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And just like that another turn of events. I would have never gotten it. I missed it. I didn't see it. My god there are some amazing noodlers. Good Luck, now it's just the rat race.....

I will Post it, joining those groups now, or trying, please invite me to any hunt groups you belong to please. mikej.flipp
Mike




On Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 05:30:30 PM CST, Mushiew via groups.io <mushiew@...> wrote:

Mike, are you going to post your song on any of the Facebook treasure hunt sites? Hunters would love it!! 

Mike, are you going to post your song on any of the Facebook treasure hunt sites? Hunters would love it!! 

This is all about the treasure hunter history. We are the clues. The story is found in the cooler crew/treasure hunt headquarters. What we know so far. The choice between St. Paul parks and Ramsey County parks has been made in clue 1. (you make the choice to the one you see) I'm with Vulcan. They key has been provided on how to solve the mystery was in clue 2. (The history of the hunt) We are given a mathematical formula on how to reach our conclusion. By using 1/3 as the source. In clue 3 we are given a certain background to look into. A writer, more than one sage. We have Jim Ragsdale "Rags", Don Boxmeyer "Box" and 2 Steve's. One Steve is hailed as a medallion finder and the other is know as the one who lost it all. This bit will be referenced to in the later clues. I think by the time we get to clue 4 we are reminder of the nick names used "Handle" and hunters are considered the "Vandals" (Search, Don't Destroy! And may Cooler Heads prevail!) By the time we get to clue 6 we are told a year, this is a repeat park (of sorts) If the park you are looking at does not have a Lake or Woods, you are 100% in the wrong place. In all honesty I am looking at the 2015 hunt in comparison. Snail Lake or perhaps Vadnais-Snail Lakes Regional. Which could be new while being old. By the way Vadnais comes from the Champange region of France. Or I could totally be wrong.......

Here is a link to the song for those who could not download itThe Medallion Hunt
The Medallion Hunt

On Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 12:00:52 PM CST, Allison Wonderland via groups.io <allisonwondrland@...> wrote:

Ha, that is indeed a great song. A classic for the ages! We'll have to play it at the Rehash.

Anyone still have any parks on the back burner?   From Clue 4, we had "No need to be vandal to get a good handle" which looks a lot like the last lines to Bob Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues",    The pump don't work 'cause the vandals took the handles'   Which, I thought, was a pretty easy jump to Highway 61, Blues Highway ->Phalen.    But, anything "subterranean" felt like it could still be in play -> Highland, Swede and Lilydale.   In clue 5, we had some "lost" "land", so I didn't rule out Swede or Lilydale   In clue 6 we had "it was once said to have lain", so I didn't rule out Swede or Lilydale, as they each been used once   Clue 7 felt like a play on words, and I couldn't shake "who hailed from this waterway" as being some kind of play on water-way = ford and ford parkway   Curious what everyone else's thoughts are?

Question for David, or anyone else that may be able to clarify - 

Lilydale is in both Ramsey and Dakota counties. The 2010 medallion location was south of the Ramsey border below Annapolis and in line with Sutcliff Circle, according to multiple maps. The official rules do not specify, as far as I know, that all of Lilydale is in bounds or only the Ramsey portion. As far as you know, is all of Lilydale in bounds, or is past precedent not worth following?

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No, I think those are surfaces you can bounce a ball off of.
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Kitchen raised...Hell's kitchen?Raising hell...?That could be the 2nd hell implication with demonic tonicThe plot thickens....

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I think with clues 2 and 3 talking about literary things, I better go back and re-read all the clues like I am reading literature, not directions. hmmmm this writer is really messin with us. 
On Sun, Jan 25, 2026 at 10:50 AM Allison Wonderland via groups.io <AllisonWondrland=yahoo.com@groups.io> wrote:

Joanne -   

The hunter appeared, properly geared.

Knowing their dink would be praised.

But not quite yet for saying “nice get!”

They must wait until the kitchen is raised.

 

"Dink", "get" and "kitchen" are all terms that refer to types of shots, or in the case of "kitchen", an area of the court which is next to the net. "Until the kitchen is raised" implies the nets are not yet up. As for "properly geared", when pickleball started to gain traction, pickle ball clothing became so mainstream that even Target carried a line of clothing specifically for the sport. Use of the word "geared", in my opinion, likely has additional meaning. Happy hunting!

So pickle ball courts are at Phalen and it has the lake, and golf, bunker, ...
Phalen the PH leads to the bird reference of Phoenix ...Rising...?The smaller parks that have PickleballSt Clair, literally in the back yard of the hunt headquarters, Assembly UnionPedro ParkOrchard ParkMartin Luther King RecWebster ParkEdgecumb RecMcDonough RecNorthwest Como RecMarie ParkMattocks ParkHighland ParkNewell ParkFrogtown Community CenterHomecroft ParkCollege ParkAnd the list goes onWith some tennis courts having been re lined pickelball needs a smaller lower netBut does there need to be the lake and the woods, which would rule out the little parks?Phalen just seems right...but... there's always a but...
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The term dink and kitchen are specifically terms used in a pickle ball match, its a hot sport and many parks are adding these courts now

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where in the clue does it say pickle ball? I’m a little bit lost on where this is coming from.

Pickle ball could refer to Pickerel Lake.
On Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 08:05:58 AM CST, JT via groups.io <jotiff1@...> wrote:

Awesome song!!! I love it! Go gettum! 

Ha, that is indeed a great song. A classic for the ages! We'll have to play it at the Rehash.

https://youtu.be/CgbhqUzVaaY   The Carnival in Old St. Paul

JT - that is what I am thinking. I also double checked, I don't see any pickleball courts in the Keller renovation but I haven't been there, yet, either. There are pickleball courts in the Phalen rec center with portable nets. I am also curious if the Johnson Parkway Tennis courts are painted for pickleball. Yesterday's clue had me split between north and south with the getaway -> gateway anagram and Edward St and Phalen Pl being right there, but then on the other end, we had "Look for a bird" possibly being "Lady Bird Johnson" and Johnson Parkway following Phalen Creek.

So today's clue is a reference to a tennis and/or pickleball court. That should eliminate Pig's Eye and Lilydale, so definitely don't spend any time there.   I'll tell you it is definitely in St. Paul.   We've been definitively given 3 street names, possibly a 4th.   If the clues sound like they're trying to communicate something to you logically, they are not. It's mostly key words and phrases strung together.    It turns out all of clue 3 is really just talking about one thing.   Clue 2 is not about Larry Millett.   So there are your extra hints for today! Sorry I can't just outright share since a lot of what I know came from others.