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There Are 20.2 Pounds Of Gold
In The Treasure Chest.

♪♪

Does Anybody Else Know
Where It Is?

I Don't Plan
To Tell Anybody.

♪♪

You Have To Start
At The First Clue.

That Starts
The Great Adventure.

Katya, Come Here
And Check This Out.

Looks Like Someone's
Been Digging Here.

There's Something Here.

Steep Drop-Off.

We Got A Low Bridge.
Down, Down, Down, Down.

♪♪

I Want To Tell You A Story.

It's About A Treasure,

A Trove Of Shimmering Emeralds,
Diamonds, Rubies, And Gold

Concealed In A Box
And Hidden In Remote Wilderness.

You Might Think
You've Heard This One Before,

But This Isn't A Tale
Of Buried Pirate Loot

Or Some Pharaoh's Fortune
From Long Ago.

No, This Treasure Was Hidden
Only Six Years Ago,

And The Man Who Buried It --
He's Alive.

♪♪

This Is The Curious Story

Of Millionaire Art Dealer
Forrest Fenn.

Diagnosed With Terminal Cancer,

Forrest Masterminds The Greatest
Treasure Hunt Of All Time.

He Packs A Bronze Box

With Millions Of Dollars' Worth
Of Gold, Jewelry, And Gems.

Then He Picks A Secret Location
In The American Rockies

For The World To Search
For His Riches

Once He Passes Away.

But Something Unexpected
Happens.

Fenn Survives.

He Goes On To Publish
A Memoir Of His Life

And In It,
He Includes A Cryptic Poem

With Nine Clues That Lead
Straight To The Prize.

Overnight, Teams
Of Dedicated Treasure Hunters

From Around The World
Descend On The Rockies,

But No One Finds The Riches.

So Fenn Reveals More Clues,

And They May Be Enough

To Finally Lead Someone
To The Treasure.

It Could Even Be You.

But You'll Need To Move Fast,

Because Currently,
Three Different Teams

Believe They're Closing In
On The Prize.

So, Which One
Is About To Hit Pay Dirt?

To Find Out, I'm Going To Join
Their Expeditions

And Attempt To Recover
Fenn's Treasure.

♪♪

My Name Is Josh Gates.

With A Degree In Archaeology
And A Passion For Exploration,

I Have A Tendency To End Up
In Some Very Strange Situations.

Good Lord!

[ Laughs ]

My Travels Have Taken Me
To The Ends Of The Earth

As I Investigate
The Greatest Legends In History.

We're Good To Fly.
Let's Go.

This Is...

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My Hunt For The Treasure
Begins At Its Source,

In The City Of Santa Fe.

♪♪

Santa Fe, New Mexico --

A Place Anchored
By Native Culture

And Yet Populated By Artists,
Dreamers, And Eccentrics.

This Is The Oldest
U.S. State Capital.

It Is Also The Home
Of Forrest Fenn.

This Has Long Been A Home
For Treasure Hunters.

Spanish Conquistadors Founded
The City Over 400 Years Ago.

Today,
The Palace Of The Governors

Is The Oldest Public Building
In The United States

And A Backdrop
For Native Jewelers

Hawking Copper, Silver,

And About A Million Pounds

Of Santa Fe's
Most Recognizable Export.

Do You Have
Any Turquoise?

It's Everywhere,

Decorating Rings, Chains,
And Even Hair.

This Is A Town That Definitely
Dances To Its Own Beat.

Even The Animals Are Laid-Back.

That's The Coolest Dog
In Santa Fe.

Santa Fe Is Also Famous
For Eclectic Food,

From Frito Pie
To Chili-Infused Lemonade.

Hell, One Restaurant

Even Has A Forrest Fenn Sandwich
On The Menu,

And There's Even A Classic Snack
With A Turbo-Charged Twist.

Let's Talk About
Your Machinery Here.

This Is A Power Drill

That Has Been Turned Into
A Fry Maker.

Come On.

I Mean, There's Nothing Wrong
With That.

French Fries, Bacon, Cheese,
And Grease.

The Four Food Groups
All Represented Here.

I Think Those Are
The Four Food Groups.

Okay, Before I Self-Induce
A Heart Attack,

Let's Get Back To Work.

At The Core Of The Forrest Fenn
Treasure Story

Is A Simple Question.

Who In Their Right Mind

Would Leave Millions
Of Dollars' Worth Of Valuables

Out In The Wilderness?

The Answer --
Someone Very Unique.

Forrest Fenn
Wasn't Born With A Treasure.

He Grew Up Poor,

Though His Family Taught Him
To Value The Outdoors

In Yearly Trips
To Yellowstone National Park.

As A Young Man,

He Was A Decorated Pilot
In The Vietnam War,

Where He Was Shot Down
Over Laos.

He Earned More Than 20 Medals,
Including The Purple Heart.

Back In The U.S., Fenn Became
A Self-Made Adventurer,

Seeking Artifacts
In The Canyons Of The Rockies.

In 1970, Fenn And His Wife
Moved To Santa Fe,

And Despite His Lack
Of A College Degree

Or Any Art History Background,

He Went On To Open

One Of The Most Celebrated
Galleries In The Country.

But In 1988,
His Fortunes Turned.

He Was Diagnosed With Advanced
Cancer In His Kidneys

And Given A Fatal Prognosis,

So He Decided To Embark
On One Last Adventure.

He Crafted A Mysterious Poem

Leading To
A Multimillion-Dollar Treasure.

It's An Amazing Story
That Begs Two Big Questions --

Is It True,
And If So, Where's The Loot?

