The hunt for Forrest Fenn's $2 million hidden treasure

The hunt for Forrest Fenn's $2 million hidden treasure

The secret is hidden in a poem that starts like this: “Begin it where warm waters halt.”

Zack wrote an entire feature filled with maps, illustrated clues, and even more video. You can read and watch here: http://www.vox.com/a/fenn-treasure-hunt-map

Sometime between 2009 and 2010 an 80 year old man by the name of Forrest Fenn trekked out into the Rocky Mountains and hid a bronze chest filled with over $2 million dollars worth of treasure. The secret to the location of the treasure is contained within a six stanza poem. Forrest Fenn’s treasure, as it’s come to be known, has captivated men, women, and children around the country and world and has lured many people to the Rocky Mountains in the hopes that they’ll find the gold.

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50 Comments

  1. Dimitris Spatharis on October 25, 2020 at 2:05 pm

    Neh way I just read an article that the treasure has been allegedly found, I know I’m probably the last to know but it’s cool given how I only learned about the whole treasure through this video just a few days ago

  2. bezbeanz Jett on October 25, 2020 at 2:06 pm

    Found it

  3. fermin fernandez on October 25, 2020 at 2:06 pm

    why he lloks like he is using lipstick

  4. rocketman40 on October 25, 2020 at 2:07 pm

    It would have been funny if forest fenn would have said ( home of Bob) instead of the home of brown he’d had everybody messed up lol!!!!

  5. Bring back Bomber7io on October 25, 2020 at 2:08 pm

    The treasure has been found. I just wish he would say where the treasure was.

  6. SUCHANDRA GHOSAL on October 25, 2020 at 2:09 pm

    Even Buzzfeed tried finding it

  7. Positive Goldnaz on October 25, 2020 at 2:11 pm

    IT HAS BEEN FOUND!!!

  8. Amir McL on October 25, 2020 at 2:14 pm

    They found it!!

  9. Bruce McCreary on October 25, 2020 at 2:15 pm

    How do you know it exists? Can it be proven up; Independently. An accounting firm would have had to confirm it. Now it is "found" by someone from the East which reminds me of Johnny Carson’s "visitor from the East."

  10. poeticdisaster che on October 25, 2020 at 2:15 pm

    At 14 i hiked round alot of Yellowstone lake …7 miles in , and 7 out with my dad and brother . I wish i had known about this treasure

  11. Amanuel Tesfaye on October 25, 2020 at 2:16 pm

    19:18 so my man gonna show up with lipstick on like nothing happened

  12. Agentfishly on October 25, 2020 at 2:16 pm

    Did anyone find that figurine?

  13. Amhar Saputra on October 25, 2020 at 2:17 pm

    Before the treasure has been found (today’s news), how did they know that someone was within 200 feet (11:00) from the actual location? No one knew the actual location except Fenn. Did Fenn monitor the search effort?

  14. Edie Barry on October 25, 2020 at 2:17 pm

    Fuked by Faker Forrest Fenn…

  15. Zachary Spar on October 25, 2020 at 2:17 pm

    I don’t think he buried anything… Treasure is heavy to lug around for a long time.

  16. Vinh Pham on October 25, 2020 at 2:22 pm

    guy: actually finds treasure

    IRS: holup

  17. Mordecai 38 on October 25, 2020 at 2:22 pm

    Someday when the treasure is found i’ll come back to this comment

  18. Greg Sewell on October 25, 2020 at 2:23 pm

    So based on Forrest Fenn’s current age, he would have been appx 79 years old at the time he trekked 42 EXTRA pounds of stuff out into the Rocky Mountains. By himself? Hummm, I wonder… He was either extremely fit for an older guy who had a battle with cancer, to carry that much weight, or he had an accomplice(s) who had assisted him and knew the secret location as well. Either way, very impressive. Impressive if he did it all alone himself, and equally impressive if there was another person(s) who assisted and knew of the location, and was able to keep such a hugh secret as well.

  19. Michael Shirk on October 25, 2020 at 2:23 pm

    Came back here after I heard he has passed away. This video was the first I heard of his treasure and it sparked a lure to try and find it. But it seems the treasures been found and now Fenn is gone. Now all we have is memories.

  20. Aarav on October 25, 2020 at 2:24 pm

    Who is here after someone discovered the treasure??

  21. Focus Studios on October 25, 2020 at 2:25 pm

    Ridiculous show called “expedition unknown” did an episode on this too

  22. Fu Manchu on October 25, 2020 at 2:25 pm

    Was it under the “Big W”?

  23. savagedragon79 on October 25, 2020 at 2:28 pm

    I wonder if this video helped the person that found it.

  24. Domers FTW on October 25, 2020 at 2:29 pm

    Who is hear after forrest fens treasure was found

    Edit-dang this got a lot of likes for those of you interested I would appreciate if you subbed as of now I only have 5 subscribers.

  25. R H on October 25, 2020 at 2:29 pm

    ONE PIECE does EXIST!!!!🏴‍☠️

  26. Carson Redford on October 25, 2020 at 2:29 pm

    Wow these city people definitely look out of place in Wyoming and Montana.

