Overview

• Forrest Fenn, an art dealer and Vietnam War veteran, hid a treasure chest filled with gold, jewels, and artifacts in the Rocky Mountains in 2010.
• The treasure was discovered in June 2020 by Jack Stuef, a medical student, after a decade of intense searching by thousands of participants.
• The hunt led to five deaths, legal disputes, and accusations of hoaxing, with critics questioning Fenn's refusal to end the search despite safety concerns.
• The treasure was sold to Tesouro Sagrado Holdings LLC in 2022, with its contents auctioned for $1.26 million later that year.
• Netflix's new documentary, 'Gold & Greed: The Hunt for Fenn’s Treasure,' released on March 27, 2025, examines the hunt's cultural impact and the controversies surrounding it.