The following is a collection of facts about the hidden treasure of Forrest Fenn. This page will be updated as new ‘facts’ become available. I realize fact is a pretty strong word. Some people may not think it is fact Forrest Fenn has hidden a million dollar (or more) treasure. However, since I choose to [...]
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Forrest Fenn Treasure Facts
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Forrest Fenn Treasure Notes: The Nine Clues (1-3/March 2013)
Anyone working on The Thrill of the Chase treasure hunt by Forrest Fenn is sure to be aware of The Nine Clues threads on Dal Neitzel.com’s site. These ‘parts’ now contain thousands of comments that include many different ideas and opinions on the nine clues in Fenn’s treasure poem. Although it is always best to [...]
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How to Solve The Thrill of the Chase??
Edgar Allan Poe published a short treasure hunt story entitled The Gold Bug in 1843. It’s been known to have inspired many other treasure stories, possibly even the Beale Papers, since then. Poe’s tale of buried treasure even encouraged the making of a board game. Alfred Butts, the inventor of the most popular word game [...]
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Forrest Fenn Poem Line: If You’ve Been Wise and Found the Blaze
The line in Forrest Fenn’s poem of ‘If you’ve been wise and found the blaze’ has I am sure all of us wondering what Forrest means by being wise and what type of blaze. I know many have suggested the blaze is a mark, possibly etched on a rock or tree, indicating the location of [...]
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The Thrill of the Chase: If You are Brave and in the Wood
The Thrill of the Chase by Forrest Fenn has inspired many to start exploring the world around them. In an article written by Margie Goldsmith, which appeared in the Hemispheres Magazine in January 2013, is a wonderful quote by Dal Neitzel. It is as follows: “Forrest Fenn is the hider of undiscovered dreams for thousands [...]
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Forrest Fenn Treasure Notes: The Nine Clues (4-6 April 2013)
The following is a continuation of notes I have taken on the thousands of comments made on Dal Neitzel’s site. For those of you who are new to the hunt, right after Forrest Fenn first appeared on the Today Show in February 2013, Dal’s site became a gathering place for many people to share thoughts. [...]
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Forrest Fenn Treasure Quotes
Forrest Fenn treasure quotes is a collection of ‘rare jewels’ that are as valuable as his hidden chest of gold in the Rocky Mountains. Proverbs 20:15 states, “Gold there is, and rubies in abundance, but lips that speak knowledge are a rare jewel.” Unlike his secreted bronze lock box, tucked away for only one worthy [...]
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The Nine Clues in Forrest Fenn’s Poem
In The Thrill of the Chase written by Forrest Fenn is the following sentence; “So I wrote a poem containing nine clues that if followed precisely, will lead to the end of my rainbow and the treasure.” This treasure is known to be hidden somewhere in the Rocky Mountains, North of Santa Fe, and is [...]
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Forrest Fenn’s Hint of Riches New and Old
Can the poem line of ‘And hint of riches new and old’ be a hint towards Yellowstone? Forrest Fenn’s The Thrill of the Chase Poem leads to a fantastic million dollar treasure hidden somewhere in the mountains north of Santa Fe. I feel so fortunate to be involved in the chase at this early time! [...]
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Six Questions More with Forrest Fenn
Forrest Fenn continues to challenge all those who seek adventure and excitement to a dare of a lifetime; the discovery of his million dollar treasure chest filled with gold and other valuable jewels. Somewhere in the Rocky Mountains, north of where he lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Forrest’s secreted location of this fantastic cache [...]
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Friday’s Fenn Favorite
After writing Forrest Fenn Treasure Quotes, I thought it would be nice to do a Friday’s Fenn Favorite during the winter lull of The Chase. I enjoy reading short strings of words that carry long lasting merit, and so I asked Forrest if he would be willing to ‘charm us’ by sharing some of his [...]
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What Does Forrest Fenn Mean by Home of Brown?
In the search for Forrest Fenn’s million dollar treasure chest, Colorado doesn’t get as much attention as the state of New Mexico or the areas surrounding Yellowstone National Park. However, I have considered that Colorado could hold a major clue for understanding the line in the treasure poem of ‘Put in below the home of [...]
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The Thrill of the Chase Treasure Comments
Since the release of The Thrill of the Chase in the fall of 2010, Forrest Fenn has made quite a few comments concerning the hunt for his hidden treasure. This page is an attempt to gather some of the most notable remarks together. It will be similar to Forrest Fenn Treasure Facts, as it shares [...]
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Forrest Fenn and Hear Me All and Listen Good
Since I was probably about 16 years old, I have asked the following simple question to people, and I am continually given the wrong answer multiple times. It is not a trick question. To me, it is the perfect example of a ‘Hear me all and listen good’ question. I am reminded of the below’s [...]
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Experiencing Seventeen Dollars a Square Inch by Forrest Fenn
On the inside dust jacket of Seventeen Dollars a Square Inch by Forrest Fenn reads, “This book is not a biography of Eric Sloane; rather, it is almost a recorded conversation between two friends who shared a common interest and the love of simple things and simpler times.” And as the book is not so much [...]
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Forrest Fenn’s Possible Treasure Location: The Home of Brown
It has been awhile since I have posted specific thoughts concerning Forrest Fenn’s Thrill of the Chase. That is not to say I have forgotten about it or haven’t been working on trying to discern the location of the chest. Of course not. It, along with others, like Maranatha, Beale, Fandango, Kryptos, etc., are constantly [...]
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A Forrest Fenn Egg Hunt Decorating Contest
One of the main reasons Forrest Fenn created The Thrill of the Chase treasure hunt was to encourage parents and children to explore the beauty of the outdoors. The following Forrest Fenn Reverse Egg Hunt and Contest does this too! Instead of children (and adults) finding eggs with commonly placed gifts inside, they do the reverse in [...]
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Forrest Fenn Egg Picture Contest Winners Announcement!
Egg Picture Contest Winners Announcement! What did they win? They will be receiving 3 Gaming Pieces from the San Lazaro Pueblo. These artifacts are true mysterious objects and date back to before 1650 AD. They also will receive a signed book by Forrest Fenn (The Secrets of San Lazaro Pueblo). (Images of prizes here) I would [...]
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Chatting with Forrest Fenn: Medicine Rock
The last paragraph in the preface of Forrest Fenn’s book, The Secrets of San Lazaro Pueblo, shares one of his key purposes for writing it; “We have decided to say what we wish in a conversational tone as we look at the objects from San Lazaro and consider the mysteries and secrets that surround them. [...]
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Forrest Fenn, the Poem, and Use of a Thesaurus
To understand what Forrest Fenn is exactly referring to in his poem, which leads a person to his hidden treasure chest filled with over a million dollars’ worth of gold and other valuable jewels, is the key to finding his treasure. Both a Dictionary and a Thesaurus may be helpful in expanding a searcher’s thoughts [...]
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