It's time for the Medallion Hunt! The first clue will appear on PioneerPlanet just after midnight Saturday, Jan. 22. Come back here to compare notes with other treasure seekers, but be certain you read the rules on the Planet's Winter Carnival page.
Boreas Rex
disc golf......i thought of that after the first clue (because i'm an avid player).....flying downhill in clue #2 fits this idea, and there is a possibility it's highland. a lot of the clues fit highland.
My crew thought that too, eitsaeb (about DISCerning)! There is still a lot of ground that is untouched at HP, though. Yeah people have dug out around a lot of the disc golf holes...but other areas go untouched! People will dig out three posts on a sign and not touch the fourth one. Why???
ok heres one that i thought of while pondering the next digging spot @ HP...there are "suppose to be" 4 football goalposts at the top of the park ...but... the fourth one isnt there (where it should be) it may be in that area...?
What I'm trying to say is that a person will take the time to dig out around the posts of a sign, but they only dig around three of the four posts or something stupid like that.
usually you are really excited when you start on the first sign, then the second you start to lose hope and go on to the third, by the fourth sign (or whatever) you feel so stupid and there have been so many people driving by and laughing that you just quit....
Why not consider a small park? They haven't hidden it in small park in nearly (i think) 8 years. Parks that fit the clues so far could be-- Martin Luther King park, Langford park, Nathan Hale triange, Dayton's Bluff, and yes there is even a Webster.
LOOK!!! it's gotta be a large park! $10,000.00 is gonna get a gazillion amateur treasure hunters out there. the man doesn't want someone finding the medallion early in the hunt, so he's gonna hide it where it will take hundreds of diggers several hours to find it after almost all the clues have been revealed. Our only job right now is to figure out WHAT PARK IT IS IN!!! Come on people! i'm dying here - throw me a bone for pete's sake.
It could be the opposite though Boreas. For $10,000 they could hide it in a small park, make the clues ridicously(sp) hard, thinking that if someone does figure it out they deserve the $10,000. It is rare that an ametuer hunter just stumbles upon the medallion because they are out digging in a park that 100's of others are in. I think this year they are "bucking" the system. The true hunters are lulled into the belief that it is in a big park because that is what they are used to.
I don't have to re-login, but i have to keep hittin' recent to see if any new messages have been posted. it would be alot easier if the PP had a normal chat rooooooooom..........
Boreas - we were thinking Como a few clues ago and everyone said no. I still think its a possibility. However, I'm still leaning towards HP. It's still a wild goose chase. Last year at this time, people were still divided between Cherokee and Mounds.
eitsaeb - yes - this server is tooooooooo slooooooow!
Yahtzee- that's true, but can they risk it....You know, with the media hype and all, the hunt has to live up to it's name. If they are making the clues ridiculously hard and it's in a small park, later on when they almost have to pinpoint it for us, ther will be a thousand people in fistacuffs over the medallion!!!
I love the hunt for the Medallion. It has been a family tradition to figure out the clues, put on the boots, grab the shovel and go digging. Until today we believed it to be at Indina Mounds Park. Todays clue has changed our minds. Now we are looking for the statue or the marker of a famous individual. The first clue refers to St. Paul so we ruled out parks that are located in Ramsey County but not in the City of St. Paul.
Has Battle Creek been ruled out yet? They just re-opend the ski jump (flying downhill), there's a school nearby (learning), and the famous name from a tome could be Longfellow, a very nearby street. These clues can be made to fit almost any park, though.
Chris - you are right. The clues CAN be made to fit almost any park. It's still a wild goose chase. Haven't even gone out and looked anywhere yet - saving my energy!! I'll be the first woman whose 8-1/2 months pregnant to find the medallion!
You guys, are not reading INTO the clues. Think outside the box. I have a 99% guess on where the medallion is, so when and if its found this weekend. I will decipher the clues. Cause otherwise I need to practice what I preach.
My clues to you are - Think History Think Literature Think Fast
Boreas -- Very good point. I do think this is going to go to the final clue and there had better be enough room for half of St.Paul including the media.
Dave - I agree. I think today's clue fits with yesterday's "learning" clue. Therefore the name has to do with a school book - history, literature, whatever.
Remeber when it was at Harriet Island? One of the clues pointed to the name of the man who designed Harriet Island, but to figure it out you had to know your history of St.Paul. This could be the same. The famous name in a tome might not be a Worldly famous person, but perhaps someone famous to St.Paul.
I would give "more descriptive" advice, but a friend of mine is going to a particular park you haven't yet mentioned. I don't want to ruin her chances. I have no interest other than the challenge.
disc golf......i thought of that after the first clue (because i'm an avid player).....flying downhill in clue #2 fits this idea, and there is a possibility it's highland. a lot of the clues fit highland.
No hameline is north of university near midway stadium.
Wampa2 - what's your take on the new clue?
GOD I NEED MY HUSDON BACK!!!!!!!
My crew thought that too, eitsaeb (about DISCerning)! There is still a lot of ground that is untouched at HP, though. Yeah people have dug out around a lot of the disc golf holes...but other areas go untouched! People will dig out three posts on a sign and not touch the fourth one. Why???
WHAT IS A NAME THAT IS FOUND IN MANY LARGE BOOKS?!?
annie, its probably because cule three says somewhere a 4
ok heres one that i thought of while pondering the next digging spot @ HP...there are "suppose to be" 4 football goalposts at the top of the park ...but... the fourth one isnt there (where it should be) it may be in that area...?
S/S
Christ/Washington/Columbus??
