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2002 Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt

Submitted by Casey Trauer on

Yes, the medallion has been found, but there's still lots to talk about. Feel the need for more than virtual discussion? Then join the Re-Hash Bash, Sunday, Jan. 27, at noon at Merriam Park in St. Paul.

ares

green i don't think he was actually using anything, just that the diamond got cut out so perfectly that's what it looked like. now that you mention it, i do recall hearing rumors of someone doing something like that.

Wed, 01/02/2002 - 1:28 PM Permalink
sprydoggy

Green your the man

Wed, 01/02/2002 - 1:33 PM Permalink
green

Ah... Spry...

I R female... Yup.

Everbuddy always thinks I'm a guy at first; you're snot the first person so don't sweat it. I don't.

Wed, 01/02/2002 - 1:36 PM Permalink
green

And....

Wed, 01/02/2002 - 1:37 PM Permalink
green

Gotta get...

Wed, 01/02/2002 - 1:37 PM Permalink
green

THIS JOE!!!

Wed, 01/02/2002 - 1:37 PM Permalink
ares

don't say it green

Wed, 01/02/2002 - 1:37 PM Permalink
ares

get it ha ha ha :)

Wed, 01/02/2002 - 1:37 PM Permalink
green

Ares, I got the Joe *I* wanted. You're welcome to the 10 Joe! :D

Wed, 01/02/2002 - 1:38 PM Permalink
ares

what's so joe-y about 356?

Wed, 01/02/2002 - 1:39 PM Permalink
green

56 izz *my* own "Joe!" I wanted '256' - thass a really good "Joe!", but missed it.

I'm waiting for 2156, then 22156...

Nice Palomino Joe! you got there!

Wed, 01/02/2002 - 1:41 PM Permalink
ares

then its not a joe is it? more like a green.

Wed, 01/02/2002 - 1:42 PM Permalink
green

Oh.

Never thought o'that... We've always called them "private" Joe!s...

Wed, 01/02/2002 - 1:43 PM Permalink
sprydoggy

Ares what do you think about what Green says about the Phalen conspiracy, I swore it was at Phalen that's where we were, until midnight when everybody in the cooler called newell. That night I was out at Newell until 4am,went home, when I woke it had been found. It sucks I never run into any of you guys out there. seriously does anybody have a guess based off of previous hunts where will it be this year. Last year I think wright winger called Como based off of previous hunts.

Wed, 01/02/2002 - 1:46 PM Permalink
ares

spry i never thought it was at phalen. personally i'm convinced that wherever the puck is meant to lie, it's already there. and there's no chance mom p's gonna move it.

Wed, 01/02/2002 - 1:51 PM Permalink
sprydoggy

Green all last year I had no idea uza female sorry

Wed, 01/02/2002 - 1:52 PM Permalink
sprydoggy

Ares r u sure it's out there right this second

Wed, 01/02/2002 - 1:53 PM Permalink
sprydoggy

I'm at work right now I'll check for an answer in a dime

Wed, 01/02/2002 - 1:54 PM Permalink
green

Spry, I don't see how you can miss any o'us! LOL!!!

I was *still* in Phalen long after most o'The Crew took off for Newell. The nite before it was found, I was there until about 3:00 AM, over by the books. Went home, got a little sleep, got on here and then decided to go visit The 'Crew members over at Newell as I was lonesome.

Med had been found about 15 minutes Bee4 I got there...

The Spotters must'a been watching me - this same truck kept driving past me over and over and over again... - and moved The Med rite after I left.

Como? We were out at Como filming... I don't know what day (The Hunt always blurrs for me as it just seems like one, big long day to me.) it was but was after the "east/west" Clue. MJ said, "I've got this feeling ittiz gonna be in Como." I looked at her like she had two heads... And then said, "Well, there *is* an 'east' and 'west' picnic grounds..." (Outta the mouth o'babes and stupid noodlers... SHEESH!!!)

But did we go dig there? Heck no! Like all good Cooler Crew Members, we marched down into The Frog Pond to see if Bee was there, had been there and to look for The Med!

Wed, 01/02/2002 - 2:01 PM Permalink
ares

can feel it in my caffiene, er, blood, spry :)

Wed, 01/02/2002 - 2:04 PM Permalink
green

Ares, I don't stink The Med's been hidden yet...

Too little snow; too many 'Head Fruitcakes threatening igloos, tree forts and all-nite watches...

I stink she'll go down the nite o'the 19th...

Wed, 01/02/2002 - 2:07 PM Permalink
green

Spry, don't worry about the female-thighy. Ittiz not a big deal to me - I stink ittiz funny!

Guess most folks think I'm a guy cuz I'm an opinionated, loud-mouthed, b!t$ch!!!!

I *have* cleaned up my language in the last couple o'years...

Wed, 01/02/2002 - 2:11 PM Permalink
ares

Guess most folks think I'm a guy cuz I'm an opinionated, loud-mouthed, b!t$ch!!!!

hey green, as a guy, i resemble that comment :)

Wed, 01/02/2002 - 2:14 PM Permalink
green

Spry, when yur out Digging? Yell out, "YOU DIG?"

If there's 'Heads around they'll yell bock, "YOU DIG!" or "I DIG!" And then yust walk up and introduce yourself and they'll introduce themselves.

Too, hit the Pre-Dig Gig! A much warmer, friendlier, gentler place to meet 'Heads! LOL!!!

Or, catch us at the Annual Re-Hash Bash. Held the Sunday after The Med's found, in whatever park the Med's found in. A big, ol'fashioned cookout/"Pic-a-nic, BooBoo!" in the middle o'February!

