It's time for the Medallion Hunt! The first clue will appear on PioneerPlanet just after midnight Saturday, Jan. 22. Come back here to compare notes with other treasure seekers, but be certain you read the rules on the Planet's Winter Carnival page.
Hey Hunters!!! How was the Bash???? Sorry we couldn't make it. Can you give a little more info on the bock hunt?? And I'm veeeeeeeery serious about a mid
summer hunt. I feel it should stay in the city limits of St. Paul. Too many distructive people out there. Maplewood doesn't want us any more. It doesn't have to be in
one of the major parks. Oh well, just a thought or two!!
Thanks to you all for the E-mail regarding next year's Treasure Hunter's Guide. You make it so much fun and worth the effort! Several of you are on my mailing list
for when the new guide is ready. If you change web addresses, feel free to e-mail me with the new one. If you haven't sent me your address, please do. If you don't
The bash was pretty cool. Maybe 40 people there. But like I said before I'm not good at guessing numbers of people. Aaron Nierdorf (the real one) came and led
an expedition to show everyone where he found it. But then he left after that. Of course, he still didn't have everyone convinced but oh well. Lots of food and lots of
food left over. The subject of more hunts came up a little bit, but not too seriously. However, I would very much like to do so and would be willing to put it together.
But there's a few questions to resolve. Perhaps, if anybody's still reading this, they can give some input. First, should the search be for a physical object (a little
harder to hide without the snow), or should it just be for some piece of information, like the answer to a riddle? Second, should it follow the same clue a day format
as the medallion hunt or perhaps it can be a single outing where everyone gets together in a certain park one day and then they go from there. Also, if it is a clue a
day, where would the clues appear? Third, should there be a cash prize? If so, how much and where should it come from? I'm eager to hear your thoughts and like I
Allison, you mite want to contact Izzit and talk over with him the hunt he did for us on The Net. He really had a good time, but said it took a lot of his time and was
Alan & Jill, He said he found the medallion in line with the 4 trees and another line from the 459 Ruth Address where he could see the numbers on the house. It had
been in a chunk of snow that had gotten icy. A small piece of yarn was visible on the outside of the icy chunk. They got lucky. Many had been digging in and around
that area for several days. I know there was still some unturned snow there, and it appears they found the right patch.
does anybody know the previous name of the bar that is one block west of the seven corners hardware store on the southeast corner and is now called Judy K's?
Nice to see you all at the bash. I think next years medallion will be hidden at Phalen. East of the stone marker, on the east side of the lake, in line with the front gates
of the park.... any other guesses. When do you think they will hide it?? Is it to early to start diggin??
I Wanna hear more about all these upcoming hunts keep me abreast of the summer hunt. Allison if you need help planning it give me a call would be glad to help. I'm
so sorry that I couldn't make it to the re-hash bash on sunday but I can't wait to get together with everyone for the next big event - who all is going to new ulm this
If anyone would care to get ahold of me to help plan the summer event or if anyone else knows of any additional hunts e-maill me at harley.schultz@cyberdude.com
Allison... Here's a site you mite want to look and someone you may want to contact. Bet he could answer some, if not all, of your questions regarding a hunt...
Next year's hunt starts in late January or whenever the Winter Carnival starts. The actual start date and first clue is the Sunday before the offical start of the Winter
Carnival. As for future hunts, I'm considering setting one up around April. I'm not completely decided on the format yet but I'm considering a one day hunt in a single
park where people would have to solve a series of riddles rather than rummage through stuff looking for an object. I'm also considering something on line where
people could get all the information they need to find something from the computer without having to go out anywhere. Its more likely I would need help with that
I can't believe this board is still up! Allison, I'm with you. If you need any help with a hunt, let me know if I can do anything to help! You have my e-mail.
Gawd I think a Spring Hunt would be great and I also would be willing to help. I have been doing some online hunting on hunts and if I find anything I'll e-mail
someone, Allison? I guess. or RushHarley. ( I think Denver had one).
Hi, its me again. Sorry to keep bothering you, but I'm still fishing for more E-mail addresses.
Thanks to you all for the E-mail regarding next year's Treasure Hunter's Guide. You make it so much fun and worth the effort! Several of you are on my mailing list
for when the new guide is ready. If you change web addresses, feel free to e-mail me with the new one. If you haven't sent me your address, please do. If you don't
CO has a Snowdown Festival where they hunt for a Silver Bullet (www.snowdown.org) for $500.00. This event is sponsored by a Radio Station and Coors Lite
Beer.
