Landon Hill, 9, was playing cops and robbers in the Yellow Grass park with his friend on April 3 when he found a two-inch cubed Tyndall stone with words engraved on it.
Landon Hill, 9, was playing cops and robbers in the Yellow Grass park with his friend on April 3 when he found a two-inch cubed Tyndall stone with words engraved on it.
"I was really excited because I thought it was something I would get a prize for," said Hill.
Hill didn't get a prize, but he did get to be part of an interactive art project.
His stone was one of the 100 cubes scattered across the province by artist Terri Fidelak.
Hill and his parents, Kathy and Dana, took the stone to back to the Legislative Building on Friday, as all those who find stones are encouraged to do, and toured the small art gallery on the premises.
"Now it's with the other rocks and that's pretty cool. I feel pretty good about it," said Landon, who started a whole new row for the tiny bricks at the Legislature.
Before the Hill family returned the stone to the province's capital, he took it to school to show his friends and classmates.
Fidelak said she started hiding the stones in July of 2012 after many months of preparation.
The Yellow Grass stone was only the second found this year and one of only about 25 found across the whole province so far.
The first stone found this spring was found in Val Marie and another has since been found in Kenaston.
Fidelak said her inspiration and reasoning for this project came from many sources.
"The history is much longer than we can comprehend," said Fidelak of her chosen medium of Tyndall stone which was formed at the bottom of the ancient seabed which is now Saskatchewan.
The implementation came from a desire to create a project that incorporated relational aesthetics and the fun that comes from treasure hunting.
The stones are mostly placed in locations with cultural, environmental, or historical significance to the province, though she admits she chose Yellow Grass for an entirely different reason.
"I just like the name," said Fidelak.
Fidelak said she encourages those who want to find a stone to check the blog, hiddentyndall.com, to see where others have been found and watch for clues to the locations of more stones which will be published soon.
