2012 - Tony Schmidt Park

Hmm.. I wonder why they see the need to set up a new forum every year for the hunt? Why not just have a hunt forum, and a couple months after the hunt is done, lock it down, save the conversations as a read only source of information for the next year and create a new area for the new hunt?

I guess that would just make too much sense.

Each night during the Treasure Hunt folks searching for the medallion meet at the Pioneer Press to get their hands on the first edition of the next day's newspaper that contains the new clue. Meet some these hunters and see why they hunt during the twilight hours.

For the 2012 hunt, this rendezvous will move to Gabes by the Park on Lexington Avenue.

This hunt is going to be a complete disaster. You heard it here first.

Back in the day of the Pioneer Planet and Casey our nightwatchman, that is what happened. The hunt folder would be up during the hunt and after the hunt they would archive the file. Next year a new folder dedicated to that year's hunt.

Sense in the good old days. Not so much now.

I 100% agree with jake....and if we both agree that is has to be a major first...

I think I need to go find some crayons and a helmet and beat my head on the wall.

Do you think they expect the hunters to drink $10,000 worth of beer maybe?

I wonder if it has something to do with Cedar being all torn up in front of the PP with one lane open if that? Maybe they felt it just wasn't practical to have people trying to get in and out of there with the construction?

http://metrotransit.org/rail-construction.aspx#StPaulDetours

Cool interactive maps that have every park in the county

https://maps.co.ramsey.mn.us/goramsey/goramsey.html

That took forever to load on my slow DSL. Might be time to see if a faster speed is available in my neighborhood.

I think AW is right, most likely due to the construction downtown.

1-4" of snow likely between now and this weekend.

Yesterday would have been the perfect day to hide the puck.

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Treasure Hunt clues will be published in the Pioneer Press and on TwinCities.com beginning Sunday, January 22, 2012.

A new clue will appear daily through Thursday, February 2, 2012, unless the medallion is found prior to that date. Read the daily clues to search for the Pioneer Press medallion hidden on public land in Ramsey County. The medallion will not be hidden on the State Capitol grounds, at Como Zoo & Conservatory, under any skating surface, on a golf course, under or on any artificial turf surface or at any construction site.

If you find the Pioneer Press medallion, promptly return it to the Pioneer Press, 345 Cedar St., St. Paul, to qualify for the $2,500 initial cash prize. Win an additional $2,500 for bringing in all of the published daily clues, clipped or copied from the Pioneer Press or printed from TwinCities.com, and providing them along with the found medallion.

The Pioneer Press also will award an additional $5,000 to the finder if he/she is a registered 2012 Winter Carnival Button owner and has mailed an official entry form postmarked by Friday, January 20, 2012, to the Winter Carnival office, or has registered online at http://www.winter-carnival.com by 11:59 p.m. on January 20.

If the Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt medallion is not found by 11:59 p.m. Thursday, February 2, 2011, the Pioneer Press reserves the right to terminate the Hunt and donate the prize to a local charity.

The Pioneer Press reserves the right to discontinue the Hunt at any time if public property is destroyed.

General Conditions:

Individuals under the age of 18 must have the permission of a parent or legal guardian to participate in the Hunt.

The winner will be required to execute and return a Certificate of Eligibility and General Release form within 24 hours of notifying the paper that the medallion has been found. If the winner is under the age of 18, the Certificate must be signed by his or her parent or legal guardian. Non-compliance may result in disqualification. Any income tax liability is the sole responsibility of the winner.

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I said something along the same lines on FB and I will tell you what I am with you and Kitch on this one!! and I think I will jump ship right now! and be done with it all!

Its posted on alex's post about it!
https://www.facebook.com/groups/63443276013/

anyone check this out it looks like something Cm would do because it looks like the cover art for the "dark side of the moon" if you look at the tab holder lol!

One day til I expire! Yikes, it's that time again.

Do you have a link?

Please tell me again how to renew? THANKS!

Found the link!

For me it doesn't really feel like the hunt is only next weekend.

I think it must be the lack of snow.

Brown brown, brown in the town.

