Inside 'Gold & Greed,' Netflix's Series About Forrest Fenn's Treasure
- In 2010, Forrest Fenn announced he had hidden a box of treasure in the Rocky Mountains, consisting of gold and jewels, but he never disclosed the exact location or how to find it based on the clues provided.
- Fenn's family revealed that a medical student found the treasure shortly before his death, but details about the discovery remain vague.
- Searchers, including Justin Posey, expressed concern about safety as some people died during the treasure hunt, highlighting the potential dangers involved.
- The Netflix series 'Gold & Greed' raises questions about the ethics of a wealthy person encouraging others to risk their lives for treasure, implying a disparity in responsibility and greed.
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He enticed amateur sleuths into the wilderness with buried treasure. It didn't go well
In 2010, a wealthy man announced that he'd hidden a box of gold and jewels somewhere in the Rocky Mountains. The Netflix docuseries Gold & Greed chronicles the ill-fated search for Fenn's Treasure.
Who was Forrest Fenn, and who found his treasure?
Eccentric art dealer and author Forrest Fenn laid down a challenge in 2010 which sent tens of thousands of people on a quest to find hidden treasure.Ten years later the chest of gold and jewels was finally found in the United States.But along the way five people lost their lives and a number of others were arrested for trespass, digging in national parks and even burglary in their bid to find the hidden fortune worth at least $1m.Now Netflix has…


‘Gold & Greed’ doc revisits real-life deadly treasure hunt: ‘Most pitched project of the last 20 years’ in Hollywood
tale of a real-life deadly treasure hunt – and, it sets up a surprise second treasure hunt. “Within the TV and film industry, this might have been the most pitched project of the last 20 years,” director Jared McGilliard exclusively told The Post. “You had this grand story of this amazing treasure hunt out there in the vast Rocky Mountains. But until it’s found, it’s kind of the story of a bunch of people walking around the woods, without an end…
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