Four years ago, an 84-year-old millionaire from Santa Fe, New Mexico hid a treasure chest in the Rocky Mountains that’s, according to him, worth $2 million.
Forrest Fenn – an art collector, author, and retired fighter pilot who was shot down twice in Vietnam says he did it to get families off the couch and into the wilderness. The idea came to him after he was diagnosed in 1988 with terminal cancer.
According to his interview with ABC that the treasure chest includes 265 gold coins – “mostly American eagles and double eagles, hundreds of gold nuggets, some as large as chicken eggs, ancient Chinese carved jade figures, Pre-Columbian gold animal artifacts, lots of rubies, emeralds, sapphires, and diamonds and other things.”
Fenn released a book entitled “The Thrill Of The Chase” containing a poem with 9 clues that he says, will lead you to the prize.
“Nobody is gonna accidentally stumble on that treasure chest,” he said in an interview. “They're gonna have to figure out the clues, and let the clues take them to that spot.”
Fenn did reveal that a few have come close to finding it, some 200 feet away from the hidden spot.
There are thousands of people from all over the world, including Asia, South Africa and Europe, have already traveled to New Mexico to find the hidden treasure.
But it’s not an easy riddle. Fenn says he gets hundreds of emails from treasure hunters asking for additional clues.
Here is the poem:
“Somebody could find it tomorrow and it may not be found for a thousand years. I'm looking at the big picture. A lot of people who are searching for the treasure don't see it the same way I do. I would love if someone found it tomorrow but if nobody found it for a hundred years, that's okay with me too,” added Fenn.
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[Source: ABCNews]
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