Every year at the end of August, Pekin’s amateur detectives and determined sleuths prepare for the Pekin Marigold Festival Medallion Hunt.  They pit their interpretive skills against the Medallion Hunt Cluemeister who has carefully hidden the small disc somewhere on public property, releasing “clues” on a daily basis. The clues carry double-meaning, veiled references, and carefully disguised hints all designed to bring out the “DaVinci Code” enthusiast in us all.

Families, friends, co-workers and even neighborhoods collaborate in an attempt to discover the Medallion’s hidden location.  The finder will discover that a very nice prize –  a $1,500 cash- awaits the winner, courtesy of our generous friends at Jimmy John’s.  But, as history has shown, it is the excitement of being the one person who “has figured it all out” that often represents the greatest prize of all.