Not likely Clue Less! Go to Chippewa Ave. between Wyoming and Winona get out of your car! Walk towards the River and on the side of the hill in right field. You Must be in fair territory to ( stay in the game). S-o-o-o in the right field (zone) go up the sugary loaf ( hill) until you can just see the tops of the restrooms (pyramids) rise out of the snow. Start to dig cause at that spot every other clue fits and is in sight.!!!!!!!!!! If you are still clueless after this, I will have to take you by the hand and lead you there! But that wouldn't be fair!!!!! THAT'S WHY THEY CALL IT A HUNT!!!!!!!! Generally he is a lazy guy, no more than 40 paces from the road!
Clue explanations then explanation of where to find it.
Clue #1 and #2 just lead to a general park
Clue #3 gives you a sledding hill
Clue #4 gives you the NSP stack and Cathedral dome
Clue #5 gives you city streets (Annapolis, Wyoming, Winona etc...)
Clue #6 gives you the NSP stack agian and the "back" puts you on the back or north side of sledding hill
Clue #7 gives you the double division being Annapolis
Clue #8 gives you the three pyramid shaped roofs over bathrooms
Clue #9 gives you the name of the park as Cherokee
Clue #10 gives you Chippewa St.
Clue #11 gives you Winona AND Wyoming. Locals of Winona claim Sugar Loaf and locals of Wyoming claim Yellow Stone. Zone gives you the emergency zone sign that was knocked over but would have been placed in the right spot.
There is a spot on the back side of the sliding hill between Wyoming St. and Winona St. (It is directly across Chippewa St from a brick house, the third one down from I think winona (the northern one of the two?)) It is also directly in line with a large tree that when standing on the spot and looking at the house blocks out the garage. When standing on the spot the NSP stack is just to the left of the 3 pyramids, the Cathedral dome is in the crevice between the left and middle pyramid and the spires on the cathedral are in the crevice between the middle and right pyramid. I have deliberated every clue and every word and this spot is the point to which I come and every new clue points to the spot as well.(never got my hands on a shovel to look myself) Look for it there and you will find the medallion! Thanks to all the cooler-philes have fun digging today and tonite and don't forget to mention the water cooler when you get your interview!!
What a nightmare..all that ice to dig and still in such a large area. The medallion could take hours to find even after the 12th clue, unless, of course, it's "dumb luck."
I agree with OZ. It seems like every year it's found by some fool on his lunch break, walking through the park without a shovel, ice scraper, or even gloves. He happens to walk through a part that's already been dug up, and spots a tin of chew. Inside is the treasure, and he didn't even spend 10 minutes out there. It makes me sick.
I just got back from the park after digging all night and morning. The park has been dug thru thoroughly and I can't believe no one has found it. So I've come to the following conclusions.
1. They haven't dropped it yet
2. They put it next to the curb between winona and wyoming and let that guy plow 5 feet of snow over it.
3. They didn't put it in anything; just set it on the ground by itself
Oh well I guess we will find out in under 14 hours.
Ok, I made it to work, an hour later than you Deb. Oh well. I was out till about midnight. What a sight. I was maybe 25th in line for a paper and then raced back to CP last night. There must be an awful lot of people staked out with cell phones because by the time I got back the ball diamond was covered with people, lanterns, and picks. Unbelievable. I still can't decide if sugary loaf is a Babe Ruth candy bar leading to somewhere near the ball diamond, or the Winona spot people are claiming. I JUST DON'T KNOW!
It must be in something really small and still stuck in one of the ice chunks that has been dug up already. If that's the case, it's going to take a miracle to find it. I can just imaging the riot tonight at 11.
