1998 Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt Photos
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Images from the 1998 Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt

The official carnival button that could have earned you more moola if registered.

The carnival has buttons. We have buttons. This one is the first.

Medallion hunt mascot, Fortunado, promotes the city's cheap and entertaining trolley system.

For what it's worth, the site founder was diggin' by the "park sign" in the lower-left corner after Clue 7. Close but no sock.

In case the city needed a reminder, volunteers and staff display an eco-friendly treasure hunt banner.

Cooler Crew faithful return to Cherokee Park to meet fellow diggers. Basically, it's an excuse to party. 1998 hunting royalty, blah and blah, mingled and went over their successful tactics. Pioneer Press representatives handed out beanies and sniffed around curiously at this great phenomenon.

Still partying at Cherokee Park. When the camera's facing, all turn away. Diggers tend to be nocturnal by nature and are afraid of sudden clicks and flashes

Steve Doyle and Maureen Hursey, sibling hunters sweat the winning sock.








