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2004 Me2's Ghost of the Treasure Hunt Present

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Coolerhead Mock Hunts

 

 

 

 

Me2's Ghost of the 

 

Treasure Hunt Present 

 

"Two thumbs up says Shaggy and J.." 

The New York Post calls it "A mock hunt worth hunting for..." 

"The Wall Street Journal says "Go find it, then invest the prize in stocks." 

 


 

Daily clues  to be released about 4 pm beginning Saturday July 17toTuesday, July 28th 

There will be 12 clues in all.

 

Bonus clue: You will NOT find this Treasure Ghost in Como Park, Alice Park or THX's Shed! It will be hidden on public land in Ramsey County (stay out of the fairgrounds, off the indian mounds)The Treasure Ghost will not be hidden in a spot that will endanger hunters (within inches of a cliff, under an electrical box, on the water of a lake/river, etc) 

 

Do I really need to remind you to please be careful out there? Don't litter or wreck the park grounds? YES! :)  

 

  Donations are welcome---Currently this hunts prizes are: 



 


  • 1 Bag of M&Ms   - From DaMacMan, A 1991 'Good Times' Winter Carnival metal platter   -From Ian, A 1998 Winter Carnival Sponsors plaque- From Me2, 1 dozen variety pack of Partylite votive candles- From Me2, A Quilt made by Me2-throw size-winner chooses colors sceme of the block style -(approx value at $80+ for materials and time). - From Me2, A copy of the 2004 ice palace time lapse video - From KC0RN, $10 Gift Card for Carbou Cofee- From Tami (Mucluck), $10 Gift Card for BUCA Di Peppo- From Kitch, A copy of the Cool Guy Book - Designed by East Side Digger 


  
Congratulations 
to MUCLUCK! 
  
 

 

  
 

 

  

  
 

 

 

KITCH

hmmm don't see it...again today...i can't handle that...

Tue, 07/27/2004 - 7:57 PM Permalink
Clue Master

OH SHIT!  I FOUND IT! Then proceeded to fall over backwards.

Awesome! I wish I was there.  Kitch, you win again

Tue, 07/27/2004 - 7:58 PM Permalink
me2

hahaha-there will be something there-just backslog in a bit

 

Tue, 07/27/2004 - 7:58 PM Permalink
KITCH

ya  I really need to dust off my camera

 

Tue, 07/27/2004 - 8:00 PM Permalink
mucluck

Hats off to Me2 

THE GREAT HUNT BABE!

Tue, 07/27/2004 - 8:01 PM Permalink
me2

yeah- she was so into that wood, that we were standing there whisperingly rooting for her! She's right there! she's got it! ::but she hadn't yet:: and then I saw she did have it! and it took her a second to really look at it-then she held it up a bit and fell backwards on the grass. hhahahaha it was GREAT!

Tue, 07/27/2004 - 8:01 PM Permalink
Clue Master

I really need to dust off my camera

Oh believe me Kitch, I have my own mental picture of your other encounter. :-P

That must have been killing you me2 seeing all of us idiots looking by that thing and not finding it.  But to see someone actually find your treasure had to make up for it too.

Tue, 07/27/2004 - 8:02 PM Permalink
KITCH

she held it up in the air and really didnt react...

I was getting confused....

Tue, 07/27/2004 - 8:02 PM Permalink
mucluck

ESD will you please sign my book?

Tue, 07/27/2004 - 8:02 PM Permalink
me2

In the end it turns out I saw the clue differently than others heard it

-but I wanted it to be different than the typical 'follow these long final clues to a T'-because when Lilmans hunt went to 12, most everyone ran off in the right direction of his hunt without hearing the end -they didnt care what they were looking for, just what way to go. And when they got there they had no clue what they were searching for.

