2022 Coldest's Lost Treasure Hunt

-“Pay up” is a reference to Showboat ticket booth where you would pay for your tickets. The ticket booth is very close to Davy Jones’s Key’s location

-Join either Davy’s crew or Jack Sparrows crew, a loose reference to the group of boats at Lower and Upper Harbors at Harriet Island. One should join Jack’s crew as he always has rum or “BREW”, MILLER Docks is near Upper Harbor and Davy Jones’s Key.

-Davy Jones’s Key is hidden in a “NARROW” hole in the concrete right near the middle of the X bricks on the walkway.

-10 is another reference to the roman numeral X and the hiding spot

-1,000 in roman numerals is an M, near the Key’s location the shoreline makes a M

-The 10th hunt for the Winter Carnival Pioneer Press was hidden at Harriet Island in a boot. 10 times 1000 is 10,000. The current prize amount for that hunt.

-“Times” in mathematics, is a X symbol. Again hinting at the hiding location

-“Take heed to the danger thats comin” is a double reference. First off it is giving a warning of the foul beast the Kraken, which is a reference to look at the cracks in the walkways. Secondly its referring to the danger of the rising waters of the Mississippi, which there’s a warning sign near the Key’s Location.

-The first line tells you that tools like a rake will not help you in this hunt. As the Key is hidden in a narrow hole in the concrete walking path

-“Villains arrr dead” is an anagram for “arrr a devil island”. Harriet Island used to be called Devils Island

-The last line tells you a peg leg or stick, might be best to pluck it out it’s hole as the Key is lightly covered by small rocks and sand.

-the first two lines refer to a stealthy wolf that is on the big playground stump near the O’hage lot of Harriet Island.

-Blueback is a type of herring fish, warning a red herring is afoot.

-Davy Jones’s Key is hidden with a great waterside view along the river walkway.

-Harriet Land has many waterside views, it also has more than one parking lot. Davy Jones’s Key is hidden not too far from the Target Stage lot. Also a slight nod to the 2018 Pioneer Press medallion find involving a parking lot at Harriet Island.

-“Blast” is a keyword for the old Nagasaki road that was moved from Harriet Island to Como Park.

-“Intense flash” is a visual reference to the tall Lumen skyscraper visible from the Key’s location.

-“Victory” is a reference to the Plaza De Honor flags. The plaza is just down the trail a bit from the Key’s location.

-A reticle is often depicted as and X. Hinting at the exact location of the key. On the walking path,In a hole, at the center of the X made with red bricks.

-There is also a perfect shaped reticle near and apartment building across the river. You need a birds eye view to see it (google maps).

-“Bullseye” is a reference to target stage at Harriet Island.

-“Across” is a subtle reference for “a cross”. Hinting at the X the treasure is hidden next to.

-There are train tracks across the river from Harriet Island.

-The Showboat Landing shelter is near the treasure.

-There is a lot of smoke billowing from a building downtown, visible from the treasure.

-“Grog” is a drink pirates enjoy. The original recipe is just beer/rum mixed with water. A hint at Water St boarding Harriet Island.

-Lord Beckett’s fleet is the Royal Navy in the movie. Raspberry Island used to be called Navy Island. Which is near Harriet Island and in view of the treasure.

-Lord Beckett also helped command the Eastern Trading Company, hinting to look on the east side of HI.

-“Raising hell” is a reference to HI’s old name of Devils Island.

-“Smoke Rises” is another reference to the rising smoke seen from the treasures location.

-Staying with the British theme with Lord Beckett, the last two lines are referring to the London St Paul Cathedral that burned down long ago. The word squire supports the British theme. Overall hinting at the city of St Paul and our St Paul Cathedral in view at the treasure site.

-“Bell” is a reference to the cathedral.

-The seal of the state of Ohio depicts a sun with 13 rays. Ohio street is near Harriet Island. Double meaning for the De La Sole neighborhood.

-“Mill a ton” is referring to the Municipal Grain Elevator across the river and in view at the treasure’s location.

