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Treasure Hunt Claims Lives Before Fenn's Chest Found

12/30/2025

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Forrest Fenn, a millionaire, buried a bronze chest with gold and valuables in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
In 2010, Fenn published a memoir with a nine-clue poem to the treasure's location in the Rocky Mountains.
Treasure hunters searched in New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana over next decade, causing at least five deaths.
In June 2020, Fenn announced the chest's discovery in Wyoming, shortly before his death at age 90.

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Story summary

Forrest Fenn, a millionaire, buried a bronze chest with gold and valuables in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
In 2010, Fenn published a memoir with a nine-clue poem to the treasure's location in the Rocky Mountains.
Treasure hunters searched in New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana over next decade, causing at least five deaths.
In June 2020, Fenn announced the chest's discovery in Wyoming, shortly before his death at age 90.