-I wanted you all to know WHERE TO LOOK IN -then which way it was at.
The focus was to be on what it is hidden INSIDE OF!  
Most saw clue 12 as just where to go. :(

we were standing on the hill at the playground - I read the clue and they all just stood there! NO RUNNING!
I was completely mystified (as if my whole mind just sunk). So they all made me read it again. Ares was on the phone when I read the clue and he proclaimed he knew right where it was - :) but when he got to the park he ran all the way down to the baseball field pastDiggin-4-it-again and over the fence! hahaha -I was laughing

Tue, 07/27/2004 - 8:03 PM Permalink
me2

Technically there were 2 VERY BIG BASEBALL FIELD LIGHTS
(sure there were regular lights throughout the park ground) BUT nothing like the brightest lights on the field.

Then walk (MY size 7 foot) 35 feet to the west where the deadwood stump is.

Tue, 07/27/2004 - 8:06 PM Permalink
Clue Master


pastDiggin-4-it-again and over the fence!

Now THAT would have been a site. Did he leap it like those old OJ Hertz commercials?

Tue, 07/27/2004 - 8:06 PM Permalink
me2

but which light should they run too? there were 2 on the field. Hense the "rumbling" idea to go to the light near the rumbling. But I didn't want them to run there until they knew where to look -SO "HERE's WHERE YOU LOOK" NOW run there via the tracks 1/2 NOT the community center field light

Tue, 07/27/2004 - 8:06 PM Permalink
KITCH

joe

 

Tue, 07/27/2004 - 8:07 PM Permalink
KITCH

oh I'm slow

again

Tue, 07/27/2004 - 8:07 PM Permalink
mucluck

I think if we could have seen the clue with NOW in caps we would have been less confused...a little more sleep last night might have helped as well.

Tue, 07/27/2004 - 8:08 PM Permalink
Clue Master

Oh I would have found it in a heartbeat if I was there. Come on guys.

::wink wink::

 

Nice! Great Pix me2!

Tue, 07/27/2004 - 8:11 PM Permalink
Clue Master

me2 - It looks like you helped move that chain fence back to where it was after we moved it.

Tue, 07/27/2004 - 8:15 PM Permalink
KITCH

NOT COMO: shit Me2 just posted a pic of me
NOT COMO: I hate having my pic taken
b4kitch: hahaha
NOT COMO: a least my shirt had dried
b4kitch: rofl!!!

Tue, 07/27/2004 - 8:17 PM Permalink
Clue Master

Ya look great NOT COMO

Is that VJ with his shirt up to his face or TMK?

Tue, 07/27/2004 - 8:18 PM Permalink
me2

I know you will kill me BUT, Mark is home and NOT in a good mood! I can't post explinations and more pics til tomorrow morning!

Tue, 07/27/2004 - 8:18 PM Permalink
me2

hahahaha- YOU LOOK AWSOME!

Tue, 07/27/2004 - 8:19 PM Permalink
Clue Master

Oh Oh - me2 forgot to feed the family for the 6th straight night.

Tue, 07/27/2004 - 8:21 PM Permalink
KITCH

its ok me2...

 

I still love you.....even if I said a thousand times something else.

Tue, 07/27/2004 - 8:22 PM Permalink
KITCH

will since "mucluck" found it...she must know "every" single thing in the clues....

 

Tue, 07/27/2004 - 8:23 PM Permalink
scoobysnack

knew it. i just knew it. i had the oddest feeling that it was there and i should have kept up. Darn it anyway.  oh well.

Tue, 07/27/2004 - 8:29 PM Permalink
KITCH

A winter photo of Mucluck ....so the people who didn't do this hunt knows who she is...

Tue, 07/27/2004 - 8:31 PM Permalink
Frosti

Oh yeah!  She's always down at Ma Press, right?

Tue, 07/27/2004 - 8:35 PM Permalink
Clue Master

It's a rush how all of us look so different in the summer.  I almost didn't recognize Trent when I met him in New York because he wasn't wearing that full head mask he always wears.  It would be a great picture if everyone wore their winter garb for one of these summer hunts.  Then we'd know who was who ;-)

I'm otta ear and headin home - later

Tue, 07/27/2004 - 8:38 PM Permalink
mucluck

This is where the Lilliputian ocular shape was

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Tue, 07/27/2004 - 9:07 PM Permalink
treasure chest

Tue, 07/27/2004 - 9:37 PM Permalink
treasure chest

Tue, 07/27/2004 - 9:45 PM Permalink
King Boreas aka Ian

Yes, you're all welcome. You don't have to geocache. You don't have to bowl. Hell, you don't even have to drink. But I will be.

