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1999 Pioneer Press Medallion Hunt

Submitted by Casey Trauer on

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.

Golden Boy

Rock is right. Lyon - I wouldn't want to spoil it for you. It's like one of those pictures that you have to stare at for a while before you can focus on the image - except

it's not a picture - Once you see the "4", you see it clear as day - while other people walk right by and never notice it. It's AWESOME BABY. Pretty clever trick by

the PP. Rock if you know what I'm talkin 'bout e-mail me.

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 5:05 PM Permalink
MedallionStallion

Sounds good Chris

Bye everyone!

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 5:07 PM Permalink
LadyC

If some of you are so positive where the Med is, why are you here and not digging? I still need more clues - I can work the ones we have so far to fit a few different

parks.

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 5:07 PM Permalink
The Rock

Thank you klaver2. FOLKS PLEASE REMEMBER LAST YEAR WHEN THEY SAID CHAIR O KEY WHY WOULDN'T IT BE " BUT THERES value AS

well AS in THE new. IT MAKES PLEANTY OF SENSE. CMON MR MOSS!!!! IM WAITING

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 5:08 PM Permalink
Woodduck

Golden Boy: You up for diggin' tonight?

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 5:08 PM Permalink
christopher campbell

they wouldn't do that this year because 1, they did it last year, 2, the prize is worth up to $10,000

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 5:09 PM Permalink
Barton Fink

hey Mike Mcginn... i looked at EVERY park name in St.Paul and got NOTHING out of it.... i was thinking "many a tome" may jumble to get a park or street name

but it doesnt... there are NO parks in St. Paul named after a famous person that coincide with the clue as it reads... the ones named after people are named after

local figures that really arent famous.. just a person who helped the neighborhood the park is in

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 5:09 PM Permalink
Golden Boy

9-5-------------4 is the key. It's has nothing to do with KS95 - but it IS at NP. Good Luck to all!!

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 5:09 PM Permalink
rupert

I like the analogy of the picture you have to focus in on. I have done that myself. You must admit though that sometimes the picture that you see consumes you and

you wouldn't see anything else even if it was there. People see what they want to see somethimes.

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 5:09 PM Permalink
christopher campbell

Anyone else going to Battle Creek tonight?

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 5:10 PM Permalink
Moss

ROCK THERE IS A GOLF COURSE THERE THERE IS A HIGH SCHOOL NEAR BY THERE IS A ICE RINK WITH A GOAL THERE IS A HILL

THERE NUMBERS KEEP SCORE IS GOLFING IT MIGHT BE A 5 HOLE AND A 9 HOLE NEAR AND FOUR YOU YELL IN GOLF IF YOUR BALL

IS ASTRAY

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 5:10 PM Permalink
Golden Boy

Hey Woodduck - Not tonight - can't see in the dark. Bseides my son's got hockey at 7:15 AM!!!! But I will be digging starting at about 10-1030 tomorrow morning

green - if you're up for it?

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 5:11 PM Permalink
Woodduck

What's up with everyone going to BC? Other than the ski jump, what else fits?

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 5:11 PM Permalink
Downtown Dave

Let me bounce this one off of you folks...I can get all of the clues to fit the Capitol Mall, but the fact that it is not a St. Paul park per se as specified in clue one

bothers me. Any comments?

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 5:11 PM Permalink
Barton Fink

hey MOSS and ROCK... chill out... i have deciphered the clues to lead conclusively to Highland over and over on these boards... check around 1:30am-2:00am this

morning and you'll see my take on all 6 clues.. i posted each clue one by one... Perform a search with the words highland and my name and the #'s of the posts and

the times they were posted at will pop up near the bottom...

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 5:12 PM Permalink
The Rock

GOLDEN PLEASE REPOND TO MY EMAIL AND MOSS THAT IS NOT EVEN HALF THE CLUES TO THE PARK EVERYTHING MAKES

PERFECT SENSE FOR NEWELL.

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 5:12 PM Permalink
Moss

mR Rock. I've examined " Monkey Crap " and I came up with Monkey Parc....do you think it is Como Park?

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 5:12 PM Permalink
Woodduck

If I don't find it tonight, I'd be up for digging tommorow. Do you think that you could call me with the clue at 11:30?

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 5:13 PM Permalink
Barton Fink

and like i have said before its just one mans take on the clues... nothing is set in stone yet... i wish there was a chair-o-key type clue that would just lead us all to a

park... the only other park i'm considering now is newell although it is really dug up...

