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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.

Allison Wonderland

I have to admit Westside Will, I was a bit suprised when I pulled into Conway the first time tonight around eleven and the only person there was The Medallion Kid.

But then again, maybe everyone had just gone home to wait for the new clue. I think the clues have been vague enough that you could fit them to almost any park if

you try and thus there's no consensus. And some people, if they're not sure of the park, won't go out to dig. I think Cherokee was identified a little earlier last year

and Como was definitely identified early. I believe that brought out people who figured they would take their chance at least knowing they were in the right park.

People who are still waiting this year.

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 3:01 AM Permalink
b p

no dig up the indian burial grounds

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 3:01 AM Permalink
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inconoclast, we all agree on what it is, but could it be a street, possibly ruth as in the bible, book of ruth. just a possibility

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 3:02 AM Permalink
MedallionStallion

Here's another example: Judiasm is an established belief, to eat pork is to go against judiasm, to go against Judiasm is to be an iconoclast, therefore the medallion is

at PIGS EYE PARK!!!!!

The Jews were/are sooooooo popular,

You see how that logic just doesn't work? I'm sorry King, I'm just sorry, I disagree with you, no offense. But you're wrong on that interpretation.

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 3:04 AM Permalink
Bill King

Nancy--no--it means its in that park because to be one would mean to dig there

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 3:05 AM Permalink
Allison Wonderland

The clues alone should tell you where Conway is, but its on the east side, just north of 94 by 3M. Technically its between Conway and Wilson, and Ruth and

Howard.

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 3:05 AM Permalink
Jack In The Box

no one knows anything in here for sure, these clues fit 2 parks very good, but the only thing we know for sure is that this is the 8th clue and we're not positive on the

park yet

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 3:06 AM Permalink
Rushmore

Allison - Do you have a hudson map book accesible to you?

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 3:06 AM Permalink
Bill King

So whos your iconoclast, Id like to see your theory?

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 3:06 AM Permalink
MedallionStallion

Good night, see you all on TV tommorrow night!

The iconoclast is Alison- the one who goes agains conventional wisdom to search a small park, where it's never been hidden before, Tommorow the iconoclast is me

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 3:07 AM Permalink
Allison Wonderland

To say that imitating someone's behavior would make you an iconoclast is almost an oxymoron.

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 3:08 AM Permalink
Bill King

And if you think the lawsuits from the jews for that clue wouldnt bother the PP... your nuts!

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 3:08 AM Permalink
Oh you didn't know?

Allison is right. I went to check out the park just to see if my theory was good. I liked it so much, I ended up digging for over 2 hours.

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 3:09 AM Permalink
nancydrew

allison- what do you think of bp's theory pf highland park, not conway?!

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 3:09 AM Permalink
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You guys need to start checking some smaller parks.....like Rice Arlington. Where else is there a white, round, tightly stretched thing covering a quarry....which also

means diamond shaped

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 3:10 AM Permalink
b p

no way i never said highland park those words were put in my mouth. I don't really know the name of my guess...it is part of bc tho

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 3:11 AM Permalink
nancydrew

oh you didn't know-

if allison is right, where's the medallion?

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 3:11 AM Permalink
Allison Wonderland

I have a street map and two map programs, plus Yahoo! maps, but I don't have a Hudson specifically.

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 3:11 AM Permalink
MedallionStallion

God King, it was just an example.

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 3:12 AM Permalink
nancydrew

bp- what is BC??????!!!!

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 3:12 AM Permalink
b p

battle creek

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 3:12 AM Permalink
Oh you didn't know?

That's the tricky part. Just because you are in the right park, it doesn't mean much. Actually finding the damn thing is a whole lot more luck than knowledge. I must

have spent 60 hours in Cherokee last year but still came up empty.

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 3:14 AM Permalink
Bill King

so... who is your iconoclast--you keep dodging the question?

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 3:14 AM Permalink
b p

who are you asking bill?

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 3:15 AM Permalink
Jack In The Box

violator are you still in here

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 3:15 AM Permalink
Oh you didn't know?

