His story has gained national media attention including the today show, hemispheres magazine. Ff said in an interview that in the prologue of the second book gave a very clear idea of. I think there was a hint that one should ask their kids. Fenn, you say the clues in the poem are to be followed in consecutive order. An eccentric millionaire from santa fe hid a chest full of gold and precious gems in the rocky. He wrote a book called the thrill of the chase, in which he hid clues to help people find the treasure. But, before dying, he would architect a poem that, if solved, would lead an explorer exactly. I hope parents will take their children camping and hiking in the rocky mountains. Whomever finds the exact spot within 5 days gets reddit gold. I give fenn credit on tying the sale of this book to the treasure hunt. A limited edition map was released in 2016 some were signed by forrest himself and could be bought in poster form. The poem that is required to find forrest fenns hidden treasure with annotations and links to various hints and clues.
To find the treasure are hidden in the bookespecially in this poem. Picture clues of forrest fenn in the thrill of the chase. Benchmark mapscourtesy of forrest fenn surrounding him is his extraordinary collection of native american artifacts such as apache dolls, moccasin boots. I dont know how toponymy can help you at all chris i had to look that word up. Forrest fenn hidden treasure millionaire hides chest of gold and.
Our basic hypothesis, the idea that conditions all our lines of subsequent research, is based on the final text of the second book. The grandaddy of all treasure puzzles forrest fenns poem. I think it will be hidden under a log because of these two fennean passages. Hiding andor searching for it would be illegal otherwise.
When fenn declares, if i was standing where the treasure chest is, id see trees, id see mountains and i know the treasure chest is wet, the treasure should be somewhere in the wood, in or by clear creek. Here is the solution to the poem, with pictures at the end of this email. Courtesy forrest fenns the thrill of the chase by julie ann grimm. Within the pages held a poem, a poem that told the location of a hidden treasure buried by forrest fenn himself. Some searchers believe the warm waters in the poem refer to the boiling river near. I quickly found the correct site using only the poem and a map, never going anywhere else, but it took years and half a dozen. Forrest fenn treasure, the elusive cache people are dying. The maps you need to find forrest fenns treasure gaia gps. A subreddit devoted to finding the hidden treasure of.
There are multiple meanings to most clues, and the sinister ones are also mixed in with the regular clues. Mr fenn, 89, announced in 2010 that he had buried a treasure somewhere in the rocky mountains, and his book the thrill of the chase featured a map and a poem. Fenns treasure, as it is known, has become a fulltime hobby for her, with hours spent poring over maps, researching the history and geography of her search area, and above all trying to. Check out the poem, treasure hunting rules, and our clue tip section to be ready for your own fenns treasure hunt. Benchmark has teamed up with author and retired collector forrest fenn to map the searchable area for his hidden treasure notably shown and described in his book the thrill of the chase. See more ideas about forrest fenn treasure, treasure maps and forrest fenn riddle. Check out the poem, treasure hunting rules, and our clue tip section to be ready for your own fenns treasure. If you can solve the puzzle, you can go and collect hundreds of thousands of dollars if not well over a. This chest of riches has been placed somewhere in the rocky mountains north of santa fe, new.
Millionaire forrest fenn hid treasure in the rockies and. Advice from forrest fenn on how to find his treasure chest. This treasure hunt and thrill of the chase is decades old after all. Other subtle differences from the original map include the coloring on the map, the lack of notations showing the different types of land found on the map public lands, blm, osfs, nps, and. Use a map with private and public land boundaries to make sure youre on legal ground, no matter where you search. What i recommend is that you read my book normally, then you read the poem over and over and over again, and just think about every line, read it 4 or 5 or 10 times, and then go back and read the book again, slowly, looking for hints in the book that will help you with clues in the poem.
The treasure is out there waiting for the person who. Strewn across our laps is a mess of maps, field guides, and notes months of research. In fenns book, he mentions childhood trips to yellowstone. Even so, searchers have been arrested for poking around private property most notably, fenns. I would have given it a lower rating as far as cost vs content, but i realized what a clever gimmick he has to boost sales on something that is beautifully produced but really not much of a read. Dedicated treasure hunters inspired by forrest fenns tale of a golden cache will gather for a fennboree june 35, highlighted by the debut of a documentary called fenns searchers. Fenns poem is the only map to the treasure news santa fe. Five people have died searching for forrest fenns treasure in the rocky. What comes to mind is where on a map is the treasure, every kid knows that on a treasure map x marks the spot so my thinking is, you need to mark x on a map. Fenn says that the stories in the book contain hints to the chests location as well as the poem found in the chapter gold and more which contains nine clues that will lead a searcher to the chest.
Forrest fenn s book and story prompted a treasure hunt in the rocky mountains of new mexico, colorado, wyoming, and montana. Later his cancer went into remission giving him ample time to write his memoir, the thrill of the hunt, selfpublished in 2010. Here is the poem with the nine clues from the thrill of the chase, fenn s selfpublished autobiography. Within the book covers readers find a short poem describing the treasure s location. Patricia coats forrest fenn the thrill of the chase. All of the information you need to find the treasure is in the poem. But if you knew the geographic location of each clue it would be a map to the treasure. Fenns poem is the only map to the treasure fenn says this is a picture of the bronze chest and some of its contents. Read the clues in my poem over and over and study maps of the rocky mountains, 86yearold fenn recently told business insider. Porowskis book, picture clues of forrest fenn in the thrill of the chase, carefully takes the reader through all nine clues of forrest fenns poem.
