A treasure hunt at your local fair!

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You're at a local fair with your friend Kayleigh in the good old US of A, and you see a sign over a small, shabby-looking tent.
"TREASURE HUNT!" it says, in big hand-painted letters. Half of them are cracked and peeling.
You think, "I love treasure hunts!" so you tell your friend you'll meet her by the cotton candy stall in half an hour, and head into the tent.
When you get inside, all you see is a handwritten, laminated card on a table next to an old open laptop (which is wisely locked in place).
Here is a copy of the card:

Stiv · Answer

Okay, let's take this step by step. Because what we have here is a type of treasure hunt (as per the title) more commonly known as:

Step 1:
The diagram at the bottom of the puzzle depicts:

How do we know what to do with this? Note that:

Step 2:
What do we find here? Another treasure hunt puzzle!

So let's solve it...

Step 3:
Another clue!

How to solve this one? Note that there are four references here to:

Step 4:
Gargh! The OP has been fiendish and planted one further clue for us to solve! This is what we have before us:

So what do we do with this now? How do we find the ultimate answer to this treasure hunt - what was it all for?

In other words, the answer to this treasure hunt - the whole point in it - is:

A treasure hunt at your local fair!

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