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2002 Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt

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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.

Tigerfox Bear

just a thought,,,,,,,,if it is a new writer,,,,all our clue past experience could be no good,,,,,could go a total different way,,,,what are your thoughts?

Tue, 01/22/2002 - 9:12 AM Permalink
Jokysu

green, even though it stated st.Paul park, when you look up battle creek park they include it in both st. paul and Maplewood.

this would be a way to extend the hunt if you think it has to all be in st. paul? thoughts?

Tue, 01/22/2002 - 9:13 AM Permalink
green

Rush... Hari-kari was/is sumkind'a Japanese suicide thighy...

Tue, 01/22/2002 - 9:13 AM Permalink
My Dalliance

Joky, i like your noodlin on BC.

Tiger, as much as I hate to admit, after spending a few hours analyzing the past 8 years worth of clues, the writer may be different this year.

Tue, 01/22/2002 - 9:14 AM Permalink
Jokysu

Rust - i think BC is a fit, can't wait to dig!!!!!! Ahhh the madness.

Really need to do some work. Can only noodle a little longer.

Tue, 01/22/2002 - 9:14 AM Permalink
Randahl

The med has been found on the maplewood side in the past...BC is a st.paul park and rec park...all of it...i know they had problems with maplewood (city) in the past when a maplewood park was dug up...it is a st. paul park though.....

Tue, 01/22/2002 - 9:15 AM Permalink
green

Clue One says, "St. Paul Park."

Will not be in a park in Maplewood. Only St. Paul. Thus, The Med cannot be hidden in the eastern (Maplewood) section of BC.

Now, that's not saying that things in that section would not be referred to. Just saying The Med will NOT be hidden in the eastern, Maplewood, section o'BC. :D

Tue, 01/22/2002 - 9:15 AM Permalink
Marleyking

I agree randy

Tue, 01/22/2002 - 9:16 AM Permalink
Tigerfox Bear

yea,,,,I really think it is a new writer,,,,,,,,posibility that lack of experience could give us more info fast,,,,by not knowing??? maybe we should start???

Tue, 01/22/2002 - 9:16 AM Permalink
Randahl

I will have to run to ruminator and get another book!!! Maybe I will call bound to be read...it is closer....see you all at BC!!

Tue, 01/22/2002 - 9:16 AM Permalink
Jokysu

I think the clue writer IS different. The first clues haven't flowed like the year's past. Even had difficulty with the first clue being so choppy. Just a thought that things might be different this year. With less snow, harder clues are probably the ticket to a longer hunt.

Maybe it will be my lucky year. I was thinking Battle creek even before the first clue came out.

Then again... I must be feeling the cold medication kicking in....could I ever get so lucky as to find it. The fun is in the HUNT>

Tue, 01/22/2002 - 9:17 AM Permalink
Marleyking

technical still st paul park

Tue, 01/22/2002 - 9:17 AM Permalink
Randahl

BUT GREEN BATTLE CREEK is a ST> PAUL PARK....ALL OF IT!!

Tue, 01/22/2002 - 9:17 AM Permalink
Tigerfox Bear

Hmmmmm,,,,,I gonna dig a little tonight,,,,,,just in caase

Tue, 01/22/2002 - 9:18 AM Permalink
green

Also, don't forget the 26th and 27th big, international x-country ski thighy that's going to be going on at BC...

Doubt they'd want thousands o'Hunters knocking over those poor folks on skinny skis while we dig for The Med.

I doubt BC.

Tue, 01/22/2002 - 9:18 AM Permalink
ares

jok, i believe the water park is actually in the maplewood half of bc.

Tue, 01/22/2002 - 9:19 AM Permalink
My Dalliance

None of us will be digging if all the snow melts today! More like scraping/scrounging/poking.

Tue, 01/22/2002 - 9:19 AM Permalink
Tigerfox Bear

I know,,,,,,I am soooooo excited about the lack of snow!

Tue, 01/22/2002 - 9:20 AM Permalink
Marleyking

I doubt bc to green, but dont rule out anything yet and dont read to far into the clues.

Tue, 01/22/2002 - 9:20 AM Permalink
green

Whatever, Randy.

Gotta get under water... GORGEOUS day out there! Got interviewing to do - should get some way Cooler shots! :D

Tue, 01/22/2002 - 9:20 AM Permalink
Randahl

agree green good point!!

Tue, 01/22/2002 - 9:20 AM Permalink
Frosti

'K green, just so I understand, we're talking zone 1 of BC is out of bounds due to the St Paul Park stipulation?

Where exactly is the St Paul border in BC?

