Millionaire Forrest Fenn, 89, hinted at the location of the coveted chest in a poem he published in his autobiography in 2010, which many took on the task of reading multiple times in their quest to find the valuable prize.
A chest full of gold nuggets and precious stones hidden for 10 years in the Rocky Mountains of the United States was found after a search that obsessed thousands of people who risked their lives.
“The treasure was found”Forrest Fenn, a millionaire dealer from the state of New Mexico, said in a blog post. what hid in 2010 the box of about 20 kilos, whose articles contained inside exceeded one million dollars.
According to the BBC, the chest contained rare gold coins and ancient jewelry, as well as pre-Columbian animal figures, prehistoric hammered gold “mirrors” and ancient Chinese figures carved from jade.
Fenn hinted at the location of the treasure in a 24-line poem published in the 2010 autobiography titled: “The Thrill of the Chase”, one of the best-selling texts at local bookstores. That puzzle enraged many Americans, even beyond reason.
The treasure “it was under a canopy of stars in the wooded vegetation of the Rocky Mountains and has not been moved since I hid it more than 10 years ago. ”, wrote he also a collector of art and antiques 89 years.
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An adventurer from the eastern United States who did not want to be identified found the treasure a few days ago, Fenn told The Santa Fe New Mexican newspaper. He added that the man confirmed his finding by sending a photograph.
“I don’t know who found it but the poem in my book led him to the right place”, he added in the statement he published last weekend.
According to a BBC publication, the millionaire captured at least nine clues in his book and there were thousands of them. people who tried to decipher them and they entered the Rocky Mountains, which extend from New Mexico (southwestern USA) to Canada.
About 350,000 people they looked for him in the last ten years, he said. Some even gave up their jobs and even spent their savings trying to locate the treasure.
At least four people accidentally died during the intense search in the vast territory of the Rockies.
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