Yes, the medallion has been found, but there's still lots to talk about. Feel the need for more than virtual discussion? Then join the Re-Hash Bash, Sunday, Jan. 27, at noon at Merriam Park in St. Paul.
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Thanks Me2, I know the hill now that I think of it. Seems like Mears has something to do with Baptists. (somehing I read down there last year)
krazy girl found another Treasure while out scoping for the medallion today at Cherokee huh Gate? A new pair of tennis shoes in a plastic bag beneath the snow. Her heart almost stopped. HA!
I dont know what park it is in. I dont even know what all the parks in St. Paul are. I am just saying that some words in the clues, almost every year, are not as you you would normally use them. Having a dictionary handy is not a bad idea.
Somebody last night was talking about one of the parks having a "hill" with a "steep" side to it. I am sure that there are many hills in St. Paul that fit that description.
I was just throwing out the first thing that came to my head when someone said that Battle Creek was 864 acres. I saw 2! thats it-just thinking with my cold fingertips instead of saying it out loud. :)
hey- it's just the first clue to me finding the medallion.. my luck is only just beginning. Those tennis shoes are nice.. maybe I will where them tonight while I am out searching for a medallion with my name written all over it. See you guys out there! The competition has begun! GAME ON!!!!!!!!!
If you find the puck, you can't turn in the clues from the web site - they have to be from the paper. You can start subscribing now and always stop it after the hunt is over.
I'm assuming this is because you really don't believe I'm not in it for the money.....suit yourself....but I have always maintained that I would tell the PP to keep their money if I can't keep what I have been searching so many years for.
trying never hurt a person,... this is $10,000 dollars we are talking about.. I get exctied about any sort of free money...especially when it so simple to find. I could be nicely rewarded by getting my lazy butt off of my computer and just searching in any St. Paul park for a little medallion buried in the snow. It's so simple. I don't even have to leave the city. Think about $10,000 for a little effort and time. Chances are high. who cares if I am in the right park or not. At least I tried. Plus, I will learn the parks better for next year!
Let the hunt begin and best of luck to all! This will be the first year in the last 16 years that the reddish Husky/Sheppard (that looks like a wolf)won't be leading the hunt. Maybe her ghost will help find the medallion.
Every year we read too much into the clues. We walk right over the top of the medallion countless tomes. Until it gets down to the final clues it is like finding a needle in a haystack. But it is always fun. The adrenaline gets pumping and 24/7 everything is HUNT FEVER..Then the lucky finder claims the GOLD and we are all down in the mouth until NEXT YEAR When HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL that by some freak of nature or divine intervention we will find the coveted prize!WOW ARE WE ALL TOOOOOOO....KRAZY!!
Ok, Scribe ---kinda far fetched-forgot why I thought Hayden Heights already BUT The bells in the St Paul Cathedral are a "monument" to Monsignor Ambrose Hayden which you can see from Cherokee (?) hehe but really? who knows how "deep" this writer got
So I was just about to go out and buy today's paper because I thought that you need to have each clue from the paper. But then I looked in the official rules in yesterday's paper and they stated that No Purchase is necessary. So, handwritten, printed, what have you- they all work for the extra $2,500.
The finder of the Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt medallion must immediately return the medallion to the Pioneer Press, 345 Cedar St., St. Paul, to qualify for the initial cash prize of $2,500 and $1,200 in groceries from Cub (one $100 Cub gift card per month for 12 months).
An additional $2,500 will be awarded if all of the published daily clues are clipped from the Pioneer Press and presented along with the medallion.
The Pioneer Press also will award an additional $5,000 if the finder is a registered 2002 Winter Carnival Button owner and has mailed an official entry form, postmarked by Jan. 20 to the Winter Carnival office.
True Krazy,very true.I have been down that road for years and have learned my parks that way! The main thing is that you have a great time! The med hunt is FUN!
