Someone on the PP page got Saint Mudd - - I didn't see that one in here first. That is pushing obscure - you'd almost have to own the book to know that.
Did anyone get Margaret = Pearl Street? I never saw that one.
Saint Mudd was indeed obscure and it seems unfair that you should have to buy a book to figure out a clue. But what doesn't bother me as much this year as last year is that when someone did mention it, it at least clicked, "yes, that must be it!" I remember Green posting about the excavating priest last year and she prettymuch had it dead on, and yet we all read it and thought it sounded too far fetched. So in the sense that even the obscure clues at least clicked, I can live with it. Last year nothing clicked, even after reading the explanations.
Sounds like there will be a couple of shifts at Yarusso's. I don't know if the people there now will still be there. They may not be anywhere by then, having chosen to go home for a while. But if that's the spot people want to rendezvous at, then it does sound like there will be others there after 5. Or then the question is, would it be better to go somewhere else after 5? The ones that have been at Yarusso's all day may be sick of it by then.
Joe Horwath, and daughter Jessica Horwath, both of Maplewood, at the St. Paul Pioneer Press building after confirming they are the winners of the 2009 Treasure Hunt on Jan. 28, 2009. (Pioneer Press:Sherri laRose-Chiglo)
TwinCities.com has a picture now of a man and a woman. I wonder if that's the man and the woman people were talking about earlier when they were saying they thought someone found it?
I can tell for sure by the eyes and the blond hair.
The guy looks older than I thought, but they were all bundled up.
They were leaving when I was coming and we crossed paths at about 9:35-9:40ish. They looked so happy and proud that I stopped and almost asked them if they found it.
Allison.....Looking @ the MSN maps there doesnt seem to be a disticnt tree with 25 paces south east of that creek. Perhaps its not visible on the image very well
Just saw that it's all over. In a way I'm sad and in a way I'm happy cause I can take it easy tonight and just watch lost (maybe meet up if we do a pity party tonight). I read over the explanations. The only one's I disliked were 3 and 5. I don't think they were really stretching on any of the others, and we had them figured out fairly well. My biggest disappointment is that they made no attempt to narrow the spot down till clue 11, and even that could fit several spots in the park. What happened to the good old days when you got a list of things you could see from the spot and just had to figure out where that spot was?
Things definitely look very different on the arial than they do on the ground. On the arial, it's hard to even tell where there's a hill or cliff, so I'm not surprised that a big tree wouldn't really stand out on that view.
Father-and-daughter team Joe and Jessica Horwath of Maplewood found the Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt medallion in Swede Hollow Park at 9:30 a.m. this morning.
The Horwaths brought the medallion and 11 days worth of clues to the newspaper early this afternoon. Jessica also had a registered Winter Carnival button, so the two will get the full $10,000 in prize money, along with $1,200 good toward groceries from Cub Foods.
Now, don't get mad: This was their first day out looking with tools (they didn't have their shovel and pitchfork Wednesday night when they scoped out the park) and they had only been poking around for an hour when the prize unearthed itself.
Actually, it floatedto the surface of a little creek that runs in the park as Jessica, 21, stirred the waters.
"I saw this little pair of lips pop up," said Jessica, referring to a laminated picture of the Pioneer Press bulldog mascot — prettied with a pair of bright red lips — that was taped to the medallion.
But Jessica at first thought the item was a makeup compact.
"I was going to keep on going," she said.
Luckily, she was curious.
"I read the back [of the medallion]," she said. "It said 'You've found it.' I whispered, 'Dad ...'"
Joe, 45, has hunted since he was a little kid but has never before found the prize.
"You're s******' me!" he said.
"He goes, 'Shhh,'" said Jessica.
She took the palm-sized disc and zipped it into her coat pocket.
Another hunter, about 10 feet away, didn't notice what had transpired.
But the gaggles of hunters in the park that saw the father and daughter speed-walking back to their car — with giant smiles on their faces — started asking questions.
By the time they exited the park, a small crowd was forming around them.
"We didn't want to say anything because we didn't know if it was the real thing," Joe said. "We wanted to be sure we had it."
They did.
The Horwaths will be presented with their prize money during a 3:30 p.m. press conference in the lobby of the Pioneer Press headquarters at 345 Cedar St. in downtown St. Paul.
The find was lucky for the Horwaths — the puck traveled somehow from its original position next to the spring-fed creek by a tree and into the water. The move was reminiscent of the 2004 Phalen hunt, when the puck, initially tucked into a green donut, ended up naked some distance from its original hiding place.
If the press conference is at 3:30, I'm guessing Yarusso's might break up for that. That should mean we're kind of free to pick whatever place for an evening gathering.
