The 80s saw the end of the metal medallion as well as the last time the medallion was hidden outside the city of St. Paul. Maplewood, for one, wasn't too fond of having its Wakefield Park ripped apart for the second time in a dozen years; and diggers weren't all that thrilled with the hi-tech gadgetry that some hunters surveyed the land with. But the best part about medallion history in the 1980s: White Castle found its way into hunt lore.

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