A Treasure Chest Worth Millions of Dollars is Hiding in the Rocky Mountains, Waiting for You to Find It

What Does the Box Look Like?

Well, we don't know exactly what the box looks like, but we do have some ideas. Fenn collected the majority of his inventory from his explorations of the Southwest. There is a high potential that the box is of ancient Mexican or Native American origin. Additionally, we know that the box weighs roughly 40 pounds (with the treasure inside of it) and is nearly a square foot in size. 

The Hunters Behind the Treasure

Much like Fenn himself, some of the hunters looking for Fenn's treasure have become obsessed with locating it. A man named Ricky Idlett told Vox in an interview that "Most of my 12 hours every night I'm on Google or something looking up clues. Every night. Every night I'm looking." Beyond the individual effort, the most popular place to discuss findings and theories regarding Fenn's treasure is a subreddit called r/FindingFennsGold...

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.