Forrest Fenn, Combat pilot, gallery owner and creator of famed treasure hunt dies

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Forrest Fenn, Combat pilot, gallery owner and creator of famed treasure hunt dies

By Robert Nott [email protected] Sep 8, 2020 Updated 12 hrs ago

Combat pilot, gallery owner and creator of famed treasure hunt dies | Local News | santafenewmexican.com

He was an explorer, a businessman, a warrior, a writer — a man who came to see art as something more than mere whisks of paint.

But it was his challenge to the world — hiding a chest full of coins and other antiquities somewhere in the Rocky Mountains — that finally set Forrest Fenn apart.

Fenn, the Santa Fe artifacts dealer and military veteran who created a treasure hunt that mesmerized the world, died Monday at his Santa Fe home.

Police say he died of natural causes at age 90.

 

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I have a couple of observations/questions.

How was it possible to fly 328 combat missions in 365 days while being shot down twice? When was he flying those missions, what was he flying and what squadron? Those stats would have to be notable and memorable achievements of the Vietnam War. I don't remember reading about them or him...

I don't think there ever was a "treasure" and a number of people died looking for it.

 

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That's the thing. From the article, Fenn said that "a man from the East Coast had found the chest" and that it had "been found in Wyoming".

There's no proof that the treasure was found much less existed.

 

[Peak53]

Since the "finder" of the treasure has not been identified, although there are pictures of Fenn with the treasure chest, and then he unfortunately died soon after, I'm a bit suspicious. I WANT to believe, but something smells a bit off. The supposed location of the "find" is not too far from my backyard, although I have done only a little tromping in the area, decidedly not looking for treasure.

 

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Looking around I found this:

Fenn, Forrest | Super Sabre Society

He flew F-100s in Vietnam with the 309th Tactical Fighter Squadron/31st Tactical Fighter Wing, Tuy Hoa AB, Vietnam

Instead of 328 missions in 365 days as had been posted in numerous articles, according to this article, it's 345 days. How is this many combat missions possible in this short of time? Multiple mission days? Weren't pilots rotated out @ 100 missions?

What do you all think?

 

[Sistema1927]

The man, the myth, the legend.

 

[mtgianni]

Satchel Paige said "It ain't bragging if you done it" but Satchels achievements were viewed by many more people.