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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.

kevin hauerwas

wisebass

Wed, 01/27/1999 - 1:23 AM Permalink
Golden Boy

Matt - thanks for your thoughts on HP.

Wed, 01/27/1999 - 1:23 AM Permalink
Barton Fink

people !!! People!!! PEOPLE!!!! read bill and my reasons behind this clue (#4) and you will me magnetically drawn to Highland Park... plus the rome road suggestion helps out too!!!

Wed, 01/27/1999 - 1:23 AM Permalink
ani

horbal!!!!!! its dave in st cloud

Wed, 01/27/1999 - 1:23 AM Permalink
Dave

Count me in Golden Boy. Grey car here!

Wed, 01/27/1999 - 1:23 AM Permalink
Marshmellow

Where is Terry and Green tonight?

Wed, 01/27/1999 - 1:24 AM Permalink
bluegirl

matt...the 4th clue that says sometimes 4 can't be right..how can the precinct be sometimes 4...? but i like the caught notion

Wed, 01/27/1999 - 1:25 AM Permalink
Bill King

Kevin--goto "people" instant message me--name is werentany then please tell me what yur thinking bud--its driving me nuts!!!!!!!

Wed, 01/27/1999 - 1:25 AM Permalink
Barton Fink

matt is right on with the #1-#3 clues leading to HIGHLAND also...

Wed, 01/27/1999 - 1:25 AM Permalink
Golden Boy

Terry and Green are at NP!!!!!!!

Wed, 01/27/1999 - 1:25 AM Permalink
Dave

Newell is walked over well from kids and stuff, but noting besides the softball field bases were actually dug up. Did ya catch my post earlier about the 4, there are 4 pillars just outside the front door of the building at Newell, adorning it I'd say myself.

Wed, 01/27/1999 - 1:25 AM Permalink
Austin

better watch out dave he may send you a pic, or worse find you at the park and flash you

Wed, 01/27/1999 - 1:26 AM Permalink
Dave

Are they really???? Just listenening to us and taking our input eh???? Grrr...... Gotta give some back baby.

Wed, 01/27/1999 - 1:27 AM Permalink
Bill King

Barton, you know that you and i are right...well let them figure it out as we start digging up the park--lol

Wed, 01/27/1999 - 1:27 AM Permalink
Dave

scary thought

Wed, 01/27/1999 - 1:27 AM Permalink
Amy Ho-ez

If you guys are going out tonight, its crazyyyyy, its hecka slippery out there, be careful yo!

Wed, 01/27/1999 - 1:27 AM Permalink
Golden Boy

Got it - Dave. I drove by Tues afternoon - didn't have time to get out and look around. Did you notice the tennis courts across Fairview - is that considered part of NP??

Wed, 01/27/1999 - 1:27 AM Permalink
No user inform…

I agree. Newell is too small.

Wed, 01/27/1999 - 1:28 AM Permalink
ani

matt the police station is not precinct #4

Wed, 01/27/1999 - 1:28 AM Permalink
Marshmellow

Gotta sign off for the night....I have to count cards all day and not be tired.....Bye

Wed, 01/27/1999 - 1:28 AM Permalink
Marshmellow

Wed, 01/27/1999 - 1:29 AM Permalink
Bill King

If anyone wants the 4--there are only 4 tennis courts in highland park--also police precinct is #4 and it reads SOMEWHERE in the clue not SOMETIMES so it does fit!!

Wed, 01/27/1999 - 1:29 AM Permalink
christopher campbell

Has anyone thought that mabey the medallion is hidden at Battle Creek Regional Park? It has a sledding hill, there are some backstops witht the numbers 4, 5 and 9 mon them, and they all have signs stating no golfing. I think it may be a prak worth looking into.

Wed, 01/27/1999 - 1:29 AM Permalink
Dave

Last time they hunted there I remember people saying it was part of the park, and if you look on the website under newell that Barton gave us earlier yeasterday it says they have tennis courts there.http://www.friendsoftheparks.org/parksearch.htm

Wed, 01/27/1999 - 1:29 AM Permalink
Austin

dave you are right on is there any spots away from the ballfield that are free from digging also 943 has something to do with baseball

Wed, 01/27/1999 - 1:30 AM Permalink
Marshmellow

Before I go to bed.... Highland Park has buried (or had) millitary ammo in the hills by snelling.

