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Volume 137 Issue 26 Friday, September 6, 2019 www.minnedosatribune.com 90 cents plus tax

Treasure Hunters Unite at Beach

By HILLARY MILLER and other small magnetic
treasures. Prior to Satur-

T he Westman Treasure
Hunters group de-
scended in Minnedosa on
day’s treasure hunt, these
items were hidden be-
neath the surface of the
Saturday, August 31st and sand, allowing the hunt-
they came fully loaded. ers to try out the metal de-
Equipped with metal de- tectors and pin-pointers
tectors and pin-pointers, in order to locate them.
the treasure hunters gave Participants were able to
locals a chance to learn use the metal detector to
about finding hidden trea- find the general area of an
sures at Minnedosa Beach. item, and then use the pin-
The event ran three hours pointer to locate it more
on Saturday. accurately.
Brendan Snyder, Attendees did not have
Minnedosa’s tourism am- to go hungry as the group
bassador, was the contact hosted a fundraising bar-
person for the group in beque featuring hot dogs
Minnedosa, and assisted and hamburgers. The pur-
in the facilitation of the pose of Saturday’s treasure
event. He noted that the hunt and barbeque was to
items being hunted in the heighten the publicity of
sand included pennies, the group.
rings, metal horseshoes A penny race was

Photos by Hillary Miller

held in which participants
were told to collect five or
ten pennies, and whoever
had the best time would
win the race and receive
a prize. Prizes included a
foldable shovel, gift cards,
pouches, bumper stickers
and drink cozies.
Westman Treasure
Hunters was formed on
March 14th, 2019 by Rob-
in Burnett-Klyzub, and
has already grown to 302
members. Members are
scattered across Canada,
and the group welcomes
new members whether
they are experienced hunt-
ers or newbies. Since its
inception, items that have
been found are an 1800’s
harmonica, a ring with
seven diamonds, a lot of
change (including coins
dating back to 1876), a
token belonging to Sam
Canizaro, which was re-
turned to his family in time
for what would have been
his 100th birthday, buried
cell phones and many oth-
er treasures.

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Greg
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Nesbitt
Riding Mountain
Authorized by the Official Agent for Greg Nesbitt