I'm telling you... I'll have it made into a button.

Haha Kitch. I'd just like to be the finder on one of these small town hunts this year. I'm gonna start scouting oakdale parks now, make up my own maps, sorta like map guy's, but the cluewriters won't have access to em. I believe that one was a good hunt last year, something like a 1200 dollar prize.

thanks kitch, see, good prize money on that one. I think I'd turn that medallion in. What's better is it's cash, you don't need a stinkin button to get it all, and you can spend it anywhere (even in NSP, unless they only accept "Medallion Dollars" as a form of money..).

[Edited by on Feb 9, 2005 at 03:28pm.]

No issues with the fact it was actually found after 3 clues?

other than the fact that the clues in that hunt actually did suck? No.. not really. Next year on NSP I vote for the brute force method of finding that sucker, everybody take a park in NSP and search it. Only 18 options at the most.

Still, judging by the clues, I doubt they'd every put you in the right park. Honestly every clue pointed you to a different one, with only a slight reference to the actual place. Best to just canvas NSP for 2 days and get it the hard way. Least you'd have something to hang up at GW next to the Cooler Crew sign... lol

Did NSP even post the clues/explanations or location found?

most of them never do, fb.

I'm looking forward to the SSP and IGH hunts later this summer.  That IGH one is my favorite.  Always tough but good clues and lotsa parks to look in.

I'll just need to find it before clue one and let you know where it was Kitch.  ;-)

It won't matter anyway since it's OT's turn to get it.  It'll probably be on her front porch this year.

only cluewriter I've ever met was the one for that roseville hunt. I like the hunts in ramsey county, if only for the fact that's where the PP medallion has to be.

I met the IGH writer the year it wasn't found.  I called his wife and got him outta bed.  The parks department should have never gave me his home phone number.  hehe

Heard my name was being mentioned in here.  So my front porch is a park now?  lol 

it is? cool, I should scout it out and see if there's someplace I can place a cache.

Hey KC0GRN,

Can you explain to me cache?  I've never done it before... 

Oh, I'm sure you've done it plenty of times FB.  If not, I'd be glad to be your first.  ;-)

Way to go CM!!!!

Sure FB, check out the geocaching folder and you'll find tons of info on it. Actually with the metal detector, I'd bet geocaching is right up your alley. Course ya need to get a GPS to really get into it, but I managed to find a few caches with just an online map.

Are those m&ms in your pocket or...  hehe CM

I have a metal detector and a handheld GPS thingy...

[Edited by on Feb 10, 2005 at 05:20pm.]

Dang you're all set then! I think Ian (or myself?) was going to have a geocaching event sometime soon to show people how it's done, but it's fairly simple, input the coordinates of a cache in your area, follow the gos to the spot, find the cache, sign the logbook, and log your find online.

just keep an eye on the geocaching thread in the geocaching folder. I'll post another note in there about it.

http://www.glencoechamber.com/medallion_hunt.cfm

[Edited by on Feb 10, 2005 at 07:32pm.]

http://www.watercarnival.org/Downloads/Medallion_Hunt_Rules_2004_new.pdf

Diving Medallion Hunt
May 4 • Detroit Lakes
If you’ve ever fantasized about searching for sunken treasure, here’s your opportunity. Divers are invited to scour the Detroit Lakes area in search of a medallion that will net them a prize valued at between $300 and $500.
Each Friday, starting May 4, a new clue is posted at Tri-State Diving near Detroit Lakes until someone locates the sunken medallion.
According to Gary “Seal” Thompson, the first few clues help you locate the right lake, and then things get more specific each week. The clues are free, but you have to stop at the store to get them. The person who finds the medallion wins a diving-related prize.
Thompson says he’s been running the contest since 1996. He doesn’t know exactly how many people participate, because you don’t have to register, but he thought at least 30 divers from all around the region take part. You don’t have to be a diver either. Thompson said some non-divers play just because they enjoy figuring out the clues.
Even if you don’t find the medallion, Thompson says diving in the Detroit Lakes area offers many other treasures.
“We have some of the best diving as far as fresh water lakes in the world,” Thompson said.
Some of the things you might discover while exploring include sunken forests at around 40 feet. And don’t be surprised if you stumble across bones of prehistoric bison. Bones that have been verified at 13,000 years old by University of Minnesota archaeologists have been recovered by divers. Thompson said he may have enough of them to reconstruct an entire bison skeleton.
Of the placement of the clues, Thompson said, “It’s obvious, but not obvious. We don’t want people moving things around on the bottom of the lake.” He added that during some hunts, people have been as close as 10 feet from the medallion without seeing it.
“There are only two places you can experience weightlessness,” Thompson said while describing the joys of diving. “Underwater and outerspace.”
Location: Tri-State Diving is on a private lake north of Detroit Lakes. Take County Road 21 north for about three miles and then go about mile and a half on Little Floyd Lake Road. Watch for signs to direct you.
Information: Call Thompson at (888) SCUBADO (728-2236).

awww crud, I knew my treasure hunting days would eventually lead me into purchasing diving gear....

My brother lives up there, I wonder if I sent him out to find it if he'd split it with me ;)

[Edited by on Feb 14, 2005 at 07:33am.]

Is there a park that normaly charges but perhaps during the hunt they don't?

nope, without looking at my links, I wonder about the county park (S)

Do they?

are there any three rivers parks in there?