♪♪

To Find Answers, I Arranged
To Meet With Dan Flores,

A Local Historian And Personal
Friend To Forrest Fenn.

But Dan's Not Interested In
Chatting Over A Cup Of Coffee.

So Let's Talk
Forrest Fenn.

[ Laughing ] All Right.

And I've Heard
Some People Say

That They Think This Is,
You Know, A Hoax.

Well, Forrest Is
An Old Buddy Of Mine.

I Don't Really Have Any Doubt
That It's Real.

This Is A Guy Who Had
The Ability To Do This,

And He Showed Me Twice
The Chest.

I Mean, It Was Full
Of Gold Coins.

Where Could It Be Hidden?

Well, I Mean,
One Of The Reasons

I Wanted You To Come Up Here
In This Balloon

Was To See
This Landscape,

Because It Basically
Could Be Anywhere Here.

Dan Explains
That Fenn Published A Book

Called "The Thrill Of The Chase"
In Which He Reveals

The Treasure Is Hidden
Somewhere In The Rockies.

Technically,
That Could Include An Area

From Alaska Across Canada

And Into Montana,
Idaho, Wyoming,

Colorado, Utah, And New Mexico.

Some People Even Claim

It Could Be
In The Foothills Of Arizona.

But Fenn Has Now Clarified
Things A Bit,

Putting The Treasure Squarely
In The Continental U.S.,

Killing Canada And Alaska.

He's Also Eliminated
Idaho, Utah, And Arizona.

Dan Says
That Fenn Further Revealed

That The Treasure Is Hidden
Above 5,000 Feet,

Which Shrinks The Map Even More.

Still, It's A Lot Of Land.

This Gives Me
Some Sense Of Perspective

That This Is Maybe
Not An Easy Quest.

This Is Not Going To Be Easy
At All.

It's Not Just Looking For
A Needle In A Haystack.

It's Like Looking For
A Single Needle

In A Whole Horse Pasture
Of Haystacks.

All Right.
How Do We Get Out Of This Thing?

As Though The Story
Of A Terminally Ill Millionaire

Hiding A Fortune
Isn't Incredible Enough,

This Story Has
A Beautiful Twist.

Forrest Fenn
Beat Every Doctor's Expectation

And Survived His Cancer.

[ Engine Revs ]

Dan Gives My Hunt A Major Boost

By Setting Up A Meeting For Me

With The Puzzle Master
Himself...

...Assuming He Lets Me
Past His Gate.

Hi. I'm Here
To See Forrest Fenn.

[ Buzzer ]

♪♪

Here We Go.

Fenn Rarely Meets With Hunters
Pursuing His Fortune,

And Yet I'm Rolling Up
To The Very Spot

Where He Assembled
His Treasure Chest.

But Just As I Start To Picture
A Devious Mastermind

Hidden Away In A Secret Lair...

Hi.
Mr. Fenn.

You Must Be Josh.I'm Josh, Yeah.

I've Been Expecting You.
Come On In.

Oh, So Nice To Meet You.
Thank You For Having Me.

You Bet, Sure.

It Turns Out He's A Lot More
Friendly Grandfather

Than Sinister Puppet Master,

Though His Private
Art Collection

Would Make A Bond Villain Blush.

[ Laughing ]
Holy Smokes.

Over The Course Of His Life,

Forrest Amassed A Fortune
In Art And Artifacts.

Whatever's
In That Treasure Chest

Only Represents A Small Sample
Of What He Owns.

Okay, So First Question,
Forrest, Should Be An Easy One.

Where Is
The Treasure Hidden?

At Least 8 Miles North
Of Santa Fe

And Below
The Canadian Border.

Okay. Still Got A Lot Of Ground
There To Cover.

Can You Tell Me Why You Chose
The Place That You Chose?

It's A Place That I've Visited
A Few Times.

I Have Fond Memories
Of That Place.

Do You Know How Much
The Treasure's Worth?

No, I Don't.

There Are 20.2 Pounds Of Gold
In The Treasure Chest.

There Are 200-Some-Odd Rubies,
There Are Two Ceylon Sapphires,

There Are Eight Emeralds,
There Are Lots Of Diamonds.

Forrest Admits That
The Treasure's Hefty Weight

Forced Him To Take Two Trips
From His Vehicle

To The Hiding Spot.

What Was Your Intention?

I Had A Number Of Reasons
For Doing It,

But The Primary Was

To Get People Out
In The Sunshine Again,

To Smell The Pine Needles
In The Mountains.

To Find Fenn's Treasure,

You've Got To Decipher
Fenn's Poem,

Which Supposedly Points
Straight To The Prize.

Is This Something You Think
That Anybody Could Find?

Well, Anybody That's Physically
Able To Get Out In The Mountains

And Walk Through
The Countryside, Sure.

But You Have To Start
At The First Clue.

That Starts
The Great Adventure.

"As I Have Gone Alone In There

And With My Treasures Bold,

I Can Keep My Secret Where,

And Hint Of Riches New And Old.

Begin It Where Warm Waters Halt

And Take It To The Canyon Down,

Not Far, But Too Far To Walk.

Put In Below The Home Of Brown.

From There
It's No Place For The Meek;

The End Is Ever Drawing Nigh;

There'll Be No Paddle
Up Your Creek;

Just Heavy Loads
And Water High.

If You've Been Wise
And Found The Blaze,

Look Quickly Down,
Your Quest To Cease

But Tarry Scant
With Marvel Gaze,

Just Take The Chest
And Go In Peace.

So Hear Me All And Listen Good,

Your Effort
Will Be Worth The Cold.

