Nov 11, 2022A Note on the Sale of the TreasureIn September, I sold the Fenn Treasure in a private transaction. I no longer own any part of the treasure and have no financial interest in its future on the collectibles market. I have come to understand that the group of buyers had decided to keep certain items of the…1 min read1 min read
May 30, 2021Jack Gets Mail #3It’s been several months since I last posted questions I’ve gotten from Fenn Treasure searchers, so I figured I would do another installment. As you might expect, I get fewer emails these days than I did when I was first outed as the finder. The vast majority of searchers have…Jack Stuef15 min readJack Stuef15 min read
Jan 8, 2021Jack Gets Mail #2When I was outed as the finder of the Fenn Treasure a month ago, I didn’t predict I would answer so many emails from searchers, or that I would continue to receive so much gratitude back from kind people around the world who loved this treasure hunt as much as…Jack Stuef18 min readJack Stuef18 min read
Jan 8, 2021Jack Gets Mail #1[originally posted on dalneitzel.com 12/10/20] When I posted my statement revealing myself as the finder Monday, I left an email address fellow searchers could use to reach me. I figured it would be a sort of release valve for pent-up frustration and would become full of hate mail pretty quickly…Jack Stuef11 min readJack Stuef11 min read
Dec 7, 2020A Statement on the Disclosure of My IdentityMy name is Jack Stuef, and I am the finder of the Forrest Fenn Treasure. I searched for it for two years, and on June 6 of this year, I retrieved the treasure from the place I found it in Wyoming, the same place Forrest hid it 10 years ago…Forrest Fenn6 min readForrest Fenn6 min read
Sep 23, 2020A Remembrance of Forrest FennMy friend Forrest Burke Fenn passed away at the age of 90 earlier this month, and if I have anything to say about it, far too soon. September 8 was certainly not the first time Forrest made me cry. I am the person who found Forrest’s famed treasure. The moment…Forrest Fenn13 min readForrest Fenn13 min read