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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.

eitsaeb

dude dave......Bartons at conway....we were there last night he picked up on that red light high in the sky.....

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 3:39 PM Permalink
Grandma honeybearrr

Rock...gee I didn't mean to upset up...I have been digging (sometimes alone) at a park that is between the history center and the vo-tech, summit runs along one side

of it and John Ireland runs into the corner... I started digging there on Friday and still stop by for a quick dig when I get a chance (I'm about 30 minutes away) go

take a look a lot of the clues still fit...except for #10. Please forgive. By the way I don't know the name of the Park but, it is in the shape of a triangle somewhat

actually a lot so I assumed it was the triangle park that everyone was talking about.

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 3:39 PM Permalink
The Rock

well heres what this damn clue writer did!!! First he says that "but theres value as well as in the new. Well hey i figured it was at NEWELL and man others did to.

But then the first letter in every clue started to say Saint Francis because they have booyas twice a year at highland but then a k showed up and that didnt work.

Then the line of trees was woodrow but it could have also ment the streets by highland such as PINEhurst,JUNIPER, and OAK ave.

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 3:40 PM Permalink
Dave

Yeah spent about 35 hours at Conway now, woo hoo, nothing like watching everyone else dig up the same stuff, Over, and Over, and Over. Haha.

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 3:40 PM Permalink
pooh

SOMETIMES YOU PEOPLE READ TO DEEP INTO THESE WORDS, MAYBE ICONOCLAST MEANS, YOU NEED TO BE ONE ,BECAUSE YOU

HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW THEY HID THE MED THIS YEAR . IT MIGHT BE IN A VERY UNUSUAL WAY, SO THEREFOR YOU HAVE TO BE

THE ICONOCLAST

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 3:41 PM Permalink
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what is round and white and stretched quite tight.

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 3:42 PM Permalink
RVCrew-notawinnebago

Just to throw a little doubt out there: There are still two clues left, why would they be telling us the park already? Especially when it's worth $10,000, and Conway

Park is so dug up, if it is there, why hasn't someone found it? And if it's there, it's probably not in the same place is was originally put. But call me a pessimist, I have

a tendency to second guess.

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 3:43 PM Permalink
doc sven

a baseball signed by the mayor of garage logic as i said b4

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 3:43 PM Permalink
pooh

COULD BE A NUMBER OF THINGS BASEBALL, SOFTBALL, TIGHTS, PANTYHASE ,BALLOON, CONDOM LOL LOL

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 3:44 PM Permalink
The Rock

its could be in a braw and you might be right about the iconoclast thing. maybe its under all the ice in the ice ring but i still think its under all the snow around the ice

rink that hasnt even been touched yet!!! im going there in 30 minutes

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 3:44 PM Permalink
RVCrew-notawinnebago

I agree with you, Pooh, they're just telling us to be one.

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 3:45 PM Permalink
Pamie

There's a house on Conway with ALL of their Christmas decorations up still. Could that house have something to do with being an ICONOCLAST. Just a thought.

Doesn't hurt to check all the possibilities.

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 3:45 PM Permalink
I DIG

I KNOW...I HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING YOU SINCE FRIDAY...NOT LITERALLY FOLLOWING YOU JUST THROUGH THE COOLER SIGHT...I

THOUGHT YOU WERE ON GOOD HUNTCHES...I WAS JUST WONDERING WHAT WAS UP BECAUSE I THOUGHT YOU HAD GOOD

THOUGHTS AND THE CONWAY THING WAS EASY...I THOUGHT.

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 3:46 PM Permalink
RVCrew-notawinnebago

I agree with you, Pooh, they're just telling us to be one.

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 3:46 PM Permalink
dcrissey

ALL I KNOW IS THAT THE OTHER DAY I WAS WAITING FOR THEM TO GIVE A CLUE ABOUT 3M. THEN I WAS WAITING FOR THEM TO

GIVE A CLUE ABOUT TIM CONWAY. EITHER I HAVE ESP OR THE WRITER OF THE CLUES WROTE ABOUT THINGS THAT I TOO WOULD

HAVE IT I HID IT. SOME HOW I DON'T THINK I HAVE ESP, SO THAT LEAVES THAT IT MUST BE AT CONWAY.

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 3:46 PM Permalink
RushHarley

Does the Christmas house have a wreath on its front door

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 3:47 PM Permalink
The Rock

I would be so pissed right now if someone was just hanging onto it watching all of our sorry souls digging when its already been found!!

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 3:49 PM Permalink
Holly Wood

Who gives a rats ass what its hidden in????

If you find a foreign object and it doesn't fit the 'white and tight as drum' will you say to yourself 'hmmmm this wasn't mentioned so i won't examine it closely......

hmmmmm'

throw it away and I'll take it apart!!!!

(wink!)

HWood

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 3:49 PM Permalink
seacool98

where is conway park how do you get there

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 3:50 PM Permalink
Sethmon

Hi everyone. I just got home from a few houes at Conway. There are many many people digging. My prime area was all around the football sled near the hockey

rink. Did anyone see me? I'll go back after clue number 11.

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 3:50 PM Permalink
California Dreamin'

RVCrew, this is my first year, but I think they usually know the park before this. And they didn't name it. There have still been people asking what clue#10 means.

Some veterans are saying the clues this year have been the toughest yet. For a long time they could have fit many parks.