-This area is perfect for pirates as is was and somewhat still is a port.

-Harriet was also perfect for a pauper(poor) as they had public baths.

-“Tow a boat” is a reference to the new luxury high rise on Water Street boarding HI called Cordelle. The name Cordelle means “tow a boat” or “towline”.

-“Locker” is a reference to the nearby storage locker business called Extra Space. On Water St right next to HI and the Cordelle high rise.

-“ay knifed” is an anagram for “find a key”. Referring to our proxy item this hunt, the key to Dead Man’s Chest.

-The words “beliefs and form” is a reference to Plato and his famous Theories of Forms. Plato street boarders HI.

-“Yo look you freak” is an anagram for “you look for a key”. Again hinting at our proxy item.

-In the movie Davy Jones keeps the key safe under his tentacles, again hinting at the key.

-The winning bird who gets the worm is the Early Bird. The worm is his breakfast. Overall hinting at the Bed and Breakfast boat near the treasure.

-“a tax” is an anagram for “at a X”, hinting at the red X the treasure is hidden at.

-The rag William Turner gambles in the game of Liars Dice depicts the key. Again hinting at the proxy item you are looking for.

-“Tell a lie with fives” is referring to the X shape the five side makes on a dice. Again hinting at the X the key is hidden at.

-The last line is a song made by Robert Louis Stevenson called Dead Man’s Chest. The song is made for his novel Treasure Island. The overall hint here is to find a Island near Robert street.

-The clue straight out mentions the key, our proxy item.

-“Grab the wheel” is referring to the Bed and Breakfast sign near the treasure site. It depicts a boat wheel on it.

-“Isla Cruces” means Cross Island, hinting at an Island. Also hinting for you to look for a cross X where the treasure is hidden. Harriet Island’s river walk path has a bunch of X’s on it made of red bricks.

-“Ride the tides” is another reference to the nearby Bed and Breakfast sign. On the top of the sign depicts waves/tides.

-The spyglass is referring to the shape the diagonal walking trails make near the Great Lawn. From a birds eye view it looks like a spyglass. If you go along one of the diagonal paths (move like a rook) you will travel towards the treasure. DOUBLE MEANING, the picture of Harriet Bishop near the playground looks directly at the treasure site.

-“Rook” is a reference to Harriet Bishop. A rook is also known as a bishop in chess.

-“Departure” is a reference to the sign at the Showboat Landing shelter. It has information on what time the boats depart.

-If you overlay the old map of Harriet Island to the map of today. The PUBLIC Baths would be along the river walk trail from the flags to the Showboat Landing area. Hinting to look along the path in that area.

-“Treasure Island” is a reference to the may Winter Carnival treasures that were hidden at Harriet Island.

-“Reborn” is referring to the island being reborn from its former self, also there is a plaque on the river walk that says,”St Paul’s gathering place reborn”.

-The use of “bed” and “breakfast” hints at the nearby Bed and Breakfast boat nearby the treasure.

-Devils Island is HI former name.

-“Symbolic 10th year” is a reference to the X. The Roman numeral symbol for 10 is X.

-There is a typo in the Showboat Landing signs on top of the shelter on the side the treasure was. It was missing the T and L.

-The address on the Showboat Landing shelter is 110.

-“Hell or high water” is referring to the rising water of the Mississippi. More so referring to the barricade that says “warning high water” near the treasure.

-“Fate gets narrow” again refers to the narrow hole the treasure is hidden in.

-“Stony sand burrow” is telling you to burrow under the sand and small rocks covering the treasure.

-“Kraken” was referring to all the cracks in the river walk. And the crack at the X where the treasure is hidden.

-The Inn again is the Bed And Breakfast boat.

-Showboa anding is directly telling you the typo to look for.

-Look for an Island along the river.

-Island of the navy is referring to Raspberry Island, formally Navy Island, visible from the treasure.

-Mentions the cracked walk way to look for.

-Tells you to search for the key near the eastern parking lot area.

-Then literally tells you a red X marks the spot.