If You Are Brave
And In The Wood,

I Give You Title To The Gold."

You Were Quoted As Saying

That You Think People Have Been
Very Close To The Treasure.

I Know That Some People
Have Been Within 200 Feet,

But They Don't Know
Who They Are.

If You Want To Be
A Serious Searcher,

My Advice Is Look At Clues
In The Poem.

Are You Worried That
The Treasure Could Be Damaged

Or Moved By The Elements?

It Certainly Could Be.

I Wanted The Treasure
To Be Hidden

In A Place
Where It Was Hard To Find,

But Not Impossible To Find.

How Many People Do You Think
Have Looked For Your Treasure?

Last Summer, There Were
30,000 People In Santa Fe.

That's Amazing.

The Safest Thing, Probably,

Would Be For You To Tell Me
Where It Is.

I'll Check On It.

But Then Two People
Would Know Where It Is,

And I'd Have To Shoot You.

Okay, That's A Fair Point.

[ Laughs ]
Don't Tell Me.

Does Anybody Else Know
Where It Is Other Than You?

Your Wife Doesn't Know?No One Knows.

Nobody Knows.

I Don't Plan
To Tell Anybody.

♪♪

Gates: Okay, It's Clear
I'm Not Going To Trick Forrest

Into Revealing
The Location Of His Loot,

But I Come Away From My Meeting
With Two Strong Convictions.

I Now Believe 100%
That The Treasure Exists,

And I'm Convinced
That He Wants It To Be Found.

Forrest Revealed To Me

That The First Clue
Is The Most Important --

"Begin It
Where Warm Waters Halt."

I've Learned
Of A Pair Of Treasure Hunters

Who Believe They Know
Exactly Where That Is.

Gates: To Find A Treasure
Recently Hidden

By Millionaire Art Collector
Forrest Fenn,

I'm Following The Clues
He Laid Out In A Poem.

Two Treasure Hunters Believe

The Clues Point
To Yellowstone National Park,

So I'm Headed North
To Join Them.

From Santa Fe,
I'm Undertaking An Epic Drive

Nearly 900 Miles
To The Wyoming-Montana Border.

It's A Long Haul,
And I Won't Lie To You.

I'm Getting Tired.

Full Disclosure --
My Butt Hurts.

♪♪

I Take A Breather By Pulling
Over In Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

This Place Might Just Be

The Most Charming Town
In The American West

And The Perfect Place
To Stock Up

On The Gear I'll Need
For A Successful Treasure Hunt.

♪♪

Extra, Extra!

Titanicsinks --
Great Loss Of Life!

This One's A Little Big.

Oh, There We Go.
Perfect.

♪♪

Nailed It.

Jackson's
Fur-Trading Outpost Roots

Are Not Far From The Surface,

And You Can Still Get
An Ice-Cold Sarsaparilla Here

Or Find Yourself Stepping
Into A Two-Step At Any Moment.

[ Horse Whinnies ]

But What Really Brings
People Here

Is The Great Outdoors.

♪ Doesn't Matter
Where You've Been ♪

♪ Said Free The Love
You Hold Within ♪

♪ Feel The Warmth From The Sun ♪

Gates: Back On The Road,

I Drive The Joyfully Scenic
Final Stretch

Through The Heights
Of The Teton Mountains.

♪ And There's Something Good
About Today ♪

♪ La, La, La, La, La ♪

♪ There's Nothing Standing
In Our Way ♪

♪ La, La, La, La, La ♪

♪ There's Something Good
About Today ♪

♪ La, La, La, La, La ♪

♪ There's Something Good
About Today ♪

One Thing Is Clear.

Fenn Definitely Buried
His Treasure

In A Place That Had
Personal Significance To Him,

Which Is Why This May Be

One Of The Most Promising Places
To Look.

Welcome To America's
First National Park.

Since 1872, Yellowstone
Has Been Taking The Breath Away

Of Everyone
Who Sets Foot Inside.

♪♪

It Remains A Nearly Pristine
Wilderness.

As I Stop To Check

That Old Faithful
Is Still On Schedule,

I'm Reminded That This Park

Is A Gurgling, Steaming,
Geothermal Hotspot,

Which May Be The Key
For Forrest Fenn's Clue --

"Begin It
Where Warm Waters Halt."

In His Memoir,
"The Thrill Of The Chase,"

Fenn Describes
Many Fond Fishing Memories Here.

He Even Titled
One Of His Chapters

"In Love With Yellowstone".

Fenn Also Says

The Treasure Is Not Associated
With Any Manmade Structure.

This, Too, Syncs With The
Natural Backdrop Of The Park.

♪♪

I'm Meeting With Jp And Yasmine,
A Pair Of Treasure Hunters

Who Think They've Cracked
Fenn's Poem.

They Believe "Warm Waters Halt"

Refers To
The Grand Prismatic Spring --

The Largest Hot Spring
In The United States,

Which Runs Down
The Nearby Firehole River.

[ Laughing ] Oh.

Steep Drop-Off.

Sandvick:
So As You Can See, Where
We Start With The First Clue,

"Where Warm Waters Halt,"

That Starts Up At The Beginning
Of The River.

Right.

And Then The River Is Carving
Its Way Through The Canyon,

Which Is One Of The Clues
In The Poem.

"Take It
To The Canyon Down."

This Is
Definitely A Canyon.

And Then It Goes To
"Heavy Loads And Waters High,"

Which Signifies
The Waterfall.

And So, Where Do We Take
The Canyon Down To?

