Skip to main content

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.

Alan and Jill

Leah, in the Hudson it's listed as a park. The building is the Rec. "Conway Park and Recreation Center"

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 11:40 PM Permalink
Amy Anderson

Alan and Jill are you guys signed onto AOL? Just wondering - I live 25 min. away and i have school tomorrow at 10 am but i am so tempted to drive out there just

for the hell of it.. what do you think

-Amy

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 11:41 PM Permalink
MedallionStallion

WHO proved conway was a park and HOW? Do you remember the post#? I can remember plenty of people "proving" it wasn't a park. Though I believe it's

obvious once you get there (looks, smells, tastes like a park), that little message at top of this screen is AWFULLY disturbing! Can anyone give me a good reason

why it would be there if it's not a refference to Conway?

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 11:41 PM Permalink
Wily Hunter

The tennis courts are partially dug up. I started digging about where I thought the nets would be "stretched tight", starting at mid court on one side working towards

the opposite fence. It was so slow going, though, that I didn't quite get halfway before I gave up.

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 11:42 PM Permalink
Park Digger

WILL THEY LIST THE ACTUAL PARK NAME IN TOMORROW"S CLUE, SINCE IT IS THE LAST DAY?????

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 11:42 PM Permalink
Kate

medalionstallion-???? Look at a dictionary, under definitions "planes" and "plains"...it's two different things folks. And the rinks are different sizes, not identical. I'm

confused. It seems like a pretty vague clue for the second to last one....

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 11:42 PM Permalink
outof towner

OK OK I GIVE IN THE MEDALIAN IS BETWEEN THE TWO ICE RINKS AND IN CLEAR SIGHT OF THE 3M SIGN. IF I HAVE TO BE ANY

MORE SPECIFIC I'll get MY "CLUE WRITER IN TROUBLE"

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 11:42 PM Permalink
G and B

If I remember right from the bruises on my ankles, the snow itself is ice covered. I think it's a technicality that it says snow and ice. It says frozen planes, and those

rinks are NOT of equal size. Sometime the clues are obvious, sometimes less so.

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 11:42 PM Permalink
jeep

think about the frozen tundra at lambeau field, thats not ice but it still is a frozen plane. tennis courts are a possibilty

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 11:42 PM Permalink
First Timer

alan & jill- how did you get clue#11 10 minutes early?

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 11:42 PM Permalink
A

The Demon Team has been dispatched folks!! If you see a group of identical (clothing) looking people with Two-way radios and portable lighting systems I would

be careful!!!

(Deleted item originally posted by Ray on 11:43pm Feb 2, 1999 CST)

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 11:42 PM Permalink
davide

TO: IN ANOTHER STATE WAS OUT THERE AND YES IT IS A MAD HOUSE AND THERE WAS A MAN DIGGING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ICE

RINK ! WANTED TO GO AND SMACK HIS DUMB ASS !! IF I SEE ANYONE DIGGING UP THE ICE RINK TONIGHT I'LL WHOP THEIR ASSES

!! ME 6'5 250 POUNDS AND REAL MEAN !! ( I'M NOT JOKING ) JUST TRY TO DIG UP THE ICE !

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 11:43 PM Permalink
A

The Demon Team has been dispatched folks!! If you see a group of identical (clothing) looking people with Two-way radios and portable lighting systems I would

be careful!!!

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 11:43 PM Permalink
No user inform…

I'm thinking its in the Highland park area.

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 11:44 PM Permalink
No user inform…

GADS! You all sure are a fun crowd. I've been tracking your chit-chat for days now. I think I'll join the Conway Crowd tonight.

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 11:44 PM Permalink
MushieW

medalionstallion...read up above NOW...they clarified it more... :) NOT ALWAYS Park digger....

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 11:44 PM Permalink
outof towner

OK OK STOP SENDEN ME EMAILS ITS BETWEEN THE RINKS IN DIRECT VEIW OF THE 3M SIGN

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 11:45 PM Permalink
MedallionStallion

Oh, I see, Sorry. THey re-worded the little message. IT used to read something totally different.

OK

It's Conway, no doubt. Screw you if you don't go there cause it's defined as a rec center. THat will get you nowhere, and the PP wont' buy it if you complain after

the medallion is found there.

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 11:45 PM Permalink
Darryl Zero

JUST GOT BACK FROM NEWELL, WHAT HAPPEN TO EVERYONE? No, just kidding. So what do you guys think, that place was pretty dug up, huh? Is

the clue talking about the ice rinks or the peaks? It is funny that he spells planes like that and not "plains" when refering to flat surfaces. I think the clue is talking about

the crazy peaks, how about you?

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 11:46 PM Permalink
Park Digger

THANX MUSHIE W

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 11:46 PM Permalink
outof towner

OK OK STOP SENDEN ME EMAILS ITS BETWEEN THE RINKS IN DIRECT VEIW OF THE 3M SIGN

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 11:47 PM Permalink
Alan and Jill

It's gonna be a mad house tommorrow! Sad to say I can't bail out of work so I'll have to cross my toes in hopes that none of you sluethes find it before I can get

back down there in the pm. If you go down, be sure to wear something white on your head to show you're a "Cooler Head"! Happy hunting everyone and good

luck.

p.s. If anyone runs into ytseab (you can't miss him, or at least his house- you'll see), Tell him we said howdy and he should go home to get some rest. at the rate he's

going he'll have the whole park dug up by morning!

green - CYA!

