2012 - Tony Schmidt Park

you don't get what I was saying or you don't get that she was complaining?

I saw this post on Facebook.

Mindy Ohman

"Whatta blast! Learned some really cool history and even picked up a new hunting skill- that's follow Jake."

No offense to Jake, but that kind of makes me cringe.

How so?!

I agree, it is magical!

Just wanted to say, :sad:

I agree 100%....I *DO* really appreciate how accommodating they were for the cooler people for pre-clue hanging out in past years though. It's nice to be able to give 'em biz for that alone, but I don't think their food would be first choice for many.

I also just want to say, yippee! I actually had an original noodle that turned out to be right! I think this might be the first time ever!

"a Roman should do," evokes another reference to the Vikings Arden Hills stadium effort - Vikings wide receiver Devin "Aromashodu."

Yeah, I see that now. Just the LAST thing that occurred to me was "Diamond Jubilee"...

Not like that ONE clue kept me from getting there and finding it tho :smile:

I fail to see how anyone other than the finder is credited with this win. It sounds as if the others weren't even with him; indeed, they didn't even know about it until they got a phone call from the brother of the finder.

???

Jake remains a two-time finder in my eyes

:smile:

Because he'd been noodling in the park with the guy??? I don't get it either. We all noodle together at some point. Sounds like the guy went some place completely different than Jake....tells me he found it on his own w/o Jakes help...but to each their own...Lets see if Jake actually stops hunting now that he's a 3X finder like he promised.

JOE

Thanks! I'm not that good with noodling.

LOL time will tell..should we book on it ...LOL :smile:

that traditionally happens on Sunday...the pity party is generally meeting for drinks, food or whatever.

I thought we were going to tony Schmidt if the power is on b/c Newel wouldn't rent with less than 7 days notice. Tonights pity party is an informal thing

liked that one also! i even posted a picture of his smiling face..

gotcha

The fog outside right now is wicked eerie and would be VERY cool to hunt in! You guys couldn't wait another three hours or so to find it?

Congrats Lange Wallgren!

Did anyone else take pictures last night? I took a few, but they need some enhancement I can't do on my work PC before I try to post them. Most are really dark.

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I bet he keeps hunting though. I can't imagine why anyone would quit, even after multiple finds. In fact, the more times you do, the more famous you get, and it's probably hard to give that up.

I didn't find it, either...does that make me a finder???

My take on the clue answers

The good :grin:

Clue 2: 12 makes 2012 the 60 th or "Diamond Jubilee" year of the hunt - a clue to how the treasure is camouflaged - in a "Diamond" company bag three score = 60 = Diamond jubilee = diamond bag. I'm OK with this

Clue 4: The last line of the clue - "a Roman should do," evokes another reference to the Vikings Arden Hills stadium effort - Vikings wide receiver Devin "Aromashodu. Clever. When this was figured out, it convinced me of Tony Schmidt (or at least an Arden Hills park)

Clue 7: Is this the first time a clue has been dedicated to a previous finder? I like it cause you need to know your hunt history (vs general history or MN history) to get this one. Lets just hope they never dedicate a clue to Jake. He doesn't need his ego fed any more.

The bad :angry:

Clue 2:"Off our chest" means 2012's medallion is NOT in a chest. So now they tell us what it's not hidden in?

Clue 1: "Circulated" also refers to clues printed in the paper and to actual treasure hunt "news" that has in years past been printed in the paper. What does this have to do with the hunt at all? Is this a shameless plug to get people to buy your papers still?

Clue 4:"Woof" sounds like the last name of Vikings owner Ziggy "Wilf." Lame....

General observation: They didn't go "park, park, park, park, exactly where in park" this year. They did "park, what it's in, park, what it's in, park, what it's in, park, exactly where it is in park" Only need one clue to tell me what it's in people.

Clue 8: Reference to a place with "a special claim" refers to the handicapped parking in the nearby parking area. Handicapped parking? Really? "a special claim" could have been written to mean so much more, with Perry and Anderson, and the Indians.

