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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.

Hempdawg

Wait a minute. If you are yearning for learning?? What is there to learn at Conway???

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 4:23 PM Permalink
Confused this year

DAWG - library on the park grounds

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 4:25 PM Permalink
LadyC

Hempdawg - there is a library connected to the park

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 4:25 PM Permalink
Davis get diggin

We were digging at Conway & met the finder of 1969; great man.

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 4:26 PM Permalink
bunnybutt

I can't belive you all think its conway It's not. I just came from gelette and their is about 100 people out there. So good luck at conway.

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 4:26 PM Permalink
Confused this year

Davis - did the previous finder have and insight?

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 4:27 PM Permalink
LadyC

Davis, did you see the guy with the puppy? I should say the "medallion sniffing dog" : )

(Deleted item originally posted by bunnybutt on 04:27pm Jan 31, 1999 CST)

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 4:27 PM Permalink
LadyC

Where is gelette??? Never heard of it.

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 4:27 PM Permalink
bunnybutt

I can't belive you all think its conway It's not. I just came from gelette and their is about 100 people out there. So good luck at conway.

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 4:28 PM Permalink
MedallionStallion

Bunny- those are 100 people who are wrong. There are always 100 or so people who are wrong. Let's not be one of them hey!

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 4:29 PM Permalink
Confused this year

Bunny - What is the 9-5-4 at Gilette?

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 4:30 PM Permalink
Hempdawg

Where is Gelette??

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 4:30 PM Permalink
bunnybutt

Gelette is across from Phalen Lake on the east side.

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 4:31 PM Permalink
d crissey

WHAT MAKES YOU THINK GILLETTE

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 4:33 PM Permalink
Hempdawg

Bunny- why do you think Gelette is it?? What does the 9-5-4 deal with??

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 4:33 PM Permalink
bunnybutt

The 954 is the number of a house on Forest & Clear ST. right across from the park. So what do you all think.

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 4:34 PM Permalink
d crissey

FOREST COULD BE YOUR LINE OF TREES

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 4:35 PM Permalink
Von

What is the Gillette Park? How is it spelled?

(Deleted item originally posted by bunnybutt on 04:36pm Jan 31, 1999 CST)

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 4:36 PM Permalink
d crissey

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Sun, 01/31/1999 - 4:39 PM Permalink
bunnybutt

Gillette that is how it is spelled I spelled it wrong the first time

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 4:42 PM Permalink
Von

What is the glowing translucent peak at Gillette?

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 4:45 PM Permalink
hunt junkie

I went to Conway and Gillette. They are both solid spots. When I was there (between 1:30 and 4) there were twice as many people at Conway. Conway lacks the

9-5-4 as everyone is saying and the peak is actually 2 peaks, although you can position yourself to see only one. At Gillete there is a translucent peak problem. The

Maintenance building at 995 Wheelock Pkwy has something that looks like coke bottle glass blocks near the top. Are they lit up at night...does anyone know?

Also Wheelock Parkway. Wheelock was the founder of the PP. Nice connection. I like them both, leaning slightly toward Gillete. Tonight's clue should be the

decider. I hope anyway.

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 4:46 PM Permalink
SLEEPLESS

MEDALLIONSTALLION, OR WHATEVER, RIGHT ON! LET'S JUST BE ICONOCLAST'S!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 4:47 PM Permalink
Medallionhound

Conway was an Iconoclast, just ask old George, he held the same office that the line of trees did.

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 4:50 PM Permalink
bunnybutt

NO that dose not light up at night. That is the part of the clue I dont understand yet.

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 4:51 PM Permalink
No user inform…

How will clue #4 fit with conway?

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 4:53 PM Permalink
Von

Did you all see KISS' performance at the Super Bowl??? Was pretty good!!

OK...back to medallion life now ;-)

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 4:53 PM Permalink
2 patty's

Just got back from Conway, we can't figure out clue #7--from this a name will appear..... Gillette is not listed as a St. Paul park in the treasure hunters guide.

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 5:00 PM Permalink
Hempdawg

when are you going out there???

(Deleted item originally posted by I Wish I knew on 05:01pm Jan 31, 1999 CST)

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 5:00 PM Permalink
The Crazy Creatures

What is Conway's phone number?

