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Submitted by Joe Medallion on Fri, 03/02/2012 - 15:58

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.

My hunt kicked off on friday, May 9th at Obbs Bar at Mounds Park. Clues will be released 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.

Hunt information
Dates:
First Clue:Friday, May 9, 2008
Found on:Saturday, May 17, 2008
Finders:
NameHometown
Mucluck Saint Paul
Iceman
Prize:
Maximum Prize:$125
Awarded Prize:$125
Location:
General Location:Hazel Park
Exact Location:Underneath a bench behind ball field #3.
Concealer:Secured to the underside of the bench with a magnet
Clues
Clue #1
Published on Friday, May 9, 2008
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
Explanation:
Its in St Paul. Follow the clues to find the coin. "Mint = coin or money, and it's a vague reference to "York" peppermint 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
Published on Saturday, May 10, 2008
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
Explanation:
"Newer face" refers to the newer playground bldg built in 1998 and also refers 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
Published on Sunday, May 11, 2008
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?
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 Empson 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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Clue #4
Published on Monday, May 12, 2008
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
Explanation:
The treasure is hidden near the "southern rock" (s) under a bench.

The "country" refers 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" refers to a Rolling Stones song.
 
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Clue #5
Published on Tuesday, May 13, 2008
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
Explanation:
A "vessel" 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 rhyme" means the trestle railroad bridge at "the end of the road". Trestle rhymes 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 trestle 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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Clue #6
Published on Wednesday, May 14, 2008
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
Explanation:
Hazel park has a picnic area, picnic tables, and grill so "have a picnic" and a "place to grill". "No chicken or corn" refers to Colonel's bar (KFC Chicken/Col. Sanders and kernel of corn) located at Stillwater and Hazel. It's gone/closed and now it's Hoagie's bar (reborn=renamed) (sandwich). "Reborn" also refers 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=Taco Bell). "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 refers to the southern border of the park referred to in other clues. Nuts are also food and we wanted "hazel" nuts here. Nuts = Hazel St.
 
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Clue #7
Published on Thursday, May 15, 2008
If you can't find it, don't 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
Explanation:
"Don't get on me for it" = don't 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 refers to Hazel St. Brown= Hazel. "Figure" also refers to the number 3 on the backstop of the ball field that's very near the treasure location.
 
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Clue #8
Published on Friday, May 16, 2008
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
Explanation:
"Case" refers 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" refers to all the rocks that are lined up along the south side of the park and the "base" refers 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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Clue #9
Published on Saturday, May 17, 2008
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
Explanation:
"Play with virtual lives" refers to the computer game The Sims. Sims = Sims Street. A "vehicle" is a Van and the "boy in the Netherlands" is the little Dutch boy 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
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
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.

"Figure the three together" = Hazel park school, Hazel Park playground, and Hazel Park neighborhood.

Also the "Figure the three" refers to the literal "figure 3" that is on the backrest of the ball field at the treasure site.
 
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Clue #11
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
Explanation:
Hazel Park Rec. is located on Case and Hazel Streets.
 
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Clue #12
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
Explanation:
No explanation needed.
 
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