Not Quite Sure? Spent 2 hours last night discussing the clue with my crew, before starting our park to park wild goose chase.
What I'm trying to say is that a person will take the time to dig out around the posts of a sign, but they only dig around three of the four posts or something stupid like that.
this server still SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tome: One of the books in a work of several volumes (esp. a large or scholarly one).
Also it could be: Part; area; segment.... Could be a smaller section of a larger park.
Boreas - maybe the famous name isn't that of a person?? Just a thought.
"many a tome (large book)", are they referring to many different books or many of the same book?
When I think of large book - I immediately think of the bible. But I don't think that's it. Maybe history books?
Ford is a famous name - what large books could this be found in?
usually you are really excited when you start on the first sign, then the second you start to lose hope and go on to the third, by the fourth sign (or whatever) you feel so stupid and there have been so many people driving by and laughing that you just quit....
WHAT SIGNS??
what about MARTIN LUTHER KING recreation center.....he certainly is a famous man and he is in many school books, encyclopedias, etc.
Why not consider a small park? They haven't hidden it in small park in nearly (i think) 8 years. Parks that fit the clues so far could be-- Martin Luther King park, Langford park, Nathan Hale triange, Dayton's Bluff, and yes there is even a Webster.
ive got 10,000 reason$$$$$$$$$$$$
Yahtzee - how about Merriam park (Merriam-Webster). Don't see how it really fits the other clues though.
LOOK!!! it's gotta be a large park! $10,000.00 is gonna get a gazillion amateur treasure hunters out there. the man doesn't want someone finding the medallion early in the hunt, so he's gonna hide it where it will take hundreds of diggers several hours to find it after almost all the clues have been revealed. Our only job right now is to figure out WHAT PARK IT IS IN!!! Come on people! i'm dying here - throw me a bone for pete's sake.
Well i suppose like everyone else this early in the clues (especially when they are this vague) you try to fit almost any park to the clues.
thats it BOR "a bone!!!!!!"
eitsaeb--just ideas...dont worry about it!!!
COMO COMO COMO COMO - HOW COME NOBODY THINKS IT'S COMO!
does everybody else have to re log-in after almost evey entered post or is it just this webtv thing?
It could be the opposite though Boreas. For $10,000 they could hide it in a small park, make the clues ridicously(sp) hard, thinking that if someone does figure it out they deserve the $10,000. It is rare that an ametuer hunter just stumbles upon the medallion because they are out digging in a park that 100's of others are in. I think this year they are "bucking" the system. The true hunters are lulled into the belief that it is in a big park because that is what they are used to.
I don't have to re-login, but i have to keep hittin' recent to see if any new messages have been posted. it would be alot easier if the PP had a normal chat rooooooooom..........
Boreas - we were thinking Como a few clues ago and everyone said no. I still think its a possibility. However, I'm still leaning towards HP. It's still a wild goose chase. Last year at this time, people were still divided between Cherokee and Mounds.
eitsaeb - yes - this server is tooooooooo slooooooow!
good point yatzee
Yahtzee- that's true, but can they risk it....You know, with the media hype and all, the hunt has to live up to it's name. If they are making the clues ridiculously hard and it's in a small park, later on when they almost have to pinpoint it for us, ther will be a thousand people in fistacuffs over the medallion!!!
I love the hunt for the Medallion. It has been a family tradition to figure out the clues, put on the boots, grab the shovel and go digging. Until today we believed it to be at Indina Mounds Park. Todays clue has changed our minds. Now we are looking for the statue or the marker of a famous individual. The first clue refers to St. Paul so we ruled out parks that are located in Ramsey County but not in the City of St. Paul.
Has Battle Creek been ruled out yet? They just re-opend the ski jump (flying downhill), there's a school nearby (learning), and the famous name from a tome could be Longfellow, a very nearby street. These clues can be made to fit almost any park, though.
isnt rome the 900 block???
Chris - you are right. The clues CAN be made to fit almost any park. It's still a wild goose chase. Haven't even gone out and looked anywhere yet - saving my energy!! I'll be the first woman whose 8-1/2 months pregnant to find the medallion!
You guys, are not reading INTO the clues. Think outside the box. I have a 99% guess on where the medallion is, so when and if its found this weekend. I will decipher the clues. Cause otherwise I need to practice what I preach.
My clues to you are - Think History Think Literature Think Fast
Boreas -- Very good point. I do think this is going to go to the final clue and there had better be enough room for half of St.Paul including the media.
Dave - I agree. I think today's clue fits with yesterday's "learning" clue. Therefore the name has to do with a school book - history, literature, whatever.
Literature - Hamline?
cmon dave, you are as bad as the people writing the clues, break it down a little will ya!!! :0)
Chris Maki is on the right Trail with Longfellow.
eitsaeb... well there is the 9 and the 5-- where are these football goalposts that you were talking about in relation to this???
Chris Maki is on the right Trail with Longfellow.
Chris, Dave - how do you think "iconoclast" fits with Battlecreek?
Remeber when it was at Harriet Island? One of the clues pointed to the name of the man who designed Harriet Island, but to figure it out you had to know your history of St.Paul. This could be the same. The famous name in a tome might not be a Worldly famous person, but perhaps someone famous to St.Paul.
I'm thinkin' Webster, because I have had to open up my dictionary twice now to figure out words. Is there a sliding hill near there?
I would give "more descriptive" advice, but a friend of mine is going to a particular park you haven't yet mentioned. I don't want to ruin her chances. I have no interest other than the challenge.