Nevada Day Treasure Hunt medallion found

While Daniel Dull participated in the Nevada Day Treasure Hunt for the first time and just moved to this state, it’s not like he hasn’t been well acquainted with its charm.

So it shouldn’t be too much of a surprise Dull, who recently moved to Dayton, found the Nevada Day Treasure Hunt medallion. Dull found the medallion at the historic Dangberg Ranch south of Minden at 3:30 p.m. Thursday and immediately came to the Nevada Appeal office to show off the prize he found. Dull wins $1,000 for finding the medallion.

“I’ve been exploring all over Nevada my whole life,” Dull said. “I love Nevada history. I love mining history, western history.”

Dull would wake up at 4 a.m. every morning than obtain that day’s clue and would set out on his hunt until noon each day. But Thursday, his wife advised him to go back out in the afternoon and that’s when he found the medallion behind the stairs against the main house at the Dangberg Ranch.

“I get to sleep in tomorrow,” he said.

Dull said the last several clues led him to the Dangberg Ranch and Thursday was the fourth straight day in which he had been out to the ranch. Clues 10 through 14 all pointed treasure hunters to the Dangberg Ranch. But Dull was unable to find the medallion and it took 14 clues before he could find it. “It was hidden well,” he said.

“I was just walking around it,” added Dull on how he eventually found the prize.