Once We Get Through The Canyon,
Then We're Gonna Go

Where He Put It,
"Below The Home Of Brown."

What Is The Home Of Brown,
Do You Think?

Brown Trout.

-You Think It Means Brown Trout.
-I Do Think.

And They Live Here
In These Rivers?

That's Correct.

So That Would Literally Be
"The Home Of Brown."

-Yes.
-Clever, Okay.

And, Jp,
You Feel The Same Way.

You Think This Is
A Promising Spot?

Yes. For Sure.

So We Follow The River
From Here. Is That The Idea?

We Just Keep Following
The River On Down.

Try Not To Slip And Fall
1,000 Feet.

[ Laughs ]

Gates: While Making Our Way

To The "Home Of Brown"
At River Level,

We Search
Along The Entire Trail.

After All, Fenn Never Said
That His Treasured Was Buried --

Only Hidden.

Gates: You Don't Think
It's Buried?

Sandvick:
I Don't Think It's Buried.
I Think It's Placed.

I Think He Wanted
To Make It Accessible

So That Anyone Could Find It,
Including Children.

Well, That's Good.

I Have The Basic
Searching Skills Of A Child.

That May Work Out
In My Favor.

[ Laughs ]

♪♪

Gates: As Soon As We Hit
The Water Line,

They're Off Like A Shot

While I'm Left To Contemplate
The Chances Of Them Succeeding.

[ Birds Chirping ]

I Have To Say, I Have Very Mixed
Emotions About This Hunt.

On The One Hand,
I Kind Of Believe Them.

I Think That They Could Be
Onto Something Here.

On The Other Hand, No Matter
How Much You Whittle It Down,

The Search Grid
Is Still Kind Of Infinite.

It Could Be Anywhere.

It Could Be
Under A Rock Right Here.

It Could Be
Halfway Up That Cliff.

The Odds Of Just Happening
Upon It Feel Really Low,

Which Is Why I'm Sitting Here
And Letting Them Look.

Anything?

No, Not Yet!

[ Sighs ]

Nothing Yet.

I Decide To Double Back

To Make Sure We Didn't Miss
Anything On The Riverbank.

The Thing That Makes
This Search So Difficult

Is Just All These
Little Tiny Places

Where This Treasure Box Could
Have Been Buried Or Hidden.

Man, It Just Feels Like There's
Endless Places To Search.

The Terrain Is Challenging
In Here,

But Worth It
If We Find The Treasure.

[Bleep]

Gates:
I'm In Yellowstone National Park

Scouring The Backcountry
For Forrest Fenn's Treasure.

I've Split
From My Fellow Searchers

So We Can Cover More Ground,

But I've Just Stepped
Into Trouble.

[Bleep]

[Bleep]

Ow.

Okay.

Ow.

Whew!

Okay, Well,
That Hurt A Little Bit.

[ Breathing Heavily ]

At Least I Got Downhill
In A Hurry.

Okay.

Bruised But Undeterred,

I Rejoin Yasmine And Jp
At The River.

At Least If I Fall There,
There's A Lot More Cushioning.

♪♪

♪♪

After Hours Of Prospecting For
A Little Box Filled With Gold,

We Still Haven't Struck It Rich.

As I Think About
The Perilous Terrain,

I Start To Wonder.

Could An Elderly Person
In Failing Health

Really Have Pulled This Off
On His Own?

Gates:
This Is Not A Young Guy.

He Was In His Late 70S
When He Went Out To Do This.

Do You Think A 79-Year-Old Guy
With A Big, Heavy Treasure Box

Is Gonna Walk A Half-Mile
Up A River?

Depends.

He Grew Up Out Here,
So...

He Probably Could Walk
Further Than We Can.

Right.

Gates: Despite Jp's Faith,

The Longer I Spend
In Yellowstone,

The More Doubts I Have
That The Treasure Is Here.

I'm Not So Sure
An Ailing Forrest

Could Make It Around Here

Carrying A Heavy Load
Of Gold And Gems.

And I See
An Even Bigger Problem.

Fenn Told Me That His Wife
Hadn't Realized

When Exactly He'd Hidden
The Treasure.

That Tells Me The Hiding Place

Has To Be Close Enough
To His Home

That He Could Travel There
And Return Without Suspicion.

Going By That Theory,
Yellowstone Is Way Out Of Range.

I Wish Jp And Yasmine Good Luck
And Leave Them To Explore

One Of The Most Gorgeous Places
On Earth.

As For Me,
I'm Headed Back South.

♪♪

After Hours Of Riding
And Few More Sore Muscles,

I Arrive In Red River,
New Mexico,

A Few Hundred Miles Closer
To Forrest Fenn's Home.

This Small Rocky Mountain Town

Is A Base For Hiking And Fishing
In The Summer

And Skiing In The Winter.

But More Importantly, This Is
Where I'm Set To Meet A Group

Who Believes That This Is The
Gateway To Fenn's Hiding Place.

Meet The Wrights.

Hello.
How Are You?

Nice To Meet You.Nice To Meet You, Too.

This Is My Mom, Connie.Hi, Connie.

Sheryl.Hi, Sheryl.

This Is Elle.Hi, Elle.

Hi. I'm Gabby.
Gabby.

Olivia.Olivia.

How Many People
Are In This Car?

We Are Three Generations.

Three Generations Of
Treasure Hunters. I Love That.

Do You Think
You Have The Spot?

Like 99.9%.

99.9% Confident.
I Like Those Odds.

Well, I'm On A Motorcycle.

Okay, You Might Get Wet.
You Want To Ride With Us?

I Will Take You Up
On That Offer.

