Hoggs' Terrible Treasure Hunt

[Hoggs]

OK so I have already admitted it's terrible but I am bored at work and I imagine some of you (Beefy) are too.

So here's how it works - see if you can figure out the clue below then run a search on the forum for it.

Answers will be a word then a number (any dates will be in the format DDMMYYYY).

If you're correct you will get an edited post with another clue! Continue until you have collected all the clues then see if you can crack my incredibly fiendish (or stupid, who knows) code to find the treasure.

If you complete it, you can have your name in the Treasure Hunt Hall of Fame or something.

START:

1. The bird in Jesse's 1985 TV show, date of the first TT race

[Westbeef]

https://www.themotorbikeforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=249&p=6498&hilit=28051907#p6498

Hawk 28051907

[Hoggs]

Beefy has made it to stage two! A clear leader in this one horse race

if it helps there are 8 stages

[Arwen]

I'm playing too, but I have no idea what stage I'm on...

[Arwen]

I got to the end... forgot to take a note of the codes. Argh!!!

[Hoggs]

I got to the end... forgot to take a note of the codes. Argh!!!

 

mwahahah!

[Arwen]

Hmm... I've only got 5 codes rather than 8

[Hoggs]

Hmm... I've only got 5 codes rather than 8

Five sounds correct... this is stage one.. then five questions with codes (2-6), stage 7 is the end question no code, then stage 8 is the treasure. I was being very generous with my staging numbering

[Arwen]

ahh ok. now I'll try and work it out Does in involve maths?

[Westbeef]

So i've ended up going from 2/6 to 7/10 does this sound right?

[Hoggs]

Hints are currently not available for this treasure hunt

[Westbeef]

Yeah I'm stuck on the calling code thing. I know it, it just aint coming up on search

[Arwen]

Googling I can do... random codes with no hints I suck at

edit: ahh, I used local knowledge for that one. Google is wrong

[Hoggs]

Googling I can do... random codes with no hints I suck at

edit: ahh, I used local knowledge for that one. Google is wrong

 

uh oh I used google...

ok code hint 1

The codes are a "map" to help you find the treasure

To buy more hints send donuts to Hoggs

[Westbeef]

I'm on code stage, must do some work though

[Westbeef]

Am I using this code to navigate the forum, to find a post with treasure in?

[Arwen]

I have no idea what to do with these numbers

However this is proving a welcome distraction while checking 100+ servers to make sure they have the anti WannaCry update!

[Hoggs]

Am I using this code to navigate the forum, to find a post with treasure in?

 

I don't know... are you?

[Westbeef]

I bet this is really simple.

When you know what you're bloomin meant to do

[Hoggs]

If you think of them more as co-ordinates does that help

[Mr Fro]

Can you solve the code and find the treasure?

Probably not.

[Westbeef]

That's what I've been trying, I just hope it's not in the search as that means you've gotta be searching the right thing to get it in the right order.

Oh I don't know anymore

[Westbeef]

is this my treasure?

[Hoggs]

is this my treasure?

 

it may be your treasure but it's not the hidden forum treasure

[Arwen]

I tried putting numbers many places, but found no shinys