forrest fenn the thrill of the chase poem

As the years passed and the prize remained hidden, many people started to believe that it didn’t exist and accused Fenn of perpetrating a grand hoax onto the people searching for his “treasure.” Fenn remained adamant that the treasure was real and merely waiting for the right person to find it. His story was featured on Destination Unknown in 2015, and reportedly thousands of people embarked into the great outdoors to unearth the treasure. In a book that he published called The Thrill of the Chase, he included a poem (below) that he claimed contained cryptic clues to a buried treasure said to be worth millions.

Even though we haven’t found anything notable, we still get excited every time the detector makes a beeping noise because the anticipation of possibly finding something special is a compelling emotion.Ī real-life treasure was found earlier in the year somewhere in the Rocky Mountains buried by Forrest Fenn around 2010. We have found a trove of items, and my kids think they are treasures, but ordinary people (including myself) would classify them as junk. During the lock down in the Spring, we spent many hours scouring the woods around our house, baseball bleachers, rivers, and the local parks looking for buried treasure. Back in the good old days of January 2020, I received one of the best birthday gifts of my life, a shiny new metal detector. One of our favorite things to do is to hunt for treasure. While everyone keeps their focus on who the next President of the country will be, I have taken it upon myself to escape social media’s abyss and its endless divisiveness to do some fun activities with my kids.

Forrest fenn the thrill of the chase poem