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2001 Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt

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Discuss the 2001 Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt Here

Scribe

Kid,your mom just called an said get back to studying!!!LOLOLOL!:)

Wed, 01/24/2001 - 11:50 AM Permalink
SueButt

Hey MF, does that make my chances of finding it 0?

Wed, 01/24/2001 - 11:51 AM Permalink
Minnesota Fats

SueButt,

yes

Fats

Wed, 01/24/2001 - 11:52 AM Permalink
David Hulbert

I'm still going on my hunch that it's not actually in but could be near a park.One time they hid it by the side of a highway.

Wed, 01/24/2001 - 11:52 AM Permalink
Scribe

We all have the same chance,Sue! We will all know the right place in a clue or two!

Wed, 01/24/2001 - 11:53 AM Permalink
frostbite

kid minneapolis talk to Fats, they can help you with the stats! LOL

Wed, 01/24/2001 - 11:53 AM Permalink
Eclipse

Scribe, my thinking is that circular is refering to a newspaper or a newspaper place (private ground) etc... to far fetched

Wed, 01/24/2001 - 11:54 AM Permalink
TBones

Is anybody still thinking Palace. Why/not?

Wed, 01/24/2001 - 11:54 AM Permalink
Scribe

David,they haven't done that in a long time,I think because of liability issues and neighbors,lawsuits etc.....too much risk nowadays.....I could be wrong have been before.....but I really don't think so!

Wed, 01/24/2001 - 11:54 AM Permalink
Clue Master

Good job Fats

Wed, 01/24/2001 - 11:55 AM Permalink
Jorge jimenez

Strike, the parking lot is not big at Oscar Johnson Arena, and there is also cars that park there every day. It is NOT there. I guarantee you that.

Wed, 01/24/2001 - 11:55 AM Permalink
Scribe

Hey Cluemaster! Nice jacket last night! I got to see you but not talk to you!

Wed, 01/24/2001 - 11:55 AM Permalink
Jorge jimenez

Strike, the parking lot is not big at Oscar Johnson Arena, and there is also cars that park there every day. It is NOT there. I guarantee you that.

Wed, 01/24/2001 - 11:56 AM Permalink
strikitrich

oh well...i thought it might work?

Wed, 01/24/2001 - 11:56 AM Permalink
SueButt

Hey All..have to go know...talk to ya later!

Wed, 01/24/2001 - 11:56 AM Permalink
Scribe

Happy domestic duties Sue!!

Wed, 01/24/2001 - 11:57 AM Permalink
Eclipse

has anybody been out to dig lately?

Wed, 01/24/2001 - 11:57 AM Permalink
David Hulbert

Clue #3-"to the treasure that lies out of view".This after "circular thinking is ONE way of thinking.Maybe there's a circle and a square,and the treasure's out of view from the circle,but not the square.

For some reason,the treasure isn't in plain sight.

Wed, 01/24/2001 - 11:57 AM Permalink
Scribe

T. I went to Palace yesterday......some things fit too many that didn't........especially bothered me that Landmark brewery can be seen clearly from there but not 1st Bank sign...

Wed, 01/24/2001 - 11:58 AM Permalink
frostbite

My top 3 bury list still has a MN Wild hockey puck on it due to the treasure that lies out of view and the circular thinking (round puck)

Wed, 01/24/2001 - 12:00 PM Permalink
Scribe

I gotta go! Talk at you all later!

Wed, 01/24/2001 - 12:02 PM Permalink
Clue Master

Scribe - Thanks - you @ conservatory later today?

Wed, 01/24/2001 - 12:02 PM Permalink
Scribe

Nah Clue! I have some things in real life to get done so we have time to hunt later this week! I'll see you soon I'm sure!:)

Wed, 01/24/2001 - 12:03 PM Permalink
Clue Master

But this IS real life!! :) - See ya later

Wed, 01/24/2001 - 12:04 PM Permalink
Allison Wonderland

Jake and I checked out a park last night that I like a lot. At the time we were there it seemed iffy, but after we got back, the fact that I couldn't see the circular items actually convinced me more since the clue does imply the treasure is out of view when near the circles.

By the way Jake, if you read this, I feel really stupid. I thought that was my paper you were holding when you got out of the car. I didn't mean to steal it from you!

Wed, 01/24/2001 - 12:04 PM Permalink
kid minneapolis

OK, I've crunched the numbers, and I can say with 93% certainty that the medallion is in McQuillan Park. Stats don't lie.

(This calculation has a 99.73% margin of error)

Wed, 01/24/2001 - 12:06 PM Permalink
Eclipse

why do you think it's there? They never specified if it was in a park....

Wed, 01/24/2001 - 12:08 PM Permalink
Clue Master

AW - Like your site and thoughts. Thanks for the reply. I think I'll put a shovel in at the 1st one just to say I did in case it turns out right. Did you see the volleyball poles? See ya at the Goves later

Wed, 01/24/2001 - 12:10 PM Permalink
Snowball 2

Hey Diggers -

Quick Question: Does anyone know of Rec Centers on the Eastern part of St. Paul (besides Conway). I know Hillcrest, and Groveland have been brought up, and these are plausible Western sites. But I am trying to nail down the Eastern ones now.

Wed, 01/24/2001 - 12:11 PM Permalink
kid minneapolis

Prosperity has a Rec Center.

