Part of the reason there may not be many postings is how to get here. I went straight to the Water Cooler, and scrolled down to find the Treasure hunt, and clicked on the link and ended up seeing the 2000 postings. I found the 2001 area by going to the link they had on the webpage which will also have the clues on it.
I am hoping to get out and really look this year. Other years I have read the clues, read the Water Cooler discussions, gone nuts just trying to figure out the clues on paper by looking at maps, the Treasure Hunters Guide, and a Parks book. Last year I did look at Kellogg Park, but that is really all the field experience I have.
My problem is that I live Downtown St. Paul and have no car. I haven't been able to talk any of my friends into looking for the medallion with me otherwise I think I would really get into it. I keep a Treasure Hunters's Guide at work and at home, so I can work on the clues all day.
Good evening Terry, I am just catching up on todays posts.
Annette, I agree with Terry, getting out and looking for a long time is all it takes, you will be hooked. You feel really good when you are actually at the same park that the medallion is found in too.
Annette - Hopefully you can find someone to ride with. I know there are others that live downtown - and maybe you'll get lucky and it'll be at Kellogg.
And at least you know where your Treasure Hunter's Guide is! I've got a couple more places to check here and then we'll have to figure it's really in the cities and have to tear things apart when we get back tomorrow.
Hey Terry, what are your pre-hunt thoughts so far? Some one brought up a good point in that it may have something to do with gold since this is the 50th. I am personally leaning towards Highland, but it seems to obvious to me.
That's my thought about Highland. It's too obvious - but then I believe in keeping an open mind and knowing that anything is possible. After all, the only guidelines for this are that it not be in Maplewood and that only the hider knows where it is...and where it could be.
I agree with you on Phalen. I am still very skeptical about Mounds with the burial site still. A lot of people think Hidden Falls, but I doubt they would hide it there this year, possibly next, but for this being the 50th I would like to think that they would put it someplace big so that we all have to search like we did at Cherokee in '98. For the sake of fun. I hope it is in Battle Creek.
I agree, anything is possible. We will have to wait it out this year. I hope the clue writer is very vague for the first few clues. Except for the typical first clue "the medallion will be in a park in St. Paul and don't step foot on a golf course" After that I want some tough ones, make it more fun. Everyone on the cooler has become much better at noodling in the last few years and we need an 11 clue challenge (withholding the obvious twelfth walk here and then go here and look here).
The clue noodling is almost as much fun as the digging.
As always, there will be folks in several parks in the beginning.
The year it was at Cherokee, there were still people at Mounds when it was found. That was funny. The clues seemed so obviously Cherokee to me - but then I've been known to end up in the wrong park before too.
On the street mostly. There is a lot further west on 7th just beyond Patrick McGovern's if it's not full. There is parking on 7th and the side streets.
Well try to drag her there for just a little bit anyways!
After all, if she's marrying you, she'll need to get used to this foolishness. It's what I did with my hubby 30 years ago...and he caught the fever. We haven't missed a hunt since.
Annette - Fitger's is a complex up in Duluth (sorry if you know this already) and every March they have a Bock Fest. Wooden goat heads - 7 of them - are hidden in stores and restaurants in that complex. The hunt lasts about 4 or 5 hours. There are prizes associated with each goat head. I found one last year. The two years previous, Inks, hubby standing behind me in the picture, found one.
Last year my prize was a gift bag of Fitger's stuff (mug, glass, t-shirt). Inks won a $25.00 gift certificate to the Wine Cellar one year and a $25.00 gift certificate for drinks at the bar there.
It's all indoors for the hunt. Later there is a polar plunge for hearty souls that want to take a dip in Lake Superior, a beer drinking contest, a torte eating contest, live music and other fun.
Sounds a bit crazy, but fun. I had never heard of that before. You talk as if some parks would be obvious, but how do you think a park is obvious even before you have seen a clue? Because you have done this for so many years?
Annette--you don't have to worry about having a car. because the medallion will be in Kellogg park, or Mears! It's going to be downtown. I say this every year, but this year, it's got to come true! Anyways, if you are at the dealy tomorrow, I will be there for a short time, and if you feel comfortable, you can join me on a diggin session. I usually work alone, but I have been known to make an exeption. As for those of us who were stuck on Mounds, yep, I was one of them. "line of double divison" did not mean city/county, it somehow was a railroad track. Pyramids could only be Indian burial mounds, not picnic sheleters. Tower could only mean that airplane beacon. Ok when it got to Chair O key, I got it, but not after excavating much of Mounds Park!!!!!
