The thrill - searching for hidden treasure

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The thrill - searching for hidden treasure

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- For more than a decade, he packed and repacked his treasure chest, sprinkling in gold dust and adding hundreds of rare gold coins and gold nuggets. Pre-Colombian animal figures went in, along with prehistoric mirrors of hammered gold, ancient Chinese faces carved from jade and antique jewelry with rubies and emeralds.

Fenn posted clues to the treasures whereabouts online and in a 24-line poem that was published in his 2010 autobiography The Thrill of the Chase

Many quit their jobs to dedicate themselves to the search and others depleted their life savings. At least four people are believed to have died searching for it.

Forest Fenn, you might be a cultural vulture - but I think i like you anyway.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... ains-found
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"...a man with a penchant for mischief"

The treasure hunters on a deadly quest for an eccentric's $2m bounty
https://www.theguardian.com/environment ... re-rockies
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Bit off topic maybe but reminded me of a news item I saw just the other day about searching for Nazi gold in Poland:

Nazi diary reveals secret location of WWII treasure under a palace in Poland

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There might be billions of dollars worth of treasure stolen by the Nazis under a 16th century palace in southwestern Poland.

Full story: https://www.livescience.com/nazi-diary-buried-gold.html
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clutchcargo wrote: Mon Jun 08, 2020 6:39 pm Bit off topic maybe but reminded me of a news item I saw just the other day about searching for Nazi gold in Poland:

Nazi diary reveals secret location of WWII treasure under a palace in Poland

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There might be billions of dollars worth of treasure stolen by the Nazis under a 16th century palace in southwestern Poland.

Full story: https://www.livescience.com/nazi-diary-buried-gold.html
There's at least three Nazi treasure themed stories each year.

Personal favorite was the young (Austrian?) kid who was paddling and found a Nazi gold bar a few years ago. When nobody (surprise surprise) claimed it, she got to keep it.
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