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 5:14 PM Permalink
The Rock

iconoclast=someone who goes against religious beliefs. The perfect person for the spot is THE DEVIL hense DEVILS DEN in newell Park

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 5:14 PM Permalink
Moss

balony and cheese mR. ROCK YOU WERE PROBABLY SENT BY THE PIONEER PRESS TO SCREW US ALL UP

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 5:15 PM Permalink
Moss

YOU ARE OBSESSED WITH THE DEVIL CRAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 5:16 PM Permalink
Golden Boy

Rupert - If you decide to the Terms & Conditions of the "4" Club - which includes a face-to face meeting and none of this cyber chatter, and a basic agreement -

then I, and others in the "4" club would gladly show you the "4" in person. Limited membership though. Of course I have to clear it with the other members,

Woodduck, Birdie, etc.

Everyone else in the club has seen it independently - once you see it you say - WOW, MAN - THAT ISSSSSSSS COOl.

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 5:17 PM Permalink
Downtown Dave

Whoah, for a moment Moss, I thought maybe you found the CAPS LOCK key!

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 5:17 PM Permalink
The Rock

PP is very smart to put that in. It is very hard to see devils den BUT is easy to get to if u find the right spot Newell is bigger than everyone thinks!!! Just remember

the clue #4 "but theres VALUE as WELL as IN the NEW. Simply said!!

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 5:17 PM Permalink
Moss

DEVIL THIS DEVIL THAT!!!!!

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 5:17 PM Permalink
Barton Fink

Rock.... if you are worshiping the devil by goin to the devil's den you wouldnt be an iconoclast since you arent tearing down an icon.. you would be supporting an

icon

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 5:17 PM Permalink
Woodduck

Barton Fink: I thought #4 "value as well in the new" was the same idea as Chair-o-Key

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 5:18 PM Permalink
Brock Landers

what is everbody's strongest theories on the numbers (9,5, "somewhere" a four) and where are they leading everybody??

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 5:18 PM Permalink
Moss

YOU BET I FOUND THE CAPS LOCK!!!!!

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 5:18 PM Permalink
The Rock

ya chill out Moss.

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 5:19 PM Permalink
Barton Fink

on the other hand the Highlanders (not the movie/tv ones) were very famous iconoclasts... so if you are willing to dig in highland you are a highlander...!!

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 5:19 PM Permalink
Moss

I JUST FOUND THE CAPS LOCK TODAY

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 5:19 PM Permalink
The Rock

Barton you would be worshiping an icon but just remember you would be putting down the greatest icon of all time "GOD"

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 5:20 PM Permalink
Rushmore

Barton, I have been with you on Highland the entire time, until last nights clue. How do figure that it ties into Highland.

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 5:20 PM Permalink
Golden Boy

Woodduck - I'll call you with #7. E-mail me you're cell phone #.

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 5:20 PM Permalink
christopher campbell

Last year, when did they give the Chair o Key, what clue number was it

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 5:20 PM Permalink
eitsaeb

wood duck...theywouldnt post that clue that early with all that $..just my take barton wass up? how was yer search?

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 5:21 PM Permalink
Moss

ROCK YOU WANT TO DUEL IT OUT AT DEVILS DEN

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 5:21 PM Permalink
Barton Fink

woodduck... thats way tooooo easy... just putting the first word behind the second isnt the same as chair o key.... to come up with chair you had to figure out what

the head of a committee was... and unlock the door meant key... plus it was a later clue... why would they give us the name of a rather SMALL park on clue #4 and

give us 8 clues that essentially would have to lead to where in the SMALL park it is...??? to win $10k you're gonna have to think really HARD

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 5:22 PM Permalink
Brock Landers

Rome and tome?Where does Ford come in?? 94.5 FM? any good?

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 5:23 PM Permalink
Barton Fink

man my mom chintzed out on me for tonight... i'm gonna be home until 11:30 to get #7 and go to my ma's pad right after that... it looks like it's gonna be sunrise

when i start digging

LEFT OFF HERE

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 5:23 PM Permalink
Downtown Dave

Good luck all! I like BC and so that's where I will go!

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 5:24 PM Permalink
eitsaeb

yeah hey i just woke up havent gone out in 2 days

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 5:25 PM Permalink
The Rock

Ummmmm just to let all of you know that i looked to see how exactly big newell is and it said it was 978 acres. That is quite a bit of feet to cover.

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 5:25 PM Permalink
christopher campbell

See you at B.C. tonight Dave

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 5:25 PM Permalink
Cammando WAyne

Ok whos on first

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 5:26 PM Permalink
Golden Boy

Barton - you and I traded thoughts a few days ago. Let me ask you this - what is you're take on 9-5--4 at HP. My guess is that your explanation is a reach. If you

aren't absolutely sure - then you aint diggin in the right place.

9-5----4 is the key to this whole thing. It's not a "which park is it clue" it's a "vicinity" clue.

9-5----4. Get this right, the rest is easy.

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 5:27 PM Permalink
Cammando WAyne

I herd that its frozen in Pig snot

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 5:28 PM Permalink