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It will be interesting to see how many caches get “discovered” by people trying to solve the Packer medallion challenge.
My mother- and sister-in-law who are desperately on the hunt have claimed to come across 2 caches thus far…
On the Left Side of the Road...Ok, I’ll bite, what is the Packer Medallion Challenge? I have been out of town a few days so I must have missed something.
Don
It’s a Packer draft-party-challenge-thingy. Find the medallion hidden somehwere in a “public location” in Brown County, win Packer tickets and a bunch of stuff. Has nothing to do with using a GPSr but lots of folks out getting intimate with bridges and trees and whatnot trying to figure out the clues that trickle in each day.
Hopefully no one calls the bomb squad!
On the Left Side of the Road...heard about it on the news awhile back and I thought the same exact thing. Or perhaps maybe a geocacher will find it while looking for a geocache like the person who found the keys to a new car that was being given away in a media event like this.
These type of hunts go way back ….
I can remember roaming thru Telulah Park in Appleton in the late 50’s with my Dad, when I believe WAPL, had a treasure hunt for a pencil worth $5000.
And when I was in high school, I remember hiding more pencils, but I can not remember why. Still remember one of the locations. Perhaps a cache?
I think Marc hid pencils so when caches found his they could actually sign the log. 😆
King Boreas has been putting out letterbox hybrids in St. Paul that are based on the medallion clues from past years of the Winter Carnival medallion hunts. Interesting concept. I’ve found two of them so far. Takes a lot more research than the usual kind of letterbox hide, but kind of fun.
Well, mom-in-law “found” her third geocache today looking for the medallion. Yes she left them there. But anyone out there “losing” caches?
No, I do not know where the medallion is. I love da Packers but I couldn’t care less about this challenge…
On the Left Side of the Road...Anybody have a cache in a pine tree in Brown County? –
Clue #9, April 21, 2009
George and Earl realized the dream
Known to its’ fans as America’s team
True to the Pack this woody perennial stays
Its needles may fall but its color won’t waneClue #8, April 20, 2009
The torrents of our fathers per annum is marked
The rockets’ red glare light up the dark
Park your car and walk throughout
The prize is near without a doubtClue #7, April 19, 2009
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Children scream with delight
The dusk’s ebb and flow of this waterway
Reflect the remains of old NicoletClue #6, April 18, 2009
Will and desire lead you to the prize
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Nocturnal commandos will be motoring
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Unity and winning remains the mission
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Glimpse at this noble’s institutionClue #4, April 16, 2009
The bay’s pungent aroma didn’t dissuade
Explorations on behalf of Allouez
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Finding the gold coin will complete your questClue #3, April 15, 2009
From native footpaths that showed explorers the way
To a military road and modern railway
From the shores of the bay to the fields of the leaf
Northeast Wisconsin history runs deepClue #2, April 14, 2009
The son of Thomas first moved this way
Tributes to his adventures are visible today
Trade and commerce were the original use
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The 2009 Packers Draft Party is drawing near
The Green and Gold’s first pick remains unclear
Move to and fro, search low and high
The medallion will be found with a meticulous eyeOn the Left Side of the Road...I’m thinking its in bay beach park…
Yaaaawn.
On the Left Side of the Road...@gotta run wrote:
Hopefully no one calls the bomb squad!
I wonder if the organizers got permission from the land manager, clearly labeled the medallion and had the foresight to not attach a ‘fuse’ looking string to the medallion?
…oops, sorry, I couldn’t resist as I just read that entire thread earlier this morning.
@rsplash40 wrote:
I’m thinking its in bay beach park…
Not likely. It doesn’t really match the clues well, other than the “screaming kids” one. Plus, Bay Beach is currently closed. And I don’t mean just the amusement rides, I mean the park itself is closed.
More likely this is in DePere, in the Voyager park area. It’s a match for nearly everything.
Field reports indicate that the parks are swarming with people and the trees don’t stand a chance. People have pretty much everything but chain saws out there and are doing some damage. Any cache you have in any parks that border either the east or west side of the Fox River from the Bay to DePere, assume that they are long gone. One got tagged for sure in Ashwaubomay park.
So far, no bomb squad calls though.
On the Left Side of the Road...@gotta run wrote:
@rsplash40 wrote:
I’m thinking its in bay beach park…
Not likely. It doesn’t really match the clues well, other than the “screaming kids” one. Plus, Bay Beach is currently closed. And I don’t mean just the amusement rides, I mean the park itself is closed.
More likely this is in DePere, in the Voyager park area. It’s a match for nearly everything.
Field reports indicate that the parks are swarming with people and the trees don’t stand a chance. People have pretty much everything but chain saws out there and are doing some damage. Any cache you have in any parks that border either the east or west side of the Fox River from the Bay to DePere, assume that they are long gone. One got tagged for sure in Ashwaubomay park.
So far, no bomb squad calls though.
Niiice…
Well, anybody that has ever been dismayed to see an area trashed by people looking to find a geocache–which isn’t worth anything–would have seen that hanging something in a tree “somewhere in Brown County” worth hundreds (thousands?) of dollars would likely generate some bad behavior.
On the Left Side of the Road...
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