a revered turquoise row bracelet. The gold coins and nuggets were removed from their plastic containers and are now residing in the chest beside the little jar that contains his autobiography.

    So, what happened to the 265 gold coins, pre-Columbian gold animal figures, jewelry (including a Spanish 17th-century gold-and-emerald ring and the bracelet with turquoise beads?

    I have been researching boxes dated around the same period of 1150 AD, which Fenn said is the age of the box, and I have yet been able to find any that were made from Bronze. However, I will continue looking and I will even contact someone from Mesa Verde in order to learn more about the history.

  2. @Happy_HIbiscus on December 14, 2023 at 9:42 am

    🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🤣🤣

  3. @chuckbodnar5756 on December 14, 2023 at 9:42 am

    THE BIGGEST TREASURE FENN LEFT BEHIND WAS THE LOVE OF SEARCHING FOR SOMETHING IN THE GREAT OUT DOORS. JUST BEING OUT THERE, FOLLOWING THE CLUES AND ENJOYING THE HUNT IS THE REAL TREASURE THAT EVERYONE FINDS WHEN LOOKING FOR THIS. MEL FISHER WHO FOUND THE ATOCHA TREASURE SHIP OFF KEY WEST SAID OVER AND OVER IT WAS THE HUNT THAT WAS THE BEST PART. PER FENN THE TREASURE IS OUT THERE AND WE HAVE THE CLUES. SO GO OUT AND ENJOY THE HUNT

  4. @ib_Omegaman on December 14, 2023 at 9:46 am

    I’m not so convinced that’s Dal, I didn’t notice any bleeps! Awesome video, thanks everyone

  5. @Moonliter on December 14, 2023 at 9:46 am

    Fun ride that ended at the gallery on the island 🏝

  6. @maverickone7213 on December 14, 2023 at 9:47 am

    Chasing the treasure was a wild ride that I never got off of. Tears and laughter. Most fun ever. I learned more about myself than anything.

  7. @GreatUSTreasureHunt on December 14, 2023 at 9:48 am

    44 26, 110 42

  8. @iowasenator on December 14, 2023 at 9:49 am

    This is the biggest load of crap I’ve ever heard! Think for a moment: Would any normal rational human being just throw away this large "treasure?" Would YOU? What if someone found the treasure that Fenn considered "undeserving?" Would he risk that? What if someone found it…..the mystery is over, right? His name would be out of the newspapers. He couldn’t risk that! His acquaintances said it; he loves the attention! This has generated a LARGE amount of free publicity for his book and thus added untold sums to his bank account. It’s nothing more than an ingenious marketing ploy to generate sales for his book. Fenn has said that he just wants to get people outside, away from the computer, and exploring the wilderness. I believe he said this as a backup strategy. If, he is at some point discovered to be a charlatan, he could always state that his goal all along was to promote exercise and an appreciation for nature. Its foolproof! Another note: In the poem, he says that he hid the chest where it is "too far to walk," right? Well, if this is indeed the case, how does he know that people have come so close to discovering it? Also, he stated that the treasure has YET to be found. However, how would he know that for CERTAIN? One could ONLY make this claim if there were NO treasure in the first place! The clues all point one in the direction that this whole story is nothing more than a fabrication and a ghoulish wild goose chase. Remember what your grandmother said: "If something sounds too good to be true, it probably is!"

  9. @veramann on December 14, 2023 at 9:50 am

    Hopefully, it’s not a lie or a trick.

  10. @shyguy30313 on December 14, 2023 at 9:52 am

    The biggest clue of all is hidden in this video in plain sight! All these years later and still nobody is talking about it!

