2lumpy
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Other than emu's running wild and 7.3's gelling up ( I know DeerMadness, I've owned one for 17 years too) it's gotten a little sleepy around the ole camp fire.
I've been looking for other "hunting" subjects to wile away the hours, because I don't care much for the Yuma "camp out" like most of the retired guys do from my neighborhood do.
Around two years ago I came across a story about an old timer with a colorful back ground, from being a Navy fighter pilot in V Nam to eventually building a business buying and selling Native American artifacts, in front of God and everyone. He claims to have had a love for the outdoors and lifestyle, particularly for fly fishing the Rocky Mountain in the West.
As he aged he became concerned about children turning away from the outdoors to electronic games etc. He says he started thinking what he might do to get kids and their families back out in the woods. Accordingly he gathered up over a million dollars in gold coins, gold nuggets, and various other very valuable artifacts, purchased an old brass chest, put all the "stuff" in the box, and when he was near his 80's and expecting to die from cancer (or something he thought was terminal) he went to one of his favorite places and hide the chest with it's contents. He claims he put it somewhere in New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming or Montana. Then wrote a poem, with numerous difficult to identify, clues as to where to find his hidden treasure.
That was 5 or 6 years ago, he hasn't died yet and is nearly 85 or 86 now. He claims no one has found the chest and it contents yet, but knows, based on where he put it, that many people have been within a few hundred feet from it.
The media have named the treasure: Forrest Fenn's Treasure, and various national news media outlets have interview both Fenn and some of the folks that have been "hunting" for the treasure. They claim thousands of people from across the country have been looking, off and on, for the chest. At least one guy froze to death in Colorado last year, while looking for it, during the winter. (Sad but stupid.)
So....... in the remote possibility that some of you might have read about this "hunt" I'd be interested in knowing if anyone else has given any thought to where Fenn may have put his brass chest, or have looked in any hollow stumps or under an over hanging rocks for his gold.
Out of curiosity I have read a fair about what Fenn has told others, and what extra clues he has given, (there have been a few, to keep people from digging up graves and going to jail for trespassing etc. I have some ideas where I might consider looking, if I ever had occasion to be in a few of the areas I think his hints might be referring to. I'd share my ideas, if others would be interested in discussing what they think. It's not like I've any secrets that I someone might take advantage of, because I think the subject has been discussed backwards and forwards by better than me, so the chances of find it are slim to none, but in as much as the emu is dead and the weather has warmed up a little so my 7.3 is running better, if you're interested, post up your thoughts or interest. I'll respond as well.
So I'll start: A lot of people think it's in New Mexico because Fenn lives in Santa Fe. I don't. I think South East Wyoming is where it's at. There is a reason why I think it's somewhere near the Green River. Fenn loved to fish the Yellowstone area and he spent 50 years searching for Native American artifacts, from throughout the Rocky Mts. I will share my reasons, if others do some reading about the Treasure and Fenn, and share some interest and share their thoughts.
If there is a wild wombat running loose in your neighborhood, or you're chasing Arizona jaguars, I guess you've got more exciting things to do, if not, check into this story and let me know what you think.
DC
I've been looking for other "hunting" subjects to wile away the hours, because I don't care much for the Yuma "camp out" like most of the retired guys do from my neighborhood do.
Around two years ago I came across a story about an old timer with a colorful back ground, from being a Navy fighter pilot in V Nam to eventually building a business buying and selling Native American artifacts, in front of God and everyone. He claims to have had a love for the outdoors and lifestyle, particularly for fly fishing the Rocky Mountain in the West.
As he aged he became concerned about children turning away from the outdoors to electronic games etc. He says he started thinking what he might do to get kids and their families back out in the woods. Accordingly he gathered up over a million dollars in gold coins, gold nuggets, and various other very valuable artifacts, purchased an old brass chest, put all the "stuff" in the box, and when he was near his 80's and expecting to die from cancer (or something he thought was terminal) he went to one of his favorite places and hide the chest with it's contents. He claims he put it somewhere in New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming or Montana. Then wrote a poem, with numerous difficult to identify, clues as to where to find his hidden treasure.
That was 5 or 6 years ago, he hasn't died yet and is nearly 85 or 86 now. He claims no one has found the chest and it contents yet, but knows, based on where he put it, that many people have been within a few hundred feet from it.
The media have named the treasure: Forrest Fenn's Treasure, and various national news media outlets have interview both Fenn and some of the folks that have been "hunting" for the treasure. They claim thousands of people from across the country have been looking, off and on, for the chest. At least one guy froze to death in Colorado last year, while looking for it, during the winter. (Sad but stupid.)
So....... in the remote possibility that some of you might have read about this "hunt" I'd be interested in knowing if anyone else has given any thought to where Fenn may have put his brass chest, or have looked in any hollow stumps or under an over hanging rocks for his gold.
Out of curiosity I have read a fair about what Fenn has told others, and what extra clues he has given, (there have been a few, to keep people from digging up graves and going to jail for trespassing etc. I have some ideas where I might consider looking, if I ever had occasion to be in a few of the areas I think his hints might be referring to. I'd share my ideas, if others would be interested in discussing what they think. It's not like I've any secrets that I someone might take advantage of, because I think the subject has been discussed backwards and forwards by better than me, so the chances of find it are slim to none, but in as much as the emu is dead and the weather has warmed up a little so my 7.3 is running better, if you're interested, post up your thoughts or interest. I'll respond as well.
So I'll start: A lot of people think it's in New Mexico because Fenn lives in Santa Fe. I don't. I think South East Wyoming is where it's at. There is a reason why I think it's somewhere near the Green River. Fenn loved to fish the Yellowstone area and he spent 50 years searching for Native American artifacts, from throughout the Rocky Mts. I will share my reasons, if others do some reading about the Treasure and Fenn, and share some interest and share their thoughts.
If there is a wild wombat running loose in your neighborhood, or you're chasing Arizona jaguars, I guess you've got more exciting things to do, if not, check into this story and let me know what you think.
DC