Agreed Terry! As for digging downtown, my only support is this--given the recent "renaissance" of the downtown, I would think that there would be some sentiment to have the big enchilada culminate here. I said this in 2000, 1999, and 1998, so I am no seer, but even a broken clock is right twice a day!
I remember the past several years when Newell Pfool said it was Newell - and then almost fell off the planet when it actually showed up there last year. He was right on and could hardly believe it.
Yes Terry--I agree. Newell was kind of a running joke--even if the clue said "it's in cherokee park" some people would make the clues fit Newell. I was happy it was there--I love that neighborhood. It's close to my job, and it's a cool park. St. Paul really is a cool city with a lot of interesting area to explore. That's what makes this fun.
Part of the reason there may not be many postings is how to get here. I went straight to the Water Cooler, and scrolled down to find the Treasure hunt, and clicked on the link and ended up seeing the 2000 postings. I found the 2001 area by going to the link they had on the webpage which will also have the clues on it.
I am hoping to get out and really look this year. Other years I have read the clues, read the Water Cooler discussions, gone nuts just trying to figure out the clues on paper by looking at maps, the Treasure Hunters Guide, and a Parks book. Last year I did look at Kellogg Park, but that is really all the field experience I have.
Hi Annette!
My hunch is that you'll get into digging more and more as time flies.
You have the fever.
My problem is that I live Downtown St. Paul and have no car. I haven't been able to talk any of my friends into looking for the medallion with me otherwise I think I would really get into it. I keep a Treasure Hunters's Guide at work and at home, so I can work on the clues all day.
Good evening Terry, I am just catching up on todays posts.
Annette, I agree with Terry, getting out and looking for a long time is all it takes, you will be hooked. You feel really good when you are actually at the same park that the medallion is found in too.
Hi Rushmore!
Annette - Hopefully you can find someone to ride with. I know there are others that live downtown - and maybe you'll get lucky and it'll be at Kellogg.
And at least you know where your Treasure Hunter's Guide is! I've got a couple more places to check here and then we'll have to figure it's really in the cities and have to tear things apart when we get back tomorrow.
Annette, I lured my buddies into it a couple years ago with the "we could win $10,000!" They bit on that one big time.
Hey Terry, what are your pre-hunt thoughts so far? Some one brought up a good point in that it may have something to do with gold since this is the 50th. I am personally leaning towards Highland, but it seems to obvious to me.
That's my thought about Highland. It's too obvious - but then I believe in keeping an open mind and knowing that anything is possible. After all, the only guidelines for this are that it not be in Maplewood and that only the hider knows where it is...and where it could be.
My pre-clue thought is Mounds or Phalen.
I am also trying to think of another rec-center park that could hide the treasure.
I've enjoyed hunts in both those parks in the past and Phalen is long overdue.
I have never enjoyed hunting at Battle Creek though. Not sure why though.
I love hunting at Newell too. Not likely to be there though this year.
I agree with you on Phalen. I am still very skeptical about Mounds with the burial site still. A lot of people think Hidden Falls, but I doubt they would hide it there this year, possibly next, but for this being the 50th I would like to think that they would put it someplace big so that we all have to search like we did at Cherokee in '98. For the sake of fun. I hope it is in Battle Creek.
Yeah, Newell seems a bit unlikely to me too.
If I was to go to McGovern's tomorrow nite, how would I know who the Cooler Crew were?
Just be careful about being too skeptical. It tends to close your mind to possibilities...and at this point...it's all possible.
Ask for the crew when you arrive - and they will lead you to us. We'll be a large group!
And what do you mean if? Show up! We love meeting other members of the cooler crew!
I agree, anything is possible. We will have to wait it out this year. I hope the clue writer is very vague for the first few clues. Except for the typical first clue "the medallion will be in a park in St. Paul and don't step foot on a golf course" After that I want some tough ones, make it more fun. Everyone on the cooler has become much better at noodling in the last few years and we need an 11 clue challenge (withholding the obvious twelfth walk here and then go here and look here).
It would be good to meet everyone. I almost went last year to McGovern's. Perhaps I will make.
The clue noodling is almost as much fun as the digging.
As always, there will be folks in several parks in the beginning.
The year it was at Cherokee, there were still people at Mounds when it was found. That was funny. The clues seemed so obviously Cherokee to me - but then I've been known to end up in the wrong park before too.
