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2012 - Tony Schmidt Park

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2012 Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt - Tony Schmidt Park
2012 Clues 

So its back to the drawing board for next year 
to find a spot so deep and drear. 
Harder to reach all you whiners 
than those buried Chilean miners. 

Next year's clues will inspire dread 
requiring knowledge of languages dead, 
Higher math rocket science 
disbanding every hunters alliance. 

I take your leave. I bid adieu. 
I go in search of the perfect clue. 
Prepare to hike hard dig deep and delve. 
Will have a grand party in 2012.



 

diggorius rex

doh!
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 6:59 PM Permalink
mrmnmikey

so who wants to bet....another park clue?
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 6:59 PM Permalink
ares

Not dumb enough to take that bet :smile:
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 7:00 PM Permalink
hjarta

My Amazon parrot just walked over to me along the couch, climbed up my arm, pooped on me, and went back to his stand. According to Google, being pooped on by a bird is good luck!
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 7:03 PM Permalink
MrsMGhunter

We just booked our Disneyworld trip tonight for March..come on puck baby!! :wink: Though people who don't hunt think I am nuts that I want the satisfaction of finding it versus the money part! :litesmile: I will be out tonight, hopefully can yell out ya dig?! So I can finally meet some more great CC!
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 7:04 PM Permalink
Tatergirl

Sitting in my sister's van outside the mcD's next to flahertys using the wifi. BTW Flaherty's has wifi too.

We'll probably head to gabe's at some point.
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 7:05 PM Permalink
ares

Wouldn't surprise me. I know they show up at the cooler crew site.
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 7:07 PM Permalink
diggorius rex

my car is super lucky!
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 7:08 PM Permalink
queenmalley

Great visual!
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 7:19 PM Permalink
KC0GRN

hmm... wonder if they saw my attempt on clue 12...
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 7:24 PM Permalink
ares

See and I wonder what primputed them to go looking at the server logs in the first place.
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 7:26 PM Permalink
GreenTeam

I think we should lobby for them to move up the clue release time...just like they moved up Black Friday shopping time! Clues out at 8:00 pm, then we would have time to hunt and still get to bed at a good time, LOL! :sillygrin:
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 7:27 PM Permalink
KC0GRN

More likely they saw bad access requests on the server. I believe any time you attempt to access a file that doesn't exist, it logs it, as well as good files.
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 7:30 PM Permalink
40below

That makes sense.
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 7:31 PM Permalink
ares

Would have taken some serious requesting to get enough error logs to trigger an investigation like that.
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 7:34 PM Permalink
MnM

Thanks Mikey!!!
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 7:38 PM Permalink
KC0GRN

Script kiddies maybe. You could always write a brute force script to get a file with an unknown name. That would certainly raise some red flags quickly.
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 7:39 PM Permalink
CerealKiller

I think someone is just dumping in the Lap of the PP and they are trying to do some damage control! I know a few people that could do it but Why would they!! I mean really we have talked about the fact it would take so much away from the Hunt if someone really did do this I know one person that will re mane Name less that Pointed it out to a Small town hunt about there Flaw!!

after Dumb luck for lack of better term (IMO) Found this said loop hole!
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 7:40 PM Permalink
GreenTeam

Sheesh! Do they have to pay to read here? Why would they pay money to be a member and then go and blab stuff like that?
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 7:41 PM Permalink
me2

Omg it was a joke! Duh
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 7:44 PM Permalink
KC0GRN

I still don't understand why with such a large hunt they would even copy the files to the server ahead of time. Actually, I can't imagine they would, so perhaps they just upload the clue a day early.

I think whomever tried it though tried it before clue 9, hence why they named the clue 9 mp3 file strangely afterwards to stop anyone else from accessing it.
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 7:45 PM Permalink
CerealKiller

I am with you on this! I can't see why they would have anything with a paper trail on it like that! This at one time was the Best kept Secret in St. Paul! Now it just seems like such a Joke to them!
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 7:49 PM Permalink
queenmalley

That's quite a rant.
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 7:53 PM Permalink
l and a mommy

Triple score provides a clue (thats the helpful part of the clue) and so do the colors red and blue. Gabes colors are red and blue they hand out the clue so there for red and blue provide (give) the clue
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 7:59 PM Permalink
ares

You should at least have to get into the database to get at the files.
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 8:03 PM Permalink
Terry

Good Evening All! I was sure someone would have found the beloved medallion today.

