2012 - Tony Schmidt Park

Thanks Gilby... Still lingering in my mind cause even the workers wouldn't know if it winds up there or not.

Yay, another hunt in a huge patch of woods. There is a serious lack of creativity on these hunts in the last few years.

Seriously, I'd welcome a $500 prize if it meant I could find the medallion stuck in a white castle box next to a trash can in rice park, or something along those lines.

btw, logged in to check the forums here, oddly enough I had 78 unread messages in this forum and the cooler crew cachers forum.. medallion was hidden in harriet island in 78.. maybe I should start looking there. Lol.. right, not enough woods.

I am so glad that I took off from clue three on.

<------ so happy the 2012 Hunt is honoring QueenMalley this year!

WTF,

From the Press

Clues on TwinCities.com: Clues will be posted online on TwinCities.com at about 11:30 p.m. each day of the hunt – but hunters ready for a riddle will have an advantage: The clue will be released in scrambled form one hour earlier, at about 10:30 p.m.

"Scrambled form" Yikes

This too:

"email alerts with a link to each new clue as itÂ’s issued."

Curious to know what scrambled form means?

Just the arrangement of words or will the whole clue be in code?

If by chance this hunt goes long, depending how quickly you solve it, the extra hour could be critical for getting a jump on others with one of the last pinpoint the pucks location clues.

I think this could be fun. I see the forums revving up earlier in the night now!

Since they are releasing the clue in mass e-mail to everyone that signs up I wonder if this will eliminate the need to stand in line...?

People are going to be finding medallions everywhere...

"Real Pirates": In partnership with the Science Museum of Minnesota, 1,000 "medallions" will be hidden in parks around Ramsey County – each good for one free admission for the Real Pirates exhibit, opening Feb. 18.

Nightmare!

Thanks for the heads up. Hope one of the group here wins it at least :smile:

Hey Jake, if I win it, do you want to buy it for $10,000 :wink: j/k

Define scrambled.

I can hide a clue pretty well online, or in various styles of encryption for that matter.

Arden Hills is my guess. Look for viking clues.

Or My old standby Beaver. Lots of woods there too. :cool:

probly will for me. I dont wanna go to Gabes. :coolfrown:

Besides, how to underage hunters get into gabes. Wrecks it for 18-20 yr olds... :sad:

:barf: :barf: :barf: :barf: :barf: :barf: :barf: :barf: :barf:

Yea, the geocachers are pretty good at that stuff :wink:

New WC light-up gloves. Perfect for digging.

I don't believe Gabe's is limited to 21+. I've never seen anyone checking ID's at the door.

I wonder if these new changes to the hunt signal a new cluewriter?

Hi All,

Since they are hiding 1000 fake pirate medallions during this years hunt, I have created a friendly competition for those wanting to see who can pick up the most of these.

Basically, the number of medallions found splits the pot. (20 found, pot split 20 ways, 1 found, winner take all) The more people play the bigger the pot will be.

I created a facebook page with the details. If you aren't on facebook and want to play, message me.

https://www.facebook.com/events/235635386511977/?mid=57

"And in another hunt twist, 1,000 miniature medallions will be hidden in parks in Ramsey County. Each medallion is good for free admission to the "Real Pirates" exhibit opening Feb. 18 at the Science Museum of Minnesota."

So what do you think these fakes are going to look like? the jolly roger, or something more in line with the winter carvnival/medallion hunt? I'm tempted to find a few to hang on to.

Speaking of Scrambled messages. Here's some practice.

Bx, fvapr gur Cerff vf tbvat gb bssre fpenzoyrq pyhrf na ubhe rneyl, V gubhtug vg jbhyq or n tbbq rkrepvfr gb cbfg fpenzoyrq zrffntrf sbe crbcyr gb qrpvcure. V'yy cbfg bar n qnl va n qvssrerag rapelcgvba zrgubq. Gbqnl'f fubhyq or rnfl sbe nal trbpnpure.

I'm not a geocacher but I was able to read the message.

http://www.twincities.com/portlet/article/html/imageDisplay.jsp?contentItemRelationshipId=4182949

Um, I don't think there was a medallion then. I *think* a certificate was placed in the chest?

You should be. You'd absolutely enjoy creating tough puzzles to find a cache. :wink:

it's snowing, yayyyyy!

Until we see some clues I would say no. I think most of the new changes are due to the 60th anniversary.

Who did I promise that pewter plate to?

I found it when I moved.

Like eggs?

Ha! Scrambled Eags!

And for today's scramble.

01010111011001010110110001101100001000000110111101101011001011000010000001111001011001010111001101110100011001010111001001100100011000010111100100100111011100110010000001100011011011110110010001100101001000000111011101100001011100110010000001110011011010010110110101110000011011000110010100100000011001010110111001101111011101010110011101101000001000000111010001101111001000000111010101101110011001000110010101110010011100110111010001100001011011100110010000101100001000000110010101110110011001010110111000100000011001100110111101110010001000000100000101010111001011100010000001001001001001110110110100100000011100110111010101110010011001010010000001101000011001010010000001100011011000010110111000100000011001100110100101100111011101010111001001100101001000000111010001101000011010010111001100100000011011110110111001100101001000000110111101110101011101000010000001100101011000010111001101101001011011000111100100100000011101000110111101101111001011100010000001010000011001010111001001101000011000010111000001110011001000000111010001101111011011010110111101110010011100100110111101110111001000000100100100100111011011000110110000100000011101000111001001111001001000000110011001101111011100100010000001110011011011110110110101100101011101000110100001101001011011100110011100100000011011010110111101110010011001010010000001100100011010010110011001100110011010010110001101110101011011000111010000101110

show-off!

:pbpt:

Actually i think the guy I thought was the CW left the press, maybe a new CW. Who knows

Last year CW was a she.

I had expressed a interest in it but I can't rember if you had said I could have it or not!

Hi y'all!

So the Gabes thing...do you think they are going to sell papers inside or do you think they might set up the big tent outside so that all ages can stand outside and wait for the clue? I also wonder how long this construction might last on Cedar? Just this year? longer?

Maybe with the scrambled clue coming out at 10:30, they are banking on not very many people going to Gabes for the newpaper?

So many questions, so few answers... :eek:

10k? No way. I will be offering the winner of the drawing $1,000 for it though. It will be a no haggle offer, take it or leave it.

What most people don't know is that if they win the medallion in this drawing, they will also be winning a piece of Ingebrigtson family history.

1,000.. hmm kind of at the tempting spot.

Brings up another interesting question though, I wonder if the press will make the winner sign anything stating they won't auction the medallion off on ebay.

The construction was supposed to be about a year, and I think they're 4-5 months into it.

Playfair Cipher, cooler crew appears to be the encryption key, or something similar, I got the just of the message.

Here's your next one ares :wink:

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Oh, and I guess I'll let this count as today's puzzle for anyone else interested.

The starting week is finally upon us, pretty pumped up. Great times lie ahead. I hope a cooler finds it this year.