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Video: Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt press conference

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20140127__BenHaselman_Facebook_cropped.jpg, Ben Haselman found the Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt medallion in St. Paul’s Como Park on Monday morning, Jan. 27, 2014. (Facebook photo)
By PIONEER PRESS | news@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressWith a strike from a hoe, Benjamin Haselman uncovered the St. Paul Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt

2014 Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt clues explained

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20140127__1-27medallion2.jpg, Benjamin Haselman holds the Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt medallion, a gold-tinged plastic rectangle with an embedded jewel, which he found sewn into a
By PIONEER PRESS | news@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressCLUE 1Boreas roared and blew winds from the North —A Polar Vortex then snow he brought forth.S

Medallion finder can forgive dad for dismissing 1993 diaper

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20140127__TreasureHuntX.webp, An X of sticks marks the spot where the medallion was found. (Pioneer Press: John Brewer), 20140127__BenHaselman.webp, Ben Haselman found the Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt medallion in St. Paul's Como Park on Monday morning, Jan. 27, 2014. (Photo courtesy of Ben Hasleman, 20140127__1-27medallion.webp, "My adrenaline is kind of peaking right now," said 27-year-old Benjamin Haselman of St. Paul, who gets a smooch from his 25-year-old sister Jillian, r, 20140127__BenHaselman_Facebook_cropped.jpg, Ben Haselman found the Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt medallion in St. Paul's Como Park on Monday morning, Jan. 27, 2014. (Photo courtesy of Rob Brass), 20140127__TreasureHunters.jpg, Como Park was tore up by treasure hunters over the weekend. (Pioneer Press: John Brewer), 20140127__1-27medallion2.jpg, Benjamin Haselman holds the Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt medallion, a gold-tinged plastic rectangle with an embedded jewel, which he found sewn into a , i-hFQWz2q-XL.jpg, Mary and Tom Steiner of Roseville clear snow in Como Park on Sunday, looking for the St. Paul Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt medallion. “Here’s how the d, i-jgLGdMp-XL.jpg, Nicole Hinzie of Hugo and Richelle Nelson of Richfield dig in the snow Sunday at Como Park looking for the St. Paul Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt medall, i-5MdDsdC-XL.jpg, Hunters for the St. Paul Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt medallion excavated a giant swath of snow in Como Park Sunday, Jan. 26, in their search for the $
By JOHN BREWER | Pioneer PressWith a strike from a hoe, Benjamin Haselman uncovered the St. Paul Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt medallion Monday morning

Hunt evolution: from treasure chest to medallion

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i-RqR6rZ4-XL.jpg, Jake Ingebrigtson, right, and his new wife, Sara, incorporated the Pioneer Presss Treasure Hunt medallion into their wedding ceremony Saturday, August, i-6qXcpXp-XL.jpg, Jake and Sara Ingebrigtson at their 2010 wedding. (Courtesy photo), i-JBFCv4N-XL.jpg, Pam Olson, from left, and Ray and Diane Wood hold 1979's medallion. (Pioneer Press file photo), i-QkQWCVQ-XL.jpg, 1979's medallion was found taped to a piece of bark and stuck near the base of a tree in Marthaler Park in West St. Paul. (Pioneer Press file photo), i-dS8t75C-XL.jpg, 1973's medallion is shown fastened into part of a doorknob bracket. (Pioneer Press file photo), i-fJ9vsQh-XL.jpg, One side of 1973's medallion. (Pioneer Press file photo), i-pMdwM69-L.jpg, In 1973, the medallion was embedded in the heavy section of steel rail. (Pioneer Press file photo), i-NtMvMPT-L.jpg, These fake medallions were found in Central Park during the 2007 Treasure Hunt. (Pioneer Press file photo), i-qKmJvgn-XL.jpg, In 1966, the prize was called a medal. Winners Peggy Fritzke and Iola Mossbrugger display it where they found it on Harriet Island. (Pioneer Press fil, i-GcX7wZB-L.jpg, To mark the 60th anniversary of the Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt, this medallion, used in the past five hunts, was retired in 2012 and given away in an, i-ZMtsbdR-XL.jpg, n 1953, people searched for a treasure chest. (Pioneer Press file photo), i-PwqfbG2-XL.jpg, Inside the treasure chest was a certificate. (Pioneer Press file photo)
By PIONEER PRESS | news@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressParticipants in the Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt didn't always search for just a medallion. At

It’s here, there, everywhere in the hunt for the medallion

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i-8GQKb2r-XL.jpg, In February 1979, Al Johnson begins his search for the medallion under a snow-covered picnic table on the fringe of Como Park. (Pioneer Press file pho, i-7hCdzBS-XL.jpg, Gravity exists in 1979, too, as Al Johnson meets it as he slips off the Como Park picnic table he was searching around. According to the photo's origi, i-pbDxbrH-XL.jpg, Al Johnson doesn't take his search lying down. The intrepid hunter resumes the hunt after falling off the Como Park picnic table. (Pioneer Press file , i-pfmwD6B-XL.jpg, Al Johnson's search continues. (Pioneer Press file photo), i-MfxSqTt-XL.jpg, In January 1987, grocery stockers Pat Hoelscher, left, and Jim Harrington, who had worked all night, headed for Mounds Park to hunt for the medallion., i-WN3Pfgx-XL.jpg, In February 1982, Terry Heiser of Woodbury searches for the Treasure Hunt medallion on Harriet Island. Note the acid-wash jeans on the hunter to the r, i-FrF98mM-XL.jpg, It's Treasure Hunt 1979, and Mary and Kevin Phernetton search for the medallion along the fence at the Como Park tennis courts. (Pioneer Press file ph, i-Z65wVN2-XL.jpg, This medallion hunter searched Keller Park during the 1976 Treasure Hunt. (Pioneer Press file photo), i-kHxr5Lv-XL.jpg, Mike Powers, who was 19 during the 1987 Treasure Hunt, checked under picnic tables in Como Park. He came close to finding the medallion as an eighth-g, i-hFrLNBk-XL.jpg, In 1984, Linda Schmidt of St. Paul searched for the medallion under trash barrels at the picnic area of Como Park. (Pioneer Press file photo: John Dom, i-PwjDXdd-XL.jpg, In 1976, the St. Paul Winter Carnival King Boreas Treasure Medallion, worth $2,500 at the time, was found in this area of Keller Park. The winners tha, i-8R2w8D4-XL.jpg, In 1976, Jack Trenter, with his brothers Jim, 14, and Mike, 8, all of St. Paul, look for the medallion at Como Park by the conservatory pool. (Pioneer, i-pBjZb4s-XL.jpg, It's 1973, and members of this group, who believed they had interpreted the clue correctly, according to original caption information, were digging ne, i-Frcd3Rv-XL.jpg, Jack Barisoni of St. Paul and his daughter Denise, who was 16 at the time, search Highland Park during the 1976 Treasure Hunt. (Pioneer Press file pho, i-n8LtRCc-XL.jpg, During the 1959 Treasure Hunt, three kids are oblivious to traffic rushing by on Warner Road as they search for the medallion along a fence near the r, i-qsSQk5P-XL.jpg, Not even darkness can deter Leonard DeBee and Blaine Funkhausen, both of Roseville, as they search in Mounds Park during the 1982 medallion hunt.
By PIONEER PRESS | news@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressOn top of signs, under trash barrels or around picnic tables, intrepid searchers leave no spot
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