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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.

Nick East

MushieW---I think the key is YEARNING!!! This is a big year, and they are not going to be that obvious. Get it.

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 7:48 PM Permalink
The Rock

ok im not going to give the specific spot because me and my friends are going out there tonight at 1200 is all i can tell you is it is guarded by brush and many trees

with a small sign. If you see the sleding/skiing hill your gonna be close but not close enough. hey phone guy thank you very much in proving that iconoclast means

that.

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 7:48 PM Permalink
MushieW

Nick East...we YEARN for KNOWLEDGE!!!!! Get it?

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 7:48 PM Permalink
Dingdong Didillydias

Has anyone been to Newell today??? Were there a lot of people there? I went by Como today just to take a peak at the tiny snow slide and I saw some mis-guided

souls trying to find the medallion there...some people really suprise me with their lack of common sense.

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 7:49 PM Permalink
Dingdong Didillydias

Hmmmm

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 7:50 PM Permalink
Sno One

Aireal Phone Guy That definition of Iconoclast you have is different from the one in my Random House Websters, It says...a person who attacks cherished beliefs of

tradition institutions. Religion is not mentioned specifically there.

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 7:51 PM Permalink
Nick East

MushieW---I think the key is YEARNING!!! This is a big year, and they are not going to be that obvious. Get it.

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 7:51 PM Permalink
Dingdong Didillydias

I have a friend who is convinced that the medallion is at Battle Creek park every year until it is found somewhere else.

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 7:52 PM Permalink
No user inform…

Does any one have any idea where it is?

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 7:52 PM Permalink
The Rock

yes and if that is one of the definitions of iconoclasts then that would mean of someone turning away God!!!! How much better then THE DEVIL!!!

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 7:52 PM Permalink
Dingdong Didillydias

I think it is buried underneath the Giant Snow Slide...lets go tear that thing apart. JK

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 7:53 PM Permalink
E.R.

Nick East- What is your yearning idea?

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 7:54 PM Permalink
MushieW

The key to clue number 4 is out with the old in with the new....it will not be at any park where it was before!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 7:54 PM Permalink
Dingdong Didillydias

How about Newell....I swear it has got to be there...I am going now...I will find it...when they put my name in the paper I am going to make sure they include my

water cooler handle Dingdong Didillydias!!! I WILL RETURN TRIUMPHANT!!!

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 7:54 PM Permalink
Finders-Keeper…

hey does Saint Francis have any connections to any of the parks??

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 7:55 PM Permalink
Downtown Dave

But we are certainly running out of parks, if the virgin park theory holds true.

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 7:56 PM Permalink
The Rock

it might be saint francis but im thinking more of saints fan because you can see midway stadium from devils den

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 7:56 PM Permalink
MushieW

I am on the phone with my sister while I am typing this and with all this devil talk her head is spinning around... and she is spitting up green pea soup...and she is

yelling REDRUM! REDRUM! LOL!!!

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 7:56 PM Permalink
Downtown Dave

As for the Saint Francis thing, there is a St. Francis school in STP

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 7:57 PM Permalink
The Rock

yes there is a st francis school but it is named st.francis st james united. I went there.

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 7:58 PM Permalink
Dingdong Didillydias

I think it is at Beaver Lake park...(Note: I am trying to mis-lead the not so bright treasure hunters so I don't have to compete with as many people tonight)...all the

clues point to it. The streets around it are Ninth Ave., Fifth St., and 4 St., and the address of the rec. center is 495 Smith Ave. There is a golf course and a sledding

hill on the opposite side of the lake and satan lives in a shed in the woods near by, oh and there is a school at the bottom of the lake...it fell in during a hurricane in

1876.

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 7:59 PM Permalink
MushieW

No park by St. Francis!

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 7:59 PM Permalink
Finders-Keeper…

STP??

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 8:00 PM Permalink
Dingdong Didillydias

BEAVER LAKE PARK!!! Go there now...I am too tired so I will not be able to go, so please go there and find it for me.

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 8:01 PM Permalink
The Rock

all right if you wanna hear my theory about Newell park just sa so and i will tell you.

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 8:01 PM Permalink
Downtown Dave

Sorry Finders Keepers.....STP = St. Paul--saves typing on the laptop.