Georgia has a Cherry Blossom festival sponsored by Coca-Cola, but no hunt as far as I can tell.
also check out--www.ifea.com to see how seriously one can take festival, event planning. It's a lot of work. (Got most of this from Winter Carnival's links page).
The Schell's Bock Hunt seems to bee more adult oriented. There's quite a lot of beer and a good time izz had by all - if you get my drift. (I was really surpized the
Police were as lenient as they were!!!)
I don't remember specific kids' activities, I've no need to check on those kind'a things, but it seems that many a fam hunted. It can get to be quite a long haul into the
park, and you CAN'T use a stroller - just too muddy and rocky. Basically, you're hiking Flandrau State Park and just happen to bee looking for wooden goat
heads. So, if you've got toddlers and can't carry them on your back... Don't know if you can do it. But older kids, maybee 6 on up, were out hunting - alone and
with 'rents - and having a great time!
But seems to me I saw something on their Web site about kids and finding bocks...
There's a bock hunt at Fitger's in Duluth next month - ittiz indoors in the Fitger's mall-thingy complex - and strollers would bee a breeze! We'll have more info about
I talked to Como Zoo today and they were open to the idea of having some kind of treasure hunt there. It would have to be a fundraiser though so there may be an
entrance fee. As far as the timing goes, it would likely be either March or May as they already have something going on in April. May might be more likely as it will
take some time to prepare, but late March is still a possibility. Any preferences on what kind of prize could/should be offered or how much people might be willing to
Alison, if we can drum up 100 people and charge maybe $5-10 a head. We could easily pull in between $500-$1000. We would give 15-20% to Como as a
service charge, use 30-35% for throwing a gala picnic for all the hunters, and then give away the $250-$500 remaining dollars to the victor. I would also think that
we would need to buy a trophy or plaque for the winning team so that they will have the ability to gloat and show it off until the net big hunt. Maybe, it could be a
trophy which would revolve from winning team to winning team with each new winning team getting their names added to the bottom of it. I also feel if we keep the
prize money low enough we won't have all the Johnny-come-latelys who went out in search of the medallion at Conway. This will only attract the true blue treasure
hunters who feel that outsmarting everyone else is much much better than any financial prize.
Alison--There has to be quite a few people that have participated in the water cooler who would enjoy this. Are you, or whoever is planning this going to e-mail us?
I was planning on doing an email to all the people here (cheapest, most effective way of advertising). I was hoping we could get 100 people at around $10 each, if
that doesn't sound realistic. Some of the money may go towards a prize, or its possible the Zoo may be able to drum up a corporate sponsor to donate a prize (or
maybe if some of you want to help, you can help put together a prize package of donated prizes). As far as a picnic or some party kind of party connected to the
event, I agree we would have to do something to make people really feel like they got their money's worth. Again, the possibilities are that some of the entrance fee
money would pay for it, a corporate sponsor would pay for it, or individual donors would help put it together. I think in the end though, to make it worth the zoo's
time in helping to do this, we would need to raise as much money for them as possible.
Oops, I meant to say I hope 100 people isn't UNrealistic. I'm sure there are that many who would like to do it. The question is, will that many pay for it?
Actually, I was thinking I wasn't going to hide anything at all. I was thinking of using a set of riddles where you can solve the riddles using just your brain and your
eyes and you would never need touch or disturb anything.
Do you think people would pay to do the hunt if there was no cash prize, only a nice trophy? A rotating trophy would be nice, but it may be difficult to get it back
year after year. Right now I'm aiming for May 1st. As far as a picnic goes I'm thinking I'd like to do it afterwards, but we may have to do it before as it may be hard
to predict how long the hunt will take. In May the Zoo grounds are open from 8-8 and the building from 10-6. I'd like to have it go on during the time in which the
park has the most open access. So maybe we could plan on ending it at 6 and if no one has won, the person/team who has solved the most clues would be the
As far as the format would go I was thinking of using something called a DOUBLE CROSS. If anyone out there gets GAMES magazine you know what I mean.
There would be 20-24 clues to solve. When each one is solved, the letters of the answer are entered into a grid. When the grid is completed it will spell out a riddle
which would lead to the final answer. The clues would require people to get information from around the park, but none of it would require anyone to touch or
One thing I don't get exaclty is why Como Zoo needs the money.? Aren't they a public zoo supported by tax dollars? And how are you going to determine what they
get, or who gets it? Don't they have some standard policy on using their facilities? I mean they must be open to public for group events...?? One option might be to
get a charity group involved, if you want some of the proceeds to go to that. 10$ bucks a head is kind of a lot. You could start an association and have a newsletter
and charge 10$ toward an annual event such as this and include it as an annual membership. Then the catering could just be a la carte, or paid for per item. i certainly
wouldn't want to be responsible for the food (these things always cost more than planned. ask anyone who's done a wedding). It seems like a great idea, but lots of
things to work out. The best scenario would be if you had a sponsor who would defray the cost. But, it's also nice to do things without some corporation. and if you
put a lot of time into it, you should get something out of it as well. anyway--just some thoughts.
