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Pioneer Press Treasure Hunters dig in for a late night

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treasure-hunters1.webp, 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-hunters3.webp, 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
'National holiday' for Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt day 11
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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jmp-007-0572-medallion-presser.webp, 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, , 2018PPMedallionAndFootball.jpg, The 2018 medallion was hidden inside a football., pioneer-press-treasure-hunt-found-3-time-winner.webp, 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 , pioneer-press-treasure-hunt-found.webp, 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, medallionmap1.webp, jmp-001-0549-medallion-presser.webp, 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’
Exact moment 2018 Treasure Hunt medallion was found
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
Winter Carnival Treasure Hunt press event (2018)
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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img_5609.webp, 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
Winter Carnival Treasure Hunt participants speak
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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Hopeful at Harriet Island? Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt clue day 9
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
An ‘old school’ Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt site
 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
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A romance that grew from the deep snows of the Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt

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marriage-proposal.webp, “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
St. Paul Winter Carnival Ice Palace Minnesota Vikings Flash Mob Wedding Proposal
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
received951655113321221074.webp, 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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0004djo2017treasure-hunt-kellerclue9.jpg, 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

The thrill of Treasure Hunt victory — through the eyes of a 12-year-old

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houle2-1.webp, Diane Houle holds the front-page story the Pioneer Press ran after her group found the Treasure Hunt medallion in 1978, when Houle was 12. Her group i
By LISA LEGGE | llegge@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressForty years ago, a 12-year-old got to go back to school on Monday as the winner of the Pioneer

The snowy scene is set — and clear skies ahead for the Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt

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jea-0016-medallion-hunt-wed.jpg, Meghan Spitzack of Minneapolis digs through the snow looking for the Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt medallion in Mounds Park in St. Paul on Wednesday, Ja
By LISA LEGGE | llegge@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressBaby, it’s cold outside — but when has that ever stopped Pioneer Press Treasure Hunters?After M

Somewhere in that snow, $10,000 could be yours. Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt 2018 is nearly here.

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Treasure-Hunt-12.webp, The tracks of Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt medallion hunters mark a creek depression at Lake Phalen Regional Park on Feb. 3, 2004. Hundreds of medallio
By LISA LEGGE | llegge@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressAll it takes is a little snow to spike Treasure Hunt fever.Now that we’ve finally got a fresh c
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