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I have a class today at 1:00 lame class though I have to be there. and work well Hmmmm work is so overrated
Ares - You best be there!
And yes - all are welcome. No one but Pioneer Planet owns this board and as long as one follows the rules laid out by that organization, everyone is welcome...
And I don't care if you lurk, participate, not participate, share ideas or keep your best noodlings to yourself. Some folks aren't comfortable sharing or doing anything but lurk - and those folks are just as much a crew member as any of us.
yes yes it is... I agree with being here physically...my mind obviously elsewhere!!
Has anyone thought about a diamond in the rough being a ballfield under construction?
yeah im new to this but I like you coolerheads Im not new to the hunt been doing it since I was a kid
Ares - You best be there!
yeah i know! i kinda lost the "does he or doesn't he?" persona the other nite.
I am thinking a park in the ruff part of town I.E. Crosby
was at BC yesterday streets could fit Edgebrook Glenridge Hillsdale Upper and Lower Afton Century could = era but era could = earned run average
ann, i do know that phalen rec's under construction. the playground, for the moment anyway, is gone. but its got like 4 or 5 ball fields there.
Thanks terry making us feel welcome
angie, we're all here for the same reason!
You're welcome. This place should be welcoming to anyone who hunts little blue pucks in the snow or coal or whatever.
After all, aren't we all sharing the same obsession?
What if another era would refer to street cars? The renovated street car station at Como is all done and looking spiffy.
Ares- i can think of 10,000 reasons why we are all here.
thought phalen as a possibility as well, can make em (the clues) fit
Where do you get anothere Era from?
these clues arent as easy as other years thats for sure!!!!!!!!
yes I thought the baseball field as being under construction
not all of us are here for the money, dani. sure it'd be nice to have, and i'd love to take it and trade in my current medallion mobile for something a bit newer. i hunt for the sake of that one time being able to say i outsmarted the clue-writer. just wait and see what scribe says she'd do with the medallion if she found it.
Another time...as in time and tide....change...eras....
Works for me Terrry but right about now anything works for me
so whats the count at the parks today
Couple of thoughts... ski jump and Olympics/ in and on air There was a reference in #6 to gold/fool - think it is disguised in something gold? BC still looks good to me. Been looking for several yrs, but appreciate hearing others thoughts..
I'm with ya on that Ares. I actually like going out at midnight and freezing my buns and toes off! Everybody at work thinks I am crazy- but that I already knew!
I used to hunt for the money - saving for a house, having kids, raising kids, putting kids through college....but somewhere along the line I figured out I'm doing this because I'm obsessed and I'd do it for the sake of the hunt...not the money.
Not that I'd turn the money down!
Anyw=one see anything in the words where ya can take parts of words and form other words I have been looking at that along time but cant get anything
do some people go out looking by them selves Ive thought about it but a little nervous
DM, midnight's the best time to be out. It's easier to scope during the day, but much more fun actually hunting with the diehards til 3 in the morning....I actually get to go out digging now that the weekend's here....
I went out by myself yesterday
many of my friend's think I am nuts!
Angie - there are often folks out by themselves. It's safer once the park is known. Then there are so many hunters, it's not like being alone.
I also think its not the money I am looking for Nt that I would turn it down but I think just to hold that puck would make me happy enuff. Not to be better than anyone but it would be my crowning achievement
I am sure most here feel the same
Thanks
I drove by Newell this moring on my way home, there were a few people there wondering aroung---I just don't think it's there though. Has anyone else been to Duluth/Case? I thought it fit pretty well but I'm not too sure about the neighborhood.
I went out by myself yesterday too- allthough I have a baseball bat in my car- just in case!!!
Duluth in Case is shady to me. I went by Newell also...people there,.
Here's another noodle for ya. What if this jewel in the rough referred to a jewel CASE! That would be a street clue for Duluth and Case.
Not too much of a stretch...but then anything fits everywhere.
Or it's in a CD jewel case
the simple take on the clues... same as most but thought I needed to throw em out there, personnaly i think the clues are meant to mean one thing only this way it drags out into next week, due to the lack of the white stuff.