  27. Roman Korvinus on October 25, 2020 at 2:30 pm

    Clue one. Lines 1-4. The Chapel of Light in Montezuma NM. Associated with the School.
    Lines 4-8 has 4 clues. Where warm waters halt is across the creek from the School. There is a hot spring. The path leading to the spot descends, opposite of the river itself. The whole area is less than a 1/4 mile worth of walking. Home of Brown refers to the Outlaw Brown from Dodge City, At the Hot Springs is an old jail cell.
    Lines 9-12. Across the old bridge is a forest. You are about 100 yards or so away. The heavy loads and water high refer to the loch or small little damns in the creek.
    Lines 13-16, The Blaze is a fire pit. It’s got a stack of Rocks. I went to dig up the pit. I got about 18 in when I broke the shovel and left it in an X. I knew it might be in the rocks but couldn’t bring myself to tear it all down. That and I had a real bad feeling about that necklace.
    Lines 17-20. Tired and weak. Building the fire pit.
    Lines 21-24. In the Woods. Literally.
    If you look at the Map, the outline looks just like how an archaeologists hole would look if you dug it out. Montezuma is in the little spot at the bottom of the hole. Just below where you’d think it would be.

  28. Torture Killah2 on October 25, 2020 at 2:33 pm

    Spoiler Alert, they find it June 2020

  29. Vox on October 25, 2020 at 2:35 pm

    UPDATE: According to Forrest Fenn, the treasure has been found!

    "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 than 10 years ago. I do not know the person who found it, but the poem in my book led him to the precise spot. I congratulate the thousands of people who participated in the search and hope they will continue to be drawn by the promise of other discoveries."

  30. poeticdisaster che on October 25, 2020 at 2:39 pm

    Why is this not on tv more…..like history , discovery ….ya know? Makes ya wonder….. i feel the only legal way to take and keep it?…..is if its on forests land.that he owns…… otherwise its national park, forest or native land, or federal forest . Then again…. fibs get told whrn cars get sold…. "oh it was a gift" i didnt pay 3000 for it…..barely runs…. 1$in tax…lol

  31. One Percent Takers on October 25, 2020 at 2:40 pm

    Conman Fenn is looking for a safe passage out of his hoax. He knows that lawsuits loom over his con and he is groping around for a way out.

  32. Alderian on October 25, 2020 at 2:42 pm

    13:15 bears rest in caves 🙂

  33. Łukasz Aberdonski on October 25, 2020 at 2:44 pm

    Forrest Fenn has passed away on September 7th less than three months after the treasure was found. Coincidence?

  34. Omar Villarreal on October 25, 2020 at 2:47 pm

    This is the video that started it for me. Thank You! It was fun while it lasted.

  35. William Sparks on October 25, 2020 at 2:47 pm

    Lol you guys r way off

  36. Tunes on October 25, 2020 at 2:48 pm

    What if it’s like under the home of brown, like under the house

  37. Ryan Downes on October 25, 2020 at 2:48 pm

    And now someone has found it

  38. Joel Towne on October 25, 2020 at 2:51 pm

    The treasure hunt is officially Over June 2020 someone has found the treasure.

  39. Martín Otero on October 25, 2020 at 2:52 pm

    ARRIBA ESPAÑA

  40. savagedragon79 on October 25, 2020 at 2:54 pm

    I would do something like this if I was a billionaire. Put like 5 million in gold and have people search for it.

  41. Krishna Raj Rai on October 25, 2020 at 2:54 pm

    Hopefully we get a video of how he solved the riddle and the spot where he found it.

  42. Furby on October 25, 2020 at 2:55 pm

    OMG i watched this and learnt about this treasure for the FIRST TIME today, ONE DAY AFTER the treasure was found !!!!!!!!

  43. AHMAD HARUMAN on October 25, 2020 at 2:59 pm

    3 year’s later after this video was uploaded the treasurer has been found. Hope the person found it enjoyed the nature and the hut for the treasurer.

  44. Jbugs on October 25, 2020 at 3:01 pm

    Is this what the one piece crew feel like

  45. Steven Miller on October 25, 2020 at 3:02 pm

    Keep your hands on the steering wheel or walk. I don’t sub to dangerous drivers

  46. poeticdisaster che on October 25, 2020 at 3:03 pm

    " Tarry scant ..withh marvle gaze ".. means to dawdle…or take your time take in the beauty slowly , then take the chest and go in peace….

  47. Angelita Becerra on October 25, 2020 at 3:04 pm

    The question isn’t "how much can a 80 year old man do" but "how much can this specific 80 year old man do"?

  48. Keonne Williams on October 25, 2020 at 3:04 pm

    Wow😵👍👍👍👍

  49. Bit Bitten on October 25, 2020 at 3:04 pm

    Awesome documentary thank you

  50. TWSTF 8 on October 25, 2020 at 3:04 pm

    "Where a 79 year old man could carry out bury a 45 pound treasure chest."

    Besides the poem, which someone has evidently deciphered, that was the most important clue leading them to the treasure.

    A clue that many people have CLEARLY overlooked lol which is why an estimated four people have died in the attempt. There was never any reason whatsoever to go too far off the beaten path.

    Or spelunk through caverns and over cliffs, putting lives at risk when a little common sense is enough to realize it would only ever be hidden where an elderly man would be capable of safely accessing.

    Edit; I’m glad somebody finally found it, it means the real treasure WASN’T just the friends we made along the way. 🤣

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