This is my take on what I've been able to "steal" from the H.D. Coolers. The locals in the last clue are Minnesotans that have claim to the Sugar Loaf of Yellow Stone in Winona as opposed to the non-locals which would claim those same landmarks in Wyoming. Other than that, my goal this year is to be the guy who just shows up and finds the thing. Sorry to day it, but I've burned myself out many a hunt by going on all night digging sprees like a "true" hunter early in the game only to be at home and exhausted by the last clue or two. See ya out there, cause I TOOK THE DAY OFF!!! Sorry if this comes out entirely in bold)
Suebee, I have been hanging out at the cooler for a couple of days, but since this my first hunt, I have no thoughts to keep discussion going, Until now.
Was out there last night until 1:00, at 11:30 there were about 200 people on the ballfield and when I left at 1:00 people where still camping out that the plates. I believe that sugar loaf=baby ruth could be a stretch, a twinkle sound better.
Yellow Stone = Wyoming and Sugar Loaf = Winona makes sense since there is a hill in Winona named Sugar Loaf.
Cherokee Ave. or Cherokee Height Blvd. Cherokee Ave is a couple of blocks east of Chippewa. Also, the last time the Medallion was at CP it was between King and George Streets.
Hi all, I just drove home from the park to warm up a little ( and use the facilities!). I'm a firm believer that our last clue refers to Winona. I spent a lot of time on the sidewalk at Winona and Chippewa. But then I remembered that they would NOT recommend that attire, so I proceeded away from Chippewa, but stayed in line with Winona. The hill goes down just a little as you go toward Cherokee Hts. I turned around to see 3 pyramids - just the tops. Amid a few trees, and a whole lot of snow that's already been picked over. Why hasn't the clue writer been more specific about what and where?? or has he?? am I missing something?
The more I think about it, the less I think sugary loaf refers to Winona. Only because I would have thought they'd obscure the clue a little more than that (sugary loaf = sugar loaf?) Maybe I'm all wet. And the bit about it NOT being along Chippewa really has me stumped. A sugary loaf being a Twinkie seems odd too. Where's the connection to anything else? Would it mean it's in a Twinkie wrapper (or the Twinkie itself) at Winona and Chippewa? at Winona and Cherokee Hts? Man-o-man, they didn't narrow it down much did they? And the stretch from yellow stone to King St. is just way too out there...
Chipping ice last night I realized that I didn't know the color or material of the medallion, or really much about it at all. I've heard that it's plastic, that it's made of resin, that it's blue, that it's gold, that it's rectangular, that it's 2" diameter and round.
Does anyone know what the "Treasure to which you aspire" looks like?
Chris Palmer...Cherokee Park...CP , CP .....hmmmm. I think you may be a plant from the WC Committee. I'm starting to get paranoid....don't you look at me! I need some sleep.
It seems to me that there has been a lack of container descriptions this year. In a big way. Any ideas out there? With the way the snow has been dug up in chunks, I believe the Med could have easily been turned over and missed, but not thrown too far. Maybe it's not in anything - a smaller package for a year when the snow is more scarce. Another cup of coffee, and I'm sure I'll be able to find it in my backyard...
Brad, last year it was round and translucent blue made of a plastic resin with Winter Carnival stuff embossed on it. I think it's about 2.5 inches in diameter. I don't know if they change it from year to year. I don't think so.
My big fear is that a squirrel or other animal found the treasure long before us and it's lining it's nest. Do we need to rent blow torches and melt all the damn crappy snow?
Chris, I agree clues to the container have been either non-existant or so subtle that one can't figure them out. Some of the guesses have been an Altoid tin (there's a plant that looks kind of like rosebuds on the cover. In acutality, it's a mint plant but whatever...), a bread bag from the "dough" reference, a Cool Whip container from clue 10 (hip = cool + whip = cool whip), in a CD case (don't know where that come from), a Twinkie, a Babe Ruth candy bar (sugary loaf & ball diamond). Any other ideas?
I've never seen the Med personally, but when they've taken pictures of the "lucky one" the past couple years, he's been holding a piece of bluish clear plastic 2-3 inches in diameter, maybe 1/2" inch thick.