Flaherty's Arden Bowl

http://www.flahertysbowl.com/

Tue, 07/27/2004 - 10:13 PM Permalink
KC0GRN

Interesting hiding spot me2. I thought for a while it had to be in that huge, half downed, tree in the northwest corner, just outside the fence (shoot I think I have geocached too much, I'm focusing on geobeacons!).

And to be honest, for the first 5 or 6 clues, with all the train stuff, you had me thinkin you hid it on an old rail line converted to a trail, probably my biggest mistake, after convincing myself on that, the rest of the clues made little to no sense to me, even after I decided it wasn't on a rail trail. I'll look forward to the clue desciptions as they come out.

On the otherhand, I did find some excellent hiding spots for a future geocache, possibly in orchard, but they'd work in other parks. And I did get a good lesson or two on what I need to focus on next hunt, so all in all, great hunt me2. BTW, I'll get those copies of the video to you as soon as I'm done compiling them, which I'm guessing will be after your trip is over?

Wed, 07/28/2004 - 12:51 AM Permalink
KITCH

KC0GRN you are going tonight right?

Wed, 07/28/2004 - 5:43 AM Permalink
Terry

Congratulations mucluck!!!!!  Way to go!!!!!

Me2 - great clues and a fun hunt from all I've slogged through. 

I sure wish we could have gotten out to hunt.  Life just kept throwing us off track.

Wed, 07/28/2004 - 5:53 AM Permalink
KITCH

missed you terryv joe....
around clue 8 I told mucluck...we must be in the wrong park since we hadn't seen you....
:)

Wed, 07/28/2004 - 5:54 AM Permalink
East Side Digger

Yes mucluck I will sign your book for you.

Wed, 07/28/2004 - 5:56 AM Permalink
Liquor Lady

When Me2 tried to take a pic of it... no cat. Weird huh?

She took some pics of him up at the playground, did those turn out? he was so cute, he just wanted to play all day :) he probably hangs out at the park cuz all the kids play with him, I just hope he stays away from the trains :(

Wed, 07/28/2004 - 6:33 AM Permalink
KITCH

don't tell my wife or i'm going to be back out there hunting for a cat...to bring home...

Wed, 07/28/2004 - 6:35 AM Permalink
Liquor Lady

AWWWWWWW! why didn't you take him home??? he really was a sweetie, when I'd pick him up he would purr like a motor boat, I think he's lonely, you should go back and find him ;)

Wed, 07/28/2004 - 6:38 AM Permalink
KITCH

well...I alrdy have a dog and a cat....

Wed, 07/28/2004 - 6:42 AM Permalink
Liquor Lady

your cat told me it needs a pal ;)

Wed, 07/28/2004 - 6:43 AM Permalink
me2

ok- gooooodmorning, coffee in hand.

SPOOK! ok- Spook the boy kitty -

during the day my camera seamed to work fine. Using my camera in that park at night was definately an experience...

I tried to take a couple of pictures that night and my camera would make a 'click' but go back to regular picture mode instead of showing the pic -so it wouldnt take the shot! This happened probly about 4 times ON THE PLAYGROUND! THIS HAS NEVE HAPPENED with my camera.

Most of the pics I took I wanted to "chalk up" the blurs or circular particals to SAND DUST in the park. But when I began trying to get the kitty ....wow!

Keep in mind-when I took the picture of me and Spook, I was lying on my tummy on the playground and Spook was just sitting there with me! The camera was still on the ground so it would not move and get a blue-notice how you CANNOT see through ME!


MEET SPOOK:

 

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Wed, 07/28/2004 - 7:08 AM Permalink
Liquor Lady

That is really weird! I think he really is a spook! Maybe he's the spirit of one of the people that was burried there but never found? ;)

Wed, 07/28/2004 - 7:11 AM Permalink