It's Looking
A Little Nasty.

Can We All Fit?

♪♪

Gates: As We All Pile In,

Long On Enthusiasm
But Short On Space,

It's Hard Not To Feel Like
The Wright Family Van

Is One Big Clown Car.

Okay. Here We Go.

But We Quickly Get Down To Some
Serious Forrest Fenn Business.

How Many Treasure Hunts
Have You Gone On?

A Lot.

I Personally Have Probably
Been Out Looking 40 Times.

Wow.

We Hunted In Snow.
We've Hunted In Rain.

We've Spent The Night
At Locations.

Over The Course Of The Drive,

I'm Impressed With How Much
Effort The Wright Family Has Put

Into The Search
For Fenn's Prize.

But I'm Starting To Wonder.
Are We Ever Going To Get There?

What Do You Guys Do Here
In The Car To Pass The Time?

All: ♪ 99 Bottles Of Beer
On The Wall ♪

♪ 99 Bottles Of Beer ♪

♪ Take One Down,
Pass It Around ♪

♪ 98 Bottles Of Beer
On The Wall ♪

♪ 98 Bottles Of Beer
On The Wall ♪

♪ 98 Bottles Of Beer... ♪

♪ [ Slower ] 14 Bottles Of Beer
On The Wall ♪

♪ 14 Bottles Of Beer ♪

Gates: And Then, Just As
I'm About To Lose My Mind...

Is This It?

This Is Where
We're Going To Park.

Okay.
Let's Go Hunt Some Treasure.

♪♪

In Less Time That It Takes

To Sing Another Verse Of
"Bottles Of Beer On The Wall,"

We're Racing Into A Forest
Armed With A Metal Detector,

But It's Not Clear To Me

That This Place Is Ripe
For Fenn Treasure Hunting.

Why Here?

The First Stanza Gets
A Searcher To New Mexico.

Gates: Connie Is The Wright
Family Puzzle Master.

She's Worked Through Fenn's Poem
And Come To The Conclusion

That "Hint Of Riches New And
Old" Refers To New Mexico

And That "Warm Waters Halt"
Are In Carson National Forest.

We Take Off Down The Trail,

Some Faster Than Others.

This Family Has A Ton Of Energy.

They Are Literally

A Quarter-Mile Up The Trail
From Me.

They Do This All The Time.

They Go Out Into The Woods

And Try To Find Anything
That Might Be A Symbol,

A Marker That Could Lead Them
To Treasure.

Got Anything On The Metal
Detector Yet?

-Nah.
-Bottle Caps And Shoes.

Gates: Nothing That Sounds Like
The Treasure.

Nah.

The Kids' Energy Is Infectious,

And Pretty Soon,
I'm Finding Clues, Too.

Here's A Symbol.

You Have A Star Carved
Into A Stump.

Anybody Like That?

No.
I Don't Think That's --

I Totally Just Found
A Cool Symbol,

And Everybody's
Dogging Me.

Adults?

Nobody's Impressed
By My Star Symbol?

After An Hour Of Seemingly
Aimless Searching, Though,

Our Path Suddenly Splits In Two.

There's A Big Fork Here.

We Got Multiple Choice Now.
Which Way Do We Go?

The Family Sees The Answer
In Fenn's Poem

With The Words
"The End Is Ever Drawing Nigh."

Old-Fashioned
Horse And Buggy.

If You're Gonna Go Left,
That's Nigh In Horse Talk.

You People Have Either Got This
All Figured Out

Or You Are All
Completely Insane.

Which Is It?

I Think We're A Little Bit
Of Both.

A Little Bit Of Both.
All Right.

Let's Keep Looking.
Come On.

I Have To Admit,

The Location
Does Seem Promising,

And I Buy That A 79-Year-Old

Could Hike This Route
Twice In One Day

To Hide His Treasure.

And We're Only
About A Three-Hour Drive

From Forrest Fenn's Home
In Santa Fe.

He Could Easily Make It Here
And Back Without Being Missed.

Everyone Is On The Lookout,

Searching Every Nook And Cranny
For A Sign.

Bring The Metal Detector
Up Here!

You Got Something?

Looks Like Someone's
Been Digging Here.

[ Metal Detector Beeping ]

Guys,
We Hear A Beep!

Right Here.
Check It Out.

I Think
It's The Treasure.

Guys, I Feel It.
Right Here!

I Think It Is It!There's Something Here!

Bring The Metal Detector
Up Here!

You Got Something?

I'm Deep In The Mountainous
Forests Of New Mexico

Searching For Fenn's Treasure.

Looks Like Someone's
Been Digging Here.

I've Joined The Wrights,

A Family Fanatically Committed
To The Hunt.

Guys, We Hear A Beep!

Right Here.
Check It Out.

I Think
It's The Treasure.

Guys, I Feel It.
Right Here!

I Think It Is It!There's Something Here!

Hold On.
I Got It.

Oh! Yeah!

This Is
An Extremely Old Beer.

This Beer Is So Old
That It's Punch-Top.

Okay, Right Now,
We've Got One Beer Can.

[ Laughs ]
Whoo!

Gates: Unless This Vintage Can
Has A Million-Dollar Deposit,

I'm Not Sure It's Worth
Holding On To.

If You Can Find A Six-Pack
Of Those Chilled,

I'd Really Appreciate It.

All Right,
Let's Keep Looking.

Their Enthusiasm
For The Treasure

Is Only Matched By Their
Enthusiasm For Everything Else.

You Feel This In Your Heart,
And It's, Like, Beating

And You Know
You're Gonna Find It.