1. st. paul and maybe a fire pit 2. in something knitted or a park with hills 3. slidding hill or near the missisippi 4. broadcast towers can be seen 5. park with a rec center 6. park with baseball diamond
at anyrate there's the simplified one clue approach
Lil Slim:
I don't get it. I'm gonna go look in Powderhorn Park. (time to kill?)
|;-)
Has anyone thought of Dunning Park. I believe it's under construction. (a diamond in the rough)
or a jewel CD
I live right by Dunning.....it doesn't seem to fit totally....like every park....yes under construction....but what other clues fit?
naw, ter. that's not much of a stretch at all. the stretch comes when i say that there's a log of people here who'd agree that dc is an a rough neighborhood.
I wit you LB - It's usually best to take the clues at face value. But reading into them does make it a bit funner though
How about jewel = royalty = palace playground??? hmmm.....
Rough neighborhoods don't bother me much. The roughest neighborhood in St. Paul is probably safer than most in any large metro area.
What park do you people think it is in, well all we know is that is in a park in St. Paul
WHERES MR NEWS
Palace would be a good thought but there aren't any hills of any sorts there...
Isn't 'rough' part of the clue anyway?
hills.....down the hill....is Palace down the hill at all?
A radio tower close by, Childrens recreation center there, There is a park n rec center, there are baseball and softball diamonds, Marshall (time to kill)
Has anyone thought about maybe an ice rink..."look for a place with lots of space to amuse a tiny tot", "we devised ways to make it tough"
Jenny Hall- did you used to work at Cracker Barrel?
clue master - i agree we (the littlebiggs crue) over analyzed them ourselves but due to the lack of snow and the short hunts last two years maybe he/she (the clue writer) wants to drag it out? who knows the clues can fit many parks but i cant go with the buried in snow bit beacues theres only a half inch of the stuff.
Concordia College and Central HS are also by Dunning.....
Here are some thoughts for the lunch crew:
Sylvan has several auto salvage yards nearby. Hendon Triangles is a diamond-shaped park.
YAH IT ALL FIT'S for powder horn. except it's mpls.
Yes
YAH IT ALL FIT'S for powder horn. except it's mpls.
I have no clue were it could be!
I guess you could say Palace is down the hill on Jefferson...but I think that may be a stretch..
in a st. paul park :)
Jenny- Its Dani!!!! How are you Girl??????????
Yeah I guess
Well, for hills it just says what...... treck up and down every hill and then down the hill...not too big on the hill clues....
I do not get it
jenny- you should meet up with Jaynee and I
Has anyone considered parks with ice rinks at all? Or is that too much of a stretch?
Okay wait hold on now htis is a question Ihave. "before we ever hid this jewel....We devised ways to make it tuff" did the winter carnival do anything in any parks or make any changes to St.Paul this summer or since last year anyway? anyone rememebr hearing anything about this? I know this is onfusing. dont have to answer jsut tell me if you understand what i am saying
I think it might be
Who moved all of my keys?
Jim I follow your train of thought on that one...hmmm
I don't understand Casper...just maybe some NEW parks. And yes, I have thought of ice rinks.....
Marie it also indicates that you may be wasting your time if you are going up and down hills
I am doing real good! I will be hunting with snowwhite deathly red, and Dug
Perhap that part of the clue refers to the lack of snow until just a week before the hunt began...and they had to devise ways to hide it without or with little snow cover.
Jenny....totally agre with you about the hill bit, maybe it is at a park with minimum or no hills.....
I think you are right Marie
That was my thinking, too Terry. In the past, they've had it attached to weeds, frozen in some ice......
Anyone think of any parks that had a newer baseball diamond put in this past summer...kindda going along with Jim...
Jenny- Jaynee is hooked on Bc- I am not ruling out anything yet! They all take you on a wild goose chase- Maybe I'll see you out there!
good thought there terry
Hey everyone..hows the noodling? I'm still thinking BC thus far, anyone else?
but whatever they did was before they hid the puck
I do not get, "Look for somthing in the air
we think bc as well
HI ALL Hay Green you out there ?
I'm still thinking at least 50 parks in the city yet. Anything and everything fits just about any one of them.
Mornin' everyone! I earned my paycheck this morning, let me tell you. Too much work! Mean boss! And, there's no way I can slog through 2767 clues!
Lil Slim, Lisa's Mommy, you here?
Well pepole im off to Merriam to dig some moore.
when i said we i meant the littlebiggs crue not everyone out here
Isin't she always??? LOL :)
Well pepole im off to Merriam to dig some moore.
BC has a newer ballpark, but it is sorounded by a fence with signs on it that say the medallion is not in this ball feild
I went to a little place last night up on the bluffs, What a neat night view of the city!
