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Treasure hunt clue writer vexes and impresses treasure hunters

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IMG_44351-e1454449145657.webp, Ryan Rehn of White Bear Lake searches for the Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt medallion Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016, at Benson Prairie near Bald Eagle Lake. (Pi
By JAIME DELAGE | jdelage@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressParticipants in the Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt complained last year that the search wasn’t

To nab Treasure Hunt medallion, beware red herrings

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160129PPhuntlede.webp, For the 2016 Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt, Stacey King, left, and Emily Sharot, both of White Bear Lake, search for the medallion in Bruce Vento Nature
By JAIME DELAGE | jdelage@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressCharlie Brown told some treasure hunters Thursday they’d been fishing for a red herring.But

First Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt featured 4 phony prizes

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disp-2-2-1952-p4-cropped1.webp, Arthur Jensen, winner of the first Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt, examines the certificate he found in King Boreas’ treasure chest., Treasure-Chest.jpg
-By NICK WOLTMAN | nwoltman@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressFour days into the first Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt in 1952, three St. Paul youths pulled

Pioneer Press Treasure Hunters focus in on the gold

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160126_PPHunt_HarrietIsland.webp, People dig around the playground at Harriet Island Regional Park on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016, in hopes of finding the Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt medall
By JAIME DELAGE | jdelage@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressOne of the big debates around the Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt on Tuesday was over the meanin

Treasure Hunt fan sent bride-to-be on 8-day ring search

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WCRing_BryanGustavson_JessicaRushenberg_0.webp, Bryan Gustavson proposed to his longtime girlfriend Jessica Rushenberg by a mini treasure hunt whose final clue led her to the gazebo in Irvine Park i
By JAIME DELAGE | jdelage@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressJessica Rushenberg waited years for her high school sweetheart to pop the question, so it se

Could these treasure hunters find the medallion early?

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20160124__160125Hunt1A.webp, First-time treasure hunter Matt Foster searches Sunday, Jan. 24, 2016, at Indian Mounds Regional Park in St. Paul. (Pioneer Press: Jaime DeLage)
By JAIME DELAGE | jdelage@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressThe annual Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt kicked off over the weekend, and while the first clue
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