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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.



 

excavating stud

yep, that could fit BC again, ugh
Fri, 01/27/2012 - 9:18 PM Permalink
hnts2mch

Just spoke with one of Ramsey County's finest near johana lake beach. Told me to make sure I look in all the garbage cans and under the picnic tables.
Fri, 01/27/2012 - 9:19 PM Permalink
excavating stud

there is a shamrock market at the south end of BC on McKnight
Fri, 01/27/2012 - 9:19 PM Permalink
40below

It's very small and will never be hidden there, although it would be the ultimate prank for a cluewriter to play if they could pull it off.
Fri, 01/27/2012 - 9:19 PM Permalink
Terry

I've had a couple non BC parks that I've thought were strong contenders. But with work we haven't had the chance to get out to even scout yet.

I wonder where people will be when this gets sorted out on the 12th clue.
Fri, 01/27/2012 - 9:20 PM Permalink
kevin

there are shamrock apartments and strip mall at the very southwest corner of the maplewood part of bc
Fri, 01/27/2012 - 9:20 PM Permalink
excavating stud

too early then to name that as the park
Fri, 01/27/2012 - 9:20 PM Permalink
PilotsHatGuy

a cave?
Fri, 01/27/2012 - 9:21 PM Permalink
mrmnmikey

I saw a bat house at TSP
Fri, 01/27/2012 - 9:25 PM Permalink
PilotsHatGuy

I'd laugh so hard if they put it there
Fri, 01/27/2012 - 9:27 PM Permalink
excavating stud

don't see any alternative other than BC at this point (on the maplewood side). :chagrin:
Fri, 01/27/2012 - 9:30 PM Permalink
excavating stud

there said to attract the opposite sex
Fri, 01/27/2012 - 9:31 PM Permalink
mrmnmikey

CLUE NO. 7

Search the land through darkest night;

Follow the crowd to the treasure's site.

Wear warm clothes, and don't come to harm.

And bring along your good luck charm.
Fri, 01/27/2012 - 9:31 PM Permalink
zephyrus

It is a phallic symbol

yummy.
Fri, 01/27/2012 - 9:31 PM Permalink
leelabell

Elizabeth Arden has a Lucky line of cosmetics.
Fri, 01/27/2012 - 9:32 PM Permalink
PilotsHatGuy

They totally put it at shamorck didn't they?
Fri, 01/27/2012 - 9:33 PM Permalink
MrsMGhunter

Search the land through darkest night;

Follow the crowd to the treasure's site.

Wear warm clothes, and don't come to harm.

And bring along your good luck charm.
Fri, 01/27/2012 - 9:33 PM Permalink
PilotsHatGuy

horseshoes?
Fri, 01/27/2012 - 9:33 PM Permalink
leelabell

Is there a horseshoe pit at TS or BC
Fri, 01/27/2012 - 9:36 PM Permalink
MrsMGhunter

I think charm means McKnight rd
Fri, 01/27/2012 - 9:36 PM Permalink
Terry

darkest night is in the clue.

I don't get it.
Fri, 01/27/2012 - 9:37 PM Permalink
queenmalley

Thanks!
Fri, 01/27/2012 - 9:38 PM Permalink
40below

If it is BC and the clue is referencing Shamrock, I gotta give props to the CW for managing to find a way to incorporate it into the hunt after all these years of the "Shamrock" mania on the boards. Much of which I helped along (all in good fun of course). :sillygrin:
Fri, 01/27/2012 - 9:38 PM Permalink
kevin

incorporate haha
Fri, 01/27/2012 - 9:39 PM Permalink
leelabell

McKnights were Scottish, not Irish
Fri, 01/27/2012 - 9:39 PM Permalink
Terry

I know there used to be and assume there still are horse shoes at Langford and across from Scheaffer Rec Center.
Fri, 01/27/2012 - 9:41 PM Permalink
excavating stud

anagram maybe?
Fri, 01/27/2012 - 9:41 PM Permalink
PilotsHatGuy

There is a Shamrock Plaza (strip mall) at McKnight and Lower Afton.
Fri, 01/27/2012 - 9:43 PM Permalink
Terry

I did try that, but didn't find anything that worked.

The only way that works is that the medallion site is away from city light pollution.

Maybe I'm being to literal.
Fri, 01/27/2012 - 9:43 PM Permalink
SEEKer$$

What is the real clue? I am in duluth out of touch with the web
Fri, 01/27/2012 - 9:43 PM Permalink
Terry

CLUE NO. 7

Search the land through darkest night;

Follow the crowd to the treasure's site.

Wear warm clothes, and don't come to harm.

And bring along your good luck charm.
Fri, 01/27/2012 - 9:45 PM Permalink
40below

Technically, the "darkest night" would be a night where there's a total lunar eclipse.
Fri, 01/27/2012 - 9:46 PM Permalink
MrsMGhunter

It looks like it could be both?:
http://home.centurytel.net/ctn19580/SRCMEANINGOFSURNAME.html

The name MacNaughtan

in Ireland is spelled McKnight.

When the stream of emigration from the colonies to Scotland and Ireland took

place about 1700 to 1750 those from Ireland (Ulster Scots) were the ancestors

of the McKnights now in the United States. Those coming to the colonies

directly from Scotland carried the name MacNaughton, MacNaught or McKnight."
Fri, 01/27/2012 - 9:46 PM Permalink
leelabell

Through darkest night could be something like through a tunnel
Fri, 01/27/2012 - 9:46 PM Permalink
leelabell

There is a reason they use tartan and call it Scotch tape.
Fri, 01/27/2012 - 9:47 PM Permalink
mrmnmikey

Darkest Thing
Fri, 01/27/2012 - 9:48 PM Permalink
Terry

I am disappointed in this clue.

It's definately lacking. Sounds like a 3rd clue without much to chew on.
Fri, 01/27/2012 - 9:49 PM Permalink
MrsMGhunter

I agree :smile: Though I think that last name had some confusion of where it was from back in the day lol
Fri, 01/27/2012 - 9:49 PM Permalink
Terry

This one is particularly fitting.

7. Universal gibbering madness.
Fri, 01/27/2012 - 9:51 PM Permalink
me2

Nice find
Fri, 01/27/2012 - 9:51 PM Permalink
MrsMGhunter

Or this for the PP boards:

Pervasive creeping sensations of unease.
Fri, 01/27/2012 - 9:52 PM Permalink
SpEagle9

The McKnights themselves may have been Scottish but Irish immigrants were constantly dubbed by the derogatory term "Mc"
Fri, 01/27/2012 - 9:52 PM Permalink
excavating stud

is it me or is the fact that they mixed up the letters for the scramble indicate we should be looking for an anagram?
Fri, 01/27/2012 - 9:54 PM Permalink
MrsMGhunter

Wow, nice!

Or maybe the CW wants us to stop off at the Shamrock plaza and pick up some 3-2 for the hunt? :pbpt:
Fri, 01/27/2012 - 9:54 PM Permalink
queenmalley

I am disappointed too!
Fri, 01/27/2012 - 9:55 PM Permalink
Terry

Evil - I've tried a few and didn't find anything really. Though that might produce something more than the fluff of this clue.
Fri, 01/27/2012 - 9:55 PM Permalink