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Michele, I think everyone could use some help with publicity! lol I have lots of things going on all year that could use some boosting. I'd be happy to talk about it (but it will have to be next week or after the hunt probably)
David

On Wednesday, January 24, 2024 at 11:07:50 AM CST, Michele Caldwell <hagb0002@...> wrote:

Hi, David!
I just wanted to say thank you for all you do to make this my favorite time of the year!I have been looking for the treasure since the '80s and walked over it at Como and Battle Creek in the past. 
If you ever need help with anything marketing/website/social media related, I would be happy to volunteer for you. 

Michele CaldwellCommunications Consultant, Paper and ClipMobile: 262.581.7593 | Web: paperandclip.com

Hi, David!
I just wanted to say thank you for all you do to make this my favorite time of the year!I have been looking for the treasure since the '80s and walked over it at Como and Battle Creek in the past. 
If you ever need help with anything marketing/website/social media related, I would be happy to volunteer for you. 

Michele CaldwellCommunications Consultant, Paper and ClipMobile: 262.581.7593 | Web: paperandclip.com

Clue three picks: 2- Central 2- Lilydale 2- Lower Landing  2- Battle Creek 2- Bald Eagle/Otter Lake
Melanie Hendrickson

Como park has the most lights missing from copper wire theft. Thats probably too obvious but would steer people there to look.

Thanks David! 

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Clue #1

At last it’s time for vexatious rhyme

To goad you to fortune and fun

Here’s a clue: Something old, something new

Off you go! The race has begun

 

Clue #2

This is the year of the pioneer

An enterprise first of its kind

An event historic we feel euphoric

Like a park hunter grasping the find

 

It’s the 175th year since that newsman came here

With his press afloat he did embark

He’s got his own county, a majestic bounty

That he’s got in common with the park

 

Clue #3

The search for gold never gets old

This year, add beer can and gnome

Sincerest flattery or idle chattery?

Our treasure sits atop the loam.

 

Clue #4

You set out to search, but had to lurch

Because the sunlight has expired

For your hunt to go great, it’s okay to stay out late

If you’re able to get lights wired

I'm going with 5 Bald Eagle-Otter Lake and Hause Park in NSP

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Clue 3:Crosby - 1Goodrich - 1Tony Schmidt - 1Battle Creek - 3Eagle/Otter Tail - 2Lilydale - 2

Cherokee Park sits atop the loam (lilydale brickyards).

This question I can authoritatively answer. The clues from the Golden Beer Can Hunt are completely separate from the Medallion Hunt. They didn't tell me where the medallion is and I didn't tell them where the beer can is.

Loam made me think bricks also... goodhue st runs into lilydale if not mistaken

Assuming the previous clue is about Goodhue, here is what I'm thinking. Defining loam from clue #3 leads me to soil and bricks. Goodhue county is known for their clay.   I was informed by a work colleague that Twin City Brick Company of St. Paul utilized clay from what we know as Lilydale near the High Bridge.    Could this be the majestic bounty that connects the parks?    Does anyone wonder if clue #3 from the golden can hunt applies to our hunt? Grasping at a link, the golden can hunt mentioned paddles and there is a paddle share rental site near Lilydale.   Mr. Goodhue's 9 page obituary is an interesting read, in my opinion. https://www.mnopedia.org/group/goodhue-countys-clay-industries

Thanks for sharing David! 

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Clue 3 picks:
6 Battle Creek
4 Pigs Eye

Clue three picks: 5- Cherokee 2- Battle Creek 1- Lilydale  1- Bald Eagle 1- Wakefield
Ryan

I disagree about the poor farm. The only park near there is all golf course and baseball fields. There's nowhere to hide it with no snow. especially not if you're going to make a clue that leads there relatively easily so early on.
Personally I think clue 2 is one big red herring. They spend a lot of time in the clue promoting themselves essentially. Figuring out that they're talking about Goodhue (and it is Goodhue) is no big solve for most people. Thus I don't think he will lead us directly to the treasure. But the end of the clue says he shares a name with a county and so does the park. We know it's not Rice Park. Bald Eagle/Otter Lake makes sense with the clue. It's also very large and wooded so such a reveal on Clue 2 is not that dangerous. 
I would guess clue 3 is about what it's hidden in. They make a reference to other golden objects people are looking for, perhaps implying that they also have a golden item or an item covered in something gold. And that item is sitting on loam which I would also take literally to mean hidden in a natural setting.
Now of course there is still the possibility that they just want you to think it's at a place like Bald Eagle as a cover for it really being somewhere else more obscure, but the clues to that will be something much less obvious than anything connected to Goodhue.
Interesting fact if you haven't been looking into Goodhue already. He died just a few years after he arrived here.
David B. Allison

On Tuesday, January 23, 2024 at 03:54:19 PM CST, <pattylammers3@...> wrote:

I agree with you on the poor farm.  I think old/new might be a fairgrounds reference.  state fair was the old site and poor farm is the new fair grounds.

Another thought about the end of Clue 2 - just as James Goodhue has county named after him, perhaps the park we seek is named after a MN pioneer.  

My picks today are:5 Crosby5 Bruce Vento
I'm looking forward to finally noodling the clues as I don't start until Clue 4
-CM

I agree with you on the poor farm.  I think old/new might be a fairgrounds reference.  state fair was the old site and poor farm is the new fair grounds.

I like the Alexander ramsey idea now more than goodhue...ramseys "press" could be the treaty he got the Indians to sign.