2012 - Tony Schmidt Park

Is anyone heading out to BC today? I am trying to drag the family out but I don't think they will "dig" like I would :pbpt:

My daughter and I will be out there some time later this morning :smile: Gotta eat some breakfast and then get some coffee, get dressed, and then we'll be on our way :grin:

Ty Mike...i like this

Maybe we will meet up there :smile: Just fed the kids breakfast, drinking my coffee to wake up quick. My daughter ( who's 6) is convinced this should be easy....oh if only she knew :wink:

You don't suppose wear warm clothes could be "don" kind of like in "now we don our gay apparel"?

Like this?

dons, donning, donned

(Clothing & Fashion) (tr) to put on (clothing)

Yes that. Also like Don Madland, 1988 finder.

So we have- Should do what the roman's should do and "follow the crowd" Could we be walking and following a path? Or go to the park that the crowd is thinking?

This clue 7 is very very generic. You can honestly fit any parks to them. I am ruling out Red and Blue playgrounds as it seems its the standard playground color in any park.

and that would be once again Tony Schmidt park! :pbpt:

Well then we have Don and Box = Don Boxmeyer.

Maybe follow the crowd to the treasure's site just means it's not in a remote part of the park, but rather in an often used part. I think that would make sense.

"Gem" might be that "diamond" like in that '88 Hunt at TS. (maybe someone said that, haven't cked all the posts yet).

Anyone else find it interesting that the word treasure has been used 5 times so far in the clues?

BC and Highland= 5 times the treasure has been there!

Here's a interesting read on Shamrocks:

Wild Shamrocks

Wild shamrocks are also known as wood sorrels, usually found in rich woods and rocky places. The blossoms have five violet-colored petals. The wood sorrel was a mystic symbol for the ancient Druids in Ireland. It was a symbol for joy, maternal tenderness and was associated with the Celtic sun wheel.

The shamrock is a type of clover with three leaves. The most well-known meanings were imparted to the shamrock by St. Patrick, who compared the plantÂ’s tri-part leaves to the Holy Trinity: Father, Son and Host Spirit. Occasionally shamrocks are found with four leaves. These are rare and considered to be very lucky for the finder. (Photo by Kanchelskis, Wikimedia Commons)

http://livingartsoriginals.com/meaning-shamrock.html

I'm with AW on this one, and Jessie knows this is familiar too. The last finder in TSP brought along his good luck charm, and that's enough to cement this park for me now.

Absolutly cements it now for me as well....

Mike Madland says son Don was his lucky charm in 1988.

Wow, unless I missed a thread, it took till clue 7 before some idiot at the PP boards started the "it's at the Fairgrounds" thread.

//Morans

are you saying Don wears gay clothes? :pbpt: :pbpt: :goofy:

Interesting nugget from the CC website on the 1988 hunt. It was the first year of the plastic medallion, which was made by 3M.

If darkest night = Perry, then follow the crowd maybe means to go back to TS.

That is a record!!

Nice noodle leelabell! :smile: I have a feeling my BC focus has now done a complete turn around back to TSP.

Also, could follow the crowds mean follow for the possible future vikings stadium?

Great noodle.

I will be at the TwinsFest all day; Coolers~ go get it!!

Look who just turned 8 years old..

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2105371,00.html?xid=gonewsedit

who had his road to "opportunity" paved by his "Viking" granddad...

I read the master plan for the TS park. It talked of building the underground under track tunnel to connect the 2 parts of Schmidt park together using the existing perry park service road to connect the park trails on both sides of the tracks. I think this may be another road interfacial. "Search the land through darkest night" means search the LAND (not swampy part) of the trail through PERRY. dont come to harm means stay out of battle and stay off the thin ice of the swamp area. The good luck charm is don madland or bring the kids...and find the med

Is this Madden lore regarding lucky charms public knowledge, or something we know because we know them and they've shared this information?

I found it on cooler crew site. I think it was referencing and old PP article about the 88 hunt

Time for a treasured tradition to begin: The medallion hunt

Im heading out to TSP/perry section. See ya'll out there. Lets go bag it!

Thanks mikey. I wouldn't rely too much on that being the basis for the lucky charm clue though. That article would be archived now and not available to people in the mainstream.

Jake is on his way to Tony Schmidt. Now he has to find it to cover all of his bets!

OT- If you're worried about that piece of information being too obscure to find, think Ann Bilanksi.

That's exactly what I was going to say.

oh and I forgot to mention...all the "pairs" in the clues... very Perry (pairy) to me

Well, that's true. Carry on. :smile:

heh

Is neck still at como?

Yea, the Don = lucky charm is probably right. Especially if that fact is in a PP article. They like bringing themselves up in the clues.

Maybe this has been mentioned before, but anyone looking in the Chatham Open area of TSP? It looks like just a wooded/grass area surrounded by Chatham Ave and McCracken Ln

Was he actually there at any point? You know how much construction is going on there this year (the pool, the frog pond, by the ped. bridge) I wrote off Como before the hunt even started.

Come on Snake, we're talking about you, you're the subject of a clue, and that's all you have to say?

Speaking of lucky charms....

Today's Google search page - cow searching for medallion.

Eags, that is really cute.

I know its been done before, but I can't see why they could come back and hide it in the same park again. But yet they have before with Como when the clue write said a hoot in clue 11.

The PP did want to interveiw me this year but I was out of town when they called.

Has anyone ever found it twice in the same park?

Ill be going out later today. Good luck to everyone except Neck

Ditto! :sillygrin:

i'm convinced now, it has to be TS