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  11. *Urgency is not a good plan to plow (work through) and then leave

    *Urgency is not a good way to use the underdeveloped potential of your mind.
    Urgency is a good plan, don’t fallow it

    Additionally, “fallow” means ‘light brown’
    .
    ‘dun’

    astree

          1. That seems a likely meaning (also see pdenver and Ellen have commented on this). 🙂

            Jenny’s string of quotes is now updated, and the first letter of each:

            T ..he gem cannot
            I ..f you aren’t in
            M..ay every sunrise
            E..very Dreamer knows it is entirely possible
            .
            (see previously comment #23)

            astree

  17. Interpretation: get some hustle going. Don’t let urgency go fallow and languish on the shelves of patience.

    Personally I’d rather have a little patience, wait in line, and get some bear spray before heading out. Running out the door without paying seems counter-productive, but having a blue & red light escort to my site would be nice, and it would definitely give me some hustle running up the trail.

    BTW nice picture.

    DanS

  20. Fallow Deer
    Pale yellow Brown

    Wallow rhymes with fallow

    But the real meaning I’m getting from Holmes is that if F recently buried that treasure there would be evidence of it in the soil. Broken soil would be evident upon digging….sorry F Holmes says it’s a no go on urgency because heavy equipment is needed to ferret out the fox. You know the rules on this hibernation!

    Lettuce

  22. Land is fallow to allow it to enrich, become fertile. Give it time. Urgency of plan will lead to a non-fertile result. Hurry up and end up with nothing – including a good day outdoors. It’s all in the planning before the harvest. National forest week is soon – admission to National parks will be free. Good to know while out and about.

    Kathryn

  23. Regarding Urgency –

    Jenny, I just looked at the first and last letters of your 3 quotes below –

    T ..he gem cannot
    I ..f you aren’t in
    M..ay every sunrise
    E caep uoy.. (this is now starting at the end of the last quote and working back to the first quote)

    T..oilE.S.T.
    S..lairt tuohtiw

    Hmmmm.
    ,

    astree

  28. Urgency is not a good plan to fallow
    Dont fallow your field quickly,or you want have a good crop.

    your not going to be able to solve this poem over spring break (paraphrase)
    To fallow a field a year or more.

    The poem is complicated, in order to solve each clue along the way will take time and study.

    Lisa

  30. Help!
    I have read that FF said that searchers have emailed him of their location & FF said they have figured out the first 2 clues & went past the other 7 clues. Also, FF said that they have been within 200 ft. of the treasure. So, I take this as the searchers emailed FF a specific place ( a name ) on the map & if the home of Brown is the 2nd clue then that would mean the treasure is within 200 ft. of the Home of Brown.
    Also, that means the other 7 clues are all within 200 ft. of each other.
    For example, the searchers told FF they were at a specific water fall & they passed up the 7 remaining clues but we’re within 200ft.
    Any ideas, anyone? Hello? Anyone……

    AM

    1. Hello there AM,
      It’s generally accepted, and I agree, that things Forrest has said publicly are likely to be accurate. But be careful that you read the exact quotes from reliable sources and not someone’s interpretations. Also, many early statements are superseded by more recent statements months or years later. Your “I take this as” are your guesses. They may or may not be right. No one can tell you for sure. You’ll find many who will agree and many who will disagree. They’ll often sound certain. And very rarely will anyone share something they consider valuable. Trust only those who have a chest full of gold – that’s how you know who knows what they are talking about. The places to have those conversations is on the discussion forums located on other sites. Good luck and have fun!

      Solvestersalone

    1. Hi Andrew,

      I don’t recall seeing you post very often. How long have you been involved with this treasure hunt? What are some of your ideas about this or other Weekly Words, etc?

      Do you think there would be enough room at hob for all of us? 🙂 “Urgency is not a good plan to wall of?”

      Good luck,
      astree

      astree

    1. “Sounds like Forrest is saying some people know “The end is ever drawing nigh;”
      Some people? or sumbuddy? Some may suspect about the end but less than a few would ever know how this is going to end. More like a couple maybe, FF and sumbuddy. Did f plan a Grand Finale, that is my question?
      jl

      JL

        1. I believe Forrest is a Master Puppeteer and is capable of many things that cross the realm of his imagination. I am no match for his intellectual prowess and must concede my ineptitude to match my wits with his, I am reduced to subscribe to guess work.
          jl

          JL

  42. FF likes definitions and admits to bending them. IMO, with fallow being a shade of brown, I think this may be a simple message to searchers:

    Urgency is not a good plan to (get to the home of Brown).

    This may be FF telling everyone, yet again, not to stop skipping clues and to start at the beginning.

    Reap

  45. Richard,

    FF answered this question once during an interview at a book store. (Youtube: Forrest Fenn, Moby Dickens Book Shop, 11/02/2013, and skip to 7:48) There is no switching back or making a loop. The whole Q&A is great. He even mentions his bones rotting in the sun, suggesting the crest might not be in a cave.

    Also, it is kind of funny; FF maybe saying, “even the cunning fox can get turned into a coat.” Perhaps translating into, “Even this extremely clever poem will be solved someday.”

    Reap

    2. How true and unfortunate…… all good things must come to an end. Even though it may be solved does not mean the end of this great poem. Why can it not live on? The resting place for Indulgence need not be divulged, whoever first discovers it need only say it was exactly where the poem said it would be. If you want to know any more information it is all in the poem for whoever accepts the challenge.
      jl

      JL

      1. Alright here goes nothing… I have been out here dragging my feet for … well since Memorial day. I don’t want praise, nor the money. Most of you will skip over this instead of read it. I let it go as long as I could, like Forrest wanted, getting families together and out of the living room. At this point I feel like Jeff Probst should have kicked me out of Survivor, a long time ago. None of you are even close, I am not afraid. A year 2 months and 2 weeks, I have pounded this ground. I am not looking at some tree or log, it is like he was an Engineer making this! Ms.Kile…. you can remove this if youthink I am being inappropriate onyour site… I understand.

        Chesney

  46. I love the poem and found it just two weeks ago. Its sad that I cannot find the treasure because I live in germany and dont have the money for travelling to america. I think that its somewhere in New Mexico because I read that he hide it in just one evening. Maybe ~200 miles away from his home…maybe just 100. I also read that he can smell Pinyon Nuts..and they grow only in Colorado and New Mexico. But its not a fun to find it without solves the poem 🙂

    I am not interested in the gold. And I wish everybody good luck who wants to find it 🙂

    Alexander Deboir

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