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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.

The Medallian Hunter

Battle Creek is not a St. Paul park .....look it up - it is a Ramsey County PArk.....

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 8:29 PM Permalink
ares

not tonite, leela. i may not make it till ddave posts the clue. i'm still thinking about tomorrow nite though. and where have you and the scribe been all day? (i'm just waiting for a smart-assed tag-line from her is all :)

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 8:30 PM Permalink
digger dave

is everyone running five minutes late (LAG TIME) on message board???

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 8:31 PM Permalink
tim_the_hunter

nope digger dave

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 8:31 PM Permalink
green

But Ares, when you say "The Weakest Link is on," that's short for "on the air." The thought is understood. And when a show is "on" (on the air), ittiz being received by the TV, not being transmitted which is "in the air" - the waves going thru the air to the TV...

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 8:32 PM Permalink
leelabell

Friday night and Saturday night are always lots of fun at the Press. After, we usually go out hunting and then to eat.

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 8:32 PM Permalink
No user inform…

Falcon Heights wouldn't be a bad place to hide it. Nobody knows where it is! Once you eliminate the Fair Grounds and the "St Paul" Campus you've narrowed the city down pretty well. Just look for our parks!

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 8:32 PM Permalink
ares

ok green, i'll buy that. not that it matters, really. the duality of the signal's been established.

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 8:33 PM Permalink
Annie B.

Digger - there is a way to set your preferences so it refreshes in 1 minute, no minutes, 5 or 10 minutes - check out your preferences to see if you can change it to help you out. I think it is something really simple.

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 8:33 PM Permalink
green

Conway was 2000... This is 2002...

DUALITIES!!!! AAARRRRGGGGGHHHHH!!!!

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 8:33 PM Permalink
Usual Suspect

The Medallian Hunter - the rec is in st. paul for battle creek

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 8:34 PM Permalink
noname86

ahh! It's only 8:30! Somehow I had the feeling that it was like 10:30... we need another clue, except what I hate is how we anticipate the clues alot and then when they get here, it's pretty much the same as the day before... at least until about clue 7

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 8:34 PM Permalink
Clue Master

Oh my God!!! It's 2002 already!! I better get to sleep...

Nah.

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 8:35 PM Permalink
ares

noooooooooooo. not a palinjoe year! is that a misstaken fact i see in there?

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 8:35 PM Permalink
Matt

The tower is pretty solid. What about the rest of my questions?!

I'm pretty sure that Battle Creek and Phalen are out. BC has the scruntiny of the Maplewood people not liking their park torn up. Phalen has a golf course connected, and there hasn't been a "stay away from the golf courses" warning in the clues.

Although, there is a definite feeling of a completely different brain writing the clues this year. The style is nowhere near the last 5 years' worth of hunt.

Unfortunately, with this logic, Highland would be out until convinced otherwise, too. :( I like Highland...

-MaTT

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 8:35 PM Permalink
The Medallian Hunter

Usual Suspect - Yes it is - but BC is not a "st. paul park" - but keep looking there if you like......

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 8:35 PM Permalink
tim_the_hunter

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 8:37 PM Permalink
digger dave

ANNIE B, thanks for the tip. hope that does it. david

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 8:38 PM Permalink
Phillip Diskerud

I was out at Meriam park tonight... hand ful of people... No one at Highland, No one at Phalen, Hand full of people at BC

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 8:38 PM Permalink
Skunk man

Jeez why don't hide 4 medallions, making it worth 2,500 each and have the same clues for all the hiding spots. That would make it fun. But that would also complicate the hunt...

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 8:38 PM Permalink
Usual Suspect

i'm not looking there, but i worked for the county in the summer and the battle creek rec center is located in st. paul.

the reginal park if half maplewood, half st. paul

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 8:39 PM Permalink
ares

matt, there's definitely a different clue-writer this year, or at least a different personality of the previous one. battle creek is eligible in the fact that maplewood doesn't get to complain if its dug up, especially if its the st paul side thats dug up, as the park is run by the county, not the city. good observation about phalen. i'll add another one though. the only area that qualifies as having both on and off street parking as clue 5 requires is the rec center area of it.

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 8:39 PM Permalink
Clue Master

It was in BC in '70 also

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 8:39 PM Permalink
Phillip Diskerud

How is everyone doing tonight?

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 8:39 PM Permalink
Medallionator88

WHO IS GOING TO PP

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 8:40 PM Permalink
rivvraft

Hi all, well i only have 160 miles on my car since yesterday, it's nowhere to be found, tried Battle, but got lost so i said, screw it, then went to Phalen and missed the turn to get inside, so i said screw it, and here i sit :( Glad no one found it yet !

