The Hollywood Reporter — Tony Maglio — 9 Apr 2025
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/justin-posey-treasure-clues-update-forrest-fest-netflix-doc-1236186094/

Justin Posey told THR:

He made the decision to set up hidden clues "pretty early" in the Netflix process. He is a subject, not a producer. The book is "selling well."

"There are some good hints in the series. There are much better hints in the book."

Hints in the series can "help you with the treasure itself," and they can "certainly help you with the book."

On value: "I'm trying to avoid some of the mistakes that Forrest had made as part of his treasure hunt. The big advice that I've gotten from attorneys is never, never say a value, because that actually gives a basis for a lot of legal issues down the road. For instance, if I said it's valued at this amount, and someone took it to an appraiser and that appraiser assigned a different amount, then there's basis for lawsuits."

"I think it's fair to say that it's substantial. Just one of those gold bars alone, based on the price of gold today, is pretty close to $100,000 a piece."

"A lot of older historical items" in the chest. "One of them I paid $50,000 for alone — years ago. I don't know what the value is today, but quite a few things like that."

There's also a meteorite.

Early Netflix investor (2003). Squarely middle-class family. Fake gold bar on Christmas as a kid.

"At least a couple hundred people" searching. "I've been getting over 1,000 messages an hour." Shut down DMs on X and Instagram.

"I realized it was going to be on Netflix, but I never expected to hit the Netflix top 10 — especially worldwide."

Too soon to say if anyone is genuinely close. There are "definitely" hunters who "have had some good thoughts."

Exclusive to THR: "You don't need a high-clearance vehicle to find the treasure."