Forrest Fenn: Last News

EXCLUSIVE: Cavalry Audio, the podcast division of Cavalry Media, is premiering today its new limited series podcast, X Marks the Spot: The Legend of Forrest Fenn.

A woman who spent years looking for an eccentric millionaire's buried treasure was left 'distraught' after it was found by another hunter - just 20 feet away from where she had searched.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterFilmmaker Theo Love is directing “Treasure Hunters,” a documentary feature based on the New York Magazine article “The Great 21st-Century Treasure Hunt.”Netflix will distribute the documentary, with Vox Media Studios and Nomadica Films set to produce.Benjamin Wallace wrote the article that inspired the non-fiction film, which was published in November of 2020.

CHEYENNE, Wyo.  – A grandson of Forrest Fenn has confirmed that a medical school student from Michigan found an over $1 million treasure chest that the retired art and antiquities dealer stashed in the wilds of Wyoming over a decade ago. Jonathan “Jack” Stuef, 32, found the treasure in June, Fenn grandson Shiloh Forrest Old posted Monday on a website dedicated to the treasure.

The Daily Star's FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inboxA millionaire who sparked a deadly treasure hunt in America has died – without revealing the exact location of his buried treasure chest.Art dealer and author Forrest Fenn sparked a frenzy of excitement in the USA when he claimed to have left buried treasure worth $2 million (£1.56 million) somewhere in the Rocky Mountains.The writer claimed to have buried a bronze chest filled with gold and jewels – including sapphires and diamonds – in the mountain range, and left clues of the chest's whereabouts in a poem and his book The Thrill Of The Chase.Since announcing his secret stash in 2009, it is believed 350,000 people had tried

Treasure hunters have been left scratching their heads after an eccentric millionaire who sparked a decade-long deadly search for riches hidden in the Rockie Mountains died without revealing the location of his hoard.

Forrest Fenn was an antiquities dealer and author who hid a treasure chest and inspired a 10-year public hunt for its secret location.Fenn, a U.S. Air Force veteran who retired with the rank of Major, hid a treasure chest in the wilderness after a 1988 cancer diagnosis.

Studio 8 has tapped Tour de Pharmacy director Jake Szymanski to helm a buddy treasure hunt comedy now in development. The indie project is inspired by writer Hudson Morgan’s misadventures while on a life-changing expedition with a group of friends searching for millionaire Forrest Fenn’s buried treasure of gold and diamonds.

Dave McNary Film ReporterStudio 8 has hired Jake Szymanski to direct an action comedy based on journalist Hudson Morgan’s misadventures in search of buried treasure in the Rocky Mountains.In 2010, Forrest Fenn, an art dealer in New Mexico, announced  he had buried a cache of gold and jewels in the Rocky Mountains — setting off a treasure hunt that attracted thousands. Last month, Fenn announced that a man who wished to remain anonymous had discovered the chest.Morgan, a  journalist turned comedy writer, will write the screenplay roughly based on his own experience in which a group of millennials set out after the treasure after their best friend disappears.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorSaturday Night Live and Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates director Jake Szymanski is set to direct Studio 8’s untitled action comedy inspired by writer Hudson Morgan’s misadventures while on a life-changing expedition with a group of friends all in search for Forrest Fenn’s buried treasure.The wildly popular hunt attracted the likes and obsession of thousands, and recently made headlines last month upon its alleged discovery. The Fenn Treasure was a cache of gold and jewels that Forrest Fenn, an art dealer and author from Santa Fe, New Mexico who hid the stash in the Rocky Mountains.