Alan

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 11:47 PM Permalink
so close...

Hoka hey!

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 11:47 PM Permalink
Sandberg

I got this off the PioneerPlanet's Winter Carnival page. "Treasure Hunters: The medallion is hidden at a park, not on the Highland water tower or Rondo Education

Center grounds." I do not think they are trying to say it's not at Conway. If you go to MapQuest and pinpoint Conway, it's called Conway Heights Park there...

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 11:47 PM Permalink
No user inform…

Has anyone thought for an instant that it might not be at Conway.

Just want to keep everyone thinking, avoid complacency.

Could the clues not fit elsewhere?

Davide: That's a funny story! Last year I was at the Cherokee fire pit waiting for the second-to-last clue, taking shots from some guys' flasks, and when the cell

phones rang, a friend and I just ABSOLUTELY SPRINTED to the ball fields, and in ten minutes there were 200 people digging in the ball fields! Of course, the clue

didn't refer to the ball fields!

Who's got a story to share about this year's hunt?

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 11:49 PM Permalink
MushieW

Look up the word plane Darryl...you will see why they used it that way...believe it refers to the ice rinks.... you are welcome Park Digger :)))

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 11:49 PM Permalink
A

HEY DARYLL!!!

THAT MOVIE ZERO EFFECT IS THE BEST!!

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 11:49 PM Permalink
Woodi and her sister

What about seeing a thing twice: TWINS?? Baseball Amid: midfield Two frozen planes.......geometry cut the ball field in half Maybe a long shot but just a thought

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 11:49 PM Permalink
Matt13

I'd bet my left nut it's not at Conway.

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 11:49 PM Permalink
Lu Hunt

Hey MushieW, still at home, huh? Your sister's out there, aren't you gonna join her? What the heck is the 2 planes? I'm stumped. PS-Did you get my message about

the thief in the Conway area?

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 11:50 PM Permalink
A

HEY DARYLL!!!

THAT MOVIE ZERO EFFECT IS THE BEST!!

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 11:50 PM Permalink
MedallionStallion

PLANES/PLAINS - Does it really make a difference? so they use "planes"! All that does is tell us they're not reffering to some rolling hills. "Planes" is just a more

vague word, less specific. That' probably why they chose it.

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 11:50 PM Permalink
Darryl Zero

Remeber, a park doesn't have a phone number. The rec center does. HELLO!!!!

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 11:51 PM Permalink
MushieW

Matt...that is a pretty heavy bet....please share...most are gone now anyway...then you can delete.... thanks!!! :))))

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 11:51 PM Permalink
Kate

who'd want it matt13?

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 11:52 PM Permalink
flipnat

SORRY IT'S FOUND

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 11:52 PM Permalink
Darryl Zero

YEAH, LIKED IT TOO. AS YOU CAN SEE.

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 11:53 PM Permalink
flipnat

SORRY IT'S BEEN FOUND

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 11:53 PM Permalink
Alan and Jill

MATT13 - the-one-nut-wonder!

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 11:53 PM Permalink
MedallionStallion

Well, we're not really making to much progres here. Everbody keeps signing on and starting at the begining: "Anyone know what the two plains are"?

Please read back at least the past 20 messages . . .

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 11:54 PM Permalink
tengrand richer

IN ANOTHER STATE (of confusion) I've got a funny story! Hundreds of people are at conway &its not there!!!!!

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 11:54 PM Permalink
MushieW

Yes Lu Hunt....I got the message... it made me so sad... I told everyone on here your eye witness account and told them to be careful...my sister went there but I

dont know if I want to go out to that mess...hahaha....I think it is by the 2 hockey rinks... look up the word plane ... it makes sense.... :))

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 11:54 PM Permalink
Lu Hunt

I agree that's a pretty heavy bet Matt! Why don't ya throw in the pair and tell us more!!!

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 11:54 PM Permalink
No user inform…

PLANE - American Heritage Dictionary Definition 2. A flat or level surface.

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 11:54 PM Permalink
Matt13

I think you've guys got the "planes" thing all wrong...

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 11:55 PM Permalink
SEEKer$$

If it's between the ice rinks or even the tennis courts then where is the sign of value?

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 11:55 PM Permalink
Alan and Jill

Baseball fields are planes...hmmmm

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 11:56 PM Permalink
MedallionStallion

AND DON'T GET ON THIS DAMN SERVER AND TELL PEOPLE IT'S BEEN FOUND!!!!!!! EVEN IF IT'S TRUE NO ONE WILL BELIEVE UNTIL

IT'S POSTED ON THE OFFICIAL SITE, SO SHUT UP AND STOP WASTING SPACE!

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 11:56 PM Permalink
MushieW

medalionstallion...what park are you thinking of ... please share! :)

Tue, 02/02/1999 - 11:56 PM Permalink
Grandma honeybearrr

Just because I can't make it to conway doesn't mean I can't be part of the fun....soooo I did soom anagraming and here are some of what I came up with...PLANES

(NAPLES)

FROZEN PLANES (PA FROZEN LENS) (ZAP NELSON FOR) ZAP FERN OLSON)

SNOW AND ICE (A SECOND WIN) (DANCE IS WON) (DAH ICE SNOW) (SAND ICE WON)

So, I'll keep trying and see if I can come up with anything else.

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 12:00 AM Permalink