THE 2016 TREASURE HAS BEEN FOUND!
Jonathan Schmidt of Rochester successfully deciphered all six daily clues AND three bonus clues supplied to sponsors Trade Mart Furniture Center, Whistle Binkies Pubs and ABC 6 News, and found the Treasure medallion at the top of the hill in Indian Heights Park in northwest Rochester at approximately 8:00 a.m. Thursday, June 23.
“I thought it might be the bottom of a bottle,” said Schmidt as he moved two small logs away from a tree stump that had a cavity partially filled with water from recent rain and which contained the clear lucite medallion. Schmidt said there were about two dozen other Treasure seekers in the vicinity, but that he quietly left the park with his prize.
Schmidt will exchange the Treasure medallion for the $1,000 bounty on Friday, June 24 at 11:15 a.m. on the Treasure Island Stage at Rochesterfest in Soldier’s Field Park.
The daily clues led Schmidt and many other hunters to several City of Rochester parks including Quarry Hill, Silver Lake and Goose Egg Park. This year’s Thursday morning find capped a six-day search for the Treasure which has been a part of Rochesterfest since 1994.
A complete description of this year’s clues, along with the full history of the Treasure Hunt, will be available on this page later today.
The 2016 Treasure Hunt is sponsored by Trade Mart Furniture Center, Whistle Binkies Pubs, and by our wonderful and new media sponsor ABC 6 News-KAAL TV. Please thank them for their continued support of Rochesterfest!
Revisit this page for updates and visit our Facebook page for more Treasure Hunt fun!
PLANNING NOW FOR 2016 FUN FOR EVERYONE!
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Special thanks to Trade Mart Furniture Center, 3050 7th Street NW Rochester, MN, and Whistle Binkies Pubs (North and South) for sponsoring the 2016 Rochesterfest Treasure Hunt. Please visit the Trade Mart website for their Saturday store hours at www.TradeMartFurnitureCenter.com, and the Whistle Binkies Pubs website www.WhistleBinkiesPub.com for their Monday hours.
One BONUS CLUE will be available at Trade Mart Furniture Center on the first day of the Treasure Hunt, at store opening. One additional BONUS CLUE available at BOTH Whistle Binkies Pubs.
FOLLOW THE RULES AS WELL AS THE CLUES.
This year’s treasure is a gold medallion, hidden somewhere in the city of Rochester, on public property (but not on a golf course or cemetery, and NEVER on private property that might appear open to the public. You will absolutely know if you find it! Once found, it must be exchanged for its bounty.
Search, but please don't destroy the natural beauty of Rochester or the Treasure hiding place! Each day's clue will bring you closer to the treasure's location.
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Where, oh where would a Treasure hide? We have a pretty good idea where it has been hidden in past years, but where will is surface in 2016? We've also found some terrific motivation from other area Treasure Hunts. Want to see what we see? Visit the Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt or Red Wing's River City Days to see if it helps. (Probably not.)
This site has been granted permission from Rochesterfest to reproduce the clues. They will be available after the hunt is over.