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Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt notes from the field: Parking lot genius, royal hunt postponed

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Treasure Hunters fill Harriet Island Regional Park’s great lawn just after the final clue was released about 10:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2017. (Pho
By LISA LEGGE | llegge@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressHarriet Island Regional Park stretches 70 acres along the Mississippi, where it can field fierc
Rob Brass, left, the finder of the medallion, and his team are knighted by the St. Paul Winter Carnival royalty after a press conference for the Pione
QUEEN DIGS THE HUNTAfter Thursday’s press conference, as members of the Royal Family mingled with Pioneer Press executives and tired-looking Treasure
Paul Antinozzi of Ham Lake shows his homemade medallion digger, at left — a broom/steel brush combo he used as a professional caulker that he says is
‘FRANKENSTEIN,’ ‘TITANIC’In my Day 11-of-the-Hunt story, I quoted this guy, about what it would be like that night when the final clue came in:“Thousa

Were you stumped? The Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt clues explained

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Treasure Hunt winner Rob Brass’s mother and sons hold his medallion after a news conference for the Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt medallion winner Thurs
By PIONEER PRESS | news@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressStill trying to unravel the meaning of the Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt clues?The medallion was
A yellow star on this Google Maps satellite image marks where the 2018 Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt Medallion was found in Harriet Island Regional Park

Pioneer Press Treasure Hunters dig in for a late night

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Tom, who gave no last name, from Hastings hunts for the Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt Medallion at Harriet Island Regional Park in St. Paul on Wednesday
By LISA LEGGE | llegge@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressPioneer Press Treasure Hunters were anticipating a long, exhilarating night.Many hunters were f
Treasure hunters search along the Mississippi riverbank for the Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt Medallion at Harriet Island Regional Park in St. Paul on W
Nearby, 30 or so people — many familiar to each other, as hard-core clue crackers — were hunkered in a narrow, wooded strip of land, digging around fa
Yvonne Hoffman of Inver Grove Heights was doing a marathon dig around her job, with little sleep. On Wednesday, she brought in reinforcements — her ni

Bury the Pioneer Press medallion in a parking lot? ‘Bold, genius,’ winner says

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Rob Brass holds the medallion and what he found it in after a press conference for the Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt medallion winner Thursday, Feb. 1, , The 2018 medallion was hidden inside a football., Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt winner Rob Brass of Chaska holds the medallion he unearthed from the bottom of a giant snowbank Wednesday night. He could , Treasure Hunters gather around the spot where the medallion was unearthed, between two V-shaped trees in the main parking lot of Harriet Island Region, Rob Brass, left, the finder of the medallion, and his team are knighted by the St. Paul Winter Carnival royalty after a press conference for the Pione
By LISA LEGGE | llegge@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressThey spotted the perfect V-shaped trees. Then they saw the huge snowbank between them.But that’
For the treasure he found — a 2-inch diameter medallion, the color of ice — Brass received the full $10,000 prize: $5,000 for turning in the medallion
Brass’ mother, Marcia Brass, of Shoreview, had taken Rob out hunting as early as age 7 or 8, and later his younger brother Rick; she was out in the hu

Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt: Diggers are getting confident

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Caley Kelly, 22, left, is the expert clue noodler of her family — “our secret weapon,” said her mom, Doreen Kelly, second from right, during the Pione
By LISA LEGGE | llegge@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressTen clues into the Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt, and sleep-deprived people were starting to coal
She wasn’t the only hunter pulling an almost-all-nighter: Veteran digger Steven Sanftner didn’t drive back to his Falcon Heights home the night before

It’s Day 10 of the Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt, but who knows even which park it’s in?

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By LISA LEGGE | llegge@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressOn Day 9, it seemed it might be down to four parks.This year’s Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt has
 The two were wearing their fleece hat bearing a patch reading “Mary’s Medallions,” which Janel’s grandmother, Mary Carlson, made for her and her four

A romance that grew from the deep snows of the Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt

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“He said yes!” says Jana Armstead after surprising her longtime boyfriend, Brad TeGantvoort, with a marriage proposal involving an elaborate flash mob
By LISA LEGGE | llegge@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressIn the glow of the Winter Carnival Ice Castle, a few dozen people — some of them in Vikings gar
The longtime couple “met” on an online Treasure Hunt message board, where they went by their aliases, “Me2” said. “We were friends to begin with. Bein
Jana Armstead, right, holds up her engagement ring from Brad TeGantvoort near the Quadriga on a roof of the Minnesota Capitol on Aug. 21, 2017. TeGant
Actually, she said yes and accepted his ring on the Capitol’s rooftop Quadriga — where they accidentally got locked out and had to wait for the next t

Maplewood Myth busted: The Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt is welcome there, mayor says

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Rebecca Gibson and her triplets, from left, Maxwell, Ben and Audrey, march along a path in Keller Regional park in Maplewood, Minn., in search of the
By LISA LEGGE | llegge@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressWill the medallion ever turn up in a Maplewood city park?Last year, the Pioneer Press Treasure
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