Worth $2-5 Million
Estimates showed that Forrest’s treasure could have been worth between $2 and $5 million, which is a hefty sum for most people. However, when asked how he could get from his collection, Forrest admitted that he had no idea. Although he documented every piece he had, there was no reliable way of determining how much the entire collection could fetch.
For starters, the price of gold fluctuates every minute, so it might’ve been possible that the original estimate was too low. But to Forrest, the thrill was in collecting the treasure, now figuring out how much it could sell for. He promised early on in his career that he wouldn’t attempt to guess how much his collection could be worth.