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Denver Coin
Guest

Re: Denver Coin
Location

lootyhunter4 wrote:

The Denver coin was at the south end of the Webb building on 14th St, where the "Janus' statue is located. There are 3 flag poles. It was behind the flag pole farthest to the west.

BTW, those flags aren't oriented east-to-west. They are oriented north to south, so where is that information from, if you don't mind?

Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 3:40 am

lootyhunter4
Greenhorn

Joined: 04 Jul 2006
Posts: 3

Denver Coin
Found

I know this info because I have that coin in my possession.
I figured out the location on Friday, and monitored the site until the coin was placed.
If you face the Janus statue, it's the flag farthest to the left, farthest from the statue. 14th St is at an angle and runs NW so north or west, same thing.

Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 3:42 am

Tang
Guest

Re: Denver Coin
Found

lootyhunter4 wrote:

\

Looty:

Let me be the first to congratulate you! I'll take your word for it, and let me also thank you for posting the information...I can now consider this "case closed!"

Have fun spending the loot! Wink

p.s. can u say when it was placed?

Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 3:51 am

amymisha
Boot

Joined: 21 Feb 2007
Posts: 13

I got that email from softcoin too...

I wonder what our odds are? Oh well, at least I know we all were right, and someone nice would have found it.
I also think they could have changed the hiding place to the Franklin statue near old City Hall. I would have been about as logical a fit as any other place. Not within the necklace, but close enough....
Oh well, congratulations to whoever wins the 10K!
Back to the Secret.....
A.
PS I have no idea how they are getting the names for the drawing... I assume it is by zip code or something.

Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 8:21 am

jaybertx
Greenhorn

Joined: 22 Feb 2007
Posts: 3

Re: Denver Coin
Found

lootyhunter4 wrote:

I know this info because I have that coin in my possession.

Did you get your paperwork yet? They told us that they would be overnighting paperwork but we didn't get anything yesterday...

Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 8:45 am

BrianH
Guest

Boston.com News Article

There's a news story on Boston.com this morning for anyone who's interested.

Were there really "dozens" of people there at 3am on Wed. morning? I was there just shortly before 9am and there were fewer than 20 then.

Also, I bet somebody has the coin. Seems Park officials can't find it. Of course it's useless now. Maybe we'll see it for auction on Ebay soon Very Happy

Brian

Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 9:03 am

amymisha
Boot

Joined: 21 Feb 2007
Posts: 13

Boston Globe

Front page article in the Boston Globe. And a radio spot on WBZ this morning on the drive in. I am laughing a lot today. Razz

If I win, I'll take all you Boston peeps out for a beer.
Amy
PS I don't think there were dozens at 3am. There were only a handful of people there when I got there at 8:30ish. Whatever.

Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 9:56 am

bull poop
Guest

Philly coin

Philly clues lead hunters in several contradictory directions; I was out there looking 4 days in a row in the snow, rain and cold. I ended up with 5 parking tickets and a cold. I only met one other person looking and he just stopped by for lunch. I can't say the experience has left a good taste in my mouth for Dr Pepper. I believe that due to bad PR, people getting upset and local laws being broken Dr Pepper ended the contest before all the coins were found. I have heard no creditable information about where the Philly coin was hidden and who found it. I don't think Dr Pepper thought this one thru or possibly they wanted customers to be frustrated and upset.

Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 11:04 am

rihel
Guest

Dozens is a bit too many. There were probably dozens of people that showed up at various times throughout the last 2-3 days, but not all at once. I am misquoted in the article, too, but I guess it was close enough.

Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 11:19 am

scorpion1976
Guest

Good luck to all the boston people eligible for the drawing...i was one of the ones out there at 8am (not overnight)

here's a direct link to the boston.com article...

http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/02/23/marketing_treasure_hunt_trips_in_historic_graveyard/

Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 11:20 am

adamdonell
Guest

Re: Philly coin

bull poop wrote:

I'm with you - I called the Dr Pepper 972-673-7000 number to try and get them to tell me the location of the coin in Philly and how the clues get you there. The lady I talked to said she did not have the information and that she would have to forward the request on to the promotions department, and that they would call me back. I will let you know if I hear anything else, but feel free to call too because I think the Philly people got screwed.

Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 11:36 am

JustMe
Guest

Coins???

Well I am wondering if the Boston coin was found illeagally because the area was closed if I should complain about the coin in Calgary. The area I am sure it was in was also closed due to icy conditions and there for no one should have been entering it to search for the coin right?

Oh well I might just be a little bitter because I didn't find it first and it was worth 25000.

Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 2:30 pm

rihel
Guest

Boston coin unearthed by officials

The breaking story by the Boston Globe:

I understand the person responsible for placing the coin in the cemetery showed officials where it was-- and it was still there, hidden in the lip of an entrance to a 200 year old crypt. That is just wrong-- when I searched inside the cemetery during its brief opening on Monday, I refused to actually touch any of the graves and focused on the signposts and a few treeholes. In fact, distrubing any of the graves is apparantly a felony-- see the link below:

http://www.boston.com/news/globe/city_region/breaking_news/2007/02/dr_peppers_gold_1.html?p1=email_to_a_friend

Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 3:58 pm

buck
Guest

Re: Atlanta Coin
I was there...

Ramulus wrote:

No ones said anything about the Atlanta coin yet. We got there at about 4am on the 21st and there were about 4 other people there, and one of the guys said he'd been checking in the last few days and had not seen to many people. I am interested to know what kind of locations the other ones were in though, the Atlanta coin was put in a VERY bad spot in my opinion. I was approached by about 4 people asking for money, luckily the another 20 or so homeless people accross the street were still asleep when we were looking. While we were looking though we had to be careful to avoid the pools of urine and piles of human waste. What possessed them to think this was a good spot i really don't know, but not knowing if it had been found, or even put out yet was really bothering us after we drove 5 hours to search in a rather sketch part of town. One of the homeless people told us it was found the day before, but we think he was fishing for some cash cause another guy told him what we were all doing.

Anyways, great idea, awesome clues, they were fairly challenging for someone who'd never been to Atlanta, but awfule, terrible, miserable execution.

I was there in Atlanta when the coin was found. It was about 3:45am Tuesday morning. I'll give you details if you want (unless the Atlanta winners are lurking and they would like to tell the story). I agree, though... this might have been the worst possible location in ATL to hide the coin - at least as far as safety goes. I was definitely in fear for my life, as I was out there alone.

Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 4:00 pm

sylvanmyst
Guest

Re: Atlanta Coin
I was there...

yes, please give the details on the Atlanta coin!!!!!

I was there in Atlanta when the coin was found. It was about 3:45am Tuesday morning. I'll give you details if you want (unless the Atlanta winners are lurking and they would like to tell the story). I agree, though... this might have been the worst possible location in ATL to hide the coin - at least as far as safety goes. I was definitely in fear for my life, as I was out there alone.[/quote]

Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 4:28 pm

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