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"The most recent was Randy Bilyeu ....." should be changed: he is no longer the most recent.--Desertphile (talk) 00:07, 18 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

What's the point of this edit war?

I agree that value estimates of the treasure are pretty dubious, but what makes the HuffPo article worse than normal in this regard?

Alternatively, what's so great about the HuffPo article that it's worth fighting over to keep it in? ApLundell (talk) 14:32, 25 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

While the HuffPo article has a title which states $5 million, it states in the body of the article that nobody - not even the individual who supposedly buried this "treasure" - knows the value. It is a blog, and the author is speculating, without source, and is not an expert in this field. Fails WP:RS and verification. Scr★pIron^IV 14:10, 26 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Fenn has not removed clues to the treasure. The linked article simply states that he is considering doing something. There is no mention of clue removal. Please remove this entire line or change it to reflect the facts stated in the article: "Pressured by the New Mexico State police, Fenn removed clues linked to these two deaths in an effort to make the treasure hunt safer." Aelorion (talk) 03:03, 10 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Done jd22292 (Jalen D. Folf) (talk) 04:36, 10 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Who added the Eric Ashby paragraph? The section states that Ashby moved to Colorado in year 2016, yet the Tennessee Department of Correction lists Ashby's latest prison sentence (TOMIS ID: 00498717, Blount County Criminal Records Database) will end December 12th 2018. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Desertphile (talk • contribs) 00:16, 15 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The paragraph is referenced to a news article. Either it's a different guy with the same name, or he got out early. ApLundell (talk) 00:43, 15 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Just a heads up: the alleged finding of the treasure was the subject of an April Fools joke in the High Country News:

Blankenbuehler, Paige (1 April 2019). "Exclusive: The Forrest Fenn treasure has been found". High Country News. Retrieved April 3, 2019.

Please do not add it to the article as fact. TJRC (talk) 04:55, 4 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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