I Call It
"The Treasurebeat."

The Treasurebeat?The Treasurebeat.

You Feelin'
The Treasurebeat?

Yeah, You Have To Do It
Like That.

Okay, Let's Get
On The Treasurebeat.

♪♪

Their Positive Attitude Pays Off

Because It's Not Long
Before We Get Another Big Hit.

[ Metal Detector Beeping ]

Guys, We Got A Big Hit!

What Do You Got?

Oh, My Gosh.

It's A Horseshoe.

Oh, My God.
Look At That.

Look!
We Found A Horseshoe.

That Is
An Old-Looking Horseshoe.

It Still Has Nails In It.
Think This Could Be A Clue?

If Anything, It's An Omen.

Fenn Does Talk About
Horseshoes.

That Might Mean
That We're On The Right Track.

You Came Here
Because Of Horseshoe Lake.

And Now You've Got
A Horseshoe Buried

At The Foot Of This Bridge.

Yeah,
It's Pretty Cool.

I'm Kind Of Becoming
A Believer Here.

With Sundown Approaching,

The Wrights Are Calling It
A Night, And So Am I.

But They'll Be Back Here
Looking Again Tomorrow.

The Wrights Are Clearly
Committed To The Hunt.

And While Their Devotion

Might Ultimately Lead Them
To The Prize,

It Could Also Be What Keeps Them
From Finding It.

If Everything
Is A Potential Clue,

It's Tough To Know If They're
Truly On The Right Track.

On The Other Hand,

There's Something Really Cool
About Their Search.

When The Subject Of Fenn Came Up
During The Drive,

The Girls Put Down Their Phones.

Look At The Peak Through Here
With The Snow Up There.

Whoa!That's Pretty.

♪♪

Gates: And While They Didn't
Find Fenn's Hidden Chest Today,

Three Generations Are Enjoying
The Outdoors Together,

And How Rare Is That?

I'm Hanging Back
To Pack Up With My Crew

When One Of My Cameramen Spots

What Looks Like
The Initials "Ff"

Carved Into A Tree.

Jj,
What You Doing In There?

There's An "Ff" On The Tree --
Forrest Fenn.

It All Adds Up?
All Adds Up.

Jj's Gone
Full Treasure-Hunter Crazy.

[ Metal Detector Beeping ]

Oh!

Gates: Forrest Fenn Fever
Is Apparently Contagious.

Why Don't You Dig
With Your Hands?
Like A Real Man.

I'm Not A Real Man.
I'm A Cameraman.

[ Both Laugh ]

There's No Split Here,
You Know.

Just 'Cause You're Here
Doesn't Mean You Get A Cut.

What Is That?

Oh, My God, Jj.

Oh, My God.
You Know What You Just Found?

Forrest Fenn's
Toenail Clippers.

Maybe He Had Good Hygiene.
I Don't Know.

This Is Why
You Work The Camera.

Once Jj Realizes He's About To
Get Left Here For The Night,

He Suddenly Gets Back To Work.

The Trip Back To Town
Is Long And Winding,

And There's Not Many Rest Stops
Around Here,

So When I See A Group Of Cars
Parking On The Side Of The Road,

I Decide To Pull Over
And Stretch My Legs.

[ Horse Neighs ]

Rodeo -- Trademark Of The Cowboy
And Symbol Of The American West.

[ Cheering ]

♪♪

I've Got A Front-Row Seat
For The Festivities.

At This Point,
My Best Friends In The World

Are The Three Metal Bars Between
Me And The Very Angry Beef.

I Love The Rodeo.

If There Was Ever A Time
To Be A Spectator,

It's Right Now.

Unfortunately,
I Have A Familiar Face,

And Familiar Faces Get Trampled.

Announcer:
Josh. Come On Out, Josh.

Come On Out, Josh, On The Fence.

Josh.

All:
[ Chanting ] Josh! Josh! Josh!

Josh! Josh!

This Is A Terrible Mistake.

What Does The Makeup Do?

Does It Keep The Bull
Away From Me?

No, It Draws It Closer.It Draws It Closer.

The Two Circles Of Makeup

Constitute The Entirety Of
My Training To Be A Rodeo Clown.

You Ready?
Yeah.

Gates: They Release The Bull,

And For A Moment,
Everything Is Fine...

[ Bull Bellows ]

...Until It Decides
It Wants To Kill Me.

Okay, It May Seem Like I'm Not
Particularly Good At This,

Although, In Fairness,
This Is My First Rodeo.

You Guys Are Crazy!

What The Hell Is Wrong
With You People?

The Bull Is Back In Its Pen,

And We Graciously Agree
To Call It A Tie.

♪♪

We Got A Low Bridge.

[Bleep] That's Real Low.

I Don't Know --
Hell, That Is Close.

Down, Down,
Down, Down, Down.

♪♪

Gates: It's A New Day.

The Sun Is Shining,
The Birds Are Chirping,

And I'm Wishing I Hadn't Slept

Through That Intro To Poetry
Course Freshman Year.

"As I Have Gone Alone In There

And With My Treasures Bold,

I Can Keep My Secret Where,

And Hint Of Riches New And Old."

What The Hell Does That Mean?

♪♪

Well, There's One Woman

Who Believes She Knows
Exactly What It Means.

I'm En Route To Meet A Hunter

Who May Have Conducted
More Fenn Treasure Searches

Than Anyone Else,

And She's Narrowed
The Starting Point

Down To An Area Just Outside
The Town Of Taos, New Mexico.

That's Where I'm Headed Next.

