@ Reinhard Ostermeier I’ve never been there, but I’ve been close and so next time I’m in the area I think I’ll have to go for a visit as it looks rather interesting.
I had the guys enhance the photo so if you want to read the plague I can upload that (maybe after the contest is over). We had to pull the reflection off the canon to get where the person’s head was blocking, but it turned out rather well 
@ Duke Nukem - 8) ;D
@ Duke Nukem - I hope you do not ask your friends at Langley about info from me. You wouldn’t be the same man as before 
(no I will not comment on that any more :snooty:
We have a winner!
The location of the contest image was Fort Desoto, Tierra Verde, Florida.
To learn more about the Fort Google “Fort Desoto”. Speaking of Google, that appears to be the tool that was used by most, if not all, of the winners to find the location of the image.
When I was “designing” the contest, I wanted to make sure it was not too easy, so the first thing I checked was whether the image would show up on Google’s image search. It did not come up, so I thought our members would have to try some search techniques such as “big guns” or something like it.
Little did I know, that with a bit more effort, Google’s image search could be used find the 12 inch mortars at Fort Desoto. 
To choose the winner, I wrote a short program. Below is the code that I used to choose the winner, by a depression of a button. The names of the five people who sent the correct answer are contained within the code.
namespace ContestSelector
{
public partial class Program
{
private int winnerIndex = 0;
private Font font = Resources.GetFont(Resources.FontResources.ArialBlack24);
private bool weHaveWinner = false;
string[] names = new string[]
{
"Aron",
"Duke",
"Werner",
"Valentin",
"Rajesh"
};
// This method is run when the mainboard is powered up or reset.
void ProgramStarted()
{
button.ButtonPressed += button_ButtonPressed;
display_T35.SimpleGraphics.Clear();
(new Thread(TheThread)).Start();
}
void button_ButtonPressed(GTM.GHIElectronics.Button sender, GTM.GHIElectronics.Button.ButtonState state)
{
lock (names)
{
string winner = names[winnerIndex];
display_T35.SimpleGraphics.Clear();
display_T35.SimpleGraphics.DisplayText(winner, font, Color.White, 50, 100);
weHaveWinner = true;
}
}
void TheThread()
{
while (!weHaveWinner)
{
lock (names)
{
winnerIndex = (winnerIndex + 1) % names.Length;
}
Thread.Sleep(1);
}
}
}
}
And the winner is…
Congratulations to Aron!
I used Google image recognition search and came up a picture that look almost exactly like Mike’s, except with different people reading the notice board. So I was pretty confident I had the right place.
As promised the plaque, little fuzzy as the cannon is a little old so the reflection was a tad dull 
Congrads to Aron and thank you very much for the contest Mike and Gadgeteer way of picking the winner.
I suspect I wasn’t the only one who noted it was a 1890 Model M1 mortar, a once common coastal fort piece in the US.
@ KiwiSaner - I must have found the same picture. Used Google image search as well.
Never been there, but it is on the list now. Thanks Mike!
if anyone decides to visit, let me know. I have an apartment a few miles away.
Congrats Aron!
Is this the GHI Aron or is this someone else that uses a different alias?
@ ianlee74 - it is GHI Aron.
Thanks all for the congratulations. I did what I guess everyone else did. Uncle Google is the best. How long did it take once you guys started to search? For me, it took about 10 minutes once I started the search.
I like places like that, a lot of cool things to see.
Has anyone been to Fort Pulaski in Georgia? During the US Civil War, that was an impregnable fort but that was the first time that riffled cannon barrels were used and really decimated the fort. They rebuilt most of it for the attraction but it was cool to see.
@ Aron - Enjoy your brownies!
@ Aron
Did you get my email about the prize?
what’s the prize? is it a road trip to that place driving your Lamborghini
and a pair of tickets to Disney land since it’s in Florida
Disney World tickets sound great!!! 
I wouldn’t mind driving in a Lamborghini either, providing it is a Countach, my favorite of the Lamborghinies.
Lamborghinis are so yesterday…
How about the 2013 Camaro. I like that car too.
I got a Lotus Elise… the thing can almost out drive any car in the twisties. A lot of fun at The Dragon in TN (318 turns in 11 miles).
I saw a Lotus Europa on Pawn Stars and Rick, the main guy on the show, I think is shorter than me and he could barely fit in the thing.