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 8:02 PM Permalink
Dingdong Didillydias

PRIVATE SCHOOL BOY...I have been out of there for nearly four years but I still have not crossed over to the dark side.

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 8:03 PM Permalink
Finders-Keeper…

Thats okay ... I am just new at this ... but i love it

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 8:03 PM Permalink
Dingdong Didillydias

Please tell me your theory Rock

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 8:03 PM Permalink
MushieW

Hey Dingo Man...are you still there? Ok ROCK please tell me your theory....thanks!!! Hey Ding Dong the witch is dead!! Hahahaha!!

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 8:04 PM Permalink
Dingdong Didillydias

My problem is not where I should go to look for the treasure...my problem is that I haven't got a thing to wear for a friday night full of treasure hunting!!

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 8:05 PM Permalink
Dingdong Didillydias

Why is it so quiet in here all of the sudden...arggghhhhh.

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 8:05 PM Permalink
E.R.

The Rock-I think the alley by Devils den is called devils alley because I know this girl that lives right by Newell and she talked about it. At that point I thoght she was

crazy,but I guess now it turn out she isn't so crazy!

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 8:07 PM Permalink
MushieW

Sure wish it was 11:30!!!

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 8:09 PM Permalink
No user inform…

Why isn't it in Como Park

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 8:09 PM Permalink
Dingdong Didillydias

I think the medallion is not even hidden yet. With all the hoopla about the $10,000 reward they don't want that publicity to die off to early in the Carnival. When you

get into the medallion hunt you are more likely to participate in other WC events. I think they are going to hide the medallion when there are about three clues left so

that the tension and excitement will continue to build throughout the carnival. Make sense to anyone????

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 8:09 PM Permalink
Dingdong Didillydias

It is going to be hidden in Newell park in about 4 or 5 days.

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 8:11 PM Permalink
Dingdong Didillydias

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Fri, 01/29/1999 - 8:11 PM Permalink
The Rock

ok, well in clue # 4 it states "but there's VALUE as WELL as IN the NEW." VALUE=medallion/location IN NEWELL. The 9 5 4 thing is that you can see the

ks95 radio tower from devils den. 94.5 is the radio station number. iconoclast means to turn away or disbeliefe of religious images/culture. which would be no better

then THE DEVIL such as devils den in the park. Also a tome refers not only as a book but as a devils pitchfork. which would then mean no better then the location

of devils den. Then the letters in all the clues so far spell out SAINTS F which would then most likely spell out saints fan which would mean the midway stadium that

can also be seen from Devils Den. Everything points strongly to this location. what do u guys/girls think about that???!!!

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 8:12 PM Permalink
MushieW

Ding Dong...ring the bell! Wake up!! That would be a unlawful move on their part! FRAUD!!! No way diddly!! But I still like you!

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 8:12 PM Permalink
Downtown Dave

The medallion is hidden--Pioneer Press would not risk the tradition of the hunt by getting cute for this one. After all, wouldn't it be difficult to keep writing these clues

without a specific place in mind? And if someone has already searched there, PP is busted!

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 8:12 PM Permalink
No user inform…

How bout Highland Park?

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 8:14 PM Permalink
No user inform…

Dad did you figure it out.?????? #3.JRR

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 8:14 PM Permalink
Nick East

MushieW---I think the key is YEARNING!!! This is a big year, and they are not going to be that obvious. Get it.

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 8:15 PM Permalink
Dingdong Didillydias

They wouldn't be busted...

First of all they have a specific place in mind. They will place it there as soon as they get all the publicity they need. When it was hidden at Como thousands of

people searched in the field it was hidden in before it was found, so if someone finds it where someone else had looked they would think that they just came very

close...they wouldn't think/realize that it wasn't even there at the time.

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 8:16 PM Permalink
The Rock

8300

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 8:17 PM Permalink
Downtown Dave

Well Ding Dong, I suspect that you have been contaminated by the black oil virus and it is affecting your thinking.

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 8:17 PM Permalink
The Rock

8300

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 8:17 PM Permalink
MushieW

First of all...the FIRST meaning to iconoclast is one who seeks to overthrow traditional or popular ideas or institutions...this is what they mean! And out with the

old...in with the new....I can not find any meaning of devils pitchfork for the word tome. ?? What about the man of fame??? how does Newell Park relate to that??

Fri, 01/29/1999 - 8:18 PM Permalink