Even if we get snow between now and then, if I were the cluewriter, I'd be thinking BIG park this time. Just in case there isn't snow. So, Como being obvious, I'm going with Highland, just because I can walk there. And because my son is 11 months old. Gotta keep stuff local, if possible. With a snow suit, he looks like a starfish.

I think the Gabe's thing is due to the construction as well. It is a mess by the Press. No place to park, lots of opportunities to get towed.

The problem, of course, is that Gabe's doesn't have that much parking either. And crossing Snelling from Front is no picnic on foot. And it's a Packer bar. If the Green and Gold make it to the Super Bowl...it will be in insufferable place.

I would think a great place to bury the puck during a brown hunt would be deep in the Maplewood portion of the Battle Creek woods, but it's been in B.C. more times than not the last few years. Highland has been 'due' for a few years... I guess I'm not really much into pre-guessing this year. This lack of snow is really sucky.

Gas up the leaf blowers. :goofy:

Agree about BC

Highland is actually mostly undeveloped woods and trees. Very hilly, and hard to access. There are a number of geocaches in there that are pretty hard to find, as you really have to work to plot a path to them. That and there is a lot of vertical between the pool and West 7th. Hard to put a playground on a hill.

My leaf blower is a rake! I have a city lot, so the only gas powered tool I own is a snow blower, and that's because I have a corner lot, with two sidewalks to deal with.

Hidden Falls is also a mass of trees and leaves. Just throwing stuff out there, but think forest, folks.

Crosby has my vote ... I'm getting excited now too ... come to the forum and see many new posts :grin:

Big park with lots of woods should be the deal this year.

Huge Park that we don't have a map for is my thought..uncharted territory. Or Crosby... :smile: I do think it will be a fast hunt if it's back in Battle Creek. It's huge but even with snow it is never a 12 clue hunt there.

<------Buster staring me down! lol

I'm leaning towards big woodsy park it hasn't been at before (new park seems to be the recenttrend). In order to do that it would have to be in a park outside city limits.

Maybe one of the regional/county parks. Quite a few in the northern suburbs VH-SV-AH-NB.

The last couple of years I always want to look at parks outside of StP even though I know statistically it's not probable.

 :eyeroll:

Hey does anyone have a pdf or any kind of electronic copy of the Street Names book? I have the print version, but would really like to put it on my iPad.

I wish I like this idea! I want a copy to to put on my Phone!



Wait tell everyone sees what I got for X-mas! it is my pride and Joy! and It is older then alot of you all in the Cooler crew!! if not all of you!

Last night, I dreamed that I turned in bed and put my hand on a cold, hard arm. Two possibilities occurred to me, in my sleep - one is that I've had a stroke and my arm is actually that cold and lacking in feeling. The other is that someone crawled into my bed and died. So, in my sleep, I felt both my arms and they were just fine. Opened my eyes and there was no additional arm in my bed. I think I was dreaming about that stupid arm from the medallion hunt video!

I think it will either snow heavy within the first couple days of the hunt, or it will be in s remote spot in some huge park.

Como at least is close to Gabe's.

I also thought woods with this brown winter we're having, but if the spot wasn't in the woods, but not necessarily out in the middle of a field, with us all expecting woods, it would make for an interesting hunt at least for me. I'm so sick and tired of woods.

Eags - That's a funny story about the arm.

It's almost a given we will be seeing woods again.

Will there be videos this year, you think?

Linwood has woods!

Ares,

I believe Pike Island is a Minnesota state park (Fort Snelling State Park), is that allowed? Does anyone know for sure if it can be hidden in a state park?

I have had my eye on there for awhile thinking it was a perfect spot.

I too believe it is a State Park piece of property, but either way, there is an admission fee required to access the island, and I would assume that be would enough to kill it's chances of being placed there.

Correct, you can bike or walk in for free, but that's a long haul! For kicks and giggles, I just called the park, and they told me "No, the medallion will NOT be in the park". Pike Island is a part of the State Paerk, even if it falls within the city's limits. However, the state parks are off limits for possible medallion locations. This is what they told me.

Nothing to see here, please move along.