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Search Begins in Utah for $10,000 Treasure Chest

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Two friends in Utah are posting clues online about where they have buried a treasure chest for the second year running. The treasure chest, containing $10,000 cash and other goodies, is hidden somewhere in the mountains of Utah and is free for anyone to try and find.  Last year, friends David Cline and John Maxim buried $5,000 to cheer people […]

Hannah | June 29, 2021
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Forrest Fenn Confirms His $2-Million Treasure Chest was Found in Wyoming

Author Forrest Fenn confirmed in a blog post this week that his recently discovered chest filled with $2 million worth of treasure was found in Wyoming. Many of the searchers for my treasure had solves that seemed to neatly fit the clues in my poem. Then when the finder found and retrieved the treasure, other searchers wondered how close they […]

Avatar photo SnowBrains | July 24, 2020
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Forrest Fenn Releases Pictures of His Found Treasure Chest to Silence Doubters

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For a decade a $2-million treasure chest sat undiscovered in the Rocky Mountains, with the only man who knew where it was leaving clues to its whereabouts promising whoever found it could keep it. At least four died in its pursuit and many sacrificed jobs and their livelihoods. Finally, last week some lucky sleuth found it. But that didn’t stop […]

Avatar photo SnowBrains | June 19, 2020
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Colorado Man is Second to Lose life in hunt for Buried Treasure

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A modern day treasure hunt has taken a sad turn as two people have now lost their lives in this unusual quest for riches. It all started when art dealer and former air force pilot, Forrest Fenn, revealed in his self-published 2010 novel, “The Thrill of the Chase”, that he had buried a lockbox full of about 2 million dollars worth […]

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Jake Rubnitz | June 22, 2017
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Mountaineer Finds “Treasure Chest” Full of Rubies, Emeralds, Saphhires on Mt. Blanc, France

This is every adventurers dream come true. A guy (the French mountaineer prefers to remain anonymous) was climbing the Bosson glacier on Mt. Blanc, France when he stumbled upon a metal box. He opened the box and found bags labeled “made in India.” […]

Miles Clark | September 27, 2013
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