Bye
Well pepole im off to Merriam to dig some moore.
I agree with you Terry! So many! In the air stumps me too.....could be airplanes, flags, radio/TV waves or stations, bridges,baseball, golfball, yadda yadda yadda
diamond in the rough is"coal"
think merriam is a pipe.... should have been found by now all the leaves have been turned and the snow is less than an inche think.
later all
Well pepole im off to Merriam to dig some moore.
Yada yada yada just about covers it! LOL!!!!
Not to needlessly pimp Phalen, but the rec center that is under construction could be considered a diamond in the rough (Note: It looks like a beauty). Also, there are ballparks that overlap into the construction zone. A baseball diamond that is in the rough remodeling zone? Lastly, there are ice rinks, and one is build on the outfield of a phalen rec baseball diamond.
Like I said earlier I think I will wait until the 12th clue then go looking the way these clues are going :)
Diamond in the rough = ice in the rough....maybe.
I hate the thought of Phalen...arrggg...so big!
Hey Dall! I think they all took off, they were talking about digging somewhere this afternoon, but I have forgotten where. I also didn't slog...
Diamond and jewel.....two references to some sort of gems and rocks........any ideas why it is there 2 times?
mornin' dal. you might be pleased to know that someone pointed out that crosby could be considered a diamond in the rough! lol!
Why do my post's keep poping up more than once
Jenny- have you heard the news about Tanya?
....ya know what i think... in the air clue, it could be a billboard with a tv station advertised on it.. or a radio station advertised too..
in and on the air....smoke?
marie, any reason why wreck and rec are there? why hey hey and ok ok are there? something's definitely doubled up this year!
billboards can change overnite, jennee, and if the medallion was hidden there 2 months ago, the billboard may not be the same now as it was then.
For those who have lurked, but lurk no more....in order to refresh the page without double posting, click on the blue number in the last post you have open on your browser. That will bring you to all the following posts.
Hitting the refresh button on your browser is what causes multiple posts.
Cuz you refresh...click previous at the top o page or on the Blue numbers
2002,two times in a row, como,argggg
Areas...double up.....same park....COMO??? ahhh man!
No What?
was thinking that the jewel reference was because it rhymes with Newell & fool, so maybe they were fooling people into going to Newell. The diamond reference, was thinking it could be a product package the med is hidden in, like diamond matches, or a buisness with diamond in the name or in their logo, or it could simply mean a baseball/softball diamond... dunno =)
maybe its by a jewlery store... (lol)
Thank you Terry
Shes Pregnant!!
Danielle, we are talking about the same A B & C Streets. When White Bear ave crosses 94 it is then called Battle Creek Pl. Then it crosses Pullman Ave. If you went a bit further you then reach Pt. Douglas Road. So, it's the same place! Have fun hunting everyone.......I'm off to work now........Has anyone thought up the name of the song or the artist for me yet....."she's just a diamond in the rough......."????! Thanks.
I'm going fro here for a bit. Still have some house stuff to do if I'm going out to investigate all these dualties!
I think diamond in the rough is a trick clue last night I saw some billboards with diamond advertisements on them, I thought of an old house with diamonds in the motif that needs fixing up. I like the fact that it states not jst any fool will find it. Telling me if you have an astute knowledge of St Paul, our capitol city, you have the edge! What are everyones top 2 parks as of today? mine are St Anthony and Prospect!!!!!!!
how big is this puck?
Let me know what you come up with Terry!
Ya knw guys.. Ok the Fair is by Como, then you have the Smoke stack that you can see right where the HUGE slide is for the carnival..
merriam,bc
I'm thinking BC, Let's noodle more.
I'v heard that P.P. hides the dam thing on the 5th or 6th clue
All right guys- I am off of work for now-- See ya Hunting!!
Mine are Como, and BC.
Not true Eastsider.....but the again who knows...we don't...COMO
Hi, Frosty, good to meet you last night!! Diggin today!
Ares, don't even say Crosby to me! Them's fightin words!
Como is big for kids....has all the above...baseball golf hockey rinks at McMurray
it may be foolish, but i still am thinking highland just for the fact thaT, MOST CLUES FIT AND EVERYONE HAS PRETTY MUCH written it off, anyone else with me?
If it couldn't be at Dunning due to a rough neighborhood why would it have been hidden at Phalen in the past? Seems to me the neighborhoods are similar.