Finally finished slogging. Now 20 minutes to the scrambled clue.

Long day at work - day dreaming about being out in the park.
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 8:08 PM Permalink
KC0GRN

I'm afraid it will be a long, long time before I get to take time off for a hunt myself. I'll just have to hope they have a hunt by then.
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 8:12 PM Permalink
GreenTeam

I think they might draw this out as long as possible, clue-wise. I wonder if there will be any helpful info tonight, or just another "park" clue?
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 8:13 PM Permalink
Terry

I'm guessing there will be another park clue. The weather is warm - not dangerously cold, no snow coming for a few days, the park is huge and people everywhere.

I hope I'm wrong.

I kept checking the hotline today to see if it had been found.
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 8:16 PM Permalink
Allison Wonderland

I'm guessing we'll get an Elmer Anderson clue. That would help draw more people to the park and still help narrow it down a little, but not too much.
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 8:19 PM Permalink
Allison Wonderland

Uh oh, I don't see Evildoer here. We may be on our own!
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 8:23 PM Permalink
Terry

When we were out there, we were trying to figure out exactly where we had been hunting in 1988.

I now know exactly.

The unplowed lot across from Lake Johanna Blvd. that is now gated off is where we parked. Going southeast up the hill past a skinny little tree and past a small bathroom building, there was a fairly level area that the medallion was found in the almond bark. I wonder if a repeat would put it back in that area.

It's all so changed out there now.
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 8:27 PM Permalink
Terry

He's on the list. Whew!!
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 8:28 PM Permalink
excavating stud

I'm here.
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 8:28 PM Permalink
excavating stud

Had a bad night. Car broke down on the way home from work. Luckily only two blocks from home.
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 8:29 PM Permalink
Terry

Sorry to hear that Evil. Cars are wonderful things when they run and only need fuel now and then...but when they break down, royal pain in the butt.
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 8:30 PM Permalink
Artemis The Huntress

Amen to that Terry! Hope its an easy fix Evil...
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 8:32 PM Permalink
excavating stud

aint it the truth :smile:
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 8:32 PM Permalink
l and a mommy

LMAO so I haven't changed a thing and FINALLY I start getting the e-mail that the clue is out. nice with only 3 clues to go...silly PP
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 8:32 PM Permalink
Terry

We just put about $1600 into one of our vehicles - tie rod, wheel bearings and I don't remember what else. Right before that was a battery.

That thing better run now for years.
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 8:34 PM Permalink
Terry

You're doing better than me. I've signed up and check and checked and haven't gotten one yet.

Probably when it's all over, I'll get all the notifications.
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 8:35 PM Permalink
diggorius rex

CLUE NO. 10, SCRAMBLED

if now then my the benches galore

and view shore you taken you friend

right tables to admire from are aback

are on track gazebos sit the the

but not or scramble will best land dwell

your the smell yours to rest and serve

respect where but nose nearer is sit to

search you the people follow to end
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 8:35 PM Permalink
l and a mommy

if now then my the benches galore

and view shore you taken you friend

right tables to admire from are aback

are on track gazebos sit the the

but not or scramble will best land dwell

your the smell yours to rest and serve

respect where but nose nearer is sit to

search you the people follow to end
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 8:35 PM Permalink
'mom'

Yay that it's working (???) - Did it actually take you to the clue? I've been hitting refresh...
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 8:35 PM Permalink
westy3789

No scrambled words this time :smile:

CLUE NO. 10, SCRAMBLED

if now then my the benches galore

and view shore you taken you friend

right tables to admire from are aback

are on track gazebos sit the the

but not or scramble will best land dwell

your the smell yours to rest and serve

respect where but nose nearer is sit to

search you the people follow to end
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 8:35 PM Permalink
mrmnmikey

gazebos?
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 8:35 PM Permalink
Andrea

galore/shore

aback/track

dwell/smell

friend/end
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 8:35 PM Permalink
ares

$6700 here. and probably another $3500 on the other side.

but those are insurance claims :smile:

actual expenses, i just did 150 on the radiator on our maroon van. probably 200 or so on plugs, wires, and a junkyard starter for the green car. but thats easy stuff to do.
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 8:36 PM Permalink
Allison Wonderland

gazebo's?
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 8:36 PM Permalink