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 8:41 PM Permalink
Shaggy 2 Dope

The clowns will be at the PP tonight for the dropping of the 6th...

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 8:41 PM Permalink
web star

it is at cherokee for sure becuase amuse a little tot would be to give him playdough and Plato blvd. runs righ into cherokee found it

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 8:41 PM Permalink
green

Master! You pooped out! Missed some heavy, long-time noodling with me and Mac/Grove Man...

Pretty good, Phillip. The usual: tired, confused, frustrated! :D

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 8:41 PM Permalink
Fly Fisher

Anyone been out to Swede Hollow yet?

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 8:42 PM Permalink
King Boreas aka Ian

WHO IS GOING TO PP

I might, after a couple more beers...

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 8:42 PM Permalink
Matt

Hahaha skunk :) I thought about that a couple years ago.

So, is there a Merriam expert in the crowd? We went for a drive around it last night and it really doesn't seem like there's anywhere to logically dig for anything; too many footprints. I saw some cameras running around by the rinks, but it wouldn't be by a hockey rink (traffic). There were a few nice places, but they weren't in view of the tower.

I think I liked the previous clues' grammar better than this year's, so far. However, the nifty rhyme and rhythm seems to make the clues a lot more fun to read aloud :P

-Matt

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 8:42 PM Permalink
tim_the_hunter

shaggy- you gonna be painted for the unveiling of the 6th jokers card... i mean clue?

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 8:42 PM Permalink
Medallionator88

WHAT IS THE NEAREST BAR TO PP?

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 8:43 PM Permalink
JANIS MOHS

MH, If BC is not a ST. PAUL park the why was the medallion found in it in 1995? hmmm??

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 8:43 PM Permalink
Phillip Diskerud

Green I was at Miriam and didn't like it... too small to many little kids look like they play in the area.. could get turned up too easy.. I am so confused..........

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 8:44 PM Permalink
Usual Suspect

cause maplewood is in ramsey county and the med can be hidden in ramsey

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 8:44 PM Permalink
green

Shaggy "Dope" (I've been reading it "Dog" for like only about how many weeks now????!!!! I gotta get new contacts!!!), you BETTER BE DOWN THERE, NINJA!!!!

You crack me up so much with some o'the lines you come up with!!! I'm still laughing over you and that fourth clue!!!

Can't wait to meet you!!!

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 8:44 PM Permalink
The Medallian Hunter

ClueMaster - BC in the 70's shows it is a County placed medallian.... but keep looking there if you like

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 8:44 PM Permalink
Shaggy 2 Dope

Yeah, face paint and all. We're hoping it narrows it down to just a couple parks, so we can go out to parks too.

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 8:44 PM Permalink
tim_the_hunter

janis- in 95 the clue said ramsey county park...

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 8:44 PM Permalink
Skunk man

I got five on it. sorry just wanted to say that...

Thu, 01/24/2002 - 8:45 PM Permalink
ares

  • Ramsey County is where the treasure lies
  • And it's hidden in a public park.

    clue 2, 1995 at battle creek. found in the st. paul side of the park.

  • Thu, 01/24/2002 - 8:45 PM Permalink
    these

    itsatcomopark

    Thu, 01/24/2002 - 8:45 PM Permalink
    Clue Master

    G - I got sucked in to this board as usuall and couldn't get out. Kind of like right now when I have tons of sh!t to get done around because I was off for a few days. I liked it when that idiot Mrneeews was on because I leave the board and not worry about loosing anything. That was a fast (escorted) exit for him anyway. Thanks

    Thu, 01/24/2002 - 8:45 PM Permalink
    tim_the_hunter

    I will see you ninjas down there then.

    Thu, 01/24/2002 - 8:46 PM Permalink
    Medallionator88

    THE MEDALLIONATOR MOBILE WILL BE THERE...BUT BACK TO MY QUESTION...WHAT IS THE NEAREST BAR TO THE PP?

    Thu, 01/24/2002 - 8:46 PM Permalink
    these

    iknowevrythingandyouallnownothing

    Thu, 01/24/2002 - 8:47 PM Permalink
    green

    Master, save your breath on the Maplewood/St. Paul xplination about BC. The rec center portion is in St. Paul; the eastern section, to the east of McKnight, is in Maplewood. Some folks just will not in anyway believe it.

    Thu, 01/24/2002 - 8:47 PM Permalink
    JANIS MOHS

    Oops sorry I Did not know!

    Thu, 01/24/2002 - 8:47 PM Permalink