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The bronze chest that held the Fenn treasure. (Image provided by Forrest Fenn)
On a cool October day in 2020, the weight of reality pressed hard around the world. The United States was bracing for the flu season amid the COVID-19 pandemic with still no vaccines in sight. The 2020 presidential election was on the horizon and Hurricane Delta, the season s third major hurricane, was also making news headlines.
But for a moment, reality seemed to blur into a fairytale for Daniel Barbarisi.
Sitting before him on the conference room table was a bronze Romanesque lockbox, dating back to around 1150 A.D., carvings of Gothic art adorning its sides and top.
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