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1998 Pioneer Press Medallion Hunt

Submitted by Casey Trauer on

Hunt for the Pioneer Press medallion!

The Pioneer Press medallion has been found. Details are at our Winter Carnival page.

The hunt's over, but the discussion rages on ...

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So Zocher, what do you think? -seri

Wed, 02/04/1998 - 12:00 AM Permalink
Ben Hunting

Hey, what happend to all the people who were claiming they found it? I kind of miss them.(jk)

Wed, 02/04/1998 - 12:00 AM Permalink
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So Zocher, what do you think? -seri

Wed, 02/04/1998 - 12:00 AM Permalink
VINYLcollector

Where was the weinie roast?

Wed, 02/04/1998 - 12:00 AM Permalink
King Boreas aka Ian

At the foundation

Wed, 02/04/1998 - 12:00 AM Permalink
VINYLcollector

What?

Wed, 02/04/1998 - 12:00 AM Permalink
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I

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Stumped

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Wed, 02/04/1998 - 12:00 AM Permalink
greensIvs2

Greg Sax: Went to sleep before I saw your post last nite. Met Cheryl here. I read she lived near CP, so started asking her questions. Kind'a picked up BW (Black Widow) the same way!!!

C and I have been talking a couple times a day from work, mulling over ideas. Maybe I'll be back out there to nite with hat and meet her.

BW: Keep thinking girl!!! The Planteers will get together when this is all over and make plans.

Wed, 02/04/1998 - 12:00 AM Permalink
tom

White sock will have to do.

Wed, 02/04/1998 - 12:00 AM Permalink
greensIvs2

Mr. Tom and C: I gotta get ready for work!!!! Catch you guys later!!!

WATER COOLER HEADS WILL PREVAIL!!! HAIL COOLER HAND LUKE!!!!

Wed, 02/04/1998 - 12:00 AM Permalink
Cheryl Straight

Just like Green, gotta go to work, happy chopping Cooler Heads:)

Wed, 02/04/1998 - 12:00 AM Permalink
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so who else was out to the wee hours in the morning looking for that darn thing and now finding themselves up for work and having visions of pots of coffe in there heads. Capaccinio here i come. At this rate caffen and nicotene will be the only thing in my blood.

We looked untill 2am and found absolutely nothing. found some coolers [2] but not true coolers they were only in the game for a couple of days.

Anyone read;y to kill the pioneer press staff for these damn clue this year?

Wed, 02/04/1998 - 12:00 AM Permalink
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Well, I'm going to try it one more time. Every time I'm sure I know where it is... it ain't. Today I'm betting on the Ballpark - at this point, its part hunch, part inspiration and part dumb luck. And I'm starting to feel mighty stupid.

G'luck all.

Wed, 02/04/1998 - 12:00 AM Permalink
MP Burns

I was wearing the camoflage. This is my first year in the hunt and am new to the Cooler as of Monday!

Wed, 02/04/1998 - 12:00 AM Permalink
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Hey, when do they bury the treasure? Are you sure they have done it yet? Maybe they will do it tonight? Is it legally registered somewhere when they do that? Are you sure it's been buried? Maybe everyone's been wasting their time? This year's clues have been lousy. Didn't get into it. By now the feaver is high, not this year. How about some history on this. Does anyone know when in fact the treasure is buried and how do you authenticate that?

Wed, 02/04/1998 - 12:00 AM Permalink
Austin

sorry, I actually knew that. My bad.

Wed, 02/04/1998 - 12:00 AM Permalink
Austin

There's no set time. Although quite a few years back, a couple of old ladies found out who hid the medallion. They would follow him to where he buried it and they found it a few years in a row.

Wed, 02/04/1998 - 12:00 AM Permalink
oz

its in a spot thats been dug up already

Wed, 02/04/1998 - 12:00 AM Permalink
B.J. Mack

Good point Dr. Livingston...

Be sure and mention your pals in the Water Cooler when you're at the press conference for finding the medallion!

Wed, 02/04/1998 - 12:00 AM Permalink
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Dr.Linvingston, why wouldn't you find it yourself. I think your on to something!

Wed, 02/04/1998 - 12:00 AM Permalink
tom

A baseball pitcher has to stay find the right zone or he will be taken out of the game

Wed, 02/04/1998 - 12:10 AM Permalink
JoeMedallion

Wed, 02/04/1998 - 12:11 AM Permalink
Dave

Dave - 11:29pm Feb 2, 1998 CST (#5502 of 6659)

LOts of ground not dug up out there. Whoever says Cherokee is all dug up has deinitely never looked

for the medallion. Went out last night, for 5 hours, I like the south end of the park from winona street

down to annapolis. Somewhere in there. I dug mostly in some truck tracks right at winona and chippewa can see

smokestack and pyramids rising from snow from there, but many other possibilities. Got to meet the infamous

Kurt Condie too. Always fun, good luck someone. Keep Posting!