DONT FORGET THE PARTY AT CONWAY
TOMORROW AT 11:30am!!!! BE THERE, AND
BRING FOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!
Where did "A" get to be so cool
Wanna fight A?
On second thought, I seen what you did to "Hulk"(or was it green)
I want no part!
Heres the World Pop.
Mr. A
What part of "no part" did you not understand? :)
Denny Green is nothin but a kneelin bitch! Jesse Ventura is nothing but a idiotic fluke!!!The Gophers will blow for years!!!
A:
2010 is the point of no return!
HI DUMBASSES! -You all need to recognize me!
-1981 FINDER
so what have ya done in the last 18 years ??
Mr. Mo
Please give me mo-info!!
Ian
Just read your tag...
Care to elaborate further as to your *deeper* meaning by that
I know I would appreciate *said* opinion :) !
E-mail me if you must - just an opinion is all I ask......
DIGGERS!!!
The Second Annual Re-Hash Bash izz TODAY, Sunday, February 7, at
Conway Park and Rec Center, beginning at 11:30 a.m.
Please bring your own beverages, tho coffee for all will bee provided. As will
milk for kiddies and those of us that love milk! I remind you, alcoholic
beverages are NOT ALLOWED in the park(s) - so just don't do it. Ittiz a good
idea to bring your own plates and eating utensils incase we don't have someone
that will be bringing them.
If you plan on grilling out, you will need to provide your own meat. We will
have one or two grills, so additional grills would bee nice if you'd please bring
one.
Please bring a dish to share. This izz a community event so that no single
person is burdened. The dish need not bee elaborate, nor even home made!!!
Store bought's just fine for those of you that don't cook, can't cook, don't
wanna cook, are too lazy to cook!!! <g>
(If you intend to bring potatoe salad, you will NOT need 24 lbs. o'the stuff.
Take it from one WHO KNOWS!)
Looking forward to meeting and seeing lots of new folks and talking Hunt
stratigies! See U at Conway!!!
green
It's just a song lyric--and it may be out of context because I can't remember what comes before or after...
Ian
Hey Hunters!!! How was the Bash???? Sorry we couldn't make it. Can you give a little more info on the bock hunt?? And I'm veeeeeeeery serious about a mid
summer hunt. I feel it should stay in the city limits of St. Paul. Too many distructive people out there. Maplewood doesn't want us any more. It doesn't have to be in
one of the major parks. Oh well, just a thought or two!!
Thanks to you all for the E-mail regarding next year's Treasure Hunter's Guide. You make it so much fun and worth the effort! Several of you are on my mailing list
for when the new guide is ready. If you change web addresses, feel free to e-mail me with the new one. If you haven't sent me your address, please do. If you don't
have E-mail, send me your postal address.
Sincerely,
Steve Worthman jsrworth@aol.com
The bash was pretty cool. Maybe 40 people there. But like I said before I'm not good at guessing numbers of people. Aaron Nierdorf (the real one) came and led
an expedition to show everyone where he found it. But then he left after that. Of course, he still didn't have everyone convinced but oh well. Lots of food and lots of
food left over. The subject of more hunts came up a little bit, but not too seriously. However, I would very much like to do so and would be willing to put it together.
But there's a few questions to resolve. Perhaps, if anybody's still reading this, they can give some input. First, should the search be for a physical object (a little
harder to hide without the snow), or should it just be for some piece of information, like the answer to a riddle? Second, should it follow the same clue a day format
as the medallion hunt or perhaps it can be a single outing where everyone gets together in a certain park one day and then they go from there. Also, if it is a clue a
day, where would the clues appear? Third, should there be a cash prize? If so, how much and where should it come from? I'm eager to hear your thoughts and like I
said, I'd be willing to organize it.
Hey, a man of fame with a useful name...Worthman!
Allison - Too cooler funny! Once you've noodled clues, you see answers in most anything you do.
It was nice meeting you today.
I think I'm giving in to the temptation of a nap. See you all later.
Allison, you mite want to contact Izzit and talk over with him the hunt he did for us on The Net. He really had a good time, but said it took a lot of his time and was
quite draining...
Schell's Bock Hunt
Green - At the bash I read that Arron Neidorf showed up. Where exactly did he say he found the Medallion?
