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1999 Pioneer Press Medallion Hunt

Submitted by Casey Trauer on

It's time for the Medallion Hunt! The first clue will appear on PioneerPlanet just after midnight Saturday, Jan. 22. Come back here to compare notes with other treasure seekers, but be certain you read the rules on the Planet's Winter Carnival page.

icm

ladyc.. i should have recognized the name..

anyone know what town the hockey hall of fame is located?

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 1:23 AM Permalink
Brock Landers

And to all a good night..

BC BABY!!!!!

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 1:24 AM Permalink
Barton Fink

#1... says stay off the golf course... why would they tell us soooo early if there wasnt a golf course in the park... and at highland you can throw a rock from the baseball/football fields into the 9 hole course...

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 1:25 AM Permalink
Dirk Diggler

Hey I dare whoever finds the med. to donate it all to charity?

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 1:25 AM Permalink
Superstar

Kronschnable, Just for the record: CDH SUCKS BALLS!

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 1:25 AM Permalink
flipnat

MIGHT ITS IN SOMEWHERE IN COMO ? OR ATTACK POLICE MIGHT HAD IT SO ATTCK POLICE JUST KIDDING!

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 1:25 AM Permalink
magbru

charles, eveleth

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 1:25 AM Permalink
icm

what is cdh? this is the second person that thinks i am from there.. i graduated in 92.. not a student..

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 1:26 AM Permalink
b p

ok howabout this "i'm robin LEECH and welocome to the lifestyles of the rich and FAMEous. leech road is by harriet island

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 1:27 AM Permalink
Barton Fink

#2... flying downhill... there are cross country ski paths leading down a hill that starts at the Highland Park schools and ends near the golf course... if you stay away from the paths you arent getting too close to the action...

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 1:27 AM Permalink
flipnat

=Þ FIND IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 1:32 AM Permalink
LCBREWCREW

GOING DIGGIN'....See ya all later.....

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 1:32 AM Permalink
Superstar

KNOBSLOBBLER-HOCKEY HALL OF FAME?GIVE ME ONE OF THEM J'S YOUR SMOKIN!

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 1:32 AM Permalink
lester the jester

although this may be way out there what the hell thats what this page is all about.....theres a college park by luther sem. and st. anthony lib. pretty good sledding. searched there quick there were three mysterious memorial rocks... one was dedicated to a something GREEN born or died in 1859 first clue says dont disturb green maybe number play with rocks addresses....who knows????

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 1:32 AM Permalink
flipnat

=Þ FIND IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 1:32 AM Permalink
RW

Do you guys think that its just a coincidence that they use the word "treasure" in the last line of the past three clues?

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 1:33 AM Permalink
Barton Fink

#3... numbers keep score... there is a scoreboard away from the golf course and ski paths at highlnad.... adorn the front door... 51 and 5 triangualte the borders of Highland park... somewhere a four ("fore") and shout tells us there is a golf course in the park

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 1:34 AM Permalink
b p

what does tome have to do with a large park?

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 1:38 AM Permalink
Barton Fink

#4... "blast" = old ammo shells buried under highland park (study the past)... iconoclasts... there seemed to have been a group called the highlanders whom were quite famous iconoclasts... by digging in highland we are willing to be iconocalsts (highlanders)...

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 1:39 AM Permalink
Clare

Tome refers to places of large volumes

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 1:40 AM Permalink
Superstar

ClareJ-i'm just messin with ya! Let's here your insight!

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 1:40 AM Permalink
Clare

Sir who decided to get mouthy with me...maybe you are the onewho needs to get out. Learn to have somefun.

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 1:42 AM Permalink
Barton Fink

#5... yearning for something worth learning... 2 highland schools side by side across the street from the football fields... which also coincindentally only has one "GOAL" (from the second line)... the other goal post is missing... it would be in the middle of one of the baseball fields if it was there... and the word smart is a word middle schoolers would use, and discerning would be a word a high school would use... the 2 schools are a middle and a high school...

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 1:42 AM Permalink
icm

superstar.. what is cdh?

did anyone figure out if a man of fame is a definition of a word?

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 1:42 AM Permalink
Amy Ho-ez

Just got back from Newell, there were a few people there digging digging & digging, but I have a feeling it ain't gonna be there

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 1:43 AM Permalink
No user inform…

I don't see any connection to Newell or Highland. However, consider Dunning Field.

1. It's on Marshall Ave, as in US Spureme Ct Chief Justice Marshall, man of fame & many tomes

2. Very flat, not much sledding here

3. 4, 5, & 9: zip=55104. right next to I-94. Dunning Field is full of baseball fields. nine players in a lineup, four bases, nine innings.