Wed, 02/04/1998 - 12:11 AM Permalink
Girl with the …

So the hubby and I waited in the cold for the paper and when we finally got it we were stumped!!!!!! (Waiting in the cold freezes up your brain!) Usually we are here, on line, with you guys. We race to the park to see everyone by the sliding hill and we cannot figure out this clue. All we wished is that we could get some help from our CC buddies. We left to come home and log on. Thanks much for your fine brain work! Like the Winona idea

Emmy & Hannah's mom

Wed, 02/04/1998 - 12:12 AM Permalink
BeeyoB

Here we sits, we thinks and we sits and thinks. I'm going again. I really can't, but I HAVE TO! Luck gang, 400 hundred people, really?

Wed, 02/04/1998 - 12:12 AM Permalink
tom

Stay near locals=home=homeplate

Wed, 02/04/1998 - 12:16 AM Permalink
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I bet it is really cold up there.

Wed, 02/04/1998 - 12:17 AM Permalink
Girl with the …

Locals = Winona the city and Winona Ryder the actress?

Wed, 02/04/1998 - 12:17 AM Permalink
tom

no letty lots of body heat

Wed, 02/04/1998 - 12:18 AM Permalink
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What is the next subject gonna be?

Wed, 02/04/1998 - 12:22 AM Permalink
'mom'

Letty, do you live in Lake Elmo (or know Kelly?)?

Wed, 02/04/1998 - 12:22 AM Permalink
tom

sugery loaf=baby ruth candy bar

locals=home plate

pitch it in the zone or your out of the game

Wed, 02/04/1998 - 12:22 AM Permalink
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Nope i live in the Twin Cities.

Wed, 02/04/1998 - 12:24 AM Permalink
tom

I AM SOOOO TIIIIRRRREEED

Wed, 02/04/1998 - 12:24 AM Permalink
medallion master

what's a sugary loaf besides MR TOMSKI ??? I think it means baker

how about you???

Wed, 02/04/1998 - 12:25 AM Permalink
BeeyoB

Live update, from the site: LOTS of people (200+). Concentrated by the Winona Jct of Chip. It's a feeding frenzy! Fun to be out, if you can, get here in the next day-morning would be a VERY good time. It's here, somewhere, along with my left glove and car keys....Again, luck to WC's.

Wed, 02/04/1998 - 12:26 AM Permalink
Allison Wonderland

I hate to contradict myself but what about this interpretation: An earlier clue mentioned a place to play. Now we have this clue, To stay in our game (baseball) and earn some fame (Hall of famers)

You'll need to find the right zone (strike zone)

Just stay near locals (homeplate) which claim

A sugary loaf (Babe Ruth) and yellow stone (Yogi was a local of Jellystone, may be a stretch to connect to Yogi Berra the catcher).

Babe Ruth was a pitcher at one time, but most definitely a batter. It sounds like it may be near home plate.

Wed, 02/04/1998 - 12:27 AM Permalink
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Anagrams in Clue 4 (mode and demo) are dome - Metrodome! Baseball!

Wed, 02/04/1998 - 12:30 AM Permalink
tom

Pitcher mound is HIGH GROUND

Wed, 02/04/1998 - 12:30 AM Permalink
Dave

BeeYoB listen up if you can get in there right next to the street (chippewa) and directly accross from Winona there are 3 tire tracks going up and over the curb into the park finish digging around them for me I'll bet they are there. Clue # 6 If you're on the wrong track don't blow your stack just look for a plume of smoke in the skies with this in view you'll soon be back in hunt for our valuable prize!

Wed, 02/04/1998 - 12:30 AM Permalink
BeeyoB

  • Thanks* Dave, I'm running there now!
  • Wed, 02/04/1998 - 12:31 AM Permalink
    Marz

    ....NEWS FROM THE FRONT....

    you can here shovels chiping snow from a block away.

    2 maybe 3 hundred diggers and dazed at wioming and chipawa

    they must not know that sugarloaf bluff is in winona

    Wed, 02/04/1998 - 12:31 AM Permalink
    Dave

    Also could be anagram to Winona=On-A-Win

    Wed, 02/04/1998 - 12:31 AM Permalink
    tom

    MOTHER LODE=HOME RUN

    Wed, 02/04/1998 - 12:32 AM Permalink
    medallion master

    This place is all dug up let's have a party!!!!!!

    MAKE A FIRE I'LL BE RIGHT THERE!!!!!!!!!!!

    Wed, 02/04/1998 - 12:32 AM Permalink
    'mom'

    oh my Dave, ...am I gonna hafta go out before 6am?

    Wed, 02/04/1998 - 12:32 AM Permalink
    Allison Wonderland

    High ground = Pitcher's mound?

    To keep up the pace and win the race in a baseball game you certainly don't want to wander to and fro! You want to head home as quickly as possible.

    Worthwhile tip=foul tip caught by the catcher?

    This may all be stretching a bit, but the field is on Annapolis by Chippewa.

    Wed, 02/04/1998 - 12:35 AM Permalink
    Dave

    BeeYoB, You See them still???

    Wed, 02/04/1998 - 12:35 AM Permalink
    SueBee

    Just back from "the site". Looks like some sort of disater rescure or something. Remember, Babe Ruth was left handed and hit many out of the park right feild homers. You can't see the pyramids from home plate. I still like the top of the sledding hill - but it's been dug to oblivion!!!

    Wed, 02/04/1998 - 12:36 AM Permalink