Found at Indian Mounds Park by Andrew Burke, 21, and Jessica French, 26, a brother and sister team from Knapp and Baldwin, Wisconsin, respectively. You got to give it to them... They did most of their searching at night, typically starting at 9 p.m. and putting in six to eight hours of hunting each evening. They found it under some dead limbs on the ground in the deepest of deeps on the east end of the park. It was hidden inside a blue and white box of 3M invisible tape.

Clue 1
You've joined the hunt for the regal runt
To prove searching does pay
Don't dig a hole or knock down a pole
And the golf course is out of play

Last year Jake took home the cake
With a clue a bit off level
This year we'll rinse off all our prints
Lest this hunt go to the devil
Explanation: Hunters are advised not to dig or knock down anything, and to stay off golf courses. Specific reference is made to Jake, the hunter who found the medallion after the third clue last year, the fastest on record. He said he deduced "Cleveland" Avenue from the word "level," then followed footprints to the prize.

Clue 2
The point of all this is so that you won't miss
Your big chance to grab all the cash
Now gather your guys and a gal who is wise
You'll have to do something quite rash
Explanation: This is a reference to the proximity of Point Douglas Road to Indian Mounds Park, where the medallion was hidden. "Guys and wise gal" refer indirectly to the Order of the Eastern Star, a male-and-female fraternal organization that is an offshoot of the Masons, and which planted a star-shaped "Matron's Grove" of trees at Indian Mounds Park. A "rash" often accompanies a burn—an indirect allusion to Burns Avenue near the park.

Clue 3
We've scanned the county
to hide our bounty
And keep you on your toes
It may sound risible, but our puck's invisible
Although it might just stick to your nose.
Explanation: Hunters must be on their toes because the medallion was hid it in hilly territory which we scanned from the top of a hill in the park. "Invisible" and "stick to your nose" refers to the "invisible tape" box in which the medallion is hidden.

Clue 4
How fun is the snow how far will we go
You really ought to go see
Get up for the mission and not just the wishin'
Get into the game—it's all free
(A Pretty Darn Obscure) Explanation: "Game" is a reference to Obbs Sports Bar across the street from the park. "Far" and "go" are a reference to Wells Fargo Place downtown, which is visible from Indian Mounds Park.

Clue 5
There once was a clue that drove you-know-who
To threaten a heinous act
We'd use it again, but we're afraid of his pen
My friend, that's an unfortunate fact
Explanation: This is a reference to a certain newspaper columnist who freaked out several hunts ago. He took issue with a clue referring obliquely to the location of a French immersion school—which is now at Parkway School, not far from Indian Mounds Park. The Pioneer Press had a short article about a play at the school called "Kaposia,'' which debuted during this year's hunt. The play dealt with the Native American community that once thrived at Indian Mounds Park.

Clue 6
All ye who look should honor the book
As one who stood for hope
Much was built in the name of the kilt
Look sharp now and never mope
Explanation: Calling all history buffs... Edward Duffield Neill was the first to conduct excavations at Indian Mounds Park. He was a Presbyterian minister and educator ("ye," "honor the book") who had been a presidential aide to Abraham Lincoln. In Minnesota, he founded Macalester College and the House of Hope Presbyterian Church ("hope.") These are two St. Paul institutions that honor the Scottish traditions ("kilt.") The word "hope" also invokes the Hopewell Indians, the ancient tribe that built the mounds.

Clue 7
If you should go look high then low
One could see it from a bower
If it's your bent you might seek a tent
To protect in case of shower
Explanation: The tent refers to the Indians who lived on the site of Indian Mounds Park. "High then low" refers to the hilly terrain where the medallion is hidden. The "shelf" refers to the side of the hill where the medallion is hidden.

Take note of the wood and do what you should
To extract the prize for yourself
Build a bridge to your dreams as high as they seem
Leave nothing behind on the shelf
Explanation: Another reference to the woods in the area in which it is hidden and to the bridge that crosses Warner Road from Mounds Park.

