I Guess We All Get A Little Excited,

at the thought of finding buried treasure,

well if you want to start looking as 30,000 people did last year and you want to be one of the estimated 50,000 people that will join the hunt this year, here is all you need to know, 84-year-old author Forrest Fenn claims he hid a chest full of gold and jewellery in the mountains five years ago, and even left clues in his book The Thrill of the Chase, but so far no one has managed to find the coveted treasure, just so you know what the treasure is, if it is really there, New York Times bestselling writer Douglas Preston saw the chest it is in and says it consists of 256 gold coins, among other articles of value – 'mostly American eagles and double eagles, hundreds of gold nuggets, some as large as chicken eggs, ancient Chinese carved jade figures, Pre-Columbian gold animal artifacts, lots of rubies, emeralds, sapphires, and diamonds and other things', the New Mexico Tourism Department estimates the value of the treasure to be at least $2 million, the chest is somewhere in the Rocky Mountains, but no one knows exactly where, or even in which state, Fenn himself has only confirmed that it could be in Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, or Wyoming, but says people have to follow his clues in order to find it, the reason for the chest? 

 in 1988 when he was diagnosed with kidney cancer, He was told that his chances of survival were slim, so he started thinking of creative ways to share his wealth, that’s when he thought of a treasure hunt, thankfully his cancer went into remission, but he still went ahead with his plan to bury the chest, Fenn said he isn’t disappointed that no one has found his treasure, 'somebody could find it tomorrow and it may not be found for a thousand years, I’m looking at the big picture, a lot of people who are searching for the treasure don’t see it the same way I do, I would love if someone found it tomorrow but if nobody found it for a hundred years, that’s okay with me too', so treasure hunters the hunt is on and just to wet your appetites here are some new clues, happy hunting!