CONGRATULATION MUCLUCK AND ICEMAN!!!
They found the treasure at Hazel Park Recreation Center, after clue #9, under a bench located behind ball field #3. A magnet was used to secure the bag with the treasure under the bench.
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My hunt kicked off on friday, May 9th at Obbs Bar at Mounds Park. Clues will be realeased at 8am daily until found.
I asked for $5 registrations to go towards the total pot and I will kick in an extra $25. If the finder is not registered they will only receive 1/2 the pot. Any leftover money will be given to the winner of the next hunt that takes place.
The pot is $120
Clue 1/Fri
The hunt is on, now go find the treasure
All you have to do is follow the hint
I hope you have fun and find some pleasure
St Paul's the place with the mint
Clue 2/Sat
Look for a place that has a newer face
and you may measure up the winner
Just locate the courts and places to play
and don't wreck it, just look for dinner
Clue 3/Sun
If you like southern rock you may have heard uneasy rider
Wasn't he on a yamaha?
All I know is he wanted to go from St Paul to Chicago
via Omaha?
Clue 4/Mon
Some like country and some like soul
the harder the better I say
So think of the stones, they wont be alone
if you can't get no satisfaction today
Clue 5/Tue
You'll need a vessel if you want to travel
like they did back in time
For the end of the road is dirt and gravel
and here you'll see the rhyme
If when you get there, you run out of tar
you should turn around
Because if you did this you oughta know
you just went a bridge too far
Clue 6/Wed
When you get hungry just have a picnic
there is no chicken or corn
Just find a sandwich and a place to grill
because it has been reborn
Imagine brown trout and picture the water
as you think of Kinnickinnic
Just go nuts and run to the border
and soon you will be liking it
Clue 7/Thu
If you can't find it, dont get on me for it
ask Peppermint Patty or Charlie Brown
If you figure this clue, you will be in luck
and soon you will not frown
Clue 8/Fri
To find it is tricky, you might need
a lawyer to make your case
But all you really have to do
is line up and look for a base
Clue 9/Sat
Another opportunity to find the way
is to play with virtual lives
Add a vehicle and a boy in the netherlands
and see where they might arrive
THE FINDERS!!!
Clue 10/Sun
Think of a school and think of a playground
they're both in this neighborhood
If you can figure the three together
you should be feeling good
I'm sure by now your looking for something
that will give you names
One I'd try is William Leonard
and his wife Helen Ames
Clue 11/Mon
Hazel and Case might be the place
if you look with a certain zeal
If you locate the prize, you may be surprised
and you might let out a squeal
Clue 12/Tue
Go to the place at Hazel and Case
and run to the southern border
Look for the rock and look at the base
and then you'll win in short order
You wont need a wrench to look under the bench
and find the prize you desire
Just give me a call and let me know
and the money you will acquire
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just throwing out ideas and thoughts of what the clue brings to mind
I still really like Highland
I'm still having problems with random parts of a couple clues, but overall all signs point to Highland.... hopin to maybe go check it out with the fam tomorrow
but same thing- can't MAKE all the clues work
even Hidden Falls looks good except for todays clue
I'd love to go hunt down there
there are bridges and the river
almost ALL of the parks are in the guide
except for a few little new ones and the Vento trail
patty =cheeseburger
One story about Peppermint Patty has it that Charles Schulz named the character after the York Peppermint Pattie, and in response the makers of the candy, Peter-Paul (later Peter-Paul Cadbury) ended up being one of the exclusive sponsors (along with McDonald's and Dolly Madison) of the animated Peanuts television specials on CBS in the 1970s. However, the York Peppermint Pattie wasn't introduced nationally until 1975, several years after Peppermint Patty
that is ofcourse, when she wasn't whoring herself all over Shroders piano...
Peppermint Patty was the one that hung around with that Marcie chick who always called her "Sir".....
huh.... I didnt realize it til just now.... were they a "couple"?
To find it is tricky, you might need
a lawyer to make your case
But all you really have to do
is line up and look for a base
could the 'sky builder' playground be considered a time travel machine?
I don't remember what it looks like.
I might go check out the area before work tomorrow.
It's funny, we're getting alot of this to fit Como too... if it weren't for the Charlie Brown reference... lol
Another opportunity to find the way
is to play with virtual lives
Add a vehicle and a boy in the netherlands
and see where they might arrive
But I did find a male escort service in the netherlands :grin:
I've thrown out ideas even if I'm not hunting -so people can take what they want from them. I've learned over the years that people believe what they want for others ideas and may or may not grasp and run with the right idea anyhow.
Good luck out there.
Way to go Mucky and Ice!
We lived over there off White Bear and 7th for 2 years and Hazel didnt cross my mind until just today after reading the clue, and then seeing it was found there
Nice job with your first hunt Mikey, looking forward to the clue explanations!
