His intent was to get people out, back into nature and the wilderness, the way he had growing up; he hoped that the lure of the treasure would do that. A lot of people did take up the quest, though for some 8 years or so now, no one had any luck in finding it. Most thought it was a hoax, but he insisted that it was not. When I first read about it, I spent some time pouring over the poem and maps, trying to decipher the clues myself, but never made any real attempt to head out west and look for it myself, not that I expected to find it.
I mentioned a time or two to Anc that we should get some folks together for a week, blazing the trails and at the very least, spend some time out of doors while hunting for the spot of the famed treasure hoard.
Well, it looks like someone finally found it. Full Article: HERE
Famed art and antiquities collector Forrest Fenn, who said he hid $1m in treasure in the Rocky Mountain wilderness a decade ago, said Sunday that the chest of goods has been found.
Fenn, 89, told the Santa Fe New Mexican that a treasure hunter located the chest a few days ago. The man who found it does not want his name mentioned.
He’s from back East, Fenn said, adding that it was confirmed from a photograph the man sent him. Fenn did not reveal exactly where it had been hidden.
For more than a decade, he packed and repacked his treasure chest, sprinkling in gold dust and adding hundreds of rare gold coins and gold nuggets. Pre-Colombian animal figures went in, along with prehistoric mirrors of hammered gold, ancient Chinese faces carved from jade and antique jewelry with rubies and emeralds.
Fenn told The New Mexican in 2017 that the chest weighs 20lb (9kg ) and its contents weigh another 22lb (10kg). He said he delivered the chest to its hiding place by himself over two separate trips.
