Posted on 02/27/2013 6:12:31 PM PST by Daffynition
A New Mexico multimillionaire wants you to get off the couch and go searching for hidden treasure.
Forrest Fenn, 82, believes too many Americans spend their free time watching TV or playing video games. He hopes the bounty he hid a chest filled with millions of dollars in gold coins, diamonds and emeralds, among other gems will prompt some to explore the outdoors. "Get your kids out in the countryside, take them fishing and get them away from their little hand-held machines," he told TODAY.
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Hilariously a couple of searchers believe they found the one, the only, location, but someone had beaten them to the treasure.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqCFOxR0Cbg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URitxNODZ8w
Home of Brown (three of many):
http://fennclues.com/lamar-ranger-station.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l73EyQ3Rqdw
Apparently FF has said, the treasure may not be found for 10,000 years — so, no, it’s not in an old tree trunk.
Forrest Fenn’s website, four additional clues:
https://www.oldsantafetradingco.com/the-thrill-resource-page
Whoops, Home of Brown:
https://www.reporterherald.com/2012/01/28/brown-house-remains-standing-at-homestead-meadows/
https://captpappy.com/tag/brown/
I was reading this with great interest and I just happened to notice a post from JRandomFreeper. I knew right then this wasn’t a new thread. I guess it hasn’t been found yet.
Nope. Orrrr, it has been found, but the finder had the good sense to just dummy up and slooooowwwwly sell off each of the coins.
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