Still, the thought of a treasure hunt stuck. In 2010, Fenn self-published a memoir, The Thrill of the Chase, including a cryptic poem with the promise of treasure at the end. And so began the chase.

Forrest Fenn was an art dealer, collector and author who orchestrated a massive treasure hunt in 2010. Prior to hiding his fortune, Fenn served in the Vietnam War as an Air Force pilot.

Fenn announced that the decade-long adventure for the treasure had come to an end on June 6, after a man from “back East” had discovered it. “It was under a canopy of stars in the lush ...

Fenn, who lives in Santa Fe, N.M., said he packed and repacked his treasure chest for more than a decade, sprinkling in gold dust and adding hundreds of rare gold coins and gold nuggets, pre ...

Fenn hid the treasure in an "ornate, Romanesque box," as NPR's John Burnett reported. "He says he hid the box in the midst of the Great Recession to cheer folks up and to get them off their ...

PEOPLE Explains: All About the Elusive $2 Million Treasure Hunt That May Have Claimed Another Life A 31-year-old man is the latest treasure-seeker to disappear on the quest for Forrest Fenn's gold ...

The hunt was over. The finder told Fenn he didn’t want his name released ot the public, so that was pretty much it. It was found, and Fenn provided some photos of the treasure, and that was that.

Fenn has overwhelmingly drawn praise since he launched the treasure hunt, but he found himself uncomfortably in the national spotlight in January, when Bilyeu vanished while searching near Santa Fe.

In this March 22, 2013 file photo, antiquities dealer and author Forrest Fenn poses in his home in Santa Fe, N.M. People who’ve had to rescue imperiled treasure seekers in the Rocky Mountains say they ...

Still, the thought of a treasure hunt stuck. In 2010, Fenn self-published a memoir, The Thrill of the Chase, including a cryptic poem with the promise of treasure at the end. And so began the chase.

Fenn never spent any time on the Stillwater River, Buehring said, but did spend time in West Yellowstone. When news of the treasure being found spread, Buehring and his wife were disheartened.

Still, the thought of a treasure hunt stuck. In 2010, Fenn self-published a memoir, The Thrill of the Chase, including a cryptic poem with the promise of treasure at the end. And so began the chase.