New Particulars Emerge in 10-12 months Hunt for Forrest Fenn Treasure (Unique)

A brand new docuseries following an epic, real-life treasure hunt is coming to Netflix, and PEOPLE has an unique sneak peek.

Premiering on Thursday, March 27, Gold & Greed: The Hunt for Fenn’s Treasure particulars the 10-year hunt to seek out treasure buried by 80-year-old Forrest Fenn within the Rocky Mountains — and the cryptic 24-line poem that was the important thing to discovering the final word prize.

Greater than 300,000 folks took half within the monumental seek for the treasure, estimated to be price over $2 million. Some gave up their jobs, some misplaced their households and 5 folks even misplaced their lives.

Now, Netflix is providing an inside take a look at the decade-long seek for the well-known bounty and its discovery — in addition to efforts to cover the treasure as soon as extra.

Fenn, a millionaire artwork seller, initially hid the treasure in 2010. In accordance with CBS Information, the chest containing the treasure held gold cash, gems and jewellery.

Discovering the treasure required hunters to decipher clues related to a 24-line poem, written by Fenn and included in his memoir.

Fenn, who died in 2020 at age 90, is described within the docuseries as turning into “a God-like determine” within the treasure looking group. One treasure hunter mentioned Fenn and his hidden fortune “lived hire free” in his head all hours of the day. 

“It did flip into insanity,” mentioned one other hunter, who spent 10 years on the lookout for the treasure herself.

For years, treasure hunters went to excessive lengths to seek out the treasure, together with when one started stalking Fenn’s granddaughter.

Some instructed Fenn name off the search, to which he replied — as seen within the clip — “If someone drowns within the swimming pool, ought to we drain the pool or ought to we train folks to swim?”

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By 2020, the treasure had been discovered. However the drama did not cease there. 

In accordance with one knowledgeable, “Somebody has re-hidden the treasure.” However why? And the place would possibly which have occurred? You will have to look at to seek out out.

Gold & Greed: The Hunt for Fenn’s Treasure premieres March 27 on Netflix.