Ares, you're crazy! :D LOL!!!

Wed, 01/02/2002 - 2:29 PM Permalink
THX 1138

Ares, you're crazy!

I can vouch for that.

Afternoon, Sam.

Wed, 01/02/2002 - 2:34 PM Permalink
sprydoggy

I leave work at 3:00pm, every day I'll be out there after work until midnight,til 3am on weekends. I hope I don't miss ya this year. With all the experience in this cooler we should have the park by the fourth clue. That will give me 5 days to find it. What happens if I find it and I don't turn it in?

Wed, 01/02/2002 - 2:38 PM Permalink
sprydoggy

I think this year I'll do the pre-dig gig finally.

Wed, 01/02/2002 - 2:43 PM Permalink
green

Don't know about the snot turning in The Med, Spry. The Spotters'ull prolly follow you all the days o'your life and when they catch you hang you by your toe nails until you cough up The Med... They'll prolly turn you into a Spotter and you'll be 4ever banned from Hunting again as Spotters can't Hunt cuz they know where The Med's hid - they're watching the rest o'us, after all.

You'll be a Spotter for the rest o'your life and won't bee able to come to The Pre-Dig Gig, or Re-Hash Bash. You'll be lonely, whiney and cold.

And do mean things like move The Med from Phalen to Newell...

JOE!!!

Wed, 01/02/2002 - 2:45 PM Permalink
ares

hell, jt, i'll vouch for that :)

Wed, 01/02/2002 - 2:51 PM Permalink
THX 1138

Green, you crazy. There ain't no spotters. Call me a cynic but, people can't keep their mouths shut. These "Spotters" would tell their pals exactly where to find the puck.

Spry, if I found the puck I might not turn it in either. $10,000 wouldn't last but having the puck would last forever.

Wed, 01/02/2002 - 2:54 PM Permalink
THX 1138

hell, jt, i'll vouch for that :)

I thought crazy people didn't know they were crazy?

PalinaJOE!

Wed, 01/02/2002 - 2:55 PM Permalink
ares

I thought crazy people didn't know they were crazy?

that just makes me all the crazier :)

Wed, 01/02/2002 - 2:59 PM Permalink
green

Howdy, JT!

Count me in as one that would prolly keep The Coveted Puck... I couldn't have said it better: "$10,000 wouldn't last but having the puck would last forever."

AND... Because I've gone on record in years past saying the same thing... THAT'S why The Spotters MOVED The Med year before last! I was *that* close!!!

JT, I am NOT crazy!!! I've SEEN The Spotters! So has Allison! What kind'a dim-bulb's gonna stand in the freezing cold at 2:00 AM reading a newspaper under the big lites at Conway and never dig? But just keep watching The Diggers? And watching, "reading" the same damn section o'the paper - never turning the page - for like 2-3 hours?????

You're no cynic, JT. Yust crazy.

There really are Spotters. There really are!!!!!

Wed, 01/02/2002 - 3:00 PM Permalink
green

(As The Cooler Crew debates the xsistance o'Spotters, MomPress izz hurridly placing an order for 25 billion Blue Lucite Pucks... Yust in the off chance green, JT, or Spry should get lucky this year........)

Wed, 01/02/2002 - 3:04 PM Permalink
Marleyking

Im with you green, I think there are spotters too. peace

Wed, 01/02/2002 - 3:07 PM Permalink
ares

rofl green

Wed, 01/02/2002 - 3:08 PM Permalink
THX 1138

There really are Spotters. There really are!!!!!

Sure there are, sure there are.

:-)

What kind'a dim-bulb's gonna stand in the freezing cold at 2:00 AM....

The same kind that's out there at 2:00AM diggin for a little piece of plastic.

See Ares, I told ya crazy people don't know they're crazy.

Wed, 01/02/2002 - 3:09 PM Permalink
green

Marly, I knew you had more than good looks... You've brains,too.

Joe!!!

Wed, 01/02/2002 - 3:09 PM Permalink
THX 1138

I'm just playing with ya, Green.

Wed, 01/02/2002 - 3:09 PM Permalink
green

Keep laughing at me, JT. Ittiz fine with me. I don't give a ratz-ass if you think there's Spotters or snot.

I know there are.

Besides, there izz a big difference to being crazy and digging at 2:00 AM in the cold for THE MED, vs. spending 2-3 hours watching the crazies dig!!! The WHOLE purpose to being out there *IZZ* to dig! Not to stand in one spot, watching, *pretending* to read a newspaper!!!

Wed, 01/02/2002 - 3:13 PM Permalink
green

Nice Palomino Joe!, JT...

Steve? O'Steve and Maureen of Chair O'Key fame? HE KNOWS! Yup. He's seen The Spotters.

You guys yust keep laughing at me.

I think I'm gonna crawl bock into my rubber room for awhile...

Wed, 01/02/2002 - 3:16 PM Permalink
Marleyking

Tell it like it is green!

We too have seen them there spotters!

Wed, 01/02/2002 - 3:18 PM Permalink
THX 1138

LOL!

Maybe the "Spotters" are just crazy people?

Wed, 01/02/2002 - 3:18 PM Permalink
green

(hand on hip, nose in the air, said haughtly)

See? I TOLD you, JT.

Wed, 01/02/2002 - 3:20 PM Permalink
green

Marley's vulching for that 400 "Joe!"

Wed, 01/02/2002 - 3:21 PM Permalink
Marleyking

Were all CRAZY thats what makes life fun

Wed, 01/02/2002 - 3:21 PM Permalink
green

Bet Ian gets it...

Wed, 01/02/2002 - 3:22 PM Permalink