One year I was in the right spot but had no shovel with me... I tried lots of things I had in the car to dig but nothing would work. I even tried to melt what little snow there was with a road flare. I thought screw it I am probably in the wrong spot anyway. Two days later, In the spot I was kicking snow around it was found. Goes to show that anyone, with the right information, can have a chance no matter how well you know the area.
It's worth it though isn't it, Amberlitequeen?? it's all in good fun and perhaps with a high reward. As long as nobody hits me over the head with a shovel when they see me find the medallion! It's about time someone's luck turns around, don't you think. This has been a pretty crappy month. Now let's end it with $10,000!!!!!!!!! yippy!
Rushmore - click the link above where it says Treasure Hunt rules. I think you don't need to clip the clues if you are entered in the drawing - like Ian is saying.
Well that is conflicting: An additional $2,500 will be awarded if all of the published daily clues are clipped from the Pioneer Press and presented along with the medallion
No purchase is necessary to win. Photo copies, handwritten and/or online printouts of the published clues will be accepted.
Thanks Me2, I know the hill now that I think of it. Seems like Mears has something to do with Baptists. (somehing I read down there last year)
krazy girl found another Treasure while out scoping for the medallion today at Cherokee huh Gate? A new pair of tennis shoes in a plastic bag beneath the snow. Her heart almost stopped. HA!
THANKS for the help w/ the Baptist info RR :)
I dont know what park it is in. I dont even know what all the parks in St. Paul are. I am just saying that some words in the clues, almost every year, are not as you you would normally use them. Having a dictionary handy is not a bad idea.
Me2.....what about this divisible by 2 thing?
Somebody last night was talking about one of the parks having a "hill" with a "steep" side to it. I am sure that there are many hills in St. Paul that fit that description.
Hi Scribe- :)
I was just throwing out the first thing that came to my head when someone said that Battle Creek was 864 acres. I saw 2! thats it-just thinking with my cold fingertips instead of saying it out loud. :)
Right scribe
hey- it's just the first clue to me finding the medallion.. my luck is only just beginning. Those tennis shoes are nice.. maybe I will where them tonight while I am out searching for a medallion with my name written all over it. See you guys out there! The competition has begun! GAME ON!!!!!!!!!
If you find the puck, you can't turn in the clues from the web site - they have to be from the paper. You can start subscribing now and always stop it after the hunt is over.
well, most of St Paul are Hills! And the highest point in St. Paul is..."I know, I know... another fact".....Highland Watertower.
Me2,Whew! For a minute there I thought i had lost my mind! I kept re-reading the clues.....LOL!
Good stuff on St.Paul history.....I didn't know there were seven hills.....west end fits my latest theory.
864 acres that needs to be dug up. Let's go! Our chances of finding it are way higher than any money you can ever bet at Hinckley!
I just cancelled my subscribtion today - NO KIDDING- for Feb 6th
I buy mine every day during the hunt - no kidding - I start freaking out if I haven't found one and it is 3 in the afternoon.
Krazy,whoa girl! Save your energy! There'll be plenty to dig up but it's always good to be in the right park!
The first letter of each line in todays clue spells Yowi!!
Yeah just buy the paper every day for a quarter
Don't subscribe just for the hunt
Gate get digging
anyone want to sell me there copys (with the clues still in them) for 10 cents each? The news afterall is outdated......
It's at Yowi Park! Lets go!LOL!
right scribe
I'm assuming this is because you really don't believe I'm not in it for the money.....suit yourself....but I have always maintained that I would tell the PP to keep their money if I can't keep what I have been searching so many years for.
The rules state:
"No purchase is necessary to win. Photo copies, handwritten and/or online printouts of the published clues will be accepted."
trying never hurt a person,... this is $10,000 dollars we are talking about.. I get exctied about any sort of free money...especially when it so simple to find. I could be nicely rewarded by getting my lazy butt off of my computer and just searching in any St. Paul park for a little medallion buried in the snow. It's so simple. I don't even have to leave the city. Think about $10,000 for a little effort and time. Chances are high. who cares if I am in the right park or not. At least I tried. Plus, I will learn the parks better for next year!
