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« Reply #20 on: March 04, 2012, 03:53:26 pm »
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He bought the Roman box from a museum and thought it was one of the more beautiful well preserved boxes he had ever seen.  He paid around 20,000.00 for the box and said he over paid for the box but some things that you want you have to over pay just to have something that was so beautiful and has a story behind it.

 He is a collector of artifacts and taking this beautiful box and leaving it in the water which over time would deterioarate and thats not taking into consideration  the large rocks or small rocks  the size of a pebble which over time with erosion and the force of water coming from spring run off,would pound this box to pieces.

The box in its self is a treasure.. He has put this Roman box in a place that would be preserved over time, even into a hundred or a thousand years if necessary.  He values every artifact he has and this one was really special to him.

There again,  its just my opinion.  I would really like to hear more people give their opinion on this one



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« Reply #21 on: March 04, 2012, 06:39:44 pm »
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also included with the treasure in an autobiography, that is inside a glass jar that is sealed with wax. why go to the trouble of sealing the jar with wax if there in no chance of water getting inside it?

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also the box is made of bronze that doesn't corrode away like steel

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« Reply #22 on: March 04, 2012, 09:18:13 pm »
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Yes,  I thought about that as well and struggled with it.  It is true that Bronze wont rust but it will corrode and turn green.  You could say that if he were to put some treasure in a box that for a hundred or even a thousand years a bronze box would be the first choice and turning green is the price to pay but its the small rocks and boulders with the strong spring run off with the constant bombardment that would ruin the box let alone bury it deep in the stream through natural erosion of the soil let alone the chance of the box breaking open and the treasure scattered. 

As far as the glass jar that is sealed with wax, there is always dew in the mountains.  Even if it were set out in plain site there is always due in the morning in the spring.   If it were buried there would still be due from the moisture coming from the ground.   He had to do something to keep any moisture from entering the jar.  It would be impossible for due, or rain, or snow as it melts from getting the contents wet to some degree.

Once again these are my thoughts, and this is why it is good to talk and try and tear apart ones  logic or thoughts.  It gets the mind thinking and closer to the treasure, and this is why this discussion board is good.   But my personal opinion is that if it were in water, even after two years it would be buried until it hit bedrock and sit and, all the rocks, boulders, trees, and just dirt erosion would bury it.  Its in a place where once you have found the blaze, and look down you would see it.   In the stream or river, that would not be the case after a year or two.


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« Reply #23 on: March 09, 2012, 04:09:09 pm »
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Forrest's treasure would not be in water due to the fact that Forrest's career was as an art dealer.  The treasure itself is buried in a small chest worth tens of thousands of dollars.  He would not expose such an historical piece to the elements out of sheer respect for the chest.

Posted on: March 09, 2012, 04:07:47 PM
Exactly right.  This baby is well protected.

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« Reply #24 on: March 26, 2012, 07:20:04 am »
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Hello All

Some very good points made here. Keep up the good work.

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« Reply #25 on: March 26, 2012, 03:42:21 pm »
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I've played with it seven ways from Sunday.   His use of words in the poem is fascinating.  I'm a "word" guy and you can tell he picked every single word intentionally.  Don't always come to the conclusion that every definition he uses is the primary definition of the word. 



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« Reply #26 on: May 30, 2012, 08:44:46 am »
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After a whirlwind trip to the Southwest, we returned empty handed (aside from a 4000-5000 year old arrowhead (appraised by an expert) and an invitation to Mr. Fenn's amazing home.  Oh, and the fact that our group will be mentioned this summer in Newsweek in a story about Forrest and his loot.    Great

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« Reply #27 on: July 24, 2012, 04:37:31 pm »
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hi has anyone been out looking for the treasure?
i have and i can tell you where it is not

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« Reply #28 on: August 05, 2012, 09:12:29 pm »
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It has to be in a national or state park, this man would not put it on private property or Indian land. And he certainly wouldn't put it in a spot that could be found by some construction worker building a road or bridge.

There are so many ways to interpret the first line of the poem making it very hard to get a starting point. I believe this to be the most real chance of any treasure to be found. Since he hid it at the age of 79, I just don't see it being to deep in the wilderness

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« Reply #29 on: August 09, 2012, 09:12:48 pm »
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This was the first I had heard of it, but I spent the last few days with the words bouncing around my head. Not that I think I have much of a chance of finding it but like Forrest said the thrill is in the chase.

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