Wed, 01/27/1999 - 1:30 AM Permalink
Bill King

only 2 tennis courts at Newell

Wed, 01/27/1999 - 1:30 AM Permalink
Bill King

night marsh--nice noodlin with you

Wed, 01/27/1999 - 1:31 AM Permalink
Golden Boy

I'm hitting the sack - I can't listen to another round of questions on Battle Creek. See ya in AM Dave.

Wed, 01/27/1999 - 1:31 AM Permalink
kevin hauerwas

bill im in werentany

Wed, 01/27/1999 - 1:32 AM Permalink
Austin

dave i think chris could be on something here

Wed, 01/27/1999 - 1:33 AM Permalink
Dave

Free from digging??? what do you mean, there isn't really anything out there that has actually been dug up except the field. And Newell is not that small of a park, it could hold all the people I saw at cherokee last year and when it was at hidden falls at least that big.

Wed, 01/27/1999 - 1:33 AM Permalink
Matt

ani - really? I thought that you were the one who handed me the information? Oh, bother. :P I drove out there last night, and I couldn't find any information from the outside.

Wed, 01/27/1999 - 1:33 AM Permalink
Bryan D Whaley

Anyone have an idea of what the iconoclast is all about?

Wed, 01/27/1999 - 1:33 AM Permalink
Barton Fink

think the well in the new=newell reference only means that newell park is nearby to highland which is THE PLACE TO BE

Wed, 01/27/1999 - 1:34 AM Permalink
Dave

Gonna go see if anyone is really there since its just a hop skip and a jump away. See ya in a couple.

Wed, 01/27/1999 - 1:34 AM Permalink
christopher campbell

believe if you go to www.pioneerplanet.com, at the bottom by the treasure hunt thing, it has a link to past clues.

Wed, 01/27/1999 - 1:35 AM Permalink
ani

heard it from someone else matt...(precinct 4)

Wed, 01/27/1999 - 1:35 AM Permalink
Bryan D Whaley

I still think Highland is the best bet right now. The clues have not helped out much.

Wed, 01/27/1999 - 1:35 AM Permalink
Rushmore

Title Change - Last year was Chasing Amy

Here is my take on the whole deal: 1)It is at Highland 2) Clue #1 points to it. It says that a park is the spot but a golf course is not. You have your Highland Park and Highland Golf Course. It is pointing to avoid the digging up of the golf course. I agree with Matt about the deal with the police station 3) Clue #2 mentions flying downhill there aree sliding hills there. 4)The bit about the numbers on clue #3 the only thing I can connect that to is the roads nearby or the softball diamonds or golf course. 5)Latest clue tells you to avoid Newell. Also, Last year they had that thing where you had to break down the word for other words-that was done already with a lost coin. The history with Lexington points to Highland. 6)Last year we had it down to the park after the third clue- so it isn't to early to get out there. I will wait til this weekend though!

Wed, 01/27/1999 - 1:36 AM Permalink
ani

bryan d. i saw horbal here but he is gone now......i also got the friends of the parks cite to work now

Wed, 01/27/1999 - 1:36 AM Permalink
christopher campbell

I also think it could be at Battle Creek just because it is a fairly big park and if i'm not mistaken, it has 4 baseball fields as well as some tennis courts

Wed, 01/27/1999 - 1:36 AM Permalink
Bill King

agreed Barton--the road there and the park given already--very easy to read the elimination!! Kevin--how can you be in werentany? Im gonna make a chatroom--itll be called Medallion--go to it--k?use your people again!!

Wed, 01/27/1999 - 1:37 AM Permalink
Bryan D Whaley

Anything worth while on there?

Wed, 01/27/1999 - 1:37 AM Permalink
Barton Fink

all of you people know they would not give such an obvious wordplay reference this early to the park it's in!!! theyre using NEWELL as a reference point and as a place to dump all the confused hunters to... what does newell have to do with ICONOCLASTS?? the HIGHLANDers were the iconoclasts who were a BLAST from the past!!! and by digging in highland we are HIGHLANDERS hence we are ICONOCLASTS!!!

Wed, 01/27/1999 - 1:39 AM Permalink
christopher campbell

bill, you making a chat room, is it on aol?

Wed, 01/27/1999 - 1:39 AM Permalink
Bill King

Do the figuring yourself--lost coin or a lost coin--doesnt work!! toooooo many c's

Wed, 01/27/1999 - 1:40 AM Permalink
Bryan D Whaley

How do you know so much Barton Fink?

Wed, 01/27/1999 - 1:41 AM Permalink
skeptical

Rushmore since youre such a genius about the clues, whats the past clues have to do with this years?(huh?)

Wed, 01/27/1999 - 1:42 AM Permalink