Tue, 01/22/2002 - 9:20 AM Permalink
OttaMyMind

I live in the section of Maplewood that hosts the eastern part of BC and I often get mail addressed to Saint Paul. I don't know if anyone cares, however, if this is the case, since the Postal Service considers it part of Saint Paul, why couldn't we expect the PP to do the same?

Tue, 01/22/2002 - 9:21 AM Permalink
green

McKnight road.

West o'that is St. Paul, the Battle Creek neighborhood.

East o'that is Maplewood.

Tue, 01/22/2002 - 9:21 AM Permalink
Medallionhound

Green - you are right on, on excluding BC.

Tue, 01/22/2002 - 9:21 AM Permalink
Randahl

So what is green and ares thoughts??

Tue, 01/22/2002 - 9:22 AM Permalink
green

We're talking physical city government jurisdiction, Otta. Not ZIP code divisions.

Tue, 01/22/2002 - 9:22 AM Permalink
Marleyking

Its clue 3 you cant exclude any park right now except for jakeys Hariet

Tue, 01/22/2002 - 9:23 AM Permalink
ares

mind, you can pretty much address anything to st. paul, and it'll get where its supposed to be if the zip is correct (assuming a 551 zip)

Tue, 01/22/2002 - 9:23 AM Permalink
OttaMyMind

Green, I know you're talking that, but I do not see anywhere that the Pioneer Press has specified the same. You're just making that assumption.

Tue, 01/22/2002 - 9:23 AM Permalink
Jokysu

gotta get to work. Noodle more later.

take care all.

Have a great day.

Tue, 01/22/2002 - 9:24 AM Permalink
Randahl

bye jok!!

Tue, 01/22/2002 - 9:24 AM Permalink
StepDogg

ok is there a doubt in ANYONES mind??? Battle Creek FOR SURE!!!

Tue, 01/22/2002 - 9:25 AM Permalink
OttaMyMind

I think next year they should do the clues in limerick form. That'll make this all more enteretaining.

Tue, 01/22/2002 - 9:25 AM Permalink
leelabell

I think the ski race thingy is a very good indication the puck won't be there (in BC).

Tue, 01/22/2002 - 9:26 AM Permalink
ares

well, rust, i don't actually have any decent thoughts on this, beyond possibly that its in something knitted or in something branded "no fear", or the big us bank 1 is visible from the treasure site. that's pretty much been the extent of my noodling.

Tue, 01/22/2002 - 9:26 AM Permalink
StepDogg

lee- what ski race?

Tue, 01/22/2002 - 9:27 AM Permalink
leelabell

Stepp - you might have to slog, but Green told us last night there is a x-country ski race there this weekend.

Tue, 01/22/2002 - 9:28 AM Permalink
Marleyking

What about all the stuff at Como last year.

Tue, 01/22/2002 - 9:28 AM Permalink
ares

green posted something about a x-country ski race at battle on the 26th and 27th. so, step, what's pointing you to battle?

Tue, 01/22/2002 - 9:29 AM Permalink
Randahl

if the temp stays 40 plus...they will postpone...good point though

Tue, 01/22/2002 - 9:29 AM Permalink
Medallionhound

Time and tide "wait for no man" Old Man River?

Trip over the goods "fall" Hidden Falls?

Thoughts?

Tue, 01/22/2002 - 9:29 AM Permalink
leelabell

Is there a product on the market called Time?

Tue, 01/22/2002 - 9:30 AM Permalink
Randahl

Good spin MH...I like it

Tue, 01/22/2002 - 9:30 AM Permalink
Randahl

just the magazine or maybe a time capsule

Tue, 01/22/2002 - 9:31 AM Permalink
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Hi I am sweetie, I am new to this board and new to the hunt, my boy friend has gotten me into it and I am helping him with the hunt for the puck, by reading the clues and there were a few people talking about Highland and Battle Creek, and I think that my pick is maybe Battle Creek or Highland so guess we will have to see where it winds at being and keep watching. Those clues that talk about the hill thing seems to point to both AC and Highland Park, I could be wrong, but we will see!

Tue, 01/22/2002 - 9:31 AM Permalink
ares

only thing i can think of leela, is the magazine.

Tue, 01/22/2002 - 9:31 AM Permalink
Randahl

how a bout a watch or a clock...as in the med will be in a watch tin??

Tue, 01/22/2002 - 9:32 AM Permalink
Frosti

If Battle Creek is open west of McKnight, meaning in St Paul proper, there's still a whole lotta park there to explore

Tue, 01/22/2002 - 9:33 AM Permalink
leelabell

Yep, that is what I thought - a tide box is a little big, but you could wrap the puck in a page of the magazine.

Tue, 01/22/2002 - 9:33 AM Permalink