I took time today to check this out to determine once an for all if this is lost, anyone in the know feel free to confirm.
The only clues I started to work with is "I never met a man I didn't like" and the mention of "Benjamin" from this forum. The first quote can be traced to 4 possible locations. 1 in the mountains, 1 by the shore, 1 in the 'hood, and the last in the 'hills.
Reading old Sonic warp press releases helped me deduce this out of the first clue, which was good since I didn't want to get lost in the mountains or shot in the 'hood.
Benjamin was easy to figure out, there are no franklin statues on the state beach and the ficas was so rare it was only in this one location.
the ribbon had a date 3/11/09 and a series of letters and numbers on it. Possibly names or a clue..
and this is where I end my search. It is either lost, or that was another clue, but I'm not climbing a tree 14ft in the air to get an Isis. I'd rather spend the cash & buy one at that point.