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2002 Pioneer Press Treasure Hunt

Submitted by Casey Trauer on

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.

Treasure Digger

Dave, the thoughts on Como is the "repeating" of words although in different spellings. Therefore, repeat of same park as last year.

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 12:32 PM Permalink
dave schneider

I thought it was como but had to get away from that.

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 12:32 PM Permalink
jiggamatt

B.C. is still one of my choices because trek= cc-sking

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 12:33 PM Permalink
Treasure Digger

My guide says it's off 35E and Shephard Rd.

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 12:33 PM Permalink
Randahl

jigg you were aT crosby then or at least that what it feels like....crosby is on shepard road...so of hwy 5 1 block.....HF is on east river rd north of 5 about 1 mile

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 12:33 PM Permalink
dave schneider

ok your rite on that gosh the next clue could have all of us out there..

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 12:33 PM Permalink
brwneyes

On Yahoo it looks like you just take Mississippi River Blvd S...and it runs right into it...

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 12:34 PM Permalink
Randahl

say....does snyone know where the camo crue went last night??

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 12:34 PM Permalink
Some Nother Guy

2001 Como Park – inside an Iron Man sports sock and tucked into a Dove soap box 2000 Newell Park – inside an Ace brand box of playing cards 1999 Conway Park – wrapped inside a white, crocheted holder 1998 Cherokee Park – placed inside an Old Navy brand sock 1997 Como Park – in a Curad bandage box, wrapped in a red bandana 1996 Harriet Island Park – inside of a Skoal tin 1995 Battle Creek Park – placed inside of a knitted yarn pouch 1994 Highland Park – inside of a little white box 1993 Hidden Falls Park – stuck inside of a diaper 1992 Cherokee Park – inside of a white mitten 1991 Langford Park – stuck inside of a Hostess brand Sno-Ball 1990 Como Park – wrapped in clay and grass 1989 The Capitol Mall – inside an earmuff 1988 Tony Schmidt Park, Arden Hills – coated with an almond bark 1987 Indian Mounds Park – wrapped in clay and grass 1986 Highland Park – inside of a pipe 1985 Kellogg Mall Park – glued inside of a White Castle hamburger box 1984 Newell Park – attached to a broken 45 rpm record 1983 Lake Phalen Park – substituted as filling in an Oreo cookie 1982 Wakefield Lake Park, Maplewood – wrapped in a newspaper 1981 Acorn Park, Roseville – taped in between leaves 1980 Como Park – inside of plaster 1979 Marthaler Park, West St. Paul – taped to a dead tree 1978 Harriet Island Park – frozen inside of a snowball 1977 Irvine Park – inside of a cigar box 1976 Keller Lake Park, Maplewood – attached to a piece of wood 1975 Mears Park – inside of a Bull Durham sack 1974 Cherokee Park – in a crushed Coke can 1973 Lake Phalen Park – cemented inside of a closet bracket 1972 Marydale Park – stuck inside a chunk of drain pipe 1971 Wakefield Lake Park, Maplewood – attached to baby buggy wheel 1970 Battle Creek Park, Maplewood – attached to a cast-iron vise 1969 Victoria Street and I-35E – in a crevice of two rocks 1968 Highland Park – attached to plasterboard 1967 State Fairgrounds – underneath eight inches of ice 1966 Harriet Island Park – attached to a flatiron 1965 Como Park – attached to a hunk of a printing lead 1964 Beaver Lake Park – attached to a gold-colored brick 1963 Caroll, Jefferson, Farrington and Rondo Street – found in a snowbank without protection 1962 Along Mississippi Street – attached to disc 1961 Highland Park – in a large clump of grass 1960 Harriet Island Park – in the heel of a boot 1959 Warner Road – under a tree 1958 Under Highway 61 Bridge – in milky ice (first year of medallion) 1957 Battle Creek Park – in a clump of roots above ground 1956 Como Park – inside a hollow log 1955 Seventh and Robert Streets – under a mailbox (chest had been magnetized) 1954 Hidden Falls Park – in a dead, hollow stump 1953 Cherokee Park – in a snowbank; State Fairgrounds – in a large bush near the Poultry Building (there were two chests hidden in 1953) 1952 Highland Park – in a clump of weeds

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 12:34 PM Permalink
jiggamatt

park n rec does not have to mean a rec center, all parks are considered parks and recreatiom...

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 12:34 PM Permalink
brwneyes

that was for Hidden Falls...

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 12:35 PM Permalink
Some Nother Guy

Never in the same place 2 years in a row

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 12:35 PM Permalink
dave schneider

cant pick the clues to hard as you will dig to deap that has ben the worst thing to do..

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 12:35 PM Permalink
Treasure Digger

Thanks, Some Nother Guy!!!!

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 12:35 PM Permalink
No user inform…

Battle Creek's the place Upper Afton & Winthrop, parking lot and on street parking,tot lot,Longfellow Ave. too

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 12:35 PM Permalink
Clue Master

Big time reaching here but are there any parks with streets or avenues named after The Monkeeys? Mikey, Dolenz, Peter, Tork, Michael, Nezmeth, Davey, Jones? Why you ask.....

