A bit of history - Team Alamo's 1000th cache:
Team Alamo's 1000th find was European Highways by PhilippeGPS
This was a relatively simple google search puzzle cache that had you virtually wandering about Europe in search of some elusive European Highways. The original location of this cache was nearly impossible to retrieve without coming in contact with poison oak. Fortunately, Lee found it right after it had been relocated to a poison oak free location.
This cache:
THE COORDINATES AT THE TOP OF THIS PAGE ARE NOT THE ACTUAL COORDINATES OF THE CACHE! YOU MUST DETERMINE THE ACTUAL COORDINATES BY SOLVING THE PUZZLE GIVEN BELOW. NOTE: NOT EVEN THE DEGREES AND MINUTES LISTED ABOVE ARE GUARANTEED TO BE CORRECT. HOWEVER, THE ACTUAL CACHE LOCATION IS WITHIN A 2.5 MILE RADIUS OF THE GIVEN COORDINATES.
Since Lee's 1000th cache was a puzzle, I thought this one should be as well. It is nothing too difficult. Instead of European Highways, these well known trails will lead you to the cache:
Puzzle changed 7-4-09 to match the trail map link below.
- New Almaden, Webb Canyon, Hacienda
- Cinnabar, New Almaden, Mine Hill
- New Almaden, Hacienda, Buena Vista
- New Almaden, Virl O. Norton, Guadalupe
- Great Eastern, April, Day Tunnel
- New Almaden, Prospect #3, Webb Canyon
- English Camp, Mine Hill, Deep Gulch (this has two answers, use the one with one digit)
- Mine Hill, Catherine Tunnel, April
- Mine Hill, English Camp, Capehorn Pass (this has two answers, use the one with two digits)
Use this map to help you find your way to the cache. The cache is a large ammo can painted camo. Puzzle Checksum: The least significant digit of the checksum derived by adding each digit of the coordinates together is = 9.