  11. @clancylittleboy7408 on December 14, 2023 at 9:53 am

    Now that Forrest has passed on, his "special place in the forest north of Santa Fe" should be revealed. If you look at the Vallecitos Mountain Retreat website at: ​https://www.vallecitos.org/ ,and look at the photos (select Why Vallecitos, then Photo Gallery) you will see some hints that Forrest mentioned, such as: some cast bronze bells similar to those that he made and hid; a photo of the Vallecitos Rio, the "water high" in the poem; and a photo of a large rainbow ("the poem leads to the end of my rainbow" from the jacket of The Thrill of the Chase), and if you open Google Maps and look at the grassy area south of the Vallecitos ranch house, you will find a large rock wheel, as in "Try the wheel" that Forrest said to one searcher: https://www.dropbox.com/s/yw1sdttynrfxcnf/2%20Vallecitos%20Mountain%20Retreat-%20Try%20the%20Wheel.jpg?dl=0 – – – – – The Google Maps coordinates for the Blaze (large black painted "nn" on top of a big white boulder) are: 36.6355, -106.2105 – – – – –

  12. @joes.1168 on December 14, 2023 at 9:53 am

    It’s just as he said in my opinion.

  13. @chaosawaits on December 14, 2023 at 9:54 am

    I don’t doubt that he actually buried the treasure, but how do we know someone didn’t find it and keep quiet?

  14. @desenutz2012 on December 14, 2023 at 9:55 am

    first of all, you so-called treasure hunters are searching with no metal detectors, second, you are not even looking in the correct spots…third, this dude is a thief. He a made a life stealing native American artifacts and profiting from it. If anyone does find the treasure it should be given to the native Americans.

  15. @larrypark1327 on December 14, 2023 at 9:56 am

    what if he hid it in the 4th dimension

  16. @ILoveGodsWord413 on December 14, 2023 at 9:57 am

    He probably did hide a treasure box but I doubt there is anything inside of it except a letter. The letter will say that the treasure is mother nature herself and that all the exploring of earth is the price that this treasure has to offer. There is not real money in there. But earth itself has all of these gems that he says is in the treasure. SO in the end he is right in one way, all of the exploring and nights in the could is itself the treasure. The hints are just the most beautiful places that he could think of.

    Also the fact that there is no actual treasure pictures or videos of him actually possessing it for the records show that it is not what we consider treasure to be but it is instead nature. That is the treasure.

  17. @olenamcquagge7777 on December 14, 2023 at 9:57 am

    Funny how Fenn did not even tell his wife about his plans….take a hint guys….You can not let your wife know if you find it….if you want to keep it secret.

  18. @WyMustIGo on December 14, 2023 at 9:59 am

    It was at Five Springs and Jack based his solve on known information: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxF-yuVRH64

  19. @BornN2Grave1 on December 14, 2023 at 10:01 am

    6:55 Reckless "city slickers" who defect their "comfort zone" will get themselves or their children killed and blame Forrest.

  20. @radonnacutrer9945 on December 14, 2023 at 10:05 am

    I hope you find it. I wish I could go looking for it.

  21. @user-mt9tn1ni4g on December 14, 2023 at 10:10 am

    So this guy made Millions off of the prized possessions that his ancestors committed genocide on? Well that’s something to be proud of!!

  22. @pamelahorta5810 on December 14, 2023 at 10:12 am

    look next to old faithful

  23. @rrl903 on December 14, 2023 at 10:14 am

    "So what’s your reason for searching?"
    "Oh uh the adventure the riddles.."
    Girl please you want the money don’t be ashamed !

  24. @yamahamers on December 14, 2023 at 10:15 am

    oh Val sure looks good. how about a key like guten tag says.