I like highland....drove by again last night
..The only park that you can see a radio/TV station tower (that I know of) is Newell.
'twasn't my idea, dal.
Dunning isn't that rough
The clues fit about ten to twenty rec's
hey all, whats the scoop
really like highland the more i think about it
jewell-newell
I like Highland and BC for big parks and Palace and somewhere around Minnehaha for small
Well, I saw a park yesterday that freaked me out, but I forgot the name! There is a collision center called Parkway Collision... Hmm
jewell newell fool
parkway collision where?
Time to dig see ya
Jennee-
You can see many towers from other parks. Highland, Linwood, Phalen, etc. It all depends on the vantage point of writer when hiding the puck.
hey gys about this, time and tide meaning pacific time and pacific tide- pacific st. @mounds along with comercial st. which is in the air-commercial flights, and on the air-commercials on tv or radio
This poor little Medallion is being chased by a lynch-mob. If you were the Med where would you hide? Did anyone look behind the door handles at the PP? Cause if I was the Med I would hide under your nose and rub the clues in your face.
What about TIDE..how does that tie in to Como.. Ya know I went to highland, what can you see in and on the air there?????
I was at McMurray yesterday and I thought it looked really good. the address at the park is on the water pump building and it is 1155 jassamine and it is a St. Paul city park. it is long and wide lots of hills lots of games to play woods at one end you can see two towers from there.
due to the last two short hunts, i believe we will be completly turned around and put in anouther area,about the 10-11 clue,--highland--
Both pacific ave and commercial st. are at mounds
TIDE at Como.....tide meaning lake? McMurray would rock.....
the bridge over montreal is in and on the air
Marrie: Hazel Park and rec.. Thats the name of it. By Case ave. And Highland?? Where can you see the Tower from!!??
How about static for in and on the air?
sean you thinkin highland right....disc gold on the air and in the air (CD's and golf)
static --yes--for what park though
Commercial st is at mounds In the air- commercial flights On the air-radio and tv commersials
disc golf I meant
you can see the tower from the bridge
run with it, cm!
Jennee-
The airport and NSP towers can be seen from the picnic area at highland.
I like the diamond in the rough = coal
Pacific St is at mounds Time-pacific time Tide-Pacific tide, remember cast away
Dart!! Awesome! Thanks for the tips at Mcmurry!
you guys really think it could be at McMurray?
when I saw the address 1155 I thought Hay Hay OK OK
Judging these clues, Does anyone see the pattern of each clue being specific to one park? Also, maybe nothing but when you read the clues in the paper, not the one on the front but the ones on 5 or 6 B, has anyone noticed that the clues are printed in reverse order? In years past I dont recall seeing them that way........ Any notions?
JimCasper194: I havent been out as much JimCasper194: I donthave a park to go to for sure yet JimCasper194: once I find the right park I will be gone JimCasper194: LOL JimCasper194: I will be back though JimCasper194: I dont want the money I want the medallion MisBlueii34: funny JimCasper194: I want to be able to say I have found it MisBlueii34: I would go for the money JimCasper194: I want to raise my arms in triumph MisBlueii34: oh MisBlueii34: nice JimCasper194: I want to have the prestige and glory and fame JimCasper194: LOL Am I insane? JimCasper194: Its the money MisBlueii34: Hunny MisBlueii34: I have to go for a little bit
This is a recent conversation I had with a good friend anyone else with me here she thinks I am nuts
One of the towers you can see from MCMurray is the space needle and space is in and on the air.
I like the diamond in the rough = coal
So does runningchick. That's why she sent me out 'til all hours last night.
could be onto something Just me Man, what do you mean
Yeah thats what is meant by diamond in the rough... But Im not sure how it is suppose to be refferenced.. Is there a train that hauls coal?
coal---rings---fire----who the heck knows. I am out for lunch.. Take care all and good luck!
train that goes by McMurray
In my opinion Diamond and Jewel refer to the Medallion
In the rough is where to look....Tall Grass Area
I agree carl
Heres one: Lucy in the sky with Diamonds sky= air Diamond in the rough=baseball diamond being worked on Song by Beatles=Battle LSD=i must be high oh Wait!! High time high tide
We are vicitims of over analysis
Dart: You can obviously see the space needle from Como too..
well, i'm done workin' for the day....off to get some lunch and do some scoutin'. see ya all later....
