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My mock hunt is going to start Oct 16!!!! 2 clues a day, 12 clues in all! Clues 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 will be given as close to 9 AM as possible. Clues 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 will be given as close to 3 PM as possible. Right here. Clues 1 and 12 are special so they will be given at special times.
Prizes: 2 pairs of tickets to Minnesota Wild home games (tbd), 2 St Paul Saints hats, 2 Pioneer Press hats, 1 DVD of all the interviews for No Time For Cold Feet along with the Zephy news story and the story on last years finders from CM, 1 bag of m and m's
Clue #1
I captured the flag nearby burial mounds
But if you look near there you’ll be left in the dark
Because it’s a sacred area that is out of bounds
One thing's the same: it's in a Ramsey County Park
Clue #2
A post every year, hey have a beer
When you find this you're on your way
But to which park should I steer?
You might find out later today
Clue #3
The typical clue that doesn't tell you poo
Usually comes around clue number three
The park has tables, grills, and a shelter too
Is that all? Not when you find two twenty
Clue #4
Live in the present, but remember the past
A one, a two, one red, one blue
Other than a vote, what can be cast?
Another treasure was hidden here too
Clue #5
A street or a few can split into two
Many times this causes a plight
Even you can figure out this clue
Should you think of nuggets and a time with no light
Clue #6
The battle for the axe was settled by fate
In an overly heated battle
Look near the reason this bout causes such hate
And the rest will follow you like cattle
Clue #7
Normally you wouldn’t re-bake veal
But in this case you should give it a try
Figuring this clue is a pretty big deal
And if you don’t get it your chances might die
Clue #8
Step up to the challenge, move away from the lake
Rockin with Ben Folds may offer a guide
The prize can be taken without using a rake
Just look for a good spot for a rodent to hide
Clue #9
Terry, Shawn, Dan, Scott, and Jason
Couldn't have been any better
They teamed with Johnson and Johnson
To help me hide my Wild sweater
Prizes: 2 pairs of tickets to Minnesota Wild home games (tbd), 2 St Paul Saints hats, 2 Pioneer Press hats, 1 DVD of all the interviews for No Time For Cold Feet along with the Zephy news story and the story on last years finders from CM, 1 bag of m and m's
Clue #1
I captured the flag nearby burial mounds
But if you look near there you’ll be left in the dark
Because it’s a sacred area that is out of bounds
One thing's the same: it's in a Ramsey County Park
Clue #2
A post every year, hey have a beer
When you find this you're on your way
But to which park should I steer?
You might find out later today
Clue #3
The typical clue that doesn't tell you poo
Usually comes around clue number three
The park has tables, grills, and a shelter too
Is that all? Not when you find two twenty
Clue #4
Live in the present, but remember the past
A one, a two, one red, one blue
Other than a vote, what can be cast?
Another treasure was hidden here too
Clue #5
A street or a few can split into two
Many times this causes a plight
Even you can figure out this clue
Should you think of nuggets and a time with no light
Clue #6
The battle for the axe was settled by fate
In an overly heated battle
Look near the reason this bout causes such hate
And the rest will follow you like cattle
Clue #7
Normally you wouldn’t re-bake veal
But in this case you should give it a try
Figuring this clue is a pretty big deal
And if you don’t get it your chances might die
Clue #8
Step up to the challenge, move away from the lake
Rockin with Ben Folds may offer a guide
The prize can be taken without using a rake
Just look for a good spot for a rodent to hide
Clue #9
Terry, Shawn, Dan, Scott, and Jason
Couldn't have been any better
They teamed with Johnson and Johnson
To help me hide my Wild sweater
its better than a car part or a crossroads on a path
the brick is in my truck
I came home to do a few things before going back out- I found a huge shortcut to get out there too! cuts 5 minutes off my drive
funny thing is - a hunt is an addiction- the NEEEEED is there to be out there -like a damn drug
find my first one yet?
geez
heh...
congrats CM!!!!
WTF? is going on??
Terry, Shawn, Dan, Scott, and Jason
Couldn't have been any better
They teamed with Johnson and Johnson
To help me hide my Wild sweater
damn clue 2 was really good!!!
nice job mucky on 2nd place!!!
awesome job CM!!!
says...
"congrats...you came in 2nd...
you earn a lotto ticket
dvd
bag of m&m' and to call CM"
not nice-cruddy -If this were the real deal, I think he'd be dead from all the pissed off hunters.
but this was just plain mean-
one of the cruelest things a fellow hunter could pull on the rest of us-
I knew it....
ME!!! thanks mucky...
here is a pic of the steps today
like I got 2nd dibs or something....
you are getting your wish the hard way from me
I have taken every joke out there for years with this group and this was not cool- not today!
