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2012 - Tony Schmidt Park

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2012 Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt - Tony Schmidt Park
2012 Clues 

So its back to the drawing board for next year 
to find a spot so deep and drear. 
Harder to reach all you whiners 
than those buried Chilean miners. 

Next year's clues will inspire dread 
requiring knowledge of languages dead, 
Higher math rocket science 
disbanding every hunters alliance. 

I take your leave. I bid adieu. 
I go in search of the perfect clue. 
Prepare to hike hard dig deep and delve. 
Will have a grand party in 2012.



 

diggin4it

Got it ... fun! keep'em coming!
Mon, 01/16/2012 - 7:27 AM Permalink
Art Vandelay

I love a challenge!
Mon, 01/16/2012 - 8:42 AM Permalink
KC0GRN

Congratulations! You have successfully registered your 2012 Winter Carnival Button on-line!

Well there goes my chances of finding it... :pbpt:
Mon, 01/16/2012 - 8:45 AM Permalink
mrmnmikey

anyone else having trouble registering for the med giveaway on facebook? I have to fill out a form every time. Any one else have to do that? Then I get email saying they are reveiwing my registration and will send an email when I'm approved or disapproved.
Mon, 01/16/2012 - 10:03 AM Permalink
KC0GRN

I've noticed some issues with registering on facebook as well. The disturbing problem is every day you sign up with all of your personal information, including a plaintext password field. And no good confirmation that your entry was successful.
Mon, 01/16/2012 - 10:17 AM Permalink
Brassmonkey

Same gripe, I have had the emails saying they will confirm my registration with another email saying it was accepted yet that email never comes...
Mon, 01/16/2012 - 10:23 AM Permalink
brasscat

Ditto
Mon, 01/16/2012 - 10:52 AM Permalink
King Boreas aka Ian

I didn't finish it. Too much info requested.
Mon, 01/16/2012 - 12:19 PM Permalink
brasscat

Hi every1...I decided to go look at two parks today just for *hits and giggles.....and at Tony Schmidt there were a couple walking around the shelter at the beach taking pic's on there phone. I laughed to my self and said there as nuts as me ...Was it one of us? Drove through Long Lake too. Just for the feel of it. Oh my I think I've been bit by the hunt bug. :sillygrin:
Mon, 01/16/2012 - 4:08 PM Permalink
ares

Uncle!

but i'm going to guess its some sort of vignere cipher.
Mon, 01/16/2012 - 7:10 PM Permalink
incrediblemagpie

vignere cipher ares
Mon, 01/16/2012 - 9:08 PM Permalink
KC0GRN

Correct on the cipher. I gave you the keyword right before I :wink: ed.

Ciphers are a slippery slope, I expect they won't go that far in a scramble. Perhaps something like a sudoku puzzle though? Or just anagrams, or simply mixing up the words into incoherent sentences.

Congrats incrediblemagpie :smile: Yeah, geocachers are pretty adept at puzzles.
Mon, 01/16/2012 - 9:24 PM Permalink
queenmalley

This is great!
Mon, 01/16/2012 - 9:25 PM Permalink
ares

I actually got as far as cracking down the are of the keyword assuming that the I'ui was actually I've. stupid me. :smile:
Mon, 01/16/2012 - 9:30 PM Permalink
KC0GRN

Sitting here listening to the hard drive on my laptop.. I think the heads might be going out.

Crappy seagate drives anyway... Manufacturers like them because they're cheap... Oh well, it's just for data right now, not the OS. I don't like it though.. think part of my tax returns will be a trip to microcenter for a western digital equivalent drive.
Mon, 01/16/2012 - 9:35 PM Permalink
diggorius rex

hmmm i've seen this concept used recently.. lol
Mon, 01/16/2012 - 9:59 PM Permalink
incrediblemagpie

Not so much adept as knowing where to find the right tools.

Rumkin

Purplehell
Tue, 01/17/2012 - 7:37 AM Permalink
KC0GRN

Cute, I'll have to save those links :smile:
Tue, 01/17/2012 - 9:33 AM Permalink
Brassmonkey

Here is a link to the pirate medallion contest, I think the picture of the medallion on the website is what they may look like.

http://www.smm.org/hunt
Tue, 01/17/2012 - 10:48 AM Permalink
Art Vandelay

So this is going on at the same time as the regular medallion hunt? I think that is a cool idea. And for those of you wondering, I usually post as Art Vandelay, but I cannot seem to change my username. So it is me Art, posting as my real name, Dan.
Tue, 01/17/2012 - 10:58 AM Permalink
King Boreas aka Ian

Rumkin ... What is that guy's caching name? I haven't seen him log anything in years. Used to cache with a kid in a stroller.
Tue, 01/17/2012 - 11:14 AM Permalink
King Boreas aka Ian

fidian
Tue, 01/17/2012 - 11:27 AM Permalink
KC0GRN

Hmm in Ramsey County Parks.. so.