Alan & Jill, He said he found the medallion in line with the 4 trees and another line from the 459 Ruth Address where he could see the numbers on the house. It had
been in a chunk of snow that had gotten icy. A small piece of yarn was visible on the outside of the icy chunk. They got lucky. Many had been digging in and around
that area for several days. I know there was still some unturned snow there, and it appears they found the right patch.
Sorry I didn't make it to the Rehash picnic. It sounded like it was fun.
Whatever plans for summer hunt, please let us know by e-mailing or posting on this board!!
JENNYJENNY
does anybody know the previous name of the bar that is one block west of the seven corners hardware store on the southeast corner and is now called Judy K's?
Nice to see you all at the bash. I think next years medallion will be hidden at Phalen. East of the stone marker, on the east side of the lake, in line with the front gates
of the park.... any other guesses. When do you think they will hide it?? Is it to early to start diggin??
I Wanna hear more about all these upcoming hunts keep me abreast of the summer hunt. Allison if you need help planning it give me a call would be glad to help. I'm
so sorry that I couldn't make it to the re-hash bash on sunday but I can't wait to get together with everyone for the next big event - who all is going to new ulm this
weekend?
If anyone would care to get ahold of me to help plan the summer event or if anyone else knows of any additional hunts e-maill me at harley.schultz@cyberdude.com
When does the hunt start for next year
Allison... Here's a site you mite want to look and someone you may want to contact. Bet he could answer some, if not all, of your questions regarding a hunt...
Chinese New Year's Hunt
Next year's hunt starts in late January or whenever the Winter Carnival starts. The actual start date and first clue is the Sunday before the offical start of the Winter
Carnival. As for future hunts, I'm considering setting one up around April. I'm not completely decided on the format yet but I'm considering a one day hunt in a single
park where people would have to solve a series of riddles rather than rummage through stuff looking for an object. I'm also considering something on line where
people could get all the information they need to find something from the computer without having to go out anywhere. Its more likely I would need help with that
since I don't know anything about HTML.
I think I may also call my contacts at Como Zoo tomorrow to see if they'd be willing to sponsor something as a fundraiser.
I can't believe this board is still up! Allison, I'm with you. If you need any help with a hunt, let me know if I can do anything to help! You have my e-mail.
Gawd I think a Spring Hunt would be great and I also would be willing to help. I have been doing some online hunting on hunts and if I find anything I'll e-mail
someone, Allison? I guess. or RushHarley. ( I think Denver had one).
Does anyone know if the Bock hunt is for families-kids, or what kind of turnout they have?
Hi, its me again. Sorry to keep bothering you, but I'm still fishing for more E-mail addresses.
Thanks to you all for the E-mail regarding next year's Treasure Hunter's Guide. You make it so much fun and worth the effort! Several of you are on my mailing list
for when the new guide is ready. If you change web addresses, feel free to e-mail me with the new one. If you haven't sent me your address, please do. If you don't
have E-mail, send me your postal address.
Sincerely,
Steve Worthman jsrworth@aol.com
CO has a Snowdown Festival where they hunt for a Silver Bullet (www.snowdown.org) for $500.00. This event is sponsored by a Radio Station and Coors Lite
Beer.
Georgia has a Cherry Blossom festival sponsored by Coca-Cola, but no hunt as far as I can tell.
also check out--www.ifea.com to see how seriously one can take festival, event planning. It's a lot of work. (Got most of this from Winter Carnival's links page).
Leah...
The Schell's Bock Hunt seems to bee more adult oriented. There's quite a lot of beer and a good time izz had by all - if you get my drift. (I was really surpized the
Police were as lenient as they were!!!)
I don't remember specific kids' activities, I've no need to check on those kind'a things, but it seems that many a fam hunted. It can get to be quite a long haul into the
park, and you CAN'T use a stroller - just too muddy and rocky. Basically, you're hiking Flandrau State Park and just happen to bee looking for wooden goat
heads. So, if you've got toddlers and can't carry them on your back... Don't know if you can do it. But older kids, maybee 6 on up, were out hunting - alone and
with 'rents - and having a great time!
But seems to me I saw something on their Web site about kids and finding bocks...
I'll bee bock in a bit with the link!
Leah (And Udders!) -
Here you go! And check out our website - www.coolercrew.com
There's a bock hunt at Fitger's in Duluth next month - ittiz indoors in the Fitger's mall-thingy complex - and strollers would bee a breeze! We'll have more info about
the Fitger's Hunt when we get it.
Schell's Bock Fest, 1999!