You can see the spce needle and broadcast towers from Merriam
What if the park isn't A park what if it's 2?
Jenn, 2?
You can see broadcast towers, but not the space needle from Merriam
A park in a park?
My brain hurts!! My god! It could be anywhere.. I won't be going out to dig until midnight tonight! The 7th clue better help.. Otherwise I will tun into a noodle.
Doesn't anybody think it's at a rec center anymore?
JS Mcmurray is part of Como so that would still be in a St Paul park. There is a sign at McMurray that says City of St.Paul Parks and Rec.
Okay a place with lots of space... Wahts that called Ummmmm where they have the night sky in a building its by como I think Oh yeah the Planitarium. work wiht me here any thoughts?
Where is that Planetarium?
every year they say space when they refer to a big park
And just up the street is the park and rec office where you get picnic permits and such.
Yes I think its a PARK/REC The rec in the park..
No planetarium by como
Como Elementary houses a planetarium
Planetarium sounds promising, but would they really hide it AGAIN at Como?
If you think of the echo clues - if that's what they are, Como would have to come to mind.
maybe como, they do the unexpected every year
My bad
I've been sitting too long-MUST DIG!!! Good-Luck to all today!
just another way to get us off the right path
I dont know for sure, I just noticed it yesterday. Maybe try reading them backwards....... Latest clue first........First Clue last.........I hope it is in a larger park, if anybody thought there were alot of people at PP lastnight wait till tonight!!!!!!! also what would the PP be thinkin if 200 or 300 cars came storming up to a tiny park and getting torn to bits. I think it needs to be in a park that can handle large # of people. BC sounds cool but I suggest you scout in Daylight so you know where the boundries for Maplewood are..
OK OK and Hay Hay they are repeating these words it could mean they are repeating were they hid it last year.
Dart: Where in Como Is mcmurry?? Give me the directions please.
wreck to park and wreck-maintence to vehicles belonging to the park and rec is at mcmurry
But they have had it there how many times within the last few years? That's what's getting me, it doesn't make sense...
just me man, i like your thinking
McMurray is on Lexington and Jessamine - south of the main park.
McMurray is right on Lexington by humane society just past train bridge
behind the Pools. the pools that are by the ice carvings. you turn right just before you go under the bridge going to front st.
I agree they have it there alot, but its such a big part many different places colud be used wvery year, plus they are always under construction to build more
Anyway.. Como, and BC, and now Mcmurry.. My choices
soon st.paul will be called st.como
McMurray field is at Lexington and Como
Me too Jigg, only one problem, I dont have the Med either.
the fields are also very rough as in no bases or backstops etc.
I agree, but you know how many people would have to be institutionalized if it was at como again this year... I know me :)
McMurray field is actually part of Como Park.
Yes Terry and is a city of St.Paul parks and rec area.
Hey, Anyone wanna go to Mcmurry with me tonight???
My friend Golddigger is in complete denial about Como and won't go there to dig with me, if you ask me you can make pretty much all the clues fit.
Anne Mcmurray fields all have backstops but no bases. Alot of that park is set up with ice rinks. I stopped there last night and I couldnt fathom it!!!!!! Thats almost directly where it was last year! (give or take 3 feet)!!!!!1
The general park area would fit the carnival hunter clue with the carnival rides....and the hunter's pride if that means lion.
Terry--so you are on board with McMurray then?
McMurray has boot hockey leagues though...many people all the time
think they would put it there?
Hey Jenni Hall you still here
Dave - I could be on the board with darn near any park in the city!
McMurray has a small parking lot but most of the parking is on the streets. Like I say there is alot of possabilities fo MCMurray.
Wow I keep spelling McMurray Wrong... How does "tide" fit into Como? The LK>>? Hmm... Its kinda small.
would deer signs have anything to do with hunters pride?
Here is an excerpt from the Pioneer Press story earlier this year....Maybe it helps? Was thinking of "wreck".
These changes were brought about as the city christens a sparkling new impound lot on Como Avenue, closing the previous lot on Barge Channel Road. The new lot is across the street from the fairgrounds entrance, reports WCCO-TV.
Thanks, Terry. I have been floating McMurray for a while. That's where I dug last year before moving over to West Picnic Grounds. I have to admit that I can make the clues fit--but I am famous for making them fit when I wish to.
tide ===hidden in detergent box or tide=water=lake
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