Forrest Fenn Often Talks About
His Love Of New Mexico.

It Surely Has A Lot To Do With

The State's Abundant
Natural Beauty.

But Fenn Clearly Also Has
An Affection

For The Native Peoples
And Their Artistic Skill.

As I Near Taos, I Encounter

The Ancient Settlement
Known As The Taos Pueblo.

By Some Estimates, This Site
Is Over 1,000 Years Old,

Making It The Longest
Continuously Inhabited
Settlement

In The United States.

♪♪

Putting It All Together
Reinforces My Suspicion

That Fenn's Treasure
Must Be Close.

I Arrive In Taos,

Where I'm Looking Forward To
Meeting With A Treasure Hunter

Who Agrees With Me.

[ Whistling ]

Start With A Base
Of A Native American Culture,

Sprinkle In
Some Spanish Seasoning,

And Then Add A Dollop
Of The Old West,

And You'll Start To Get
The Flavor Of Taos.

If You've Ever Looked For
A Way To Combine

Immense Amounts Of Turquoise,
Feathers, And Dream Catchers,

This May Be The Town For You.

I've Investigated A Lot
Of Mysteries Over The Years,

But Perhaps The Strangest
Mystery Of All

Is Right Here In Taos --

Southwestern Art.

Taos Has Long Lured
Writers, Artists,

And Creative Free Thinkers
Of All Types.

So A Guy Riding A Horse
In The Middle Of The Street

Hardly Draws A Glance.

Gates: You Don't Find
A Lot Of Towns

Where People Dress Like This
With A Sword On.

It's Very Sharp.

A Naval Sword
From Argentina.

Anyway, Let Me Put
This Sword Away.

Yeah, Why Don't We --
Why Don't We Do That?

Taos Is A Vortex
For Creative People.

There You Go.
That Was Like Three Times.

I Don't Understand
How Anybody Does This.

Do You Think That
If I Stay Here Long Enough,

I Could Soak Up
Some Of That Creativity?

Yeah, Your Hair Will Get Longer.
Lots Of Things Will Happen.

A Couple Days Here,
I Could End Up On A Horse...

Oh, Yeah....Dressed Like Zorro.

Whoops.
Easy With That.

Gates: I'm Happy To Report
That The Creative Taos Vortex

Didn't Cost Me My Head,

And I'm Gonna Need It

If I Have Any Chance Of Cracking
Forrest Fenn's Cryptic Poem.

To Help Me,
I'm Meeting Katya Luce,

Maybe The Most Dedicated Fenn
Treasure Hunter Of Them All.

How Long Have You Been Looking
For The Treasure?

A Little Over
Two Years Now.

Two Years?
And Are You From New Mexico?

No, I'm Not.

I Moved Here From Maui
To Search For The Treasure.

You Relocated Just To Look
For The Treasure?

Yes, I Did.

That Is
A Serious Commitment.

Yeah.

When I Read That Poem,
I Was Hooked.

I Couldn't Sleep
For Six Weeks.

I Was Up All Night,
All Day,

And The Adrenaline Just,
You Know, Fed Me.

Do You Think You Know
Where The Treasure Is?

I Believe I Do.

How Big An Area
Are We Talking About?

It Is A Pretty Big Area,

But I Have A Plan
Of How To Narrow It Down.

You Do?
Yeah.

Are You Afraid
Of Heights?

No.
[ Laughs ]

Katya Thinks That
Fenn's "Warm Waters Halt"

Refers To A Spot
Along The Rio Grande River

Just Outside Of Taos.

♪♪

♪♪

Katya's Plan Is To Follow
The Clues Of The Poem In Order

To Hone In On A Place
That We Can Explore By Foot.

♪♪

♪♪

The Next Clue
In Fenn's Poem Reads,

"Take It In The Canyon Down,"

So From Here,
We Follow The Rio Grande

As It Continues Through A Canyon
Called The Taos Gorge.

The Poem Then Tells Us To, "Put
In Below The Home Of Brown,"

And Like In Yellowstone,

These Waters Are Stocked
With Brown Trout.

The Term "Put In" Is Often
Associated With Boating,

So We're On The Lookout
For A Place

Where A Boat Can Be Slipped
Into The River.

♪♪

Sure Enough, It's Not Long
Before We Hit Pay Dirt.

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

To Crack The Next Few Lines
In Fenn's Poem,

We're Going To Have To Get Wet.

The Rio Grande
Can Be Treacherous,

And Recent Rains
Have Made Things Worse.

So We've Recruited
A Local River Guide

With 40 Years Of Experience
To Give Us A Hand.

Ready? Forward!

Gates: It's Unlikely

That Fenn Rafted His Treasure
To The Hiding Spot,

However, There Seems To Be
Several References To Water

In The Poem.

Katya Believes
The Treasure May Be Hidden

Close To The River's Edge.

It's Picking Up.

So We've Got Our Eyes Peeled

For A Landing Or A Trailhead,

Something Near The Water Line

And Easy To Hike
For A Guy Like Forrest Fenn.

You Ready?
White Water, Here We Go.

Come On,
Digging It Forward!

♪♪

Big Rock!

Whoa!

♪♪

♪♪

Hang On!Whoa!

Whoo!

Yeah!

-You Okay?
-Yeah!

-You All Right?
-I'm Good.

Curse You, Forrest Fenn!

Wow.
What's Ahead?

We Got A Low Bridge.

[Bleep]
That's Real Low.

I Don't Know --
Hell, That Is Close.

Down, Down,
Down, Down, Down.

♪♪

Gates: I'm Barreling Down
New Mexico's Rio Grande River

With Treasure Hunter Katya Luce.