Clue 11: Well written clue, when it comes to pointing people towards the hiding spot, without going clue 12 specific on it. But it ends up here cause you break this clue up and put references to the sign, the power lines, the pavilion, the hill, the trees all into separate clues, and now you got people trying to actually line up the spot as the hunt is going on (if they can figure it out) vs blindly digging cause all we get each clue is "park park park"

Hide video is up.

http://photos.twincities.com/2012/02/video-the-deed-is-done-revealing-the-location-of-the-2012-treasure-hunt-medallion/16117/

Thanks for posting that! :smile:

Awww, I missed it!

Only 1 person can be the one that actually "finds" it each year.

Now go look at the list of "finders".

People hunt in groups. And when one of the group finds it, they list everyone. That's how it has ALWAYS been. If the Pioneer Press agrees to list them as finders, they are finders.

If you want to discount it and say they don't really count as finders because they weren't together at the time he found it that's your personal right, but I personally love that are all listed and get to go through the process of being a finder.

Wouldn't-cha-like-to-be-a-finder, too?

This

Usually people that hunt in a group let their co-hunters know when they find it...doesn't sound like that was the case

Like I said, if you want to nitpick you certainly have that right. But no one cares what you think. The Pioneer Press writes the history of the hunt, and they have determined my friends Alex, Nate, and Jake and a pretty cool guy named Corey that I just met have found the medallion. I'm happy for them.

The Pioneer Press is a newspaper. Newspapers like stories. Jake is a story, therefore the Pioneer Press will keep listing him in stories.

Plain and simple.

At the 1 min mark it looks like there is a second person.... kinda like last years video... remember the yeti looking thing. I wonder if it's hinting at 2 cluewriters... on hides the other a lookout.

Aren't there always two people who know where it's hidden?

My feelings exactly.

Tim, you may not care what I think but you can't speak for everyone in saying that no one cares what I think. We are all open to sharing our opinions here...including you...and me. Don't make this personal. I consider you a friend and would very much like to keep it that way.

I care what other coolerhead's think....but I don't make the rules.

Thanks

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Great Video!!

AW, as a sidebar; my wife loves your avatar clock picture and insists we get a clock just like it for the kitchen. Any thoughts?

I just want to hunt. :frown:

:cool: you nailed it on the head here! :cool:

I think the allure of the place is that it is a family restaurant and has shown loyalty to the Coolers - that being said, I fully agree that their menu is NOT top on my list. I kind of assumed we would end up there so I did NOT visit during the previous week at all. I'm actually jonseing for some spaghetti & meatballs right now - but Yarusso's more than once a month is too much for me.

Lange was THE Finder. End of story. I personally wouldn't want credit for 'finding' it unless I was hip-to-hip with whomever picked it up, or helped escort them out of the park. Lange giving credit to the guys he was around in the park that evening was very generous. Good for him.

Ditto KCOGN! That was fun getting a few words unscrambled and then setting out on our trek. Sorry it wasn't the right area, but it sure made more sense than where it actually was hidden. Should have known better (KISS- Keep it...) Good times though!

Is there a rule you have to eat Yarusso's food when you go there? I personally love their food, but 9/10 when I went there during the hunt, I wasn't eating, and if I was it was just cheese bread. Last I checked the beer at Yarusso's is the same as the beer at every other bar.

Bah, right area, wrong area, hardly notice the difference when you're looking for a 2 inch piece of plastic stuck in a bunch of weeds/leaves. If it weren't for others, I probably would have been off in a remote part of the park wondering why no one was there.

I'll brush up this year a bit, see if I can't actually decipher the clues for next year.

There WAS a PP message board this year? Huh. I would've never known that. :eek:

I kind of wished I had been there to see the puck in-person - not to get credit, but to see if my blacklight flashlight would make the thing glow or not.

If you're asking if its ok, then I would say yes as I have no ownership of the art. If you're asking how, then all I can say is it will make for an interesting craft project.