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. Jay Co on July 30, 2021 at 11:14 pm

    Cool story

  2. james king on July 30, 2021 at 11:14 pm

    If you really wanted to find it, just take a ride down the water 🌊

  3. james king on July 30, 2021 at 11:17 pm

    Soon as he does I’m gonna go get the treasure

  4. Mr. Anonymous on July 30, 2021 at 11:19 pm

    how would he know that there were people 250 feet away from it when he lived in New Mexico?

  5. james king on July 30, 2021 at 11:21 pm

    I am a true adventurer

  6. ahti29 on July 30, 2021 at 11:23 pm

    Imagine 75 year old man going up the hill to the cave,carrying a bronze chest filled with gold.

  7. Jbugs on July 30, 2021 at 11:29 pm

    Is this what the one piece crew feel like

  8. poetic disaster on July 30, 2021 at 11:29 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

  9. Ryan Chacon on July 30, 2021 at 11:29 pm

    I think you guys were really close to it, if only you would have spent more time near lamar ranger station.

  10. Angelita Becerra on July 30, 2021 at 11:30 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"?

  11. Ben Dunning on July 30, 2021 at 11:31 pm

    Who’s here after the finder came out???

  12. April Sparks on July 30, 2021 at 11:33 pm

    It was on the ISLAND in backyard at his gallery

  13. jason rebello on July 30, 2021 at 11:34 pm

    The treasure was finally found last year!!

  14. Falcon on July 30, 2021 at 11:34 pm

    JUST USE DRONES WITH METAL DETECTORS

  15. Greg Windell on July 30, 2021 at 11:37 pm

    Mr. Forrest Fenns special place it would teach us about ourselves

  16. Steven Miller on July 30, 2021 at 11:37 pm

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

  17. fermin fernandez on July 30, 2021 at 11:38 pm

    why he lloks like he is using lipstick

  18. gEthan Dongla on July 30, 2021 at 11:42 pm

    Sad that He is now dead, But atleast Jack Stuef was able to find His treasure before Fenn dies

  19. savagedragon79 on July 30, 2021 at 11:44 pm

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

  20. EVIL QTip on July 30, 2021 at 11:44 pm

    I LOVE U MR FORREST GUMP FENN
    thanks for all the fun!

  21. Adam Aspera on July 30, 2021 at 11:44 pm

    This sounds like one piece

  22. Agentfishly on July 30, 2021 at 11:45 pm

    Did anyone find that figurine?

  23. EVIL QTip on July 30, 2021 at 11:46 pm

    Life is like a Box of Treasure
    You never know what your gonna get out of looking for it..
    Maybe that’s the treasure.. in it’s self.

  24. james king on July 30, 2021 at 11:46 pm

    I figured out where it is.. but it wasn’t worth the trip with the old man babysitting the treasure and snatching it back anytime somebody gets close

  25. peter weiss on July 30, 2021 at 11:47 pm

    I have a map that is holding a treasure hunt in a island

  26. james king on July 30, 2021 at 11:48 pm

    There legally aren’t many places a person could even put their treasure, it’s not the 70’s anymore, he’s got it stashed in his own property and can see anybody on their way to the treasure and beat them to it

  27. Davi B on July 30, 2021 at 11:48 pm

    Not even close. If only you knew,

  28. Greg Sewell on July 30, 2021 at 11:49 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.

  29. Focus Studios on July 30, 2021 at 11:49 pm

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

  30. Michael Shirk on July 30, 2021 at 11:52 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.

  31. Jar ✪ on July 30, 2021 at 11:52 pm

    Onepiece hunt

  32. poetic disaster on July 30, 2021 at 11:54 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

  33. savagedragon79 on July 30, 2021 at 11:54 pm

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

  34. Jay Co on July 30, 2021 at 11:55 pm

    Better off buying Bitcoin and holding it until 2028

  35. poetic disaster on July 30, 2021 at 11:58 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….

  36. Steven Waterfielkd on July 30, 2021 at 11:58 pm

    I thought about looking for it when I made my trip out West visiting historic place, but when I found about 30 places that could have been considered the Home Of Brown I decided it was just too vague and someone would just have to get very lucky to stumble upon the right trail.

  37. USNews _____Tweety____ on July 30, 2021 at 11:58 pm

    Too bad they didn’t know there’s a Joe Brown launch next to the Yellowstone River. Near the Wyoming border

  38. Greg Windell on July 31, 2021 at 12:00 am

    BROWNS CANYON NATIONAL MONUMENT RAILROAD GULCH VALLEY IN COLORADO.

  39. Łukasz Aberdonski on July 31, 2021 at 12:00 am

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

  40. Amy Seeks on July 31, 2021 at 12:01 am

    Great video!

  41. EVIL QTip on July 31, 2021 at 12:01 am

    I love that couple 10 : ……

  42. james king on July 31, 2021 at 12:02 am

    Fyi you’ll see him walking towards you with a smile on your way through, probably talk to him without even realizing it

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  44. EVIL QTip on July 31, 2021 at 12:08 am

    Watch it be under his house lol

  45. Aarav on July 31, 2021 at 12:08 am

    Who is here after someone discovered the treasure??

  46. Expensive Taste on July 31, 2021 at 12:10 am

    U said he loves practical jokes😂

  47. Vox on July 31, 2021 at 12:10 am

    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."

  48. Dillard Denton on July 31, 2021 at 12:11 am

    What’s some truth worth?

  49. Alderian on July 31, 2021 at 12:11 am

    13:15 bears rest in caves 🙂

  50. Zach Spar on July 31, 2021 at 12:12 am

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

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