We're Closing In
On Fenn's Riches.

We Got A Low Bridge.Oh, My Gosh.

But Right Now, We're Worried
About Keeping Our Heads.

[Bleep]
That's Real Low.

I Don't Know --
Hell, That Is Close.

Down, Down,
Down, Down, Down.

♪♪

Oh, My God.
Tight Squeeze.

We Made It.

I Mean, That Is Like
Down To The Inch.

Whoo! Nice Work.

In The Poem, The Words
After "Home Of Brown" Read,

"From There,
It's No Place For The Meek;

The End Is Ever Drawing Nigh."

Nothing About This --

The Rushing Water,
The Soaring Cliffs --

Is For The Faint Of Heart.

Seems To Me Like
We're On The Right Track,

And Then Something
Catches Our Eye.

Do You See That?

Yeah, This Looks Like
A Great Spot To Look.

A Clearing On The Bank
Leading To A Trail,

And Not Far From
The Main Road Above.

I Think This Is A Sweet Spot,
For Sure.

Okay.
Let's Get On Foot, Then.

[ Metal Detector Beeping ]

Gates: Katya And I Have Finally
Got Our Boots On The Ground,

And We've Brought A Metal
Detector To Aid In The Hunt.

As We Proceed
Along The River's Edge,

We Stumble Across Something

That Fits The Next Lines
In Fenn's Poem.

This Will Be Your
"Heavy Loads And Water High."

I've Got A Good Feeling
About This.

As We Climb Up A Pathway
Just Above The River,

We're Left To Decipher
The Final Clue.

"If You've Been Wise
And Found The Blaze,

Look Quickly Down,
Your Quest To Cease."

The Word "Blaze"
Can Mean A Fire,

But It Also Means
A Trail Marker.

Katya Thinks It's Some Permanent
Symbol Or A Unique Rock.

Check That Out.

What Do You Got?

Well...
Oh, The Opening?

What Do You Think?

It's Like A Perfectly Square
Opening.

What If The Direction
Of The Sun --

That's Basically West.

The Sun Sets Behind It.

It Would Punch
Right Through It.

Yeah, It Would Create A Beam --
A Light Blaze.

Which Is One Of The Definitions
Of A Blaze, Right?

Totally Is.It's Fire Or Light.

So The Light Would Come
Right Through There

And Go...Over There Somewhere.

High Pile Of Rocks?Yeah.

I Don't Know If That's Crazy
Or You're Absolutely Right.

And He Also Says
He's Very Into Indiana Jones.

And That's
Very Indiana Jones.

Yeah, That's Like
The Well Of The Souls

From "Raiders
Of The Lost Ark."

♪♪

I Say We Go Explore.Come On.

Gates: A Trail Of Clues
Fit For A Hollywood Thriller

Might Finally Be Reaching
Its Dramatic Conclusion.

[ Thunder Crashes ]

We Got Thunder.

And Then, Almost As If To Keep
Us From Discovering The Truth,

The Sky Opens Up
To Slow Us Down.

♪♪

The Thunder Gods
Are Talking To Us.

Yeah,
I Think They're Telling Us

We're About To Be Hit
By Lightning.

The Rain Is Keeping Light From
Beaming Through The Rock Window,

And The Targeted Hill

Offers Hundreds Of Places
To Hide A Small Chest.

So Katya And I
Each Try To Work Out

Where That Blaze Of Light
Would Hit.

Katya!

Katya, Come Here
And Check This Out!

Where Are You?

Up Here!

Looks Like We Got
An Overhang Here.

Oh, My God.
That Is So Cool.

I Do A Scan, But The Detector
Doesn't Pick Anything Up.

Katya Isn't Too Surprised.

No Readings.

We're Talking About
A 10X10x5" Treasure Box.

In A Way,
It Is A Treasure

Because We're Out Of The Rain
For A Few Minutes.

This Is What I Picture
When I Picture The Treasure.

Yeah.

Not Buried, But Hidden
Underneath Something.

So If Not Here,
A Place Like This.

Exactly.

And This Whole Canyon
Is Full Of Places Like This.

Did You Bring Food?

[ Laughs ]

If Not For Forrest Fenn,

How The Heck
Would Two Adults

End Up Scrunched Up
In A Tiny Cave

In The Middle
Of A Lightning Storm?

Exactly.

He's Created A Reason
To Have An Adventure.

He Sure Did, And He Brings Us
Back Into Our Childhood.

The Rain Lets Up,

So Katya And I Spend A Few More
Hours Crawling Around

And Hiking Over Boulders
Big And Small.

Forrest Fenn's Treasure
Really Could Be Right Here,

Just Below My Feet.

But At Least For Today,
It Has Eluded My Grasp.

There Are An Estimated
35,000 Fenn Treasure Searchers

Scouring The Canyons,
Rivers, And Mountains

Of The American West.

Like Them, I'm Certainly Feeling
Frustration.

But As I Stand Here Looking Out
At A Dramatic Canyon,

Listening To The Sounds
Of Rushing Water,

I Realize That I Haven't
Come Away Empty-Handed At All.

"As I Have Gone Alone In There

And With My Treasures Bold,

I Can Keep My Secret Where,

And Hint
Of Riches New And Old."

Gates: While No Treasure Hunter
Has Found The Hidden Box,

At Least Not Yet,

Something Tells Me

That Each Of Us Found
Exactly What Fenn Intended --

Adventure, Kinship,

And The Thrill Of Exploring
The American West.

That Is The True Secret
Of Fenn's Treasure.