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2000 Pioneer Press Medallion Hunt

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Discuss the 2000 Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt Here

Alan and Jill

Drove around the capital today - Looks good also. To early to tell

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:09 PM Permalink
MedallionStallion

Here's an early crack at clue three:

It doesn't tell you what park it's at, but WHERE in the park. Or more specifically, what else is in sight from where stallion's medallion is hidden! IF you look in King Boreas's direction from there, you will see a tower or two . . .

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:10 PM Permalink
Mac-Grove Man

It was 1987 at the capitol and the Security/Capitol Police were none too friendly on the matter. I was nearly arrested for refusing to yield and go home. But I proved them wrong and thet let the hunt continue for me.

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:11 PM Permalink
KING MARLEY

vikings depression = swede hollow

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:11 PM Permalink
Holly Wood

Howdy Terry & Allison,

Old Home week it is! I'll celebrate with some 'Yogurt in the Black Carton'.....

And who wouldn't!..... Great to be here!

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:11 PM Permalink
Terry

The capital mall was 1989.

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:12 PM Permalink
Cosmo Cat

I think 'set your own pace' and 'chase' combine to imply a jogging path or maybe a marathon of sorts thats run nearby... so anyone know where the St. Paul marathon route passes???

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:12 PM Permalink
Mac-Grove Man

Vikings were Norwegian...were they not? I do not beleve they were Scandinavian or Swedish.

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:13 PM Permalink
MIKEK

mcgrove you all most went to jail for digging at the cap in 87

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:13 PM Permalink
The Artist For…

If you ask me...the medallion is not going to be found until the 2nd to last or last clue considering it is worht $10,000 this year...they are going to make it a long hunt with plenty of misleading trails.

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:14 PM Permalink
Allison Wonderland

Hmmm, sounds good King Marley, but wouldn't it be awfully quick to allude to the park name in the first clue? Hmmm, but then it does say to set your own pace...

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:14 PM Permalink
Alan and Jill

the marathon goes down summit to the capital

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:14 PM Permalink
Mac-Grove Man

Marathon goes all the way down Summit Avenue...Along River Blvd ...to Lake Street Brdge.

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:14 PM Permalink
Downtown Dave

The Medallion Hunt can do nothing to the Capitol Mall that Taste of Minnesota does not already do. Also, hunt ends before session, so the "extra security" measures will not be in effect yet. I don't like the Capitol as a hiding spot with these clues, but don't rule it out. The Taste crowd is walking directly on all of the grass, dropping butts, leaving litter, stepping in flowers and hedges, etc. Just a thought.

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:14 PM Permalink
MedallionStallion

Here's just an obervation . . .

Whoever wrote the clues probably knew ahead of time that the Vikes were going to lose, and wrote the first clue even before the game!

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:15 PM Permalink
Alan and Jill

good point dave

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:15 PM Permalink
Mac-Grove Man

Then perhaps he works in Vegas as well...

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:16 PM Permalink
Allison Wonderland

Hmmm Downtown Dave...are you proposing a contest? Hunters vs. Tasters? Who can trash the mall the worst? hehe

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:16 PM Permalink
George_Y2G_

I would take the tasters, much more alcohol involved

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:17 PM Permalink
KING MARLEY

TASTERS

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:17 PM Permalink
Allison Wonderland

I thought of that Stallion. Makes me think they went out of their way to work the Vikings in. My pet theory is that the medallion is hidden inside something that has to do with the Vikings.

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:19 PM Permalink
George_Y2G_

King Marley....like Bob Marley at all??

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:19 PM Permalink
The Artist For…

They may have a lot of alchohol...but we have a little alchohol and a lot of ice picks...Hunters

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:19 PM Permalink
Downtown Dave

Allison--I agree. Remember early "tobacco road" clue from Como when disk was in Snuff Box? Too early for park, but just right for container. Touchdown Towel? It's about the size of the sock from Chair O key.