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 5:03 PM Permalink
MushieW

hey medallionhound what park are you thinking now?

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 5:06 PM Permalink
No user inform…

People need to learn to figure the clues out for themselves and quit asking questions as to why a certain park. This treasure hunt is being ruined by stupid people

posting mind scattering information. If you want to find the treasure get off the computer and get in the park and dig. Use your mind!

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 5:06 PM Permalink
The Crazy Creatures

CamoMan, if you are so mad that we're on here, why are you on here? Why aren't you out digging for yourself!

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 5:09 PM Permalink
AllieGo

In Clue Number 7, I can get "Edgecombe," Woodrow," and Theresa. I'm having a more difficult time with trying to see "Cedar."

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 5:09 PM Permalink
FOOLED YA

Kiss can KISS my ASS. If that's what our society has come to, God help us. Anybody who idolizes them needs to get a freaking life.

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 5:09 PM Permalink
No user inform…

Wow! its at conway? I just spent an afternoon at rice park. Thought the civic center was the thing round and white and streched quite tight. We didn't find much

there. I thought the famous man was washington st. and that the clue said tome because of the library

Could I be right?

(Deleted item originally posted by Hempdawg on 05:10pm Jan 31, 1999 CST)

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 5:10 PM Permalink
2 patty's

Don't think it can be at Rice Park cuz of the ice sculptures. Allie Go, what's valuable about Edgecumbe, Woodrow or Theresa? Stumped ...

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 5:14 PM Permalink
Hempdawg

I think Rice park is it because the glowing peak is the 1rst nat'l bank sign

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 5:15 PM Permalink
hunt junkie

Clue #4 for Conway would just mean it's in a pak its never been in before. Iconoclast has been over analyzed in my opinion...you'll have to break the round white

stretched thing to bet the biscut. Clue # 7 for conway: tress=wood, in a line=row...so from this a name: Woodrow Wilson, then lead you to a sign...Wilson street

which borders the park.

#7 fits better at Gillette though. Forest Street and Clear...the clue is quite clear.

Is Gillette a new park? I thought it was part of Phalen, didn't realize it had it's own name. Was the meddallion hidden around there in the past?

(Deleted item originally posted by 2 patty's on 05:16pm Jan 31, 1999 CST)

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 5:16 PM Permalink
Allison Wonderland

Here's the answer to clue #6. A man of fame with a useful name-- Henry Hudson. After all, what treasure hunter would be without a Hudson Guide?

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 5:16 PM Permalink
Gold Digger

SHARON,YOU STILL THERE?

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 5:17 PM Permalink
Allison Wonderland

Trees don't form lines in forests and they never actually blurt out the name of a street until the last clue so forest is wrong and clear is as much a red herring as "well in

the new".

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 5:19 PM Permalink
No user inform…

My crue digs more than any Crazy Creature.

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 5:21 PM Permalink
Allison Wonderland

What if "numbers keep score" really meant that the first two digits of an address (and adorn the front door) are 20 and the address you're looking for is 2095 with a

4 (2094?) around somewhere?

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 5:22 PM Permalink
The Crazy Creatures

I didn't say nothing about digging, but why complain about the people that are in here if you are in here youself! To tell you the truth I could care less about how

much you dig.

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 5:23 PM Permalink
No user inform…

"They don't do it that way" I thought we were supposed to be iconoclasts and break with tradition

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 5:23 PM Permalink
AllieGo

2 patty's...I'm not really sure what they mean yet.

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 5:23 PM Permalink
2 patty's

the address at Conway is 2090.

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 5:24 PM Permalink
hunt junkie

a street is a line forest street a line of trees...AW you might be right it's a stretch, but then again, how CLEAR is Woodrow Wilson. Clever, yes, clear no.

(Deleted item originally posted by 2 patty's on 05:25pm Jan 31, 1999 CST)

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 5:25 PM Permalink
Allison Wonderland

But, if in becoming an iconoclast you break all the rules, there will be no order whatsoever. So you have to be judicious with your iconoclasm.

Sun, 01/31/1999 - 5:26 PM Permalink