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Forrest Fenn’s Treasure Has Been Found

The greatest treasure hunt of the modern era is over. According to Forrest Fenn, who hid a bronze trunk filled with gold and jewels somewhere on Western public lands, his treasure has been claimed. Fenn made the announcement on his blog last weekend, saying that an adventurer from “the East” found the chest. “It was under a canopy of stars in the lush, forested vegetation of the Rocky Mountains and had not moved from the spot where I hid it more...

Location of Forrest Fenn’s Treasure Finally Revealed

The decade-long search for Forrest Fenn’s treasure ended two years ago, but the hunt for answers has not. Although details have slowly surfaced since Jack Stuef located the gold-filled chest, the greatest Fenn mystery of all remained unsolved: Where was the treasure hidden? Finally last week, we got that answer. Here’s a brief timeline on how we got here. If you’re already well-versed in the story of the Fenn treasure, then skip to the next page...

Photos: First Look at Forrest Fenn’s Treasure

Earlier this month, I wrote about how the greatest treasure hunt of the modern era came to an end. Forrest Fenn announced that the trunk he hid in the Rocky Mountains more than a decade ago was discovered by an unnamed man. While Fenn has been light on details so far, he did post three pictures of the chest and its contents. Inside Edition had an antiquities appraiser look at the photos, who confirmed earlier guesses that the treasure is worth...