The provided coords are completely BOGUS!
The following word search contains states that I have visited to find my first one thousand cache finds.
The coordinates for this cache will fall into the following formula:
North: AB.CD.EFG
West: HIJ.KL.MNO
Most of the states that I have found caches will all be included in the following wordsearch. Upon locating a specified state, you will then need to locate a letter in the word that I provide.
Here is an example of what I am talking about. This is only an example and not the actual puzzle.
If I tell you to find the "X" in the word 'Texas' I will want you to find the column or row that the "X" is located in, then plug that number into the appropriate part of the coordinate.
The columns are ALWAYS the vertical lines.
The rows are ALWAYS the horizontal lines.
So a typical question will look like this:
A) Column from RIGHT - X in Texas
You will then find the word "Texas" in the wordsearch, and once found will note the location of the "X". Notice that I said to count by column, and to start from the RIGHT...so counting the columns from the right that it takes you to get to the "X" in Texas, you will find that it is in column #4. Substitute "4" in the coordinate formula for "A" and you are set to move on to the next one. For the sake of the example, "Texas" is highlighted in blue in the wordsearch.
The States Wordsearch
G A R Q I C U F P I N U M C X H Y U
X U P B D S X S U X X A Q I V U O U
K R O Y W E N O U S S D U K P F M A
F K B U N S T T E S U H C A S S A M
N Q O C Q H N I S N O C S I W A I Z
D M I S S I S S I P P I N W X C G Z
K I B P E N N S Y L V A N I A H Y H
M D G N E F Y C V B H J Y Q I U V U
A I B M U L O C F O T C I R T S I D
A I E V Z A N I L O R A C H T R O N
I R A N A I S I U O L C R G D X F E
G F F C N A L U J B U A I P Q U V H
R K E N T U C K Y N T L C K P Y K Y
O Y R J A N A I D N I O T E X A S O
E K L F A M A B A L A R U R L G C D
G V M T R M P A K A R K A N S A S W
A L R U T K Z J Z J S H V M F G D K
E E S S E N N E T I L I N K F U N D
So, do you think you have it? Here is the actual puzzle to get the coords for the cache!
A) Column from LEFT - E in Kentucky
B) Row from BOTTOM - D in Indiana
C) ZERO
D) Column from LEFT - M in Mississippi
E) Column from RIGHT - A in Texas
F) Column from RIGHT - H in Massachusetts
G) Column from LEFT -E in Pennsylvainia
H) ZERO
I) Row from BOTTOM - I in Georgia
J) Column from RIGHT - N in Arkansas
K) ZERO
L) Column from RIGHT - S in Texas
M) Column from RIGHT - T in North Carolina
N) Column from LEFT - N in New York
O) Row from BOTTOM - T in Tennessee
Good luck with the puzzle. If you run into any snags, let me know and I will be happy to help.
The cache is an ammo box. Hiking is approximately .3 miles from the trailhead, and is uphill to GZ. What goes up, must come back down.
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