I talked to Como Zoo today and they were open to the idea of having some kind of treasure hunt there. It would have to be a fundraiser though so there may be an
entrance fee. As far as the timing goes, it would likely be either March or May as they already have something going on in April. May might be more likely as it will
take some time to prepare, but late March is still a possibility. Any preferences on what kind of prize could/should be offered or how much people might be willing to
pay?
Looking for work--cigar-smoking Sax player
I might be available in May.
Alison, if we can drum up 100 people and charge maybe $5-10 a head. We could easily pull in between $500-$1000. We would give 15-20% to Como as a
service charge, use 30-35% for throwing a gala picnic for all the hunters, and then give away the $250-$500 remaining dollars to the victor. I would also think that
we would need to buy a trophy or plaque for the winning team so that they will have the ability to gloat and show it off until the net big hunt. Maybe, it could be a
trophy which would revolve from winning team to winning team with each new winning team getting their names added to the bottom of it. I also feel if we keep the
prize money low enough we won't have all the Johnny-come-latelys who went out in search of the medallion at Conway. This will only attract the true blue treasure
hunters who feel that outsmarting everyone else is much much better than any financial prize.
Alison--There has to be quite a few people that have participated in the water cooler who would enjoy this. Are you, or whoever is planning this going to e-mail us?
Interested, JennyJ
I was planning on doing an email to all the people here (cheapest, most effective way of advertising). I was hoping we could get 100 people at around $10 each, if
that doesn't sound realistic. Some of the money may go towards a prize, or its possible the Zoo may be able to drum up a corporate sponsor to donate a prize (or
maybe if some of you want to help, you can help put together a prize package of donated prizes). As far as a picnic or some party kind of party connected to the
event, I agree we would have to do something to make people really feel like they got their money's worth. Again, the possibilities are that some of the entrance fee
money would pay for it, a corporate sponsor would pay for it, or individual donors would help put it together. I think in the end though, to make it worth the zoo's
time in helping to do this, we would need to raise as much money for them as possible.
Oops, I meant to say I hope 100 people isn't UNrealistic. I'm sure there are that many who would like to do it. The question is, will that many pay for it?
just dont hide it in any dung
Actually, I was thinking I wasn't going to hide anything at all. I was thinking of using a set of riddles where you can solve the riddles using just your brain and your
eyes and you would never need touch or disturb anything.
Do you think people would pay to do the hunt if there was no cash prize, only a nice trophy? A rotating trophy would be nice, but it may be difficult to get it back
year after year. Right now I'm aiming for May 1st. As far as a picnic goes I'm thinking I'd like to do it afterwards, but we may have to do it before as it may be hard
to predict how long the hunt will take. In May the Zoo grounds are open from 8-8 and the building from 10-6. I'd like to have it go on during the time in which the
park has the most open access. So maybe we could plan on ending it at 6 and if no one has won, the person/team who has solved the most clues would be the
winner.
As far as the format would go I was thinking of using something called a DOUBLE CROSS. If anyone out there gets GAMES magazine you know what I mean.
There would be 20-24 clues to solve. When each one is solved, the letters of the answer are entered into a grid. When the grid is completed it will spell out a riddle
which would lead to the final answer. The clues would require people to get information from around the park, but none of it would require anyone to touch or
disturb anything in the park.
If anyone is still reading this and really wants to help these would be the areas available:
Publicity
Registration
Prizes
Refreshments/Party (though Blue Bell Enterprises has the first right of refusal for any catering of events related to the zoo.)
Day of Event Assistance
Puzzle (though I'd like to keep this committee as small as possible to avoid leaks).
So email me at AllisonWondrland@yahoo.com if you're interested, and I may be emailing some of you also.
Alison count me in as an avid reader of games I can't wait to help you out on this. Let's Double Cross the masses.
One thing I don't get exaclty is why Como Zoo needs the money.? Aren't they a public zoo supported by tax dollars? And how are you going to determine what they
get, or who gets it? Don't they have some standard policy on using their facilities? I mean they must be open to public for group events...?? One option might be to
get a charity group involved, if you want some of the proceeds to go to that. 10$ bucks a head is kind of a lot. You could start an association and have a newsletter
and charge 10$ toward an annual event such as this and include it as an annual membership. Then the catering could just be a la carte, or paid for per item. i certainly
wouldn't want to be responsible for the food (these things always cost more than planned. ask anyone who's done a wedding). It seems like a great idea, but lots of
things to work out. The best scenario would be if you had a sponsor who would defray the cost. But, it's also nice to do things without some corporation. and if you
put a lot of time into it, you should get something out of it as well. anyway--just some thoughts.