  25. @gunplow on December 14, 2023 at 10:16 am

    Hes telling truth

  26. @floridaeagle on December 14, 2023 at 10:16 am

    he wont tell "even" his wife. LOL LOL.. it should be "especially his wife" there are three forms of mass communication…… Telephone, Television, Telewoman

  27. @clancylittleboy7408 on December 14, 2023 at 10:17 am

    Not enough clues were given to find "where warm waters halt" directly without first finding something else.  That missing link was the method to be used:  Plot the 4 map points in the poem, then draw lines between those points, then cut out the poem and use it as a map, following the directions in Stanza 2:    https://www.dropbox.com/s/2tvvd87ec2nad47/Using-Poem-as-Map.pdf?dl=0   – – – – – –

  28. @treasurefinder6557 on December 14, 2023 at 10:20 am

    " A bronze chest" as has been described with treasures ( described) is a LIE in my opinion.
    I believe I have cracked " the codes." I have been to the locations. It appears the backers of this have BILLIONS in backing. Figure it out. The " rabbit hole" is deep and dark. A SECRET society is involved.

  29. @paulalefevre8986 on December 14, 2023 at 10:20 am

    At an earlier interview, he answered consistently; so when a question with low value/risk was asked his pattern was the same as when he was asked a high value/risk question. Unfortunately, I didn’t look at this video carefully enough and his normal body language pattern is broke. Timing changed, and body language changed, the gesters/eyes are the opposite from prior interviews I analyzed. So my guess, he either knows someone retrieved it or maybe he or someone he tasked recovered the box. Everyone is out there looking for something that is no longer there

  30. @PIBecky on December 14, 2023 at 10:23 am

    Forrest Fenn is a fake and his treasure is a HOAX! I have studied and been taught about lying and he is.

  31. @lastone2145 on December 14, 2023 at 10:23 am

    He said he drove there and back in one day, so you are too far north.

  32. @kamentertainmentvideos185 on December 14, 2023 at 10:24 am

    I’m pretty certain mr fenn did really hide the treasure chest…I’m just trying to be in his shoes..we as normal 9 to 5 working people can’t fathom to do something like that…but this man…with his story…beating cancer…and what’s a few million…plus I feel he feels he owes it back somehow…giving back… from war to ancient ruins..but either way…fenn is the man in my book! Thrill of the chase~Too far to walk…genius! Got people all over the woods!

  33. @kushibechoo5124 on December 14, 2023 at 10:24 am

    There’s no treasure this guy fooled people

  34. @senorchivo7361 on December 14, 2023 at 10:25 am

    If you’ve been looking for 5 years you will MEVER find the treasure! give it up! lmfao

  35. @rubens.4116 on December 14, 2023 at 10:26 am

    Can any of you decrypt this message?

    74198 59935 06579 66607 70856
    21096 44251 37050 02205 92396
    10840 76450 13962 45983 35064
    3

  36. @MrReviewer on December 14, 2023 at 10:27 am

    imagine if there is no treasure and he done this all for fame… it would be heart breaking… but would be no suprise

  37. @davidpiasano4722 on December 14, 2023 at 10:27 am

    time for a follow up interview Barry!

  38. @BrutusJones on December 14, 2023 at 10:28 am

    take plenty of bear spray for bears and Mt. lions, Water, and for the worst predator of all , other psychotic fricken men – a gun. (and know how to use them). Especially if you’re a city slicker.

  39. @strangeworld5473 on December 14, 2023 at 10:29 am

    It is about youthness

  40. @ralphtaylor787 on December 14, 2023 at 10:31 am

    The treasure hunt was clearly a hoax. Forrest Fenn was a con artist, a liar, a scumbag, and an all around POS that got 7 men killed for his amusement. The world is a better and safer place with him gone.

  41. @gregwindell7702 on December 14, 2023 at 10:32 am

    Browns canyon National Monument summit the home of Browns

  42. @mikecharette5271 on December 14, 2023 at 10:34 am

    A very smart man and funny!

  43. @markmnorcal on December 14, 2023 at 10:34 am

    Hint: It’s not in Montana, last thing he wants is a Canadian to find it. So now it’s just down to 3 states.

  44. @mikemarcum8629 on December 14, 2023 at 10:38 am

    well i know where it is. but haveing fun watching every body else take the road to no where.

  45. @imadethisusernamereallylon5316 on December 14, 2023 at 10:38 am

    It’s found 6/7/20

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