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:21 PM Permalink
Allison Wonderland

Set your own pace and it could make you an ace if your grasp of these clues is astute....Could it mean there's enough information to find the medallion in the first clue?

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:21 PM Permalink
George_Y2G_

Hey Highlander if you are gonna claim the Aggies at least spell right man it is ALCOHOL, a high school kid should know that, now go back and fix your mistake and write it out ten times

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:21 PM Permalink
Downtown Dave

Good Catholic boys do not engage in under age drinking......

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:23 PM Permalink
The Artist For…

Allison: like I said before...it's worth 10 grand this year...its gonna be a long misleading hunt

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:23 PM Permalink
KING MARLEY

clue 1 st paul park with or without a golf course just stay away if there is one clue 2 something the coin is in, ace bandage , deck of cards clue 3 a tower or two should be in view or a tower or 2 should be in view from the coins hiding place while looking north

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:23 PM Permalink
The Artist For…

Hey George: too much ALCOHOL will do that to a kid :) you would think I would know that after going through Mr. Silvia's classes

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:24 PM Permalink
George_Y2G_

Hey dave the serve wine at mass, and they let ya start when you are in eigth grade, dont know about you but i was 14 in eight grade

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:24 PM Permalink
KING MARLEY

tes man just like him bob

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:26 PM Permalink
MedallionStallion

that viking idea is pretty interesting alison . . .

but you never know, the clue writer could be a vikes fan and just through something like that into the first "garbage" clue . . .

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:26 PM Permalink
The Artist For…

George: 8th grade: we got it in 2nd grade?

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:26 PM Permalink
George_Y2G_

see dave i was covering up how bad it really is, it is worse than we all imagined

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:27 PM Permalink
The Artist For…

Well...an hour and a half...then I have to study, I have finals in the morning...

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:28 PM Permalink
Downtown Dave

Just teasin' George. Started serving Mass in Grade 4. Old Irish priest who coudln't finish Chalice prepared at altar. As you know, you can't dispose of the Blessed Sacrament, so being rapscallions, down the hatch. Highlight of many Wednesday afternoons. About half a cup or so, and we split it three ways, but we thought we were Sooo sophisticated.

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:28 PM Permalink
KING MARLEY

think we can rule out phalen, no visible towers

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:28 PM Permalink
medallion freak

I don't think you need to look north i think you need to look in the direction of St paul....Boreas was the king of winds who loved minnesota winters so much that he stayed in St Paul for the winters according to the wintercarnival history page....

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:28 PM Permalink
The Artist For…

I am goingto stick with my looking north at the highland water towers...it just fits too well

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:29 PM Permalink
Downtown Dave

Medallion Freak--can you make that fit something specific? Looking toward St. Paul is like looking South from Santa's workshop.

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:29 PM Permalink
George_Y2G_

Finals....ouch, Dave bet that made you keep coming back to

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:29 PM Permalink
medallion freak

but then again thats just my interpretation of it anyways

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:30 PM Permalink
The Artist For…

Anyone ever call the stupid who wants to be a millionaire hotline...i keep screwing up the easiest questions!

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:31 PM Permalink
medallion freak

I just think that once you are in the right park you will need to look in the direction of St. paul and you will see 2 towers maybe one hidden by the first one if you look from the right spot or maybe just 2 towers total that you can see if looking in the right direction

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:32 PM Permalink
George_Y2G_

Highlander for 1 million dollars spell Alcohol, umm let me see Regis, that would be A-L-C-H-O-H-O-L and that is my final answer

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:32 PM Permalink
KING MARLEY

yes yes yes i want to be a millionaire

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:32 PM Permalink
MedallionStallion

it could of course mean, look toward DOWNTOWN st. paul, which could be a specific enought direction from many st. paul parks . . .

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:32 PM Permalink
KING MARLEY

1-800-433-8321

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:33 PM Permalink
medallion freak

thats ok last night the guy on there was a doctor and didn't know what a protractor was

Tue, 01/25/2000 - 10:33 PM Permalink