Clue 8
Look at the buck to acquire good luck
In finding the grail this year
Link a jar, a line, a star lawyer divine
While crying in your beer
Explanation: There are deer in Indian Mounds Park. Jar, line and star lawyer refer to the word "Mason,'' a reference to the Masonic memorial in Mounds Park. There is also a reference to the beverage enjoyed at Obbs Sports Bar.

He won, then lost and the nation was tossed
Into strife that was far from civil
The point I'm making is yours for the taking
Believe me—not the message board drivel
Explanation: Another reference to Point Douglas Road, located near the park, which was named after Stephen A. Douglas, who defeated Abraham Lincoln in the 1858 U.S. Senate race but lost to him for the presidency two years later. The Civil War followed shortly after the election. Reference is also made to the treasure hunt message boards purporting to know where the medallion is hidden (Shamrock anyone? How about Swede Hollow?).

Clue 9
This name brings tears, elation and cheers
And occasionally even outrages
It sits on walls and rides the halls
And fills a dozen pages
Explanation: The name is "Johnson," filling 12 pages in the telephone book. Johnson Parkway ends at Indian Mounds Park. There is also a bench at the park ("sits") named for a Minnesota "Johnson."

The hills are alive and you'll have arrived
Refrain from the very injurious
Be bold and be brave but your skin you must save
What's off-limits should frankly be obvious
Explanation: Another reference to the hills and potentially dangerous terrain in the area where it was hidden; "brave" is an Indian term. The "frankly obvious" area that is off-limits is the area of the ancient mounds themselves.

Clue 10
Look for the sight you hope is just right
You're doubtful and you're torn
Make the rounds for what rhymes with grounds
And part of a rose with a horn

Through flames and flow this park where you'll go
Is the site of sacred relics
Stay away from these and the cliffs if you please
Or you'll be in a heckuva fix
Explanation: Both stanzas point to "Mounds" park, rhyming with "grounds,'' and to the "horn" of a rose, referring to nearby Thorn Street. People are told to stay away from "sacred relics"—the actual Indian mounds—and from the cliffs. "Flames" refer to Burns and "flow" to Etna, two streets near the park.

Clue 11
Air and river sounds lead all to Mounds
Far from the graves take your entourage
'Twixt Burns and Thorn an icy pathway is born
Across Mounds from a gray house and tan garage

Hell no fury hath as those on the wrong path
Mounds and Warner form a woodsy perimeter
The path, not official, contains footprints beneficial
Some 300 trudges in—not a quest for a quitter

This trail you must follow goes down a narrow hollow
Under a fallen tree to an old rusted drum
From here you must search for a hillside path perch
Wherein lies the center of fun
Explanation: These stanzas get the hunters into the area where the medallion is hidden in Indian Mounds Park. Between Burns and Thorn street, across Mounds Boulevard from a house-and-garage, begins an icy path worn by many footprints. It went through a narrow hollow or creek bed, under a fallen tree, to an old rusted drum. Three hundred steps were counted from the street to the drum. Hunters were encouraged to look for a "hillside path perch" in this area—on a hillside, near a path—but the exact location was not given. No matter. It was found about 30 minutes after this clue was released in the early edition of the newspaper at 11:30 p.m. Night finds aren't the norm but they've been important over the last two hunts.)

Clue 12
Your blood will coagulate whilst you triangulate
From the drum at the heart of it all
A slope nearby you will espy
Fifty steps up the hill—careful, don't fall

Near a hollowed half-tree a fallen limb you will see
The cover for our precious goods
Across the path from the half-tree lift the limb and you'll see
There's gold in them thar' woods

Quick like a fox see the blue and white box
Away you casually sidle
Inside is the prize, two-domed and super-sized
Congratulations—you're our Minnesota Idol
Explanation: This identifies the exact spot where the medallion was located. It was close to a "hollowed half-tree"—a split trunk that was a marker for the treasure. Across the icy path from this half-tree were some dead limbs on the ground. The treasure was under one of them. It was in a blue and white box of 3M invisible tape. The marker tree was about 50 steps up the hill from the rusted drum.