LMAO I can't believe what I just read... you would think that they would do a better job of hiding the puck after Phalen.... uffffffff lol I'm a bit disappointed!
I think Art mentioned it earlier on here but when we were out in the park last night we saw people just shoveling now and tossing it behind them into the creek and thinking to ourselves what idiots, they might be tossing the medallion and not even know it. Apparently someone did... All over the park were a lot of clumps of snow that were dug up but not chopped up that the medallion could have been encased in. Some people just don't know how to hunt.
Another Cooler Crew shutout. Though I have to say when I was out there yesterday, it seemed to me that at best 10% of the people out there were Cooler Crew members. So really, the odds aren't in our favor and any year in which a Cooler Crew person does find is a real victory.
Actually my friends also thought it would be in the creek. And I'm not a bit surprised myself.
The problem with having a ton of people searching in the park is a lot of them are hyped up and in a frenzy, so they just start digging away and a good percentage of last minute hunters don't stop to check what they tossed aside while digging.
Considering that it floated, I'm surprised the medallion got found at all, and wasn't halfways on it's way to New Orleans (Mardi Gras theme night at the Pioneer Press, dare I say conspiracy?).
geez this person was pissed..
Did anyone get Margaret = Pearl Street? I never saw that one.
Anyone heading to Yarusso's tonight?
Yarusso's or Kellys Depot could be good too (both have great food)
I really feel like crying. Randy, Rex and I were digging right there last night. :crying:
I swear I am going to do mock hunts this year, I already told Reg I would.
I will come down to Yarusso's tonight for PP if peeps will be there. I am stuck at work the rest of the afternoon.
I can tell for sure by the eyes and the blond hair.
The guy looks older than I thought, but they were all bundled up.
They were leaving when I was coming and we crossed paths at about 9:35-9:40ish. They looked so happy and proud that I stopped and almost asked them if they found it.
So sad, I literally dug at that exact tree for 10 minutes last night before moving on. Supposedly the med was moved into the creek.
wow..my google updates are crazy...
Father-and-daughter team Joe and Jessica Horwath of Maplewood found the Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt medallion in Swede Hollow Park at 9:30 a.m. this morning.
The Horwaths brought the medallion and 11 days worth of clues to the newspaper early this afternoon. Jessica also had a registered Winter Carnival button, so the two will get the full $10,000 in prize money, along with $1,200 good toward groceries from Cub Foods.
Now, don't get mad: This was their first day out looking with tools (they didn't have their shovel and pitchfork Wednesday night when they scoped out the park) and they had only been poking around for an hour when the prize unearthed itself.
Actually, it floatedto the surface of a little creek that runs in the park as Jessica, 21, stirred the waters.
"I saw this little pair of lips pop up," said Jessica, referring to a laminated picture of the Pioneer Press bulldog mascot — prettied with a pair of bright red lips — that was taped to the medallion.
But Jessica at first thought the item was a makeup compact.
"I was going to keep on going," she said.
Luckily, she was curious.
"I read the back [of the medallion]," she said. "It said 'You've found it.' I whispered, 'Dad ...'"
Joe, 45, has hunted since he was a little kid but has never before found the prize.
"You're s******' me!" he said.
"He goes, 'Shhh,'" said Jessica.
She took the palm-sized disc and zipped it into her coat pocket.
Another hunter, about 10 feet away, didn't notice what had transpired.
But the gaggles of hunters in the park that saw the father and daughter speed-walking back to their car — with giant smiles on their faces — started asking questions.
By the time they exited the park, a small crowd was forming around them.
"We didn't want to say anything because we didn't know if it was the real thing," Joe said. "We wanted to be sure we had it."
They did.
The Horwaths will be presented with their prize money during a 3:30 p.m. press conference in the lobby of the Pioneer Press headquarters at 345 Cedar St. in downtown St. Paul.
The find was lucky for the Horwaths — the puck traveled somehow from its original position next to the spring-fed creek by a tree and into the water. The move was reminiscent of the 2004 Phalen hunt, when the puck, initially tucked into a green donut, ended up naked some distance from its original hiding place.
First day hunting. One hour. IN THE CREEK!
That means someone threw it with their shovel last night.
Adina
(mostly lurking this year, but did freeze out there in the park twice and will chime in next year).
He's out 150 per the Cluemaster rule... :wink:
The problem with having a ton of people searching in the park is a lot of them are hyped up and in a frenzy, so they just start digging away and a good percentage of last minute hunters don't stop to check what they tossed aside while digging.
Considering that it floated, I'm surprised the medallion got found at all, and wasn't halfways on it's way to New Orleans (Mardi Gras theme night at the Pioneer Press, dare I say conspiracy?).
:pbpt: