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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.

HPgirl

the iconoclast clue also intrigues me. it means "someone who destroys traditional ideas or sacred images" and it is paired with "studying the past can be quite a

BLAST" think about it. i don't know exactly what it means, though...

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 12:32 AM Permalink
Pablo

Remember clue #10? HP girl, I love ya, but think of famous crooner with park name same as first name: Conway Twitty.

Secondly, funny man with last name same as park: Tim Conway... Come on it's at Conway Park... I can't let you people beat yourselves up.....

Love monkee - your bunions are saved...

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 12:32 AM Permalink
CalltheChiro

Howie stay in Hopkins, if you know what's good for you! I think the rules state that is has to be at ground level or the little people of the world would not have a fair

chance...and in this day and age, there would be a lawsuit for discrimination...duh! The tennis courts were ripped up tonight....The first national red sign is out...that's

been used SOOOOOO many times.

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 12:34 AM Permalink
b p

if you all think that conway twitty is a crooner than either you didn't get out your dictionarys or you dont own a conway twitty cd

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 12:34 AM Permalink
Gladim Notu

Little Help for all you looking at Highland and Como.

Clue 4- New Park never hid there before

Clue 5- SunRay Library

Clue 6- Ruth (Baseball references game, home)

Clue7- Woodrow Wilson & True Value on Pederson street

Clue 8- Translucent peak (Sunray)

Clue 9- Water tower and 3M sign (Orient) east

Clue 10- Crooner (Conway twitty) Funny Man (Tim Conway)

Doesn't everyone realize that the west end of Conway is a playground , check your map. The east end is considered park. It is East of 2095 Conway how about the

trees at the top of the hill that put together make a 4. 5 on the left 2 on the right of the entrance at the top of the hill. Something to think about.

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 12:34 AM Permalink
HPgirl

fine, it's conway, i am just throwing out ideas here...

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 12:35 AM Permalink
ChiefSmoke

itz gotta be at conway, hard to deny that the las line of last nights clue pinpoints the park, but i just don't see where water on high comes into it. at Hp, athletic field is

divided into 2 parts by a 15 foot or so hill, and they are about the same size. I am trying to see if anything can fit last nights clue to HP, and i will know it is there and

where to look after a little more deliberation. HP-98.

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 12:35 AM Permalink
flipnat

CAN YOU DIG IT ??????

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 12:35 AM Permalink
Kathy W

WOW! Just got back from Conway. I would have been scared to have actually found the medallion. There were hundreds of people on top of each other, I think a

riot would have broken out.

(Deleted item originally posted by Jeff Hansen on 12:35am Feb 3, 1999 CST)

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 12:35 AM Permalink
Pablo

I've been out at Conway digging.... Twitty is a crooner, not my favorite.... Quit smoking crack. It's bad for you...

(Deleted item originally posted by CalltheChiro on 12:37am Feb 3, 1999 CST)

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 12:36 AM Permalink
Chaz D

HPGirl, CSB or SCSU???

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 12:37 AM Permalink
Grandma honeybearrr

Jeff Hansen...do you have a dad named hank?

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 12:37 AM Permalink
ChiefSmoke

define crooner

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 12:37 AM Permalink
Hopkins Howie

HUMMMMM....Mabey it's at Conway...has anyone checked there yet.?

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 12:38 AM Permalink
Pablo

Hp girl? Who are the crooners and funny perosn associated with Highland? That's where I originally looked. Speak to me...

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 12:38 AM Permalink
HPgirl

CSB

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 12:38 AM Permalink
HPgirl

have no idea...wishful thinking...i just am thinking of the seld hill, the new library, the water towers...

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 12:39 AM Permalink
Gladim Notu

Chief smoke- singer

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 12:39 AM Permalink
dan moore

any ideas on the referance to the iconoclast ?

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 12:40 AM Permalink
DaBrewMan

Two planes of equal sizes= (in mathematics) tennis court(two even sides) or perhaps two equal parcels of land... like divide the park in two and search in the middle

and of course the big red object in the sky refers to the I think it is Conaco gas station sign

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 12:40 AM Permalink
CalltheChiro

Howie stay in Hopkins, if you know what's good for you! I think the rules state that is has to be at ground level or the little people of the world would not have a fair

chance...and in this day and age, there would be a lawsuit for discrimination...duh! The tennis courts were ripped up tonight....The first national red sign is out...that's

been used SOOOOOO many times.

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 12:40 AM Permalink
b p

croon:-: to utter a low murmuring sound sing softly and monotonously( singing in one note)

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 12:42 AM Permalink
Yahtzee

Just got back from Conway. Hundreds of people out there. Just read the 11th clue. Everyone is looking between the two skating rinks, but the clue says "two frozen

planes of equal size" and there is no way those two rinks are any where near equal size. I'm guessing it is somewhere within the #4 baseball diamond. You can see

the water tower, 3M, SunRay sign and the translucent peak, if you stand right under the "4" on the backstop.

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 12:42 AM Permalink
Woodi and her sister

DaBrewMan Good thinking.....In tonight's clue it also says....."search aMID snow and ice.

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 12:42 AM Permalink
HPgirl

already stated my ideas on the iconoclast reference

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 12:42 AM Permalink
Gladim Notu

Just think if we all go to bed tonight. Let every search in futility. At daybreak when it light out we want have to hold a lantern or a flashlight. I think it is possible

someone has already dug it up but through it in a pile without knowing. I going out at 6:30 Am. Happy Trails everyone.

P.S. Dan Moore- it is just someone that goes against the traditions of the past. That would explain Conway, never been there.

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 12:43 AM Permalink
DaBrewMan

I have a tendacy to believe the medallion is in something brown or silver on the gates of the tennis court or in a tree or bush some where at "eye" level frozen in ice

"eye high on water"

(Deleted item originally posted by L.J. on 12:44am Feb 3, 1999 CST)

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 12:44 AM Permalink
DaBrewMan

aMID hmmmmmm..... surprise surprise

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 12:45 AM Permalink
ChiefSmoke

I am telling you; at Highland the 2 athletic fields are identical, only offset by 15 or so feet by a hill between them! how could clue 10 fit??????????????? this could

help greatly once i figure it out and you all are at conway i can dig at HP w/o distractions or fear of being lynched by you jealous people when i find it

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 12:46 AM Permalink
DaBrewMan

"aMID the snow in ice"= search in the middle of the plnes

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 12:46 AM Permalink
ChiefSmoke

Hp Girl, did you go to Highland HS?

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 12:46 AM Permalink
DaBrewMan

to bad I am confined to a wheelchair I would have found it days ago this ain;t no fair to peolple like me

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 12:47 AM Permalink
b p

a man named perry however might be considered a crooner.....

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 12:48 AM Permalink
HPgirl

what part of highland park are you talking about? hillcrest or near the golfcourse?

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 12:48 AM Permalink
ChiefSmoke

explain Perry

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 12:48 AM Permalink
Pablo

Keep smokin' chief.... I thought Highland too. But get serious: Tim Conway and Conway Twitty.... Please save da man...

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 12:48 AM Permalink
SEEKer$$

People were saying earlier that it could Perry Como

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 12:48 AM Permalink
flipnat

KINDAH HARD TO FIND WHEN I HAVE IT. SEE YOU IN THE FUNNY PAPERS!

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 12:49 AM Permalink
Pablo

But you need someone with a first name of COMO, too!

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 12:49 AM Permalink
HPgirl

well where in the hell did you find it, smart ass?

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 12:50 AM Permalink
ravi

If you think como, it just doesn't fit....the crooners first name would have to be como, and the funny man would have to have como as the last name.....

(Deleted item originally posted by Chaz D on 12:50am Feb 3, 1999 CST)

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 12:50 AM Permalink
ChiefSmoke

between the golfcourse and the school, about 100 yards south of the track/football field...scoreboard. However, i'm not sure if that is considered part of the park as

well as the HS or where the actual cutoff is, or whatever.

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 12:51 AM Permalink
HPgirl

please don't stalk me, i am trying to help you guys

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 12:51 AM Permalink
Gladim Notu

Little Help for all you looking at Highland and Como.

Clue 4- New Park never hid there before

Clue 5- SunRay Library

Clue 6- Ruth (Baseball references game, home)

Clue7- Woodrow Wilson & True Value on Pederson street

Clue 8- Translucent peak (Sunray)

Clue 9- Water tower and 3M sign (Orient) east

Clue 10- Crooner (Conway twitty) Funny Man (Tim Conway)

Doesn't everyone realize that the west end of Conway is a playground , check your map. The east end is considered park. It is East of 2095 Conway how about the

trees at the top of the hill that put together make a 4. 5 on the left 2 on the right of the entrance at the top of the hill. Something to think about

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 12:52 AM Permalink
ChiefSmoke

between the golfcourse and the school, about 100 yards south of the track/football field...scoreboard. However, i'm not sure if that is considered part of the park as

well as the HS or where the actual cutoff is, or whatever.

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 12:52 AM Permalink
SEEKer$$

I know, I was just telling you what other people were saying. I was Conway today for 6 hours. I lined myself up with the Water Tower, 3Msign, Through the trees I

could see the word value in the True value hardware sign and one peak on Sunray. No Luck but some older guy kept coming back and watching where I was

digging.

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 12:52 AM Permalink
flipnat

KINDAH HARD TO FIND WHEN I HAVE IT. SEE YOU IN THE FUNNY PAPERS!

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 12:54 AM Permalink
tengrand richer

cheif- Bing Crosby is a very big crooner-crosby lake is near hp not sure of funnyman

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 12:54 AM Permalink
b p

do you suppose there is a judge watching to make sure it is reported found right away?

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 12:55 AM Permalink
L.J.

seeker me where exactly were you digging? The guy could have been the one who hid it and was checking to see if you'd find so they would know????

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 12:55 AM Permalink