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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.

ouchie

Good morning! I don't know about nayone else, but this new clue doesn't help me all that much!!! I don't think that the rinks are the same size, so that's out; seeing

two could mean that you have to see both peaks at Sunray, but they're not frozen! ugh!!!!!!!!!

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 5:45 AM Permalink
AllieGo

The two hockey rinks look about the same size. The third ice rink is different, the one on the baseball diamond. But I'm game for any new thoughts in that direction.

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 5:48 AM Permalink
Ace

couldnt frozen also stand for something still as in the tennis courts?

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 5:48 AM Permalink
jp

could the fence backstops on the base ball fields be frozen planes? (isn't everything out there frozen?) there is one with the number 4 on it.

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 5:50 AM Permalink
AllieGo

Hmm. He could be just trying to put people over to the correct side of the park. This thing has got to be in the ice for it not to be found.

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 5:52 AM Permalink
green

Allie, Ouchie, Ace... Slog up... We've been noodling this since like 3:00 a.m.

Too, the hardcopy of the paper said "places," and the 'Planet reported "planes."

We're noodling this...

Do slog, lots of good noodling and ideas...

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 5:53 AM Permalink
AllieGo

I don't mean in the rinks; I mean on the outside of them.

(Deleted item originally posted by Gina Gustafson on 05:54am Feb 3, 1999 CST)

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 5:53 AM Permalink
AllieGo

Really?! I didn't know that.

(Deleted item originally posted by Gina Gustafson on 05:55am Feb 3, 1999 CST)

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 5:54 AM Permalink
AllieGo

Any thoughts on a different park? I know that sounds ridiculous, but this park is down to nothing.

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 5:56 AM Permalink
AllieGo

That park is so perfect...it's got to be right. Maybe someone picked up the medallion at some point.

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 5:57 AM Permalink
Ace

Allie dont give up so easy....there are many of cunks to be crushed!!!:)CONWAY is the one!

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 5:57 AM Permalink
green

Gina... Yes!!! The Como/Perry Park!

NOT!!!

No such park xists!

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 5:58 AM Permalink
Ace

LMAO(little tired here)@chunks..:)

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 5:58 AM Permalink
AllieGo

Okay, Ace. I know it is...just amazed by it not being found yet.

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 5:59 AM Permalink
ouchie

They wouldn't put it in the ice rinks, and I was disappointed yesterday to see that people were putting holes in there and ruining it for the skaters. I would bet that it's

on that side of the park though, which was where we were concentrating on yesterday anyway! I'm sure that it has been thrown around a few times, it's just a matter

of someone being lucky enough to stumble upon it!

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 5:59 AM Permalink
Cold Feet

jp, I was woundering about that. I could have sworn before it said planes.

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 6:16 AM Permalink
jp

cold feet - it did! i printed it out at 11:30. were they trying to throw us off track for awhile?

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 6:19 AM Permalink
Steve Ford

The hunters in my family are so tired. They left this morning still thinking it said planes, and not places. Isn't the whole place pretty frozen, though??? It's winter.

Everything is frozen!

(Deleted item originally posted by jp on 06:20am Feb 3, 1999 CST)

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 6:19 AM Permalink
Steve Ford

definitions of place: a square or court in a city, a short narrow street, a particular area, a building or space devoted to a special purpose, a residence.

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 6:28 AM Permalink
jp

how dug up is the tennis court? is anyone still trying to anagram the first letters of each clue? if so, i'd like to buy a vowel!

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 6:30 AM Permalink
Ace

as in tennis courts.....they are pretty dug up,and many a going thru again

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 6:30 AM Permalink
Dagnabbit

Drove by Conway otw to work. Television crews are there already. My question to any doubters: Why would the crews be there at 5am if the medallion is not???

Any more doubters out there?

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 6:32 AM Permalink
Dagnabbit

I think I have the clue figured out and pretty sure I know the vicinity of the medallion. Anyone want to quid-pro-quo??? Allison you still up?

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 6:33 AM Permalink
Cold Feet

I wounder if it says planes or places in the Pioneer Press paper. Does anyone know?

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 6:34 AM Permalink
Ace

it is places!!! sure thing dagnabit

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 6:35 AM Permalink
SEEKer$$

Ok, dagnabbit, what's your theory?

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 6:35 AM Permalink
Ross N.

I see they change latest clue...planes to places...lol

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 6:39 AM Permalink
Ross N.

Paper says places instead of planes like planet said at 11:30pm last nite

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 6:44 AM Permalink
pincher

a few years ago they put it in a Hostess snowball, how come a animal didnt eat it

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 6:44 AM Permalink
Ace

some rule bout eating brown snow maybe??

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 6:47 AM Permalink
Ace

Oh the Joys!!!! Talkin RAin today and 40degrees~~~

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 6:49 AM Permalink
Ross N.

anybody notice...planets clock is off... :-)

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 6:49 AM Permalink
Ace

thought it was maybe lag..but my postings go thru like right now!

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 6:50 AM Permalink
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Drove by Conway about 6:30a.m. and only about a dozen people there. They are still pretty scattered. T.V. crews still there and doing live feeds this morning, but

they wouldn't know when or where the medallion is found any more than we would. This mornings edition of the PP reads "places".

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 6:51 AM Permalink
Ross N.

I wanna get off pc...and start searching by the ice rinks... north baseball field...3rd base line...between 3rd base and hockey rink...about 40 feet toward 3rd base

from north rink...there is a sign there...could be valuable...hehe

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 6:53 AM Permalink
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I just had a dream that the medalion was in a Toilet Paper tube (round/white, wrapped tight) It was found on the sidewalk, appearently after being kicked around for

a few days . .but again . .only a dream

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 6:53 AM Permalink
jp

northwest (orient) airlines flys frozen planes to frozen places on the frozen planet. just noodling. paper planes.

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 6:55 AM Permalink
Ross N.

no longer planes...read clues again....changed from planes to places...just like paper says

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 6:56 AM Permalink
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has anyone found it yet???

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 6:57 AM Permalink
Ross N.

Planet says no...but someone could be holding on to it...

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 6:58 AM Permalink
Steve Ford

Sly One, liked your dream!! My cousin in IL has been so caught up in hearing our daily clues that she dreamed it was at a race course in a stable.

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 6:59 AM Permalink
Dagnabbit

Sly one - Coincedence? You have the dream about TP and I have to poop. LOLOLOL!!!

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 6:59 AM Permalink
Ace

Well the sun is a rising and the hunt begins again!!!! see you all out there...HAPPY HUNTING!!!!!!!!!!!

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 6:59 AM Permalink
SEEKer$$

Did everybody leave????

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 7:10 AM Permalink
Dagnabbit

Seeker me - what's your take on "Places" I know the park very well. Son played soccer there.

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 7:12 AM Permalink
Dagnabbit

amid means between or around. Places does not mean "object" rather a location. This eliminates most of the park.

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 7:14 AM Permalink
SEEKer$$

My son played footbal there. Well, i'm not really sure about places but when I was out there yesterday I was focusing on and area where you could see all the

markers and the True Value Hardware sign. When I left I noticed that one of the houses on Conway street had a McDonalds sign in their window. I started thinking

Extra Value Meal

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 7:14 AM Permalink
Dagnabbit

Sly one - You were probably hungry. You can also eliminate the western part of the park because of the "peak", not "peaks". If you are looking for one peak you

either have to have the "peaks" lined up or have the Bradley apartments in the way. You can eliminate even more park this way. Your turn.

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 7:24 AM Permalink
Dagnabbit

I meant seeker me.

Wed, 02/03/1999 - 7:24 AM Permalink