Regional Parks

Bald Eagle/Otter Lake

Battle Creek

Keller

Long Lake

Tony Schmidt

Vadnais-Snail Lakes

County Parks

Beaver

Gervais

Island

Josephine

McCarrons

Owasso

Turtle

White Bear

Is the idea on these to hide them outside of St. Paul proper so they don't interfere with the Medallion Hunt?
Tue, 01/17/2012 - 12:54 PM Permalink
queenmalley

Pirate med hunt=nightmare.
Tue, 01/17/2012 - 1:53 PM Permalink
queenmalley

Well, those Pirate Medallions aren't too bad; they look different enough...
Tue, 01/17/2012 - 1:57 PM Permalink
KC0GRN

Hiding a 1000 of these? Someone is going to get caught...

My guess is the cluewriter and all those responsible in the medallion hunt are probably not involved in hiding these pirate medallions.
Tue, 01/17/2012 - 2:26 PM Permalink
mrmnmikey

I dont think theres much "Hiding" involved with the pirate medallions. More like scatter them around everywhere...
Tue, 01/17/2012 - 3:23 PM Permalink
GreenTeam

Hi everyone! Got the buttons registered. Wondering how they might hide the med with so little snow...probably in the woods in a log, as usual.

FYI, I asked to join the FB group under a name with "Green" in it. It's me! :smile:
Tue, 01/17/2012 - 5:30 PM Permalink
GreenTeam

Thanks Ares! I don't seem to be able to get in yet. I'll keep trying.
Tue, 01/17/2012 - 6:52 PM Permalink
ares

hmmm. i thought the one request was you. PM me your facebook name and i'll get you in that way.
Tue, 01/17/2012 - 7:15 PM Permalink
KC0GRN

True.. I'm thinking it would be nice to go and grab a handful or so from a park myself. I wouldn't mind a few free admissions to the science museum :smile:
Tue, 01/17/2012 - 10:05 PM Permalink
diggorius rex

stickers.. winter approved!
Wed, 01/18/2012 - 7:47 AM Permalink
barefootguy

FYI, each medallion is good for two admissions.
Wed, 01/18/2012 - 8:07 AM Permalink
KC0GRN

I just saw that on their site today, however strangely enough, the picture of a prospective medallion on the science museum's site only states admission for 1 person...
Wed, 01/18/2012 - 8:12 AM Permalink
KC0GRN

To mark the 60th anniversary of the Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt, this medallion will be retired and given away in an online drawing at the end of this year's hunt.

Do you think they're using the same medallion this year? It almost sounds as if they worded it so they intend to use the current one for this years hunt.
Wed, 01/18/2012 - 8:20 AM Permalink
mucluck

sounds to me like its the last hunt
Wed, 01/18/2012 - 8:38 AM Permalink
KC0GRN

Hmm.. hard to say I guess. I'm not really getting that, but I suppose if they intended on ending it, they wouldn't say so until the hunt was over, as it would probably cause mass hysteria.
Wed, 01/18/2012 - 10:11 AM Permalink
Mad_Dach5und

Pioneer Press would continue with the hunt forever as long as sponsors can be found to pony up the prize money and/or liability.
Wed, 01/18/2012 - 10:19 AM Permalink
westy3789

I don't think it will be Highland, but you never know with the Red Herring. I have a pretty good guess of where the puck will be hidden this year. Surprised nobody has picked up on it, or if they have, haven't heard about it yet.
Wed, 01/18/2012 - 12:16 PM Permalink
ares

Welcome westy, have we met you before?
Wed, 01/18/2012 - 4:11 PM Permalink
mrmnmikey

it says ASS on the back of your car?

Cool stickers by the way!
Wed, 01/18/2012 - 5:11 PM Permalink
ares

And like I said on Facebook, it says tummy on the front so we can tell the front from the back.
Wed, 01/18/2012 - 5:13 PM Permalink
mrmnmikey

I had someone from Cheese land tell me they had an article in the paper saying it was the last hunt. Maybe they read it the same way? I havn't seen anything to back that up myself.
Wed, 01/18/2012 - 5:14 PM Permalink
ares

What'd day expect? They're from cheese land.
Wed, 01/18/2012 - 5:19 PM Permalink
westy3789

No first time visiting these forums. Thought I'd give it a try this year.
Wed, 01/18/2012 - 7:10 PM Permalink
ares

well at least its you sharing it instead of one of us bringing it up :smile:
Wed, 01/18/2012 - 8:27 PM Permalink
skari

Hi KC0GRN -

I was wondering the same thing. Over on the other board, they are convinced it is a new puck this year. It makes sense actually, but I agree the wording is said in such a way as to not be certain their intention.

If it is a new puck - I wonder what it looks like?

I am a newbie to the forum, but I am familiar with many of your names over the years. Anyway, great hunting to you and all.
Wed, 01/18/2012 - 8:52 PM Permalink
Terry

Welcome Skari!
Wed, 01/18/2012 - 9:09 PM Permalink