Brad B: It is just my destiny to find it this year. -CP
Re: container or what it's hid in...I can't wait for the damn thing to be found just for the simple reason that I want to know which part of which jibberish clue was supposed to point in that direction. What a backwards sentence. Far too little sleep, and too much coffee.
I always rule out anything metallic (Altoids) because if I didn't, I'd have to buy a metal detector. I'm thinking that maybe this year they went au naturel - leaves, grass, mud, etc. for the greatest camouflage factor. Aol says I've been online for 137 minutes - how many of my 50 free hours is that?
Was the foundation found last night? Couldn't make it due to work committments. Will be there tonight. Is it legal to use a snowblower? Just a bunch of us in a line and we go from one end of the park to the other..
well i think yellowstone means thats its buy wyoming st because yellowstone natl. park is in wyoming and montana well thats my guess so see ya out hunting
If it is plastic, I wonder how shovel-resistant it is. The edging tool I've been using chops frozen branches in two with ease. I hope we haven't broken it to bits.
ybnormal, I swear we need something like a snowblower. But then it might shoot out the blower end and land for someone else to find. That would be BAD.
Chris, I agree it wouldn't be in anything metal too. The Altoids tin idea was floating around, but got shot down quickly.
I think the joke will be on all of us come 11:00 pm -- It's between BAKER & KING along CHEROKEE.
Clue #11) ..which claim a sugary loaf (Baker)...which claim a yellow stone (gold..king street)
Clue #7) ..lots of dough...Also refers to Baker Street.
Clue #5) ..riches also immeasurable (a "King's riches - gold)
Clue #4) ..mother lode... Refers to Gold (ie yellow stone)
I remember this hapenning a few years back .. when the Clue (less) God put out clues pointing to a particular place and then threw a curve ball at everyone on the LAST CLUE saying it was in a part of the park no-one really looked. When the explainations came out in the paper - people were pissed!!! - since the clues were all obscure - like yellow stone...gold...king. All teh clues up to the last one could have been one of two places in the park... and he structured it so most people would look where the treasure really is. My guess is that the Clue (less) God is having alot of fun watching people spend all their time digging up on the hill..... not to mention dragging out the hunt is great for circulation. Between Baker and King Street along cherokee - not many people have been over there. pyramids...sliding hill... all that stuff is just identifying the park.
Anyway - regardless...when the explainations come out people will still be scratching their heads on this one.
Kenute - I think it's just a typo. The cooler version spelling is correct.
Brad - wouldn't that just suck if it's been chopped to little bits?
I really think it might be in a piece of already dug up snow/ice all by it's little lonesome. Since the snow came so late this year, they may have had to hide it without a container.
Quite helpful in finding out where the medallion IS NOT! Including part of the history. This can be helpful in finding the medallion.
Http://www.metrosupersaver.com
Happy
It's off to start my tiring day, I wish I could go looking today. I can't believe it wasn't found last night. maybe there is hope yet for me.
Does anyone know what the clue about "Rosebud" means?
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rosebud?!?!? rosebud?!?!?! aren't we beyond THAT yet?
I like the "yellow stone" connection with Wyoming. I had been lining up with Wyoming where I could see the Capitol next to the pyramids.
There will be a mad rush at 11:30 tonight. See you there!
Not likely Clue Less! Go to Chippewa Ave. between Wyoming and Winona get out of your car! Walk towards the River and on the side of the hill in right field. You Must be in fair territory to ( stay in the game). S-o-o-o in the right field (zone) go up the sugary loaf ( hill) until you can just see the tops of the restrooms (pyramids) rise out of the snow. Start to dig cause at that spot every other clue fits and is in sight.!!!!!!!!!! If you are still clueless after this, I will have to take you by the hand and lead you there! But that wouldn't be fair!!!!! THAT'S WHY THEY CALL IT A HUNT!!!!!!!! Generally he is a lazy guy, no more than 40 paces from the road!