You, the treasure hunter are the iconoclast - by going against the norm, going somewhere new (where it has not been before).

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 3:16 AM Permalink
Bill King

Stalion?

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 3:16 AM Permalink
nancydrew

What about the tight white covered quarry? the softball makes sense, but what about the covered quarry?

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 3:16 AM Permalink
Bill King

So... what are YOU (being an iconoclast) going to RELIGIOUSLY do for it to be in that park?

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 3:17 AM Permalink
Rushmore

Allison- You gave your description of where it is earlier and that pinpointed it. I'll give you credit, clue #7 gives this park a lot of validity. Thanks.

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 3:17 AM Permalink
MedallionStallion

KING, I answered it already, and so did Alison about 80 posts ago, The clue reads "if you're willing to be an iconoclast" the interp. of this is, "Go against tradition

and be willling to believe it's in a new park"

Just read the damn clue!

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 3:18 AM Permalink
Ashlee Olds

what's the water coolersweb sit address?

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 3:18 AM Permalink
Jack In The Box

icon... isnt necassarily religious, just a deep belief

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 3:18 AM Permalink
Oh you didn't know?

The quarry is the medallion and it is covered by something white like the outside of a baseball or softball.

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 3:18 AM Permalink
Bill King

if so, then you have to do something religious orrientated for it to be in that park... what is that... PRAY????

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 3:19 AM Permalink
Egghead the Tr…

Thanks Allison. You Da Man!

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 3:19 AM Permalink
Allison Wonderland

All I can say for bp's Battle Creek theory is that I don't think its there because its at Conway. If bp can make as convincing an argument I'd listen to it. Otherwise it

looks like the system is getting sleepy and so am I. I guess I caused enough havoc for one night. I guess I know where I'll be seeing you all tomorrow. I'm the one

dressed in black with long hair, a mustache and goatee (for those of you who didn't realize Allison was my last name), poking around with a cane.

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 3:19 AM Permalink
Rushmore

Ashlee, it is Coolercrew.com

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 3:20 AM Permalink
Cheryl Straight

Coolercrew.com

Met Greg Sax, the webmaster for the site. He is in town for the hunt. He lives in Milwaukee.

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 3:20 AM Permalink
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quarry means diamond shaped..as in baseball diamond...which is located at the edge of RA park....that building is used by the kids at arlington high school and

although I don't know the exact order of the #'s the address of AHS is 1495

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 3:20 AM Permalink
Bill King

iconoclast= religious rebel in all simple terms

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 3:20 AM Permalink
nancydrew

good night and happy digging to you all!! Buena suerte!

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 3:20 AM Permalink
Rushmore

Thank you Allison for the valuable information. Good luck tomorrow!

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 3:21 AM Permalink
MedallionStallion

DAMN IT KING!!! You don't have to be religious to be an iconoclast. Jesse Ventura is an iconoclast- DON'T try to argue against THAT one- it just happened

that the highlanders were. Iconoclast and Highlander are NOT synonomous, nor interchangable words.

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 3:21 AM Permalink
Oh you didn't know?

Where did religion come from? If you look in a Thesaurus you will find words such as rebel, nonconformist, dissenter, and renegade.

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 3:21 AM Permalink
Jack In The Box

good luck, goodnight

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 3:21 AM Permalink
Cheryl Straight

Eric, I was on the cooler last year.

For those of you who think the medallion is in a park west of Lexington, what is the "translucent peak". Remember, the park needs to fit the clues, not vice-versa.

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 3:23 AM Permalink
MedallionStallion

THanks for the help alison! I'll see you there, I'll be the one bitching about how Iconoclast does NOT neccisarily have anything to do with religion . . .

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 3:23 AM Permalink
Oh you didn't know?

All I can say is visit the park. I bet you will believe it's there too.

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 3:24 AM Permalink
Bill King

You need a history class.. the most famous iconoclasts were the HIGHLANDERS they were a people, a klan, an army. Not a synonym

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 3:24 AM Permalink