Knock off the perhaps stuff! We don't bite! Show up!!! You'll have a great time and it's fun to put faces with names.
I'm sorry but Chair-O-Key and they still didn't get it? I don't know about some people. (Sorry if anyone here was in mounds then.)
Where do you park for McGoverns?
It's all in the interpretation I guess.
Annette - Seriously - show up. You'll be glad you did.
On the street mostly. There is a lot further west on 7th just beyond Patrick McGovern's if it's not full. There is parking on 7th and the side streets.
I really have no excuse NOT to be there - I mean living D.T. and all, I don't even have to worry about parking.
That's the spirit!!!!
Thanks for the parking info, it is unlikely that I will show. My fianceé and I are going to see Cast Away tomorrow night and then after that, I doubt it just cause I have to be back at work at 8 AM Sunday and also because she is yet to develop the passion yet. She still thinks I am silly. Oh well!
Well try to drag her there for just a little bit anyways!
After all, if she's marrying you, she'll need to get used to this foolishness. It's what I did with my hubby 30 years ago...and he caught the fever. We haven't missed a hunt since.
I found a picture from Allison Wonderland's website called "CoolerCrew.jpg". Are you in that picture by chance?
Yup! The one in the purple jacket. That was on our way to the Fitger's Bock Hunt a couple years ago.
We'll see, but I have to get my last night of pre-hunting rest, YESSS! Good night Terry and Annette!
Terry, It is good to put a fact to a name. What kind of hunt was that?
Goodnight Rushmore! Just think...traditions help strengthen unions. Get her hunting!
Night Rushmore!
Annette - Fitger's is a complex up in Duluth (sorry if you know this already) and every March they have a Bock Fest. Wooden goat heads - 7 of them - are hidden in stores and restaurants in that complex. The hunt lasts about 4 or 5 hours. There are prizes associated with each goat head. I found one last year. The two years previous, Inks, hubby standing behind me in the picture, found one.
Last year my prize was a gift bag of Fitger's stuff (mug, glass, t-shirt). Inks won a $25.00 gift certificate to the Wine Cellar one year and a $25.00 gift certificate for drinks at the bar there.
It's all indoors for the hunt. Later there is a polar plunge for hearty souls that want to take a dip in Lake Superior, a beer drinking contest, a torte eating contest, live music and other fun.
Sounds a bit crazy, but fun. I had never heard of that before. You talk as if some parks would be obvious, but how do you think a park is obvious even before you have seen a clue? Because you have done this for so many years?
Annette--you don't have to worry about having a car. because the medallion will be in Kellogg park, or Mears! It's going to be downtown. I say this every year, but this year, it's got to come true! Anyways, if you are at the dealy tomorrow, I will be there for a short time, and if you feel comfortable, you can join me on a diggin session. I usually work alone, but I have been known to make an exeption. As for those of us who were stuck on Mounds, yep, I was one of them. "line of double divison" did not mean city/county, it somehow was a railroad track. Pyramids could only be Indian burial mounds, not picnic sheleters. Tower could only mean that airplane beacon. Ok when it got to Chair O key, I got it, but not after excavating much of Mounds Park!!!!!
Ms. B--sometimes parks are obvious because they are "due", sometimes because the clues fit, sometimes we are just lucky!
Nothing is obvious and everything is possible without any clues!
Digging downtown could be fun!
Mostly we're just lucky if we get it noodled early.
Agreed Terry! As for digging downtown, my only support is this--given the recent "renaissance" of the downtown, I would think that there would be some sentiment to have the big enchilada culminate here. I said this in 2000, 1999, and 1998, so I am no seer, but even a broken clock is right twice a day!
Everybody says--they won't put it downtown because of the lights they string in the park--well, I say that they are just extending digging hours!
I printed up the Hiding List the other night so I know what the recent parks are to start to rule out. It would be great if it was downtown this yr.
I remember the past several years when Newell Pfool said it was Newell - and then almost fell off the planet when it actually showed up there last year. He was right on and could hardly believe it.
And if it was downtown, more of the original snoopy things could fall into a clue.
Yes Terry--I agree. Newell was kind of a running joke--even if the clue said "it's in cherokee park" some people would make the clues fit Newell. I was happy it was there--I love that neighborhood. It's close to my job, and it's a cool park. St. Paul really is a cool city with a lot of interesting area to explore. That's what makes this fun.