Here goes...

'Hey, Hey' (we're the Monkeeys)

Sorry, brain in OT

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 12:36 PM Permalink
dave schneider

first time for any thing.. thay used to hide it on street corner.

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 12:36 PM Permalink
Frosti

Never in the same place 2 years in a row

Never say never.

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 12:36 PM Permalink
jiggamatt

Thanx for the directions!

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 12:36 PM Permalink
Dart Head

there is the animal control center of st paul at one end of Mcmurray Field.

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 12:36 PM Permalink
dave schneider

lol

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 12:36 PM Permalink
Some Nother Guy

This would be the first time if they did... I think it is a possibility.

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 12:36 PM Permalink
Randahl

yawn...not too much noodling here today I see...everybody must be out digging??

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 12:37 PM Permalink
dave schneider

hay hay it's in my back yard.

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 12:37 PM Permalink
Chilly Willy

Notice, the med is in something that will blend in well, unnoticable to somebody walking by, white, earth tones....not something in a tide box or in an orange hat...too noticable

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 12:38 PM Permalink
dave schneider

oh oh oh that was not it..

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 12:38 PM Permalink
Treasure Digger

There's always a possibility. Look at Conway - everyone thought of an existing hiding place and the writer fooled us - for a while until Allison Wonderland posted it here.

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 12:38 PM Permalink
Treasure Digger

Randy, were you out digging with anyone?

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 12:39 PM Permalink
dave schneider

yea that is good for how tide fits in..

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 12:39 PM Permalink
Treasure Digger

Has anyone seen the camera crew anywhere today?

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 12:39 PM Permalink
Some Nother Guy

Notice, the med is in something that will blend in well, unnoticable to somebody walking by, white, earth tones....not something in a tide box or in an orange hat...too noticable ....

True chilly, but sometimes it is inside of two things ie....1997 Como Park – in a Curad bandage box, wrapped in a red bandana

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 12:40 PM Permalink
dave schneider

tide could just tell you to go to high ground

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 12:41 PM Permalink
Randahl

TD I was with Chris Digger.....I saw the Crew at 1 am

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 12:41 PM Permalink
l and a mommy

Do most people beleive it is at BC?? The only part I have been to is the big sledding hill area....how do I get to the rest of the park? Or isn't there another entrance? I don't think it would be at BC just because of the SKiing this weekend.

What other parks are peopel talking about...I personally like Mounds

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 12:41 PM Permalink
jiggamatt

Well guys, im outta, what time is the hot time to get on here?

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 12:41 PM Permalink
Treasure Digger

It has been double package many times. But in un-eyecatching items. Things like garage that people would just lose or throw away or even white/brown to blend in with the ground.

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 12:41 PM Permalink
dave schneider

was in baby diaper one year

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 12:42 PM Permalink
Randahl

Here is my take on wreck....wreck as in a car wreck or as in a car roll over as in carroll ave....merriam

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 12:42 PM Permalink
dave schneider

think of person picking that one up//lol

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 12:42 PM Permalink
Treasure Digger

Randy, is that where you were at with Chris Digger? If so, were you the only ones there?

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 12:43 PM Permalink
dave schneider

not sure of a car wreck thay dont use tomany things that could be personal to most.

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 12:43 PM Permalink
l and a mommy

you know my friend said that a couple of months ago PP was hiring a writer and you had to submit a poem....Her boyfriend was going to do it but he lived out of town and they wanted someone local...My bet is that it is deffinately a new writer this year.

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 12:44 PM Permalink
Some Nother Guy

Ok somebody said a couple of days ago the trip over thing could mean that it is in a log on the ground. So with that in mind what if it is in a hat stuffed into something that looks like it belongs in the open area.... Just in case it didnt snow before the hunt began?

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 12:44 PM Permalink
jiggamatt

B.C i like cuz trek means- cross Count.skiing, school-work your brain and hills, well there are a ton of hills. tip-point for point douglas road, and finally up and down might mean upper and lower afton? The thing i dont know about is the area on the bottom of the park, on 61

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 12:44 PM Permalink
dave schneider

was at mounds last night was not a lot there. any one seen parks with lot out?

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 12:44 PM Permalink
Randahl

TD...yes...last night maybe 20 peeps today none other than lurkers

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 12:45 PM Permalink
dave schneider

but park is in st paul this year..bc maybe not in st paul

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 12:46 PM Permalink
human24

RE: skiing at BC. What about all the events at Como last year?

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 12:46 PM Permalink
dave schneider

any park I was in not a lot on and not lot on here like past years.

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 12:46 PM Permalink
Treasure Digger

There will be a lot of people here tonight when Clue #6 comes out and you can guarantee there will be a lot more out digging afterwards. Wish I could be at PP when the clue comes out. Would love to go out digging with the cooler gang. Live in Apple Valley and husband works nights and can't leave 2 small kids at home by themselves.

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 12:46 PM Permalink