Long post starting!
Medallion--
Clue explanations then explanation of where to find it.
Clue #1 and #2 just lead to a general park
Clue #3 gives you a sledding hill
Clue #4 gives you the NSP stack and Cathedral dome
Clue #5 gives you city streets (Annapolis, Wyoming, Winona etc...)
Clue #6 gives you the NSP stack agian and the "back" puts you on the back or north side of sledding hill
Clue #7 gives you the double division being Annapolis
Clue #8 gives you the three pyramid shaped roofs over bathrooms
Clue #9 gives you the name of the park as Cherokee
Clue #10 gives you Chippewa St.
Clue #11 gives you Winona AND Wyoming. Locals of Winona claim Sugar Loaf and locals of Wyoming claim Yellow Stone. Zone gives you the emergency zone sign that was knocked over but would have been placed in the right spot.
There is a spot on the back side of the sliding hill between Wyoming St. and Winona St. (It is directly across Chippewa St from a brick house, the third one down from I think winona (the northern one of the two?)) It is also directly in line with a large tree that when standing on the spot and looking at the house blocks out the garage. When standing on the spot the NSP stack is just to the left of the 3 pyramids, the Cathedral dome is in the crevice between the left and middle pyramid and the spires on the cathedral are in the crevice between the middle and right pyramid. I have deliberated every clue and every word and this spot is the point to which I come and every new clue points to the spot as well.(never got my hands on a shovel to look myself) Look for it there and you will find the medallion! Thanks to all the cooler-philes have fun digging today and tonite and don't forget to mention the water cooler when you get your interview!!
austin is a moron!!!!
When I was out last night, I saw people digging through trash cans and climbing on top of buildings. I could only sit and laugh at these idiots.
"Rosebud" refers a sled in Citizen Kane
What a nightmare..all that ice to dig and still in such a large area. The medallion could take hours to find even after the 12th clue, unless, of course, it's "dumb luck."
Hey..I actually wore my Pele's Nightmare's pink scarf...but lost it last night. If you find it, it's mine and it would be really nice to get it back.
I agree with OZ. It seems like every year it's found by some fool on his lunch break, walking through the park without a shovel, ice scraper, or even gloves. He happens to walk through a part that's already been dug up, and spots a tin of chew. Inside is the treasure, and he didn't even spend 10 minutes out there. It makes me sick.
maybee its no at cherokee
I just got back from the park after digging all night and morning. The park has been dug thru thoroughly and I can't believe no one has found it. So I've come to the following conclusions.
1. They haven't dropped it yet
2. They put it next to the curb between winona and wyoming and let that guy plow 5 feet of snow over it.
3. They didn't put it in anything; just set it on the ground by itself
Oh well I guess we will find out in under 14 hours.
Any thoughts on today's clue... my arms are in pain but I'm not ready to give up yet ....
Ok, I made it to work, an hour later than you Deb. Oh well. I was out till about midnight. What a sight. I was maybe 25th in line for a paper and then raced back to CP last night. There must be an awful lot of people staked out with cell phones because by the time I got back the ball diamond was covered with people, lanterns, and picks. Unbelievable. I still can't decide if sugary loaf is a Babe Ruth candy bar leading to somewhere near the ball diamond, or the Winona spot people are claiming. I JUST DON'T KNOW!
It must be in something really small and still stuck in one of the ice chunks that has been dug up already. If that's the case, it's going to take a miracle to find it. I can just imaging the riot tonight at 11.
can someone explain the 11th clue a little
This is my take on what I've been able to "steal" from the H.D. Coolers. The locals in the last clue are Minnesotans that have claim to the Sugar Loaf of Yellow Stone in Winona as opposed to the non-locals which would claim those same landmarks in Wyoming. Other than that, my goal this year is to be the guy who just shows up and finds the thing. Sorry to day it, but I've burned myself out many a hunt by going on all night digging sprees like a "true" hunter early in the game only to be at home and exhausted by the last clue or two. See ya out there, cause I TOOK THE DAY OFF!!! Sorry if this comes out entirely in bold)
Oops! Day = Say. I don't want to use the editor - it hasn't worked so well for me.