This I will say, he owned this hunt. I set it up so that someone could find it early if they were smart and spent some time out there.
The point was that he found it so early that he wanted the hunt to go on.
He's giving half the prize to mucky for finding it. They each get a pair of tickets to the wild game, and can bring whoever. They each get a hat for the saints and pioneer press.
Sorry if people are mad.
I'm insane :goofy:
lol I'll be interested in reading the explanations. So it was at Beaver Lake right? Funny I never sspent any time on this hunt, and it's almost in my backyard.
thanks for telling us you found it -you now know why it meant so much to me to know
In hindsight Tammy said it best that maybe I should have mentioned it up front but still leave it where it was for people who still wanted to hunt. I guess I wasn't seeing 20/20 that night.
I sincerely apologize to everyone who hunted for this and is upset by the outcome. I realize that these hunts aren't only for the prize but to also hone our skills. I know it's not my position to decide how we do this but I took a selfish look at the situation and thought back to all the summer hunts that I couldn't even get out to the park before it was found and how much that sucked. Other than TMK I don't think anyone was out at the park to even have the chance to find it when I did. I taped it right back where Tim hid it so nothing was changed other than I replaced his plastic Wild jersey with a $10 winning lottery ticket. This was done on purpose as well so the next finder would have more than me in the end anyway. To keep the lawyers :wink: out of it I'm relinquishing my rights to the prize. Cluck & Kitch can split it if they want.
This sucks big time. I was hoping the response would be lighthearted ribbing but I now realize that I was being insensitive to others schedules as well. But I do need to say that nobody forces us to go out there and hunt, so I do take some offense to those who said that they could have been doing so much more with their time. You chose to hunt, the treasure was still out there. You would have still been looking if I hadn't have found it. You made the choice. The outcome may have not been what you envisioned and I apologize again for that but to say that you were held back from doing anything else is not totally my fault.
Aside from this, I will say that Tim put on a great hunt. He was right in that if you got out there early and checked out the entire park you would have noticed the 21 posts at the north entrance to the park trail that defined where to start looking anyway. The rest was just dumb luck on my part at that stage of the game.
I can't wait for the explanations. Thanks Tim. Grats Tam & Kitch
:asleep: :frown: :sheepish:
Oh, and Joe sorry
On another note: FWIW - I was/am still sick. I got sick from prancing around in my work clothes in windy 40 degree weather at a certain park one night. Maybe I could have included a virus as part of the prize package. :neutral:
Clue #1: Basic clue 1Â… itÂ’s not at Mounds. In the dark was a vague reference to mcNIGHT or McKnight. Ramsey county park had 2 meanings: a park in Ramsey county, AND Beaver Lake is actually 1 of 9 Ramsey County parks. Out of bounds hints to Maplewood, which is considered off limits to hunts
Clue #2: There are 21 posts lining the western border of the park at the intersection of Maryland and McKnight/the trail. A post a year=21 years, 21 years= have a beer. If you started at those posts you were on your way. The rest of the clue points out that clue 3 might tell you the park.
Clue #3: I have always wanted to use poo in a clue. Number 3= third step down. Tables, grills, shelter=duh. Two twenty is my favorite clue, it stumped most people but if/when you discovered it you were sure. In the bag of the treasure hunterÂ’s guide there is a list of parks with low probability, beaver lake falls in this list. There are 2 photos of beaver lake on SteveÂ’s website. The photo numbers are 2 and 20.
Clue #4: Dr Seuss: one fish two fish, red fish blue fish. Cast is a fishing reference. Also, the real medallion was there in 1964.
Clue #5: Nuggets: Chicken MCnuggets, time with no light=NIGHT. MCNIGHT=MCKNIGHT which is split in two by beaver lake.
Clue #6: The battle for the axe is the Gophers vs. Badgers football game. The reason for the hate is it is a border battle. The treasure was found near the border of St. Paul and Maplewood.
Clue #7: rebakeveal= beaverlake. This was the only intended anagram, and was supposed to be the giveaway for beaver lake.
Clue #8: Step up=found under a step. Away from the lake= you could find it under the step easier when moving from the lake up to the path. Rockin with Ben Folds: Ben Folds song “rockin the suburbs”, it’s in Maplewood not St. Paul. You don’t need a rake. A good spot for a rodent to hide is under the step in a burrowed out area.
Clue #9: Camo Crew members= Camouflage. Johnson and Johnson= inventors of Duct Tape. Camouflage duct tape held the treasure in place. Wild sweater: it was a little plastic wild jersey with #1 on it. Jerseys are known as sweaters in hockey.