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 3:50 PM Permalink
The Rock

its in conway no doubt about that, but its been so torn up!!!! i think i have an idea what you need to do though to get right next to it.

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 3:52 PM Permalink
Pamie

RushHarley..I don't know..I didn't look that closely..

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 3:52 PM Permalink
MJR

thought there wereo only 11 clues this time?? anyone else hear that? i thought the same...what if someone is holding on to it......grrrrrr...or i've been

hearing that they dont even hide the darn thing til about this time......

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 3:52 PM Permalink
lildebi

ROCK--BRAW!!! LOL LOL LOL!!!!

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 3:53 PM Permalink
QueenOfSnows

I am SO depressed right now. I thought for sure the medallion was at Conway, but it CAN'T be there. I called the Department of Parks and Recreation and they

said that Conway is a RECREATION CENTER and NOT a park. SO where is it then?

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 3:53 PM Permalink
Grandma honeybearrr

seacool check your e-mail I sent you the directions. Good luck, I'm off as soon as the girls get here.

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 3:54 PM Permalink
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is everyone sure that it is at conway

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 3:54 PM Permalink
Sethmon

To get to Conway Park: Head East from downtown about 2mi., exit on Ruth and go North (Left), the park is about 3 blocks down on the right hand side.

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 3:55 PM Permalink
dcrissey

absolutely, positively

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 3:55 PM Permalink
The Rock

I can almost guarantee you that they wont say conway just yet in the 11th clue just for how small it is and for how much money it is worth. The PP is getting as much

cash as they can and they are doing a pretty damn good job on it. Im guessing tonights clue will give the area where the medallion is at. Usually when it is in a big

park the 10th clue is usually really long, but since its conway i do not see it being in the paper tonight. Im guessing it will say something about the hockey rinks, but on

the other hand in clue 2 it says stay away from sledding and a popular outdoor attraction. Maybe the outdoor attraction is the NO GOLFING signs in the park.

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 4:01 PM Permalink
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anyone going to conway soon, we will be there soon in 45 min.

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 4:01 PM Permalink
pooh

HI PEOPLE

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 4:01 PM Permalink
California Dreamin'

Sethmon, how could anyone see you when we don't know what you look like? Or did you give a description before? I don't think I can get out until Thurs, by which

time it will probably be too late.

Seacool, didn't we tell you already? You must have missed it. Conway Park is behind Sun Ray shopping center. I-94 east to Ruth St. and go north. That's all I know

cuz I haven't been there yet. I'm just learning how to do this for next year.

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 4:01 PM Permalink
marypoppins

Cartman?

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 4:02 PM Permalink
DRAGNET

"Conway Park" is not in any 1999 street atlas or map. There is no CONWAY PARK.

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 4:04 PM Permalink
dcrissey

I know what it's hidden in. My brain. Who ever finds the medallion, please return the brain it's attached to to me.

Can't stand it. got get out.

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 4:06 PM Permalink
nathan roub

Rock--what is your idea on how to get close to it

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 4:06 PM Permalink
The Rock

QUEENOFSNOWS IF IT WOULDNT BE THERE THE PEOPLE WORKING THERE COULD KICK THEM OFF, AND A BIG CLUE THAT IT IS

THERE IS THAT THE ICE RINK LIGHTS WERE NOT ON. THOSE LIGHTS ARE ALWAYS ON DURING THE NIGHT TIME HOURS.

COINCIDENCE? I DONT THINK SO!!!

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 4:06 PM Permalink
California Dreamin'

Q of S, past posts have hashed that whole issue of parks vs. rec centers, and by some definitions, it is a park, and used to be called Conway Heights Park, so yes, it

is there.

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 4:07 PM Permalink
DRAGNET

There is no CONWAY PARK.

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 4:08 PM Permalink
Pisces Girl

Does anyone know about the large red light? 3M just does not seem right.

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 4:09 PM Permalink
Hello?!

Remember!:(click here) Newk2 2/2/99 12:06PM

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 4:10 PM Permalink
Dave

Funny you bring that up, because I have an official St. Paul city parks/regionalparks/rec centers Map! And it says half of the park is actually a park and the other half

NOT!

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 4:11 PM Permalink
Sandberg

Have you guys read Clue 10? It is definitely at Conway.

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 4:11 PM Permalink
Pisces Girl

I looked under previous messages, but could not find anything. Needless to say, I did not dig deep. What is the Re-Hash bash?

(Deleted item originally posted by Dave on 04:11pm Feb 2, 1999 CST)

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 4:11 PM Permalink
nathan roub

im pretty sure i know what tonights clue will be saying

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 4:12 PM Permalink
MedallionStallion

Hey Ya'lll - It only takes a bit of logic. The clues clearly lead to Conway. So you head out there to check it out. Does it look like a park? Does it seem like a park?

Does it taste like a park? YES YES YES. Who cares what they call it offically. Itzza Park. Think in your head what a park looks like and then picture Conway in

your head. THEY LOOK EXACTLY THE SAME!!!! COINCIDENCE??? It's a park

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 4:12 PM Permalink
DRAGNET

Piscies Girl. The "Sunray" shopping center sign is red. A big red light might be the big red letters "SUN"

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 4:12 PM Permalink
nathan roub

dave what part is park and what part isnt

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 4:13 PM Permalink