What about the Santa Fe author who claims to have seen the treasure in its chest earlier this year?
“What about the Santa Fe author who claims to have seen the treasure in its chest earlier this year?”
Fenn? We could ask him, but he’s dead.
Why would the finder show Fenn the treasure?
Why would the finder remain anonymous, say he is a student who needs money, but NOT seek to financially exploit the treasure?
Now that his identity is known, why would he not allow media to see the treasure and seek to hype the value to sell it for the most he could?
Why would the finder not disclose where he found it and how he figured out the riddle?
Why would the finder not exploit the publicity for money if he wanted and needed the money so badly? There is probably a branding deal that is worth more than the treasure itself.
The answer to all of these is simple: He can’t because the treasure doesn’t exist.
I only learned of this treasure about a year ago because a guy I visited in jail was obsessed with it. He wanted me to take him to where he KNEW the treasure was hidden. The problem is that thousands of others have the same exact confidence they know where it was hidden and are about to be very rich. Treasure hunters are a type.
A friend who is a former investigative journalist spoke with Fenn on the phone before he died. My friend claims Fenn was interested in selling story/book/movie rights because he apparently needed the money and was broke. How is it that a man who collected valuable treasure gave away his most valuable stuff, let it sit in some undisclosed location that only he knew about, went without money that he desperately needed, and never went and reclaimed his treasure?
There will be at least one movie made about the Fenn treasure. But it is a story that isn’t over yet. I’d love to be proven wrong by this guy putting the treasure up for auction and selling branding and story rights. More likely will be that his story crumbles as he becomes entangled in litigation where he cannot lie so easily.