Here's an alternate interpretation:
#11) It's between Baker (claim a sugary loaf) and King (claim's gold - yellow stone).
#10) Cape and Whip (rearranged to read Chippewa) - is not recommended. It's not along Chippewa Ave
#9) Unlock the Door (Key), runs a committee (chair) - It's along Cherokee Ave
#8)through #1) Just identifies the park where the med. is at.
Could the zone be between Baker and King streets along Cherokee Ave.??
Suebee, I have been hanging out at the cooler for a couple of days, but since this my first hunt, I have no thoughts to keep discussion going, Until now.
Was out there last night until 1:00, at 11:30 there were about 200 people on the ballfield and when I left at 1:00 people where still camping out that the plates. I believe that sugar loaf=baby ruth could be a stretch, a twinkle sound better.
Yellow Stone = Wyoming and Sugar Loaf = Winona makes sense since there is a hill in Winona named Sugar Loaf.
Brad:
I think your take on #10 is right on!
And thanks for shaking my faith in the Winona idea!
I should have gone to work...
Line of double division....boundary lines on tennis courts (game) between baker and king streets along cherokee!! That must be it. I'm a genius ---
Brad
Cherokee Ave. or Cherokee Height Blvd. Cherokee Ave is a couple of blocks east of Chippewa. Also, the last time the Medallion was at CP it was between King and George Streets.
Hi all, I just drove home from the park to warm up a little ( and use the facilities!). I'm a firm believer that our last clue refers to Winona. I spent a lot of time on the sidewalk at Winona and Chippewa. But then I remembered that they would NOT recommend that attire, so I proceeded away from Chippewa, but stayed in line with Winona. The hill goes down just a little as you go toward Cherokee Hts. I turned around to see 3 pyramids - just the tops. Amid a few trees, and a whole lot of snow that's already been picked over. Why hasn't the clue writer been more specific about what and where?? or has he?? am I missing something?
We're all geniuses (or genii) - at least that's why I never find it. I think too much.
Any thoughts on today's clue... my arms are in pain but I'm not ready to give up yet ....
The more I think about it, the less I think sugary loaf refers to Winona. Only because I would have thought they'd obscure the clue a little more than that (sugary loaf = sugar loaf?) Maybe I'm all wet. And the bit about it NOT being along Chippewa really has me stumped. A sugary loaf being a Twinkie seems odd too. Where's the connection to anything else? Would it mean it's in a Twinkie wrapper (or the Twinkie itself) at Winona and Chippewa? at Winona and Cherokee Hts? Man-o-man, they didn't narrow it down much did they? And the stretch from yellow stone to King St. is just way too out there...
Chipping ice last night I realized that I didn't know the color or material of the medallion, or really much about it at all. I've heard that it's plastic, that it's made of resin, that it's blue, that it's gold, that it's rectangular, that it's 2" diameter and round.
Does anyone know what the "Treasure to which you aspire" looks like?
Chris Palmer...Cherokee Park...CP , CP .....hmmmm. I think you may be a plant from the WC Committee. I'm starting to get paranoid....don't you look at me! I need some sleep.
E and H's Mom:
It seems to me that there has been a lack of container descriptions this year. In a big way. Any ideas out there? With the way the snow has been dug up in chunks, I believe the Med could have easily been turned over and missed, but not thrown too far. Maybe it's not in anything - a smaller package for a year when the snow is more scarce. Another cup of coffee, and I'm sure I'll be able to find it in my backyard...
Brad, last year it was round and translucent blue made of a plastic resin with Winter Carnival stuff embossed on it. I think it's about 2.5 inches in diameter. I don't know if they change it from year to year. I don't think so.
