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.
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.
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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
I’m not so convinced that’s Dal, I didn’t notice any bleeps! Awesome video, thanks everyone
Fun ride that ended at the gallery on the island 🏝
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.
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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!"
Hopefully, it’s not a lie or a trick.
The biggest clue of all is hidden in this video in plain sight! All these years later and still nobody is talking about it!
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 – – – – –
It’s just as he said in my opinion.
I don’t doubt that he actually buried the treasure, but how do we know someone didn’t find it and keep quiet?
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.
what if he hid it in the 4th dimension
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.
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.
It was at Five Springs and Jack based his solve on known information: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxF-yuVRH64
6:55 Reckless "city slickers" who defect their "comfort zone" will get themselves or their children killed and blame Forrest.
I hope you find it. I wish I could go looking for it.
So this guy made Millions off of the prized possessions that his ancestors committed genocide on? Well that’s something to be proud of!!
look next to old faithful
"So what’s your reason for searching?"
"Oh uh the adventure the riddles.."
Girl please you want the money don’t be ashamed !
oh Val sure looks good. how about a key like guten tag says.
Hes telling truth
he wont tell "even" his wife. LOL LOL.. it should be "especially his wife" there are three forms of mass communication…… Telephone, Television, Telewoman
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 – – – – – –
" 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.
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
Forrest Fenn is a fake and his treasure is a HOAX! I have studied and been taught about lying and he is.
He said he drove there and back in one day, so you are too far north.
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!
There’s no treasure this guy fooled people
If you’ve been looking for 5 years you will MEVER find the treasure! give it up! lmfao
Can any of you decrypt this message?
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imagine if there is no treasure and he done this all for fame… it would be heart breaking… but would be no suprise
time for a follow up interview Barry!
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.
It is about youthness
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.
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A very smart man and funny!
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.
well i know where it is. but haveing fun watching every body else take the road to no where.
It’s found 6/7/20