A man in his 50s has died while trying to follow forrest fenn s selfpublished treasure map. The book and a poem he wrote provide clues to its whereabouts and he promises that the finder of the chest can keep the contents. The thrill of the chase poem by forrest fenn mysterious. Fenn hid the treasure after a 1988 cancer diagnosis when doctors told him his days were numbered. Read the clues in my poem over and over and study maps of the rocky mountains, fenn recently told business insider. Fenn treasure fenn treasure poem clues to fenns treasure. The book contains the roadmap for finding the treasure in the form of a 24stanza poem. We have the books, we have the map, we have the poem. The treasure map below was provided in forrest fenns book too far to walk, and is the most common map used by. The saga of the search for forrest fenns treasure continues to. Install the masonic book of crosses, the android app.
The man who buried his treasure in a poem forrest fenn, an art dealer told he was dying of cancer, has decided to leave a unique legacy. Of all the worlds undiscovered or lost treasures, this is one of the newestallegedly hidden in 2010. The forrest fenn treasure poem is found on these maps on the bottom left hand side long with a picture of the bronze treasure chest set behind the poem. This entry was posted in important and tagged clues, explore, forrest, forrest fenn, forrest fenn treasure map, forrest fenn s map, gold, hints, map, north of santa fe, poem, the map, treasure, treasure hunt by dal. If youre hunting for forrest fenns buried treasure. The treasure map below was provided in forrest fenns book too far to walk, and is the most common map used by hunters.
If you can solve the puzzle, you can go and collect hundreds of thousands of dollars if not well over a million right now. Poem is believed to give you a startinglocation and then stepbystep directions for getting from there to the chest of gold coins and priceless artefacts. Forrest fenn treasure map hires downloadthrill of the chase. The secret treasure hunt treasure maps treasure hunt clues treasure hunting the secret 1982 the secret book burke museum art puns forest park. The treasure of forrest fenn goes far beyond his hiding a chest of gold. The man who buried his treasure in a poem telegraph. The following poem is found in the book the thrill of the chase by forrest fenn.
Fenn treasure map by ross thorn finding treasure, treasure maps, treasure. I first heard about forrest fenn s hidden treasure chest january 16, 20, drove to collected works book store the next day to buy ttotc, and made my first bootsontheground search in april of that year. Inside the book is a poem which secretly encodes the whereabouts of this treasure chest. Fenn says that the stories in the book contain hints to the chests location as well as the poem found in the chapter gold and more which contains nine clues. My answer to the forrest fenn riddle i see what you did.
Forrest fenn s the thrill of the chase treasure hunt general discussions. Forrest fenn penned a poem that he included near the end of the thrill of the chase that he says contains nine clues to lead seekers to the. Join me on my journey to finding forrest fenn s treasure comment, like, share and subscribe. It is said to contain nine clues, and upon complete understanding, will lead a person to a bronze treasure chest filled with over a million dollars worth of treasure. There are 9 sentences in the poem start at the beginning. We know the treasure chest is located somewhere within the highlighted area on the map in tftw but i propose another theory using the map. To many, i have lied a bit, some say that may be wrong, but hiding treasure was the point of it. I could write a book about the natural history that is to be found just by rolling over a rotten log. The grandaddy of all treasure puzzles forrest fenns poem treasure maps, treasure hunting. Hints and clues to help you find the fenn treasure treasure hunt. Fenns poem is the only map to the treasure news santa. Follow these 9 clues to find forrest fenns treasure.
Sure, fenn once pointed a blogger in a slightly different direction, teasing the treasure as being more than 300 miles west of toledo. As the santa fe new mexican has reported, one searcher is certain the fenn poem leads not to bounteous riches but. Benchmark maps courtesy of forrest fenn surrounding him is his extraordinary collection of native american artifacts such as. Man says he has discovered forrest fenns treasure local. Courtesy forrest fenn s the thrill of the chase by julie ann grimm june 12, 2018. To start looking for fenns treasure, you need to get caught up on recent news and treasure hunting updates. Forrest fenn hodling up a copy of his new book too far to walk forrest. Forrest fenn treasure hunt thrill of the chase fenn poem search for the. He then uses the pictures and stories in fenns book to detail each of the nine clues, and place the treasure in an area where the madison river flows through bear trap canyon in montana. Start the treasure hunt here forrest fenns treasure. Released to the public, people have dedicated their lives to finding the treasure.
All you need is a good map, and the poem to find the treasure. Other subtle differences from the original map include the coloring on the map, the lack of notations showing the different types of land found on the map public lands, blm, osfs, nps, and tribal, and the longitude lines marking associated degrees. There is no treasure, just bragging rights to be had. Benchmark maps courtesy of forrest fenn surrounding him is his extraordinary collection of. Where he says he was invited to put an x on the map, and declined the offer, although he was there in spirit. If you can solve the puzzle, you can go and collect hundreds of.
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