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GCK8HX

Multi-cacheSecond Class Cache

A cache by Sniper1     Hidden: 8/12/2004

Size: Size: Small (Small)     Difficulty: 4 out of 5     Terrain: 1.5 out of 5 (1 is easiest, 5 is hardest)


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N/S ? ??.??? W/E ??? ??.??? 
In Missouri, United States

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This cache is located in Francis Park in South St. Louis. The park is named after David R Francis, former Mayor of St. Louis and Governor of Missouri; and, the man who is responsible for bringing the World’s Fair to St Louis 100 years ago.
A “first class” cache would provide you with all the information you need to find the hidden treasure. But this one is missing the coordinates for one of the waypoints. That’s why it’s named Second Class Cache.

Instead of giving you a specific location for the waypoint, I’m going to give you a set of boundaries and let you do some searching.

The above listed coordinates will take you to WP#1 where you will find a man-made structure. Attached to the outside of this structure you will find two metal tags. One of these tags will contain two latitudes and the other will contain two longitudes. The top latitude from one tag goes with the top longitude from the other tag; and the bottom latitude is to be paired with the bottom longitude.

The coordinates from these tags will take you to two similar objects. There is no path connecting these objects, but thanks to Mother Nature you, will see an obvious connection from one to the other. I will refer to this connection as a sidewalk, but don’t look for any pavement. It’s not that kind of sidewalk.

The sidewalk will define your search area. Waypoint #2 is within 20 feet of the sidewalk. Waypoint #2 will contain the missing numbers for the final cache. Plug them into the missing spaces below and go find the final.

FINAL CACHE IS AT………N38*35.XXX W090*18.XXX

The container will be a cylinder about 4 ½ inches long by 1 inch in diameter. Not large enough for much trading.

********As of July, 2008, the final cache has been moved a few hundred yards because the old hiding place kept getting muggled. The numbers at waypoint #2 have been changed to reflect the new location. .

I’ve also made a slight addition to the cache. I’ve made it night-time accessible. At each of the tags I’ve placed “shiners”. There are two shiners at waypoint #1, one near each tag, one shiner at waypoint #2 and one shiner at the final. They are not arranged in a trail that you can follow, they are just there to help locate the tag. If you find the shiners, you are within a foot of the tag. Please remember, curfew in Francis park is 10:00PM.
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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)

JC1...Gntf ner nobhg 3/4 ol 2 1/2 vapurf.
JC2...Gnt vf abg yvxr gur gntf ng JC1.
Svany...Yvggyr pnzb'q plyvaqre.
(Decrypted Hints)

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 December 26, 2009 by Kid Dylan (2345 found)
i had tried this one months ago. gubbie had found it since then, so it was a quick & easy find, thanks kid dylan

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 December 20, 2009 by M2Geo (637 found)
This one is really worth the effort. Thanks to Sniper1 for the care in placing the cache. I really like the creativity and attention to detail at each of the stages of the cache. It took a hint before I could find stage 2. All of the necessary information is contained in the description. I just needed to pay closer attention to the smaller details. This is a great way to spend my holiday visit to St. Louis. Thanks again!

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 August 17, 2009 by Mixed Breed (252 found)
WOW! I finally found this. I've been looking for it off and on for months (there was snow on the ground when I began). That second waypoint is a killer - but once I found it that shiner really stood out. Why I couldn't see it the many times I looked there I don't know! At least the final was easy. TFTC (I think!) Now I can stop obsessing about this one and move on to another one.

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 August 16, 2009 by myotis (6840 found)
Out doing some clean up caching and biking. Got some nice riding and cachig in. Had a great day and GPSed a bunch of stuff. And did I mention rain? There were just supposed to be some brief showers-I am glad I had my rain coat!!! Thanks for all the great caches today. And I got some that have been bugging me for a while.

The last time I tried this one a mother duck slowed me down. I got here today right as the rain was letting up - well for a little while. Glad I finally got this one done.

Myotis
Alton, IL
Free Garmin topo, trail, POI , maps at: (visit link)

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 August 1, 2009 by CardsCacher (559 found)
WP 2 took awhile, we were standing around getting ready to call off the hunt and there was that shiner...good multi.

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Current Time: 2/9/2010 10:26:08 PM (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) (6:26 AM GMT)
Last Updated: 12/26/2009 4:52:35 PM (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) (12:52 AM GMT)
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Coordinates are in the WGS84 datum


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