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adjective
1. of a light brown or yellowish brown color
noun
1. Australian tree grown especially for ornament and its fine-grained wood and bearing edible nuts
2. the fine-grained wood of a hazelnut tree (genus Corylus) and the hazel tree (Australian genus Pomaderris)
3. any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Corylus bearing edible nuts enclosed in a leafy husk [syn: hazelnut]
4. a shade of brown that is yellowish or reddish; it is a greenish shade of brown when used to describe the color of someone's eyes
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Hazel
Ha"zel\, a. 1. Consisting of hazels, or of the wood of the hazel; pertaining to, or derived from, the hazel; as, a hazel wand.
I sit me down beside the hazel grove. --Keble.
2. Of a light brown color, like the hazelnut. "Thou hast hazel eyes." --Shak. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
Thanks to everyone to participated, whether registered or not. I had fun!!
The hunt is on, now go find the treasure
All you have to do is follow the hint
I hope you have fun and find some pleasure
St Paul's the place with the mint
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Explanation: Its in St Paul. Follow the clues to find the coin.
"Mint = coin or money, and it's a vauge reference to "York" pepermint patty.
York St runs into Hazel Park.
"Pleasure" and "fun" = playground/rec center
I meant to change this clue to say "figure" the hint instead of "follow", but I forgot to change the printed clues I gave out. Figure would have referred to the number 3 on the backstop of the ballfield and would have drawn attention away from "mint=york". I was worried it could be found on the 1st clue if anyone figured York St.
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Clue 2/Sat
Look for a place that has a newer face
and you may measure up the winner
Just locate the courts and places to play
and don't wreck it, just look for dinner
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Explanation: "Newer face" referes to the newer playground bldg built in 1998 and also referes to the old Kernals corner bar with a new name (Hoagies) thats in the later clues. Hazel Park has a "watch me grow" sign by the playground where you can measure yourself, has tennis courts, basketball courts, playground, etc. and "courts and places to play" refers to a rec center or playground. Playground is just off Case St. Courts is vauge referance to "Case". "Dont wreck it" mostly means dont destroy the park. "Wreck it" = rec center, however hazel "park" is a rec center but called a "park", hence "don't rec it". (It isn't Hazel Rec, it's Hazel PARK rec center) "Just look for dinner" = Hoagies bar nearby, a picnic area, or a kitchen area inside the building.
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Clue 3/Sun
If you like southern rock you may have heard uneasy rider
Wasn't he on a yamaha?
All I know is he wanted to go from St Paul to Chicago
via Omaha?
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Explanation: Uneasy rider was a "southern rock" song by Charlie Daniels. It was released as a single and appeared on Daniels' album "Honey in the Rock". Hazel Park has a bunch of Rocks all along the southern border of the park. The treasure was hidden near the rocks. Chicago via Omaha is a pun on the lyric of the song "wonders what people would think if he went to L.A. via Omaha." and refers to the old railroad lines that used to be in this area. The lines were The St Paul, The Chicago, and Omaha Rail lines. Omaha was known as "Omaha road" and the end of the road is mentioned in another clue. The "Omaha Road" entered minnesota near Stillwater (the city). Stillwater = near Stillwater Ave where Hazel Park is located between this street and the railroad tracks to the north. Hazel Park was an old railroad suburb. See page 121 under "Hazel Park" in the Epson book "The Street Where You Live" for more info. It was served by the St Paul, Chicago and Omaha rail lines.
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Some like country and some like soul
the harder the better I say
So think of the stones, they wont be alone
if you can't get no satisfaction today
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Explanation: The treasure is hidden near the "southern rock" (s) under a bench.
The "country" referes to the "southern rock" music of Charlie Daniels and "stones" hints at the Rolling Stones that is harder "rock" music. Hopefully people are getting the "rock" hints.
The stones wont be alone means there are numerous stones/big rocks lined up along the southern border of the park and the treasure is nearby. "Can't get no satisfaction" referes to a rolling stones song.
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Clue 5/Tue
You'll need a vessel if you want to travel
like they did back in time
For the end of the road is dirt and gravel
and here you'll see the rhyme
If when you get there, you run out of tar
you should turn around
Because if you did this you oughta know
you just went a bridge too far
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Explanation: A "vessle" is a term for a boiler or steam container that was used on steam engine trains for travel in the past. "you'll see the ryme" means the tressle railroad bridge at "the end of the road". Trestle rymes with vessel.
The trestle Railroad bridge is at the end of the gravel (Omaha) road on Hazel Street after the "tar" ends. The RR track was the old "Omaha Road" rail line. If you drive past Hazel Park on Hazel the road ends a few blocks up at the old railroad trestle bridge. Hazel Park School is also across from this trestle. If you kept going across the tressel bridge you'd run into Hazel Park school but you want the park, so turn around, you went "a bridge too far" past the park on Hazel St.