4. reference to learning: dunning is next to Central High and Concordia and Univ ave

5. More baseball: multiple references to game, keeping score, "bring the treasure home"

6. Iconoclast? Well, I kind of like the "Against the Norm" idea leading to skip humphrey as in skip the hills. Or, perhaps it refers to Hamline ave and the pied piper, or maybe JV and the "ventura highway"--what highway does one take from brooklyn park to the governor's mansion? I-94.

IMHO--I say its near home plate or 2nd base in one of the newer baseball fields near Central High. You guys digging in Newell Park should get some sleep.

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 1:43 AM Permalink
Dirk Diggler

Hey every one pull your finger of the carb....cough cough!!!! o.k. thats better now lets think who is this man of fame???????????

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 1:44 AM Permalink
Barton Fink

#6... ah yes number 6... tonights fresh clue... the best i can come up with is that SNELLING (name) runs right along the parks edge where all of the sports GAMES are played... im sure snelling is in plenty of Tomes and it is a reference to our HOME state

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 1:45 AM Permalink
christopher campbell

Just so you all know, i have figured out the 6th clue, i know who the man of fame is and i know where the park that the medallion is hidden is at

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 1:46 AM Permalink
Leigh Smith

I think BC can be on track cause the word iconoclast(clue#4)Means to destroy which can refer to a battle.There is also a big hill.

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 1:46 AM Permalink
Amy Ho-ez

Well Christopher you are just the mofoing man

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 1:47 AM Permalink
Barton Fink

alright im ready for some feedback on my Highland ideas... tell me whats wrong or right about them... no matter, i'll be there tomorrow all day, with 9 beers, 5 joints, and 4 hookers...

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 1:47 AM Permalink
b p

kevin sorbow or whatever his name is is a minnesota boy and he plays hercules a man of many many tomes but what can we learn from that?

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 1:48 AM Permalink
Superstar

peachcobbler- CDH is Cretin-Derham Hall. I once lit the bushes on fire.

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 1:48 AM Permalink
Bill King

HIYA BARTON--how you been--i was out digging in the football field on montreal there. No-one out there--lol--we have alot to dig up if were gonna do the whole park by ourselves... and very well put about the clues but no-one will listen to us--hey all... read up on your history and youll know more!!!!

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 1:49 AM Permalink
Barton Fink

hey Chris Campbell... whats the point of even saying that??? i have noticed that COCKY MF'S NEVER FIND THE MEDALLION... they are just confident and persistent... oh yeah theyre also part of a TEAM!!!!

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 1:49 AM Permalink
christopher campbell

where the clues talk about 9, 5 and 4, well, a famous sports player got this many points, and a street with there last name runs along this park. Thats all i can say to not give it away

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 1:49 AM Permalink
Barton Fink

right on Bill... dont my ideas seem the most glaring and apparent??? when i was there last night everywhere i turned i saw a clue

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 1:50 AM Permalink
b p

chris you counting rbis too?

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 1:50 AM Permalink
christopher campbell

BABE RUTH HIT 954 HOME RUNS, RUTH STREET RUNS RIGHT ALONG BATTLE CREEK PARK, THATS THE PARK IN WHICH THE MEDALLION IS HIDDEN

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 1:51 AM Permalink
Superstar

Hey Cambell Soup that idea sounds MM-MM-Good. What park?

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 1:51 AM Permalink
Barton Fink

that clue SEPARATES the 4 from the 9 and 5... the 9 and 5 may be separate also...

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 1:51 AM Permalink
b p

wow he must have been a god to have hit 954 say how many years did he play ball for?

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 1:52 AM Permalink
christopher campbell

BATTLE CREEK PARK, DOES EVERYONE AGREE?

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 1:52 AM Permalink
Bill King

chris--baseball has nothing to do with it--someone just choose the street cuz IT was there and someone famous was named after that--you can do the same thing with any street name--please dont feed into the hype

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 1:53 AM Permalink
Superstar

Cambell-Read up on your history. Babe only hit 714 home-runs, not 954 you Jap.

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 1:53 AM Permalink
Amy Ho-ez

Christopher I'm thinking there's a possibility it could be there, along w/ every other park in St Paul, haha nah jk

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 1:53 AM Permalink
Barton Fink

OK Chris CAmpbell... if you are too lazy to look up how many Homeruns Babe Ruth ACTUALLY hit then i think you really should go there... let's see... Hank Aaron broke Ruth's record with 754... thats odd... seems as though Ole Hanky boy was 200 HR's short by CC's count... what was all the hoopla about when he hit #715 for then???

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 1:54 AM Permalink
Bill King

Barton--have you been able to get the precinct number for the little station on the park--we drove in there but it wasnt posted on the building

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 1:54 AM Permalink