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[edit] Indianapolis coin Trail

• Value: $25,000
• This coin was found (when?)

[edit] CLUES

1. Once a frontier, it is clear from the story, the coin is hidden in our first territory.

   Northwest territory

2. Sure we're sure the right state to explore - you can see water, just not sea water from the shore.

   Can see lake michigan

3. Each day another clue empowers, but time is ticking, don't lose an hour.

   stay in EST

4. Don't sell your soul, this clue is salvation - follow a map to the crossroads of our nation.

   indianapolis nick name is "crossroads of the nation"

5. This city of firsts is the last place to look, but it's good for a correction. From here stay south and you'll find out, you're in the right direction.

   Kokomo IN is called the city of firsts

6. Flatly stated, we believe, you might be in a lurch. Between 39 and 40 is where you want to search.

   indy is between parrallels 39-40

7. In France it's high land, but holds no prize, from here look back at the sun rise.

   Terra Haute

8. This one's tough so don't be coy, scramble to find 'A Micro Nun Toy'.

   Marion County

9. To find the coin you must head to a single star amid the blue intersected by crossroads two.

   describes the indianapolis city flag

10. You're closing in, and from the sky between EYEINDMQJ is where the coin lies.

    EYE=eagle creek airfield IND=indianapolis airport MQJ=Mt. Carmel Airfield.

11. Find where spirit water collects, from there the fall flows to what's next.

    Geist lake and fall creek

12. To come full circle you must go a full 360. Add another 105 and you'll get inside much more quickly.

    360+105=465 our loop

13. South of a place where part a murder may be found - often at elevations above the ground.

    Crows nest neighborhood (flock of crows is a murder)

14. Where once over 3 million bricks abound, now lies a town with city around. East of this historic place is the direction you must now race.

    Indy 500 Speedway

15. One single word is your clue - and though it may be tricky, it's fair to you: ""ovovalal"".

    could be two things, oval in an oval=state fair grounds which are along fall creek headed to the park, or the coin was in an oval walkway in the park

16. A pleasant place for a peaceful rest blossoms into a clue. And when you've guessed the direction, then it's toward the dawn as your hunt continues on.

    Floral cemetary

17. Allison's initials are R and R, she prefers to fly not ride a car. To find the coin, your chances are increased if you go from her home to the north and east.

    allison rolls royce airplane engine factory

18. Where birds beneath the glass pass by, and formal beds sit under the sky. Though this is a nice place to rest, the coin you seek lies north and west.

    Garfield Park

19. You'll want to keep current but also stay dry, passing 72 holes as you head toward the prize.

    white river on the way to the park you pass 3-18hole and 2-9hole golf courses

20. In the shadow of war a spire stands and in its shadow 50 lands. From this place you must progress, further south and further west.

    veterans memorial, 50 state flags surround a washington monument-like spire

21. Men of war surround its base, and toward cardinal points they face. In finding the coin, your chances increase, if you choose the direction of peace.

    circle plaza, center of town, the statues on the west are called "peace"

22. Go west of where people crowd to watch younger horses run beneath a cloud.

    RCA dome, home of the 2007 superbowl champoins colts!

23. Pursue the coin with heated zeal, south from men and women of steele.

    Herron school of art, founded by T.C. Steele

24. Solve this puzzle, you're close to done. Look along where #FFFFFFHHO runs.

    #FFFFFF is computer for white, HHO=Water, White river

25. Four triangles wrap a circle round, from which four lines move outward bound, once this place has been found, exit southwest from the grounds.

    Military Park

26. To solve this clue and find the way, stay north and east through Charlie Sierra's X-Ray.

    CSX is the rail road south of the park

27. Given its name you'd expect it class six, but it runs slower than the name depicts. Your chances to find the coin are increased, if you keep to the east.

    class VI is the roughest of white water rapids, again the white river

28. To find the coin, crack this code, it tells you the coins current abode: Dsrgv Irevi Hgzgv Kzip.

    crytogram of "White River State Park"

29. The coin you seek resides between where Washington strides and rides.

    Washington ave is a walking path on the north side and Washington St. wraps the east and south edges of the park

30. Within four rectangles is a square, look beneath, the coin is there.

    4 rectangle benches attached to a square table, in the middle or an oval walkway.

(answers supplied by unowho)

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