Miami Valley Coin Club

Treasure Hunt Ends

Ten years ago, art collector and dealer Forrest Fenn, claimed to have buried a treasure worth a considerable amount of money somewhere in the western United States. He was diagnosed with kidney cancer, and told he wouldn’t survive.

Forrest loved the great outdoors and nature and felt that to encourage people to explore the outdoor wonders of America, he needed a way to get them out there. So he said he buried a treasure chest in the Rockies, then wrote a poem giving a series of clues to reveal the location of the treasure.

As the years past, people began to doubt whether or not there really was a treasure or maybe this was just an old man’s hoax.

Surprise, surprise! A man from the eastern U.S. has finally found the treasure chest. He sent Fenn, who survive his bout with cancer, pictures and a description of where he found the chest. Fenn said that it hadn’t moved since the day he had buried it.

The chest’s contents weighed 42 pounds and contained:

• Pre-Columbian animal figures
• Ancient Chinese jade carvings
• Jars of Alaska gold dust
• Antique jewelry
• Gold coins numbered in the hundreds
• 2 gold nuggets weighing more than 1 pound each
• Various gold objects worth their weight in bullion

The treasure ‘s worth is estimated to be over one million dollars

Forrest Fenn is a Vietnam Air Force vet with 328 combat missions flown, a Silver Star recipient, and was shot down twice. He is currently a healthy 89 years old.