Finder Of Treasure Chest Hidden In Rocky Mountains Reveals His Identity
The grandson of Forrest Fenn, who hid the trove that set off a hunt for buried treasure, confirmed that it was found by a man named Jack Stuef. Stuef says a lawsuit forced him to come forward.
The man who found a buried chest that enraptured scores of treasure hunters for a decade has revealed his identity. His name is Jack Stuef, and in June, he found the treasure famously buried by author and retired art dealer Forrest Fenn somewhere in the Rocky Mountains, with a poem from Fenn's memoir The Thrill of the Chase offering clues to its location.
Fenn announced in June that the treasure that the chest had been hidden in Wyoming. Since the hunt first began, at least searching throughout the Rockies for the trove, which Fenn said contained about $2 million of gold and precious gems.