My big fear is that a squirrel or other animal found the treasure long before us and it's lining it's nest. Do we need to rent blow torches and melt all the damn crappy snow?
Toner- I had a great time at the bon fire last night... Thanks for the great memories!
Chris, I agree clues to the container have been either non-existant or so subtle that one can't figure them out. Some of the guesses have been an Altoid tin (there's a plant that looks kind of like rosebuds on the cover. In acutality, it's a mint plant but whatever...), a bread bag from the "dough" reference, a Cool Whip container from clue 10 (hip = cool + whip = cool whip), in a CD case (don't know where that come from), a Twinkie, a Babe Ruth candy bar (sugary loaf & ball diamond). Any other ideas?
Man do I have nothing better to do!(?)
I've never seen the Med personally, but when they've taken pictures of the "lucky one" the past couple years, he's been holding a piece of bluish clear plastic 2-3 inches in diameter, maybe 1/2" inch thick.
Brad B: It is just my destiny to find it this year. -CP
Greg Sax, are you with us today? Deb? Holly Wood?
Re: container or what it's hid in...I can't wait for the damn thing to be found just for the simple reason that I want to know which part of which jibberish clue was supposed to point in that direction. What a backwards sentence. Far too little sleep, and too much coffee.
SueBee:
I always rule out anything metallic (Altoids) because if I didn't, I'd have to buy a metal detector. I'm thinking that maybe this year they went au naturel - leaves, grass, mud, etc. for the greatest camouflage factor. Aol says I've been online for 137 minutes - how many of my 50 free hours is that?
Was the foundation found last night? Couldn't make it due to work committments. Will be there tonight. Is it legal to use a snowblower? Just a bunch of us in a line and we go from one end of the park to the other..
well i think yellowstone means thats its buy wyoming st because yellowstone natl. park is in wyoming and montana well thats my guess so see ya out hunting
does anyone find it strange that the spelling in the paper for the word sugary was surgary i know there are typos but on a clue??
Thanks SueBee!
2.5" diameter is huge! I'll find it for sure now.
If it is plastic, I wonder how shovel-resistant it is. The edging tool I've been using chops frozen branches in two with ease. I hope we haven't broken it to bits.
ybnormal, I swear we need something like a snowblower. But then it might shoot out the blower end and land for someone else to find. That would be BAD.
Chris, I agree it wouldn't be in anything metal too. The Altoids tin idea was floating around, but got shot down quickly.
I think the joke will be on all of us come 11:00 pm -- It's between BAKER & KING along CHEROKEE.
Clue #11) ..which claim a sugary loaf (Baker)...which claim a yellow stone (gold..king street)
Clue #7) ..lots of dough...Also refers to Baker Street.
Clue #5) ..riches also immeasurable (a "King's riches - gold)
Clue #4) ..mother lode... Refers to Gold (ie yellow stone)
I remember this hapenning a few years back .. when the Clue (less) God put out clues pointing to a particular place and then threw a curve ball at everyone on the LAST CLUE saying it was in a part of the park no-one really looked. When the explainations came out in the paper - people were pissed!!! - since the clues were all obscure - like yellow stone...gold...king. All teh clues up to the last one could have been one of two places in the park... and he structured it so most people would look where the treasure really is. My guess is that the Clue (less) God is having alot of fun watching people spend all their time digging up on the hill..... not to mention dragging out the hunt is great for circulation. Between Baker and King Street along cherokee - not many people have been over there. pyramids...sliding hill... all that stuff is just identifying the park.
Anyway - regardless...when the explainations come out people will still be scratching their heads on this one.
I don't get the paper, just look online for the clue and its not "misspelled" there.
Kenute - I think it's just a typo. The cooler version spelling is correct.
Brad - wouldn't that just suck if it's been chopped to little bits?
I really think it might be in a piece of already dug up snow/ice all by it's little lonesome. Since the snow came so late this year, they may have had to hide it without a container.