Let the hunt begin and best of luck to all! This will be the first year in the last 16 years that the reddish Husky/Sheppard (that looks like a wolf)won't be leading the hunt. Maybe her ghost will help find the medallion.
Every year we read too much into the clues. We walk right over the top of the medallion countless tomes. Until it gets down to the final clues it is like finding a needle in a haystack. But it is always fun. The adrenaline gets pumping and 24/7 everything is HUNT FEVER..Then the lucky finder claims the GOLD and we are all down in the mouth until NEXT YEAR When HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL that by some freak of nature or divine intervention we will find the coveted prize!WOW ARE WE ALL TOOOOOOO....KRAZY!!
Ok, Scribe ---kinda far fetched-forgot why I thought Hayden Heights already BUT The bells in the St Paul Cathedral are a "monument" to Monsignor Ambrose Hayden which you can see from Cherokee (?) hehe but really? who knows how "deep" this writer got
"No purchase is necessary to win. Photo copies, handwritten and/or online printouts of the published clues will be accepted."
That is under the Cub Foods drawing section.
So I was just about to go out and buy today's paper because I thought that you need to have each clue from the paper. But then I looked in the official rules in yesterday's paper and they stated that No Purchase is necessary. So, handwritten, printed, what have you- they all work for the extra $2,500.
what park should I "TRY" now????
You can buy outdated papers from PP.
The finder of the Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt medallion must immediately return the medallion to the Pioneer Press, 345 Cedar St., St. Paul, to qualify for the initial cash prize of $2,500 and $1,200 in groceries from Cub (one $100 Cub gift card per month for 12 months).
An additional $2,500 will be awarded if all of the published daily clues are clipped from the Pioneer Press and presented along with the medallion.
The Pioneer Press also will award an additional $5,000 if the finder is a registered 2002 Winter Carnival Button owner and has mailed an official entry form, postmarked by Jan. 20 to the Winter Carnival office.
sorry to here of your lose Medallion Hound :(
True Krazy,very true.I have been down that road for years and have learned my parks that way! The main thing is that you have a great time! The med hunt is FUN!
One year I was in the right spot but had no shovel with me... I tried lots of things I had in the car to dig but nothing would work. I even tried to melt what little snow there was with a road flare. I thought screw it I am probably in the wrong spot anyway. Two days later, In the spot I was kicking snow around it was found. Goes to show that anyone, with the right information, can have a chance no matter how well you know the area.
Leela - where did you see those rules at?
if all of the published daily clues are clipped from the Pioneer Press
It's worth it though isn't it, Amberlitequeen?? it's all in good fun and perhaps with a high reward. As long as nobody hits me over the head with a shovel when they see me find the medallion! It's about time someone's luck turns around, don't you think. This has been a pretty crappy month. Now let's end it with $10,000!!!!!!!!! yippy!
Rushmore - click the link above where it says Treasure Hunt rules. I think you don't need to clip the clues if you are entered in the drawing - like Ian is saying.
http://www2.pioneerplanet.com/wintercarnival/rules.cfm
Msgnr.Hayden? Is that the one I knew? He died just a few short years ago and was a really great priest!
http://www2.pioneerplanet.com/wintercarnival/rules.cfm
Ian - jinx LOL
Well at the very least we know it is inside the St. Paul city limits. Some years it states Ramsey county
I am in it for the Cub Foods gift certificate! I didn't know about that part! YES!
Thanks, that is rather vaguely stated in the newspaper, guess i am off to buy a paper.
Some years it states Ramsey county
Yeah and they still hide it within St.Paul city limits! I tell ya if I ever get my hands on this guy....
Yeah sorry to haer about your Good Old Dog medallion
Well that is conflicting: An additional $2,500 will be awarded if all of the published daily clues are clipped from the Pioneer Press and presented along with the medallion
No purchase is necessary to win. Photo copies, handwritten and/or online printouts of the published clues will be accepted.
I need to put some bacon on the table