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

What's in the Box?

According to Fenn, one day he just decided to start filling an antique lockbox with various small artifacts he had laying around. Evidently, there are ancient figurines, a 17th-century Spanish ring, ancient turquoise beads from a cliff dwelling near Mesa Verde, American eagle gold coins, gold nuggets, gold dust, gold discs, and handfuls of ancient jewelry ornamented with precious stones. In addition to that, he said that he included a copy of his autobiography, which he rolled up into a scroll and stored in an ancient olive jar...

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