63. A Medical Student Discovers the Fabled Forrest Fenn Treasure
Location : Rocky Mountains
2020 Year is Discovered
Est. Value: $2 million*
A treasure worth $2 million was buried in the Rocky Mountains by an antiquities dealer years ago. Forrest Fenn, an eccentric man, created a treasure-hunt that many people tried to complete. Former art mogul Forrest Fenn invited treasure hunters to search for what he’d hidden. It took years before anyone was successful.
Unidentified medical students found the treasure that 300,000 others had been unable to locate. The art dealer had published his treasure hunting clues in The Art of the Chaseand said that when the student solved his code, he felt “sad and glad”.
64. Two kids find a Ferrari buried in their backyard
Location: Los Angeles, California
Year of discovery: 1978
Est. Value: $853,000*
Two boys in California began digging in their backyard. The boys found a rare Ferrari Dino GTS 1974 buried a few feet beneath the dirt. The Dino had been crudely wrapped in towels and tarps, which indicated that its previous owner intended to exhume the car one day.
That’s not the whole story. It turns out that the Dino’s previous owner hired thieves who stole his car and dumped it in the sea so he could commit fraud. The thieves instead buried the vehicle, hoping to come back to retrieve it in a plan which never worked out. This wacky story would make a great IMAX film.
