A US millionaire who buried treasure in the Rockies has offered one main clue
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#2Might be better to offer several "easter eggs" instead of one jack pot. If people have been searching for it for decades to no avail then I'm not exactly inspired to go look for it either. A string of discoveries would get me more excited, even if the value was much less.
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#3Wouldn't it be ironic if it was found a few years after it was hidden, or maybe even before he announced the Hunt...
I mean, the finder would probably think "best not tell people where I got this from" a la Counte of Monte Cristo.
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#4Wouldn't it be ironic if it was found a few years after it was hidden, or maybe even before he announced the Hunt... I mean, the finder would probably think "best not tell people where I got this from" a la Counte of Monte Cristo.
I believe the guy has stated recently that it remains unfound.
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#5Wouldn't it be ironic if it was found a few years after it was hidden, or maybe even before he announced the Hunt... I mean, the finder would probably think "best not tell people where I got this from" a la Counte of Monte Cristo.
I believe the guy has stated recently that it remains unfound.
He also claims to be the only person to know the location, therefore for him to verify that, he would have had to visit it himself. He's now 86 and probably not able to hike into the mountains to check. So perhaps it's not far from a road?
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#6> all artefacts that Fenn, a self-taught archaeologist, amassed during his own sometimes controversial explorations in the Southwest, reports Vox. The millionaire was criticised in the 1990s for excavating the San Lazaro Pueblo Indian site he bought, for example, and the FBI searched his home in 2009 in connection with the sale of artefacts looted from the Four Corners area, though no charges were filed.
It sounds like a lot of people in the world might consider the treasure to have been stolen. Who is searching for a treasure that doesn't seem to clearly belong to even the person who buried it?
People are dying for this treasure, which was created through "controversial" means while a 'self-taught' archeologist was digging around. It seems he clearly had no formal training in morals, may not have been accompanied by others, and very well may have stolen the entirety of the treasure from potentially rightful owners.
Seems like not a treasure worth dying for to own. Chances of becoming a millionaire by starting a business and working hard for many years? Somewhat reasonable, probably.
Chances of dying looking for stolen treasure? Not worth it.
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#7The most recent death happened just last year, when a guy slipped and fell down a cliff face in Yellowstone:
http://www.ktvq.com/story/37560172/report-illinois-man-fell-...
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#8I first read about this a couple of years ago and I admit to being fascinated by it and following the story since. There's a kind of magic to the whole thing–a treasure hidden in the mountains, a poem hinting at its whereabouts–that really captivates me. I kind of wish I lived in the Rockies so my frequent hiking trips could have an added dimension of treasure hunting!
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#9I was looking at Fenn's poem the other day and did a little frequency analysis. It's interesting to see three 'W's on one line, two 'Q's on another, every other letter present except 'X'. Maybe find the X, as in 'X marks the spot'?
He says he spent 15 years working on this poem.
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#10> all artefacts that Fenn, a self-taught archaeologist, amassed during his own sometimes controversial explorations in the Southwest, reports Vox. The millionaire was criticised in the 1990s for excavating the San Lazaro Pueblo Indian site he bought, for example, and the FBI searched his home in 2009 in connection with the sale of artefacts looted from the Four Corners area, though no charges were filed. It sounds li…
I think you're just trying to dissuade the competition!