 Hazel Park used to be a suburban rail road village served by the St Paul, Chicago, and Omaha railroads.
Omaha railroad was known as "Omaha road" and the end of the road is mentioned here.
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When you get hungry just have a picnic
there is no chicken or corn
Just find a sandwich and a place to grill
because it has been reborn
Imagine brown trout and picture the water
as you think of Kinnickinnic
Just go nuts and run to the border
and soon you will be liking it
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Explanation: Hazel park has a picnic area, picnic tables, and grill so "have a picnic" and a "place to grill". "No chicken or corn" referes to Colonels bar (KFC Chicken /Col Sanders and kernal of corn) located at Stillwater and Hazel. It's gone/closed and now it's Hoagies bar (reborn=renamed)(sandwich). "Reborn" also referes to the newer building at Hazel Park Rec Center. Brown trout (fits food theme used here) means brown = hazel. Hazel Park is located on Hazel Street not far from Stillwater. "Picture the water" = a still is a picture + water gives the street Stillwater. Kinnickinnic is a river off the St Croix river (sends you to the eastside) and also is near the wisconsin border.
"Run to the border" means the border of the park where the rocks are on the south side border of the park and fit the theme about food (Run to the border=tacobell). "run to the border" has multiple meanings. The Kinickkinnic river park is on the border of Minnesota and Wisconsin. Run to the border or Kinnickinnic means run east to the east side of St Paul and also referes to the southern border of the park refered to in other clues. Nuts are also food and we wanted "hazel" nuts here. Nuts =Hazel St.
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Clue 7/Thu
If you can't find it, dont get on me for it
ask Pepermint Patty or Charlie Brown
If you figure this clue, you will be in luck
and soon you will not frown
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Explanation: "Dont get on me for it" = dont get on my "case" = Case St. York makes peppermint patties. Peppermint patty was noted for her persistent habit of profoundly misunderstanding basic concepts and ideas that most people would consider obvious. Peppermint Patty is a pro on the baseball diamond. The benches, under which the treasure is hidden, are behind the backstop of the ballfield. If you "figure this clue" you get York St and Case St. Charlie "Brown" also referes to Hazel St. Brown= Hazel. "Figure" also referes to the number 3 on the backstop of the ball feild thats very near the treasure location.
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Clue 8/Fri
To find it is tricky, you might need
a lawyer to make your case
But all you really have to do
is line up and look for a base
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Explanation: "Case" referes to Case St that borders the north side of Hazel park Rec center. "all you really have to do
is line up and look for a base" referes to all the rocks that are lined up along the south side of the park and the "base" referes to the baseball fields.
Treasure was hidden under the benches, behind the backstop, by the ball field #3. If you lined up the rocks next to the ball field and followed them, it would lead you to the benches behind the backstop
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Another oppourtunity to find the way
is to play with virtual lives
Add a vehicle and a boy in the netherlands
and see where they might arrive
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Explanation: "Play with virtual lives" referes to the computer game The Sims. Sims = Sims Street. A "vehicle" is a Van and the "boy in the netherlands" is the little dutchboy that stuck his finger in the Dyke. Add them together to get Van Dyke Street. Van Dyke and Sims Street are very near the treasure location.
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Clue 10/Sun
Think of a school and think of a playground
they're both in this neighborhood
If you can figure the three together
you should be feeling good
I'm sure by now your looking for something
that will give you names
One I'd try is William Leonard
and his wife Helen Ames
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Explanation: William Leonard and Helen Ames were developers of Hazel Park neighborhood. Helen named it after seeing a group of children picking hazel nuts in the area.
Ames created and promoted the Hazel Park community, a small Victorian neighborhood centered around Ames School which comprises most of the pre-World War I development in the area. See this link:
http://www.placeography.org/index.php?title=William_L._and_Helen_Ames_House%2C_1667_Ames_Avenue_East%2C_Saint_Paul%2C_Minnesota
"Figure the three together" = Hazel park school, Hazel Park playground, and Hazel Park neighborhood.
Also the "Figure the three" referes to the literal "figure 3" that is on the backrest of the ball field at the treasure site.
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Clue 11/Mon
Hazel and Case might be the place
if you look with a certain zeal
If you locate the prize, you may be surprised
and you might let out a squeal
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Explanation: Hazel Park Rec is located on Case and Hazel Streets
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Clue 12/Tue
Go to the place at Hazel and Case
and run to the southern border
Look for the rock and look at the base
and then you'll win in short order
You wont need a wrench to look under the bench
and find the prize you desire
Just give me a call and let me know
and the money you will acquire
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Explanation: none needed.