Wed, 01/24/2001 - 12:14 PM Permalink
Allison Wonderland

Yes, I did see those volleyball poles. They were even on the map in the guide. I was thinking of looking around there too. I don't think its on the playground, because I'm sure that if it was, the kids would have found it by now, knowing how kids are.

Wed, 01/24/2001 - 12:15 PM Permalink
mncheetah

Hazel park is a rec center on the east side

Wed, 01/24/2001 - 12:15 PM Permalink
Minnesota Fats

Here is my dark horse pick:

El Rio Vista recreation Center 179 East Robie, St. Paul

  • Softball/Baseball
  • Ice Rink
  • Basketball
  • Tennis - 2 courts
  • Play Equipment
  • Football/Soccer

    Clue 1 = Loacted in St. Paul. I believe you can see downtown from the rec center.

    Clue 2 = General clue, no great meaning

    Clue 3 = Circular thinking: Rink, balls, etc. Possible reference to what it is hidden in.

    Clue 4 = East and West: On east street but next to West St. Paul. Depressed: Depression era, President Roosevelt, Roosevelt Elem. is next to rec center.

    Thoughts?

    Fats

  • Wed, 01/24/2001 - 12:16 PM Permalink
    Clue Master

    AW - Does it seem like a dig is plausable or will I get kicked out by some substitute teacher?

    Wed, 01/24/2001 - 12:16 PM Permalink
    Snowball 2

    THX Kid and MNCheetah

    Wed, 01/24/2001 - 12:16 PM Permalink
    Allison Wonderland

    Rec Centers:

  • Arlington Hills
  • Baker
  • Belvedere
  • Dayton's Bluff
  • Desnoyer
  • Dunning Field
  • Duluth & Case
  • Eastview
  • Edgecumbe
  • El Rio Vista and Park Castillo
  • Front Street
  • Frost Lake
  • Griggs
  • Groveland
  • Hayden Heights
  • Hazel
  • Highwood Hills
  • Hillcrest
  • Homecroft
  • Jimmy Lee
  • Langford
  • Lawson & Rice
  • Linwood
  • Margaret
  • Merriam
  • West Minnehaha
  • Martin Luther King
  • North Dale
  • Orchard
  • Palace
  • Prosperity
  • Sackett
  • Scheffer
  • South St. Anthony
  • St. Clair
  • Sylvan
  • Valley
  • Wilder
  • Wed, 01/24/2001 - 12:19 PM Permalink
    Clue Master

    AW - I feel that the next clue will have a 'cool C' to do with it for some reason. - Good job on the rec list. WOW! Fast!

    Wed, 01/24/2001 - 12:20 PM Permalink
    Allison Wonderland

    I'm wondering that myself. It seems to fit all the clues perfectly, but its hard to imagine being able to dig there freely. Maybe that's why we need to be bold?

    Wed, 01/24/2001 - 12:20 PM Permalink
    Snowball 2

    MF

    Great dark horse. Comming from the west side, I always try to plug El Rio as the site, this year it kind of works.

    Wed, 01/24/2001 - 12:20 PM Permalink
    Snowball 2

    AW - BIG THX

    Wed, 01/24/2001 - 12:22 PM Permalink
    Allison Wonderland

    For what Snowball? Something on my site?

    Wed, 01/24/2001 - 12:23 PM Permalink
    Snowball 2

    AW -

    I had asked for Rec Centers (#13518), I thought this was in response. Either way, Thanks.

    Wed, 01/24/2001 - 12:25 PM Permalink
    Leah Logan

    AW- Have you looked at any small rec center/parks?

    Wed, 01/24/2001 - 12:29 PM Permalink
    Allison Wonderland

    Oh that! hehe, I forgot who even asked, but yes it was in response to that. If I had my Guide book here, I probably could have even told you which side each was on. But alas, I left it at home, not being entirely awake this morning.

    Wed, 01/24/2001 - 12:29 PM Permalink
    Allison Wonderland

    Indeed I have Leah, almost exclusively at this point.

    Wed, 01/24/2001 - 12:29 PM Permalink
    Leah Logan

    I know you never tell where"yet" but could at least tell me if any around Midway area, Summit area, of west end area?

    Wed, 01/24/2001 - 12:31 PM Permalink
    Snowball 2

    AW -

    In the same boat. Late on the horse this year, and just unearthed my copy last night. Up late looking, and not with it when I flew out the door this morning. Tonight is the last scouting night for me, starting to dig tomorrow. LOL

    Wed, 01/24/2001 - 12:33 PM Permalink
    Map Guy

    Everyone's still all over the place. I'm gonna rule out the small parks this year.

    Wed, 01/24/2001 - 12:35 PM Permalink
    leelabell

    Here is a question for you - How many think the hunt will be done by next Wednesday, the 31st?

    As some of you know, I teach community college and someone needs a sub that day. I am not sure if I should pick it up or not.

    Allison, I just posted something curious on your site regarding your top pick. Let me know what you think.

    I am off to scout soon. See you all later.

    Wed, 01/24/2001 - 12:36 PM Permalink
    Snowball 2

    Big step Steve, but if anyone